U.S. Contributions to UNRWA

(in $ millions rounded)

1950-1989	1,473
1990	57
1991	76
1992	69
1993	74
1994	78
1995	75
1996	77
1997	79
1998	78
1999	81
2000	89
2001	123
2002	119
2003	134
2004	127
2005	108
2006	137
2007	154
2008	185
2009	268
2010	238
2011	249
2012	233
2013	294
2014	399
2015	391
2016	360
2017	359
2018	65
2019*	0
2020*	0
2021	318
2022	364
2023	371
2024	121
Total	$7,423

*The Trump administration announced on August 28, 2018, that it would completely end all UNRWA funding. The Biden administration restored funding in 2021.

Sources: UNRWA.
“U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians,” Congressional Research Service, (December 12, 2018).
“The Palestinians: Background and U.S. Relations,” Congressional Research Service, (October 26, 2021).
Matt Berg, “Biden’s UN ambassador: US wants ‘fundamental changes’ to UN agency in Gaza,” Politico, (January 30, 2024).
Rhoda Margesson and Jim Zanotti, “The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA): Overview and U.S. Funding Prohibition,” Congressional Research Service, (June 14, 2024).