Top Foundation Funders

1. Open Society Foundations $262.2 M
2. Ford Foundation $214.6 M
3. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $85.8 M
4. Comic Relief UK $80.4 M
5. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $80.2 M
6. National Endowment for Democracy $78.4 M
7. The Atlantic Philanthropies $70.4 M
8. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $64.5 M
9. The Oak Foundation $53.5 M
10. NoVo Foundation $44.9 M
11. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $44.1 M
12. Tides Foundation $32.6 M
13. American Jewish World Service $29.4 M
14. Hivos $29.2 M
15. Nationale Postcode Loterij $27.9 M
16. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $27.9 M
17. Freedom House $26.5 M
18. The California Endowment $25.4 M
19. Public Welfare Foundation $22.5 M
20. NEO Philanthropy $19.2 M
21. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $18.7 M
22. UN Women's Fund for Gender Equality $17.4 M
23. Humanity United $17.3 M
24. Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $13.5 M
25. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $12.4 M
26. M = Millions

Foundation Funding by Region

Region totals include both foundation grants directly to recipients based in the region specified and foundation grants to recipients located in other regions to do work benefiting the region specified. Grants may mention more than one region of benefit and therefore be counted in more than one category.

Foundation Funding by Issue

• Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

  $436,717,080 (24%)
  4,538 Grants (24%)

• Human Rights, General

  $267,883,772 (15%)
  3,136 Grants (17%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $163,403,956 (9%)
  860 Grants (5%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $140,853,220 (8%)
  1,343 Grants (7%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $140,165,430 (8%)
  1,512 Grants (8%)

• Social and Cultural Rights

  $100,937,373 (6%)
  1,309 Grants (7%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $98,414,991 (5%)
  816 Grants (4%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $97,735,817 (5%)
  1,235 Grants (7%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $97,675,871 (5%)
  823 Grants (4%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $90,969,548 (5%)
  988 Grants (5%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $87,348,716 (5%)
  1,495 Grants (8%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $71,538,479 (4%)
  746 Grants (4%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $16,270,257 (1%)
  123 Grants (1%)

Issue totals include foundation funding that could be identified as meant to address a specific issue. In order to provide unique totals and avoid double-counting, each foundation grant has been assigned to exactly one issue category within the human rights taxonomy.

Foundation Funding by Population

• Economically Disadvantaged

  $742,594,556 (41%)
  5,511 Grants (29%)

• Women & Girls

  $473,010,028 (26%)
  5,191 Grants (27%)

• Ethnic or Racial Minorities

  $471,038,289 (26%)
  4,510 Grants (24%)

• Children & Youth

  $376,690,393 (21%)
  3,534 Grants (19%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $192,048,171 (11%)
  2,234 Grants (12%)

• Crime or Abuse Victims

  $183,807,234 (10%)
  2,051 Grants (11%)

• Offenders & Ex-Offenders

  $89,203,861 (5%)
  723 Grants (4%)

• LGBTQI

  $88,781,044 (5%)
  1,585 Grants (8%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $68,160,198 (4%)
  978 Grants (5%)

• People with Disabilities

  $53,751,673 (3%)
  916 Grants (5%)

• People with AIDS

  $46,849,471 (3%)
  664 Grants (4%)

• Substance Abusers

  $18,936,336 (1%)
  189 Grants (1%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $11,192,178 (1%)
  339 Grants (2%)

• Sex Workers

  $5,991,054 (0%)
  179 Grants (1%)

Population totals include foundation funding that could be identified as meant to benefit a specific group. Grants may serve multiple populations and would therefore be counted in more than one category.