Top Foundation Funders

1. Nationale Postcode Loterij $44.5 M
2. Ford Foundation $36.0 M
3. The Atlantic Philanthropies $32.4 M
4. Open Society Foundations $24.6 M
5. Fundación ONCE $13.1 M
6. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $12.5 M
7. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $9.9 M
8. The Oak Foundation $8.9 M
9. Hivos $8.8 M
10. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $8.0 M
11. Arcus Foundation $7.2 M
12. American Jewish World Service $6.9 M
13. The Global Fund for Women $5.3 M
14. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $4.7 M
15. Public Welfare Foundation $4.6 M
16. The Foundation for Civil Society $4.4 M
17. Human Dignity Foundation $3.7 M
18. EEA and Norway Grants $3.6 M
19. Esmée Fairbairn Foundation $3.4 M
20. Wallace H. Coulter Foundation $3.2 M
21. Gill Foundation $3.0 M
22. The Henry Smith Charity $2.8 M
23. The Rockefeller Foundation $2.8 M
24. Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $2.7 M
25. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation $2.6 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 Population

• Children & Youth

  $103,874,727 (30%)
  822 Grants (21%)

• Women & Girls

  $71,964,283 (21%)
  1,166 Grants (30%)

• People with Disabilities

  $36,185,614 (11%)
  630 Grants (16%)

• LGBTQI

  $31,198,388 (9%)
  613 Grants (16%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $20,112,704 (6%)
  247 Grants (6%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $8,768,786 (3%)
  173 Grants (5%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $2,188,974 (1%)
  70 Grants (2%)

• Sex Workers

  $267,256 (0%)
  6 Grants (0%)

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.

Foundation Funding by Strategy

• Advocacy, Systems Reform and Implementation

  $72,998,616 (21%)
  577 Grants (15%)

• Capacity-building and Technical Assistance

  $57,369,636 (17%)
  499 Grants (13%)

• Research and Documentation

  $29,031,513 (8%)
  256 Grants (7%)

• Media and Technology

  $20,523,781 (6%)
  279 Grants (7%)

• Coalition-building and Collaboration

  $13,362,744 (4%)
  321 Grants (8%)

• Arts and Culture

  $13,296,923 (4%)
  207 Grants (5%)

• Litigation and Legal Aid

  $4,680,201 (1%)
  40 Grants (1%)

• Grassroots Organizing

  $4,394,789 (1%)
  84 Grants (2%)

• Scholarships and Travel

  $736,972 (0%)
  26 Grants (1%)

• Security and Resilience

  $357,303 (0%)
  5 Grants (0%)

Strategy totals include foundation funding that could be identified as supporting a specific strategy. Grants may employ multiple strategies and would therefore be counted in more than one category.

Sample Grants

• Funder Arcus Foundation
  Recipient Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (United States)
  Description To build a global network to combat anti-LGBT bias and violence in schools.
• Funder The ExxonMobil Foundation
  Recipient Friends of Saint Francis Xavier University (Canada)
  Description For the Developing the Next Generation program, which helps Canadian First Nation, Metis and Inuit women create change in their communities.

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