Top Foundation Funders

1. Ford Foundation $16.5 M
2. Gill Foundation $7.6 M
3. Arcus Foundation $7.4 M
4. Hivos $7.3 M
5. Open Society Foundations $6.7 M
6. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $5.9 M
7. Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $5.5 M
8. The Atlantic Philanthropies $4.5 M
9. Tides Foundation $3.2 M
10. American Jewish World Service $2.7 M
11. Proteus Fund $1.9 M
12. Comic Relief UK $1.7 M
13. David Bohnett Foundation $1.7 M
14. The Oak Foundation $1.6 M
15. The Global Fund for Women $1.5 M
16. Mama Cash $1.2 M
17. The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice $1.2 M
18. NEO Philanthropy $1.1 M
19. The James Irvine Foundation $1.0 M
20. Horizons Foundation $998.7 K
21. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $990.4 K
22. Uhai Eashri $838.4 K
23. Dreilinden, gGmbH $790.4 K
24. E. Rhodes & Leona B. Carpenter Foundation $708.2 K
25. Wells Fargo Foundation $705.0 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

  $50,825,907 (57%)
  970 Grants (61%)

• Social and Cultural Rights

  $9,744,045 (11%)
  137 Grants (9%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $6,731,983 (8%)
  119 Grants (8%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $6,202,570 (7%)
  69 Grants (4%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $3,255,537 (4%)
  30 Grants (2%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $3,111,463 (4%)
  90 Grants (6%)

• Human Rights, General

  $2,012,304 (2%)
  24 Grants (2%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $1,989,101 (2%)
  44 Grants (3%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $1,955,978 (2%)
  50 Grants (3%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $1,594,156 (2%)
  27 Grants (2%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $775,000 (1%)
  18 Grants (1%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $583,000 (1%)
  7 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

  $16,998,399 (19%)
  172 Grants (11%)

• Women & Girls

  $14,837,883 (17%)
  316 Grants (20%)

• Ethnic or Racial Minorities

  $14,191,978 (16%)
  226 Grants (14%)

• Children & Youth

  $12,150,419 (14%)
  223 Grants (14%)

• People with AIDS

  $6,290,046 (7%)
  100 Grants (6%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $6,273,607 (7%)
  109 Grants (7%)

• Crime or Abuse Victims

  $2,851,516 (3%)
  87 Grants (5%)

• Sex Workers

  $2,063,627 (2%)
  65 Grants (4%)

• People with Disabilities

  $1,020,197 (1%)
  25 Grants (2%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $657,416 (1%)
  15 Grants (1%)

• Offenders & Ex-Offenders

  $650,785 (1%)
  18 Grants (1%)

• Substance Abusers

  $357,179 (0%)
  5 Grants (0%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $282,405 (0%)
  31 Grants (2%)

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.

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