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

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

  $197,496,350 (27%)
  1,328 Grants (24%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $88,870,897 (12%)
  603 Grants (11%)

• Human Rights, General

  $63,313,419 (9%)
  620 Grants (11%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $53,902,614 (7%)
  579 Grants (11%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $53,047,570 (7%)
  365 Grants (7%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $53,019,401 (7%)
  256 Grants (5%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $52,400,507 (7%)
  486 Grants (9%)

• Education, religion, and culture

  $51,366,289 (7%)
  430 Grants (8%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $44,204,822 (6%)
  365 Grants (7%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $41,731,042 (6%)
  176 Grants (3%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $32,464,340 (4%)
  194 Grants (4%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $9,116,200 (1%)
  92 Grants (2%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $1,661,105 (0%)
  17 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

  $301,224,178 (41%)
  2,485 Grants (45%)

• Children & Youth

  $212,809,621 (29%)
  1,445 Grants (26%)

• Women & Girls

  $208,064,809 (28%)
  1,403 Grants (25%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $122,597,432 (17%)
  1,208 Grants (22%)

• Crime or Abuse Victims

  $81,499,134 (11%)
  490 Grants (9%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $42,595,573 (6%)
  419 Grants (8%)

• Offenders & Ex-Offenders

  $41,624,610 (6%)
  263 Grants (5%)

• People with AIDS

  $28,377,998 (4%)
  206 Grants (4%)

• People with Disabilities

  $19,067,377 (3%)
  170 Grants (3%)

• LGBTQI

  $16,998,399 (2%)
  172 Grants (3%)

• Substance Abusers

  $4,639,763 (1%)
  49 Grants (1%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $2,593,350 (0%)
  37 Grants (1%)

• Sex Workers

  $1,646,162 (0%)
  27 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.