Top Foundation Funders

1. Anonymous $27.3 M
2. Open Society Foundations $12.9 M
3. The Atlantic Philanthropies $5.7 M
4. Tides Foundation $1.9 M
5. GE Foundation $1.9 M
6. Disability Rights Fund $1.9 M
7. The Melville Charitable Trust $1.5 M
8. Esmee Fairbairn Foundation $1.5 M
9. Conrad N. Hilton Foundation $1.5 M
10. Abilis Foundation $1.5 M
11. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $1.3 M
12. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $932.5 K
13. The Henry Smith Charity $684.4 K
14. The Wal-Mart Foundation $600.0 K
15. Humanity United $600.0 K
16. The California Endowment $595.6 K
17. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $513.6 K
18. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $450.0 K
19. Trust for London $407.0 K
20. American Jewish World Service $404.5 K
21. The New York Community Trust $365.0 K
22. American Jewish World Service - Donor Advised Funds $340.0 K
23. Global Fund for Children $308.0 K
24. The Rockefeller Foundation $306.8 K
25. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $250.0 K
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 Issue

• Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

  $30,536,431 (41%)
  354 Grants (43%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $14,377,029 (20%)
  96 Grants (12%)

• Social and Cultural Rights

  $11,190,463 (15%)
  97 Grants (12%)

• Human Rights, General

  $6,456,903 (9%)
  181 Grants (22%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $5,146,715 (7%)
  6 Grants (1%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $2,067,852 (3%)
  42 Grants (5%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $1,624,719 (2%)
  19 Grants (2%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $1,362,574 (2%)
  13 Grants (2%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $395,000 (1%)
  7 Grants (1%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $229,189 (0%)
  8 Grants (1%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $183,500 (0%)
  5 Grants (1%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $66,770 (0%)
  2 Grants (0%)

Issue totals include foundation funding that could be identified as meant to address a specific issue. In order to provide unique totals and avoid double-counting, each foundation grant has been assigned to exactly one issue category within the human rights taxonomy.

Foundation Funding by Intersecting Populations

• Economically Disadvantaged

  $28,050,495 (38%)
  165 Grants (20%)

• Children & Youth

  $25,557,088 (35%)
  228 Grants (27%)

• Crime or Abuse Victims

  $12,745,718 (17%)
  43 Grants (5%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $11,205,759 (15%)
  23 Grants (3%)

• Ethnic or Racial Minorities

  $8,572,173 (12%)
  81 Grants (10%)

• Women & Girls

  $6,594,331 (9%)
  121 Grants (15%)

• Offenders & Ex-Offenders

  $2,445,222 (3%)
  23 Grants (3%)

• LGBTQI

  $1,201,275 (2%)
  18 Grants (2%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $326,000 (0%)
  8 Grants (1%)

• Substance Abusers

  $211,085 (0%)
  4 Grants (0%)

• People with AIDS

  $196,288 (0%)
  12 Grants (1%)

• Sex Workers

  $65,000 (0%)
  1 Grants (0%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $30,915 (0%)
  2 Grants (0%)

In order to show the intersections of multiple population groups, these graphics indicate other population groups supported within funding towards the group highlighted on this page.