Top Foundation Funders

1. The Atlantic Philanthropies $22.9 M
2. EEA and Norway Grants $19.6 M
3. Open Doors International $16.5 M
4. NoVo Foundation $12.9 M
5. Ford Foundation $11.8 M
6. Comic Relief $11.5 M
7. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $11.4 M
8. The Oak Foundation $7.9 M
9. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $7.4 M
10. Open Society Foundations $7.0 M
11. The Kendeda Fund $6.9 M
12. John Templeton Foundation $6.3 M
13. Nationale Postcode Loterij $5.9 M
14. Hivos $5.6 M
15. American Jewish World Service $4.1 M
16. National Endowment for Democracy $4.1 M
17. Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $4.0 M
18. The William Penn Foundation $3.3 M
19. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $3.3 M
20. New Israel Fund $3.2 M
21. The Moody Foundation $3.0 M
22. The San Francisco Foundation $2.6 M
23. NEO Philanthropy $2.5 M
24. The Allstate Foundation $2.5 M
25. Mensen met een Missie $2.2 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

  $126,314,958 (53%)
  889 Grants (42%)

• Women & Girls

  $44,393,969 (18%)
  517 Grants (24%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $16,092,652 (7%)
  218 Grants (10%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $14,355,366 (6%)
  308 Grants (14%)

• People with Disabilities

  $10,995,897 (5%)
  135 Grants (6%)

• LGBTQI

  $9,723,488 (4%)
  119 Grants (6%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $595,349 (0%)
  26 Grants (1%)

• Sex Workers

  $137,916 (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

  $94,581,538 (39%)
  692 Grants (32%)

• Capacity-building and Technical Assistance

  $27,564,295 (11%)
  341 Grants (16%)

• Public Engagement and Awareness-raising

  $26,323,139 (11%)
  310 Grants (15%)

• Arts and Culture

  $25,768,143 (11%)
  366 Grants (17%)

• Research and Documentation

  $18,642,828 (8%)
  180 Grants (8%)

• Coalition-building and Collaboration

  $13,094,923 (5%)
  225 Grants (11%)

• Media and Technology

  $10,987,074 (5%)
  148 Grants (7%)

• Grassroots Organizing

  $5,534,773 (2%)
  93 Grants (4%)

• Litigation and Legal Aid

  $2,624,995 (1%)
  34 Grants (2%)

• Scholarships and Travel

  $450,409 (0%)
  26 Grants (1%)

• Security and Resilience

  $17,264 (0%)
  1 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 The Heinz Endowments
  Recipient Duquesne University (United States)
  Description For the Canevin Center for Educational Transformation and Social Justice, which works to effect change to acheive equity in education for all children.
• Funder First Peoples Worldwide
  Recipient Bundu Tuhan Biocultural Heritage (Malaysia)
  Description For work to conserve and strengthen cultural and traditional heritage.

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