Top Foundation Funders

1. Ford Foundation $41.3 M
2. Open Society Foundations $18.2 M
3. NEO Philanthropy $11.3 M
4. Carnegie Corporation of New York $9.7 M
5. Unbound Philanthropy $7.6 M
6. The Atlantic Philanthropies $7.0 M
7. The Oak Foundation $6.4 M
8. Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $5.3 M
9. Comic Relief UK $4.9 M
10. NoVo Foundation $4.7 M
11. Marguerite Casey Foundation $3.5 M
12. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $3.5 M
13. Wallace H. Coulter Foundation $3.3 M
14. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $2.9 M
15. Tides Foundation $2.4 M
16. The Global Fund for Women $2.4 M
17. Public Welfare Foundation $2.4 M
18. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $2.4 M
19. Trust for London $2.3 M
20. Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock $2.1 M
21. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $2.1 M
22. National Endowment for Democracy $1.7 M
23. The California Endowment $1.7 M
24. American Jewish World Service $1.5 M
25. The JPB Foundation $1.4 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

• Migration and Displacement

  $71,344,521 (37%)
  739 Grants (33%)

• Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

  $30,846,710 (16%)
  390 Grants (17%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $24,885,530 (13%)
  177 Grants (8%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $19,992,271 (10%)
  275 Grants (12%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $13,955,664 (7%)
  178 Grants (8%)

• Human Rights, General

  $9,077,905 (5%)
  133 Grants (6%)

• Education, religion, and culture

  $6,753,690 (4%)
  100 Grants (4%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $5,148,175 (3%)
  82 Grants (4%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $2,698,007 (1%)
  36 Grants (2%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $2,679,001 (1%)
  31 Grants (1%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $2,456,400 (1%)
  59 Grants (3%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $1,446,000 (1%)
  24 Grants (1%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $764,297 (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

• Economically Disadvantaged

  $122,597,432 (64%)
  1,208 Grants (54%)

• Ethnic or Racial Minorities

  $117,911,994 (61%)
  1,292 Grants (58%)

• Women & Girls

  $37,682,472 (20%)
  468 Grants (21%)

• Children & Youth

  $32,202,132 (17%)
  402 Grants (18%)

• Crime or Abuse Victims

  $21,730,862 (11%)
  255 Grants (11%)

• LGBTQI

  $6,273,607 (3%)
  109 Grants (5%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $4,271,378 (2%)
  66 Grants (3%)

• Offenders & Ex-Offenders

  $3,924,775 (2%)
  36 Grants (2%)

• People with AIDS

  $2,047,921 (1%)
  29 Grants (1%)

• People with Disabilities

  $1,760,687 (1%)
  34 Grants (2%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $727,213 (0%)
  18 Grants (1%)

• Sex Workers

  $517,061 (0%)
  16 Grants (1%)

• Substance Abusers

  $144,080 (0%)
  3 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.

Sample Grants

• Funder Atlantic Philanthropies
  Recipient Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
  Description To improve human rights protections and access to services for the most vulnerable migrant workers.
• Funder Foundation for a Just Society
  Recipient Asylum Access (United States)
  Description To help refugee women assert their rights to safety, employment, education, and healthcare in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.