Top Funders

1. Nationale Postcode Loterij $230.2 M
2. Ford Foundation $176.1 M
3. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $121.6 M
4. Oak Foundation $94.2 M
5. National Endowment for Democracy $91.9 M
6. Comic Relief $82.9 M
7. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $76.5 M
8. Tides Foundation $70.9 M
9. Foundation to Promote Open Society $70.8 M
10. NoVo Foundation $64.3 M
11. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $58.4 M
12. Big Lottery Fund $58.3 M
13. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $46.2 M
14. Howard G. Buffett Foundation $45.6 M
15. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $43.1 M
16. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $31.7 M
17. John S. and James L. Knight Foundation $31.7 M
18. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $30.9 M
19. Foundation For The Carolinas $29.6 M
20. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $27.5 M
21. American Jewish World Service - Donor Advised Funds $27.1 M
22. Silicon Valley Community Foundation $23.1 M
23. The California Endowment $21.1 M
24. EEA and Norway Grants $20.5 M
25. NEO Philanthropy $20.4 M
26. M = Millions

Regional Focus

Regional focus includes grants going directly to recipients in the region specified and to recipients located in other regions for activities focused on the region specified.

Issue Focus

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $314,648,200 (13%)
  2,187 Grants (10%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $282,257,145 (12%)
  2,805 Grants (12%)

• Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

  $264,087,103 (11%)
  3,188 Grants (14%)

• Social and Cultural Rights

  $234,867,127 (10%)
  2,427 Grants (11%)

• Human Rights, General

  $233,310,086 (10%)
  1,744 Grants (8%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $196,872,701 (8%)
  2,656 Grants (12%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $179,843,942 (7%)
  1,046 Grants (5%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $177,644,784 (7%)
  1,747 Grants (8%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $140,403,459 (6%)
  1,267 Grants (6%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $126,325,976 (5%)
  1,037 Grants (5%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $114,041,205 (5%)
  1,070 Grants (5%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $103,177,624 (4%)
  1,063 Grants (5%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $51,562,269 (2%)
  656 Grants (3%)

Population Focus

• Women & Girls

  $560,570,331 (23%)
  6,464 Grants (28%)

• Children & Youth

  $518,861,211 (21%)
  5,230 Grants (23%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $277,449,646 (11%)
  2,491 Grants (11%)

• LGBTQI

  $101,782,548 (4%)
  1,734 Grants (8%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $90,286,352 (4%)
  1,428 Grants (6%)

• People with Disabilities

  $89,285,160 (4%)
  1,183 Grants (5%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $16,756,345 (1%)
  484 Grants (2%)

• Sex Workers

  $5,788,359 (0%)
  152 Grants (1%)

Population Focus includes funding explicitly targeted to benefit specific groups and only illustrates those accounting for the largest shares of grant dollars or grants. See Methodology for details on how regional focus and population focus were determined and limitations.

Strategy Focus

• Advocacy, Systems Reform and Implementation

  $893,751,600 (37%)
  10,205 Grants (45%)

• Capacity-building and Technical Assistance

  $333,297,340 (14%)
  3,572 Grants (16%)

• Coalition-building and Collaboration

  $205,809,321 (9%)
  2,747 Grants (12%)

• Public Engagement and Awareness-raising

  $195,943,875 (8%)
  2,849 Grants (12%)

• Research and Documentation

  $188,433,208 (8%)
  1,639 Grants (7%)

• Media and Technology

  $168,199,582 (7%)
  2,108 Grants (9%)

• Grassroots Organizing

  $102,284,492 (4%)
  1,413 Grants (6%)

• Litigation and Legal Aid

  $96,454,421 (4%)
  637 Grants (3%)

• Arts and Culture

  $79,759,331 (3%)
  1,356 Grants (6%)

• Scholarships and Travel

  $5,066,797 (0%)
  438 Grants (2%)

• Security and Resilience

  $3,878,717 (0%)
  52 Grants (0%)

Figures represent only grants that could be identified as supporting a specific strategy. In addition, grants may employ multiple strategies and would therefore be counted in more than one category.