1. NOTES: FY 2015 is the President’s Budget Request. Some FY 2015 funding for TB programs at USAID (between $8 and $20 million in prior years)
and malaria programs at DoD (between $8 and $30 million in prior years) is not yet known. Global Health total represents funding through the
Global Health Initiative (GHI) only.
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of data from the Office of Management and Budget, and Agency Congressional Budget
Justifications.
U.S. Global Health Funding as a Share of the Federal
Budget, FY 2015
Federal Budget
$4.0 trillion
Global Health
$8.7 billion
<1%

2. $1.7
$2.1
$2.6
$3.3
$3.7
$4.4
$5.9
$7.5
$8.3
$8.9 $8.8 $8.9 $8.8
$9.1
$8.7
FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015
Request
NOTES: FY 2013 includes the effects of sequestration. FY 2014 is a preliminary estimate. FY 2015 is the President’s Budget Request. Some FY
2014 and FY 2015 funding for TB programs at USAID (between $8 and $20 million in prior years) and malaria programs at DoD (between $8
and $30 million in prior years) is not yet known. Represents funding through the Global Health Initiative (GHI) only. The GHI was created as an
initiative in FY 2009. All prior years represent the same programs and accounts which were not yet referred to as the GHI.
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of data from the Office of Management and Budget, Agency Congressional Budget Justifications,
Congressional Appropriations Bills, and U.S. Foreign Assistance Dashboard [website], available at: www.foreignassistance.gov.
U.S. Global Health Funding, FY 2001-FY 2015
In Billions

3. HIV
$4,855
56%
Global Fund
$1,350
15%
Malaria
$835
10%
MNCH
$695
8%
FP/RH
$538
6%
TB
$191
2%
Nutrition
$101
1%NTDs
$87
1%
Other
$65
<1%
NOTES: FY 2015 is the President’s Budget Request. Some FY 2014 and FY 2015 funding for TB programs at USAID (between $8 and $20 million
in prior years) and malaria programs at DoD (between $8 and $30 million in prior years) is not yet known. Represents funding through the
Global Health Initiative (GHI) only.
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of data from the Office of Management and Budget, Agency Congressional Budget Justifications,
Congressional Appropriations Bills, and U.S. Foreign Assistance Dashboard [website], available at: www.foreignassistance.gov.
U.S. Global Health Budget Request By Sector, FY 2015
In Millions
Total = $8.7 billion

4. NOTES: Includes funding through the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) account for Afghanistan and Pakistan. The entry for
Sudan represents data for South Sudan only.
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of data from U.S. Foreign Assistance Dashboard [website], available at:
www.foreignassistance.gov, accessed February 2014.
U.S. Funding for Global Health by country, FY 2013
$1 million - $5 million
< $1 million
$5 million - $10 million
$10 million - $30 million
> $30 million
NA

5. 4%
12%
13%
15%
14%
7%
8%
12%
17%
0-1%
2-5%
6-10%
11-20%
21-30%
31-40%
41-50%
51% or more
Don't know/Refused
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation 2013 Survey of Americans on the U.S. Role in Global Health (conducted August 6-20, 2013)
Public Overestimates Share Of Budget Going To Foreign Aid
Just your best guess, what percentage of the federal budget is spent on foreign aid?
Average answer = 28%
of the federal budget
is spent on foreign aid