Population

Economically Disadvantaged, 2012

41%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$742.6 Million out of
$1.8 Billion for all rights
5,511 Grants

Top Foundation Funders

  1. Ford Foundation $151.3 M
  2. Comic Relief UK $64.7 M
  3. Open Society Foundations $51.0 M
  4. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $44.6 M
  5. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $35.6 M
  6. NoVo Foundation $30.2 M
  7. The Atlantic Philanthropies $22.4 M
  8. The California Endowment $21.7 M
  9. The Oak Foundation $19.6 M
  10. Nationale Postcode Loterij $15.8 M
  11. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $11.6 M
  12. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $11.0 M
  13. NEO Philanthropy $10.7 M
  14. Tides Foundation $10.6 M
  15. UN Women's Fund for Gender Equality $10.1 M
  16. Carnegie Corporation of New York $9.8 M
  17. Public Welfare Foundation $9.6 M
  18. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $8.5 M
  19. Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock $7.5 M
  20. NIKE Foundation $6.9 M
  21. National Endowment for Democracy $6.8 M
  22. Marguerite Casey Foundation $6.8 M
  23. The Rockefeller Foundation $6.6 M
  24. Both Ends $6.5 M
  25. American Jewish World Service $6.4 M
  26. M = Millions

Key Findings:
2012 Funding

Key Findings

Foundation Funding by Region

Asia & Pacific

$53,735,732 (7%)
482 Grants (9%)

Caribbean

$4,141,993 (1%)
80 Grants (1%)

Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia

$7,281,143 (1%)
116 Grants (2%)

Global Programs

$98,252,791 (13%)
389 Grants (7%)

Latin America & Mexico

$57,163,073 (8%)
499 Grants (9%)

Middle East & North Africa

$14,433,759 (2%)
129 Grants (2%)

North America

$374,761,000 (50%)
3,055 Grants (55%)

Sub-Saharan Africa

$120,061,380 (16%)
656 Grants (12%)

Western Europe

$25,312,414 (3%)
185 Grants (3%)

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

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

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.