The State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development reported spending $246,482,929 for Cuba-related projects from 2001 to 2024. This graphic shows how the money was spent by year. You can see that six organizations – including the National Endowment for Democracy, Grupo de Apoyo de la Democracia, Pan-American Development Foundation, International Republican Institute, the Center for a Free Cuba and Freedom House – all have been running Cuba programs for more than 20 years. Source: Data extracted from U.S. government’s Foreign Assistance website.