Top Foundation Funders

1. Ford Foundation $111.8 M
2. Anonymous $60.6 M
3. Open Society Foundations $52.7 M
4. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $32.6 M
5. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $30.6 M
6. The California Endowment $16.0 M
7. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $12.2 M
8. The Oak Foundation $11.3 M
9. NoVo Foundation $11.2 M
10. Marguerite Casey Foundation $11.2 M
11. The Atlantic Philanthropies $11.0 M
12. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $11.0 M
13. The Colorado Trust $10.8 M
14. The Rockefeller Foundation $10.3 M
15. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $9.2 M
16. Public Welfare Foundation $8.9 M
17. Public Interest Projects $8.4 M
18. The Wal-Mart Foundation $6.9 M
19. Carnegie Corporation of New York $6.7 M
20. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $6.6 M
21. Tides Foundation $6.1 M
22. The Kresge Foundation $5.6 M
23. Surdna Foundation $4.8 M
24. Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock $4.3 M
25. American Jewish World Service $4.1 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 Issue

• Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

  $164,536,133 (26%)
  1,427 Grants (29%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $98,515,931 (15%)
  627 Grants (13%)

• Human Rights, General

  $65,755,960 (10%)
  705 Grants (14%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $58,593,260 (9%)
  468 Grants (9%)

• Education, religion, and culture

  $58,189,143 (9%)
  484 Grants (10%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $52,178,219 (8%)
  385 Grants (8%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $37,046,133 (6%)
  239 Grants (5%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $25,367,935 (4%)
  164 Grants (3%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $25,250,531 (4%)
  171 Grants (3%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $24,298,585 (4%)
  130 Grants (3%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $21,864,519 (3%)
  133 Grants (3%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $3,337,807 (1%)
  34 Grants (1%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $2,561,097 (0%)
  10 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

• Ethnic or Racial Minorities

  $279,540,799 (44%)
  2,420 Grants (49%)

• Children & Youth

  $153,662,071 (24%)
  1,256 Grants (25%)

• Women & Girls

  $123,153,423 (19%)
  1,094 Grants (22%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $120,562,893 (19%)
  986 Grants (20%)

• Crime or Abuse Victims

  $53,214,187 (8%)
  318 Grants (6%)

• People with Disabilities

  $28,050,495 (4%)
  165 Grants (3%)

• Offenders & Ex-Offenders

  $27,424,483 (4%)
  213 Grants (4%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $26,775,812 (4%)
  289 Grants (6%)

• People with AIDS

  $24,488,743 (4%)
  177 Grants (4%)

• LGBTQI

  $14,952,345 (2%)
  121 Grants (2%)

• Substance Abusers

  $4,689,967 (1%)
  41 Grants (1%)

• Sex Workers

  $1,025,841 (0%)
  17 Grants (0%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $239,188 (0%)
  17 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.