Top Foundation Funders

1. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $21.8 M
2. NoVo Foundation $20.1 M
3. Open Doors International $17.6 M
4. Tides Foundation $13.3 M
5. Nationale Postcode Loterij $11.2 M
6. The Pershing Square Foundation $10.0 M
7. Ford Foundation $9.6 M
8. Comic Relief $7.8 M
9. Oak Foundation $7.8 M
10. Big Lottery Fund $6.9 M
11. The Kendeda Fund $5.9 M
12. EEA and Norway Grants $5.7 M
13. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $3.5 M
14. Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $3.3 M
15. American Jewish World Service - Donor Advised Funds $3.0 M
16. New Israel Foundation $2.7 M
17. Segal Family Foundation $2.6 M
18. The Christensen Fund $2.5 M
19. The William Penn Foundation $2.2 M
20. Carnegie Corporation of New York $2.1 M
21. Paul Hamlyn Foundation $2.0 M
22. W. M. Keck Foundation $2.0 M
23. Human Dignity Foundation $2.0 M
24. The Louis Calder Foundation $1.9 M
25. Fundacja Batorego $1.9 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

  $110,486,401 (47%)
  1,074 Grants (44%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $39,166,956 (17%)
  284 Grants (12%)

• Women & Girls

  $37,916,083 (16%)
  516 Grants (21%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $34,275,681 (15%)
  410 Grants (17%)

• People with Disabilities

  $14,684,855 (6%)
  164 Grants (7%)

• LGBTQI

  $9,757,781 (4%)
  129 Grants (5%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $322,987 (0%)
  19 Grants (1%)

• Sex Workers

  $221,851 (0%)
  3 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

  $91,477,607 (39%)
  1,117 Grants (46%)

• Capacity-building and Technical Assistance

  $37,325,773 (16%)
  429 Grants (18%)

• Public Engagement and Awareness-raising

  $30,294,865 (13%)
  351 Grants (14%)

• Coalition-building and Collaboration

  $24,190,997 (10%)
  263 Grants (11%)

• Arts and Culture

  $23,876,962 (10%)
  413 Grants (17%)

• Research and Documentation

  $18,640,818 (8%)
  174 Grants (7%)

• Grassroots Organizing

  $15,399,552 (7%)
  146 Grants (6%)

• Media and Technology

  $13,263,572 (6%)
  165 Grants (7%)

• Litigation and Legal Aid

  $3,707,829 (2%)
  51 Grants (2%)

• Scholarships and Travel

  $2,460,355 (1%)
  40 Grants (2%)

• Security and Resilience

  $5,537 (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 NoVo Foundation
  Recipient Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (Kenya)
  Description To enhance positive links between health and cultural knowledge, practice, belief, ritual, and artistic expression through their work on healthy communities and comprehensive AIDS treatment and policies.
• Funder The California Wellness Foundation
  Recipient Public Counsel (United States)
  Description To sustain policy advocacy and services in its children's rights and education rights practice areas to improve postsecondary opportunities for youth in the foster care or juvenile justice systems.

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