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The State of Global Foundation Grantmaking

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Foundation Funding for People with AIDS

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100%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$9.4 Billion out of
$9.4 Billion for all rights
74,312 Grants
from 2011 - 2015

Top Foundation Funders

  1. Ford Foundation $1.1 B
  2. Nationale Postcode Loterij $855.7 M
  3. National Endowment for Democracy $538.5 M
  4. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $454.5 M
  5. The Atlantic Philanthropies $440.0 M
  6. Anonymous $373.7 M
  7. The Oak Foundation $331.1 M
  8. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $313.5 M
  9. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $312.2 M
  10. NoVo Foundation $274.1 M
  11. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $271.3 M
  12. The California Endowment $221.7 M
  13. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $179.9 M
  14. Tides Foundation $151.1 M
  15. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $141.2 M
  16. Hivos $140.7 M
  17. American Jewish World Service $129.6 M
  18. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $122.5 M
  19. Foundation For The Carolinas $114.4 M
  20. Open Doors International $105.0 M
  21. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $103.9 M
  22. Cordaid $103.5 M
  23. Public Welfare Foundation $95.8 M
  24. Public Interest Projects $94.2 M
  25. Freedom House $89.4 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

Bilateral and Multilateral Funding

7%
Share of OECD
human rights funding

$1.9 Billion out of
$25.8 Billion for all rights
3,605 Disbursements

Top Funders

  1. Global Fund $589.1 M
  2. United States $248.7 M
  3. Sweden $232.6 M
  4. Ireland $115.3 M
  5. Netherlands $107.6 M
  6. Canada $98.3 M
  7. Asian Development Bank Special Funds $87.0 M
  8. Australia $61.8 M
  9. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $61.6 M
  10. Norway $54.6 M
  11. Germany $53.8 M
  12. Switzerland $27.2 M
  13. Finland $27.0 M
  14. Denmark $24.7 M
  15. European Union Institutions $22.9 M
  16. Belgium $10.8 M
  17. Japan $10.7 M
  18. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $5.9 M
  19. Asian Development Bank $5.2 M
  20. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $4.8 M
  21. Spain $2.2 M
  22. OPEC Fund for International Development $1.5 M
  23. United Kingdom $1.1 M
  24. Korea $558.9 K
  25. Austria $297.9 K
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

Trends Snapshot

Trends Analysis Snapshot

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Subset of Foundation Funding by Issue

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Subset of Foundation Funding by Intersecting Populations

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