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Children & Youth, 2011 - 2015

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Foundation Funding for Children & Youth

These are partial figures based on a subset of foundations that shared grants data all five years: Read more about our methodology.

20%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$1.9 Billion out of
$9.4 Billion for all rights
14,774 Grants
from 2011 - 2015

Top Foundation Funders

  1. Anonymous $186.2 M
  2. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $145.6 M
  3. Nationale Postcode Loterij $138.8 M
  4. Ford Foundation $127.1 M
  5. The Atlantic Philanthropies $119.4 M
  6. The Oak Foundation $114.1 M
  7. NoVo Foundation $112.8 M
  8. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $89.5 M
  9. National Endowment for Democracy $50.9 M
  10. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $43.5 M
  11. The California Endowment $41.1 M
  12. American Jewish World Service $32.6 M
  13. The Annie E. Casey Foundation $32.0 M
  14. Human Dignity Foundation $28.2 M
  15. Hivos $26.2 M
  16. Public Welfare Foundation $24.6 M
  17. Esmee Fairbairn Foundation $24.2 M
  18. Tides Foundation $23.0 M
  19. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors $16.7 M
  20. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $16.4 M
  21. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $16.3 M
  22. Segal Family Foundation $15.9 M
  23. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $15.5 M
  24. Cordaid $14.5 M
  25. Public Interest Projects $13.4 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

Bilateral and Multilateral Funding

23%
Share of OECD
human rights funding

$4.1 Billion out of
$18.1 Billion for all rights
15,085 Disbursements

Top Funders

  1. Canada $601.7 M
  2. Sweden $577.0 M
  3. Global Fund $505.1 M
  4. United Kingdom $424.3 M
  5. Norway $406.4 M
  6. European Union Institutions $293.8 M
  7. United States $199.9 M
  8. Finland $190.4 M
  9. Australia $141.8 M
  10. Spain $113.9 M
  11. Netherlands $100.5 M
  12. Germany $94.8 M
  13. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $80.1 M
  14. Switzerland $65.9 M
  15. Belgium $62.5 M
  16. Denmark $57.3 M
  17. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $52.2 M
  18. Japan $45.3 M
  19. Italy $29.0 M
  20. Ireland $24.0 M
  21. Austria $8.0 M
  22. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $6.6 M
  23. New Zealand $6.6 M
  24. United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $5.4 M
  25. France $4.9 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

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Sample Grants

  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
    Graça Machel Trust (South Africa)
    For its work on the transition from Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through Reproductive Maternal Neonatal Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH).
  • Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
    Girl Effect (United Kingdom)
    To realize its mission of empowering girls to overcome poverty and achieve their potential.