Top Foundation Funders

1. Open Society Foundations $29.5 M
2. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $14.8 M
3. The Atlantic Philanthropies $12.3 M
4. Public Welfare Foundation $10.4 M
5. Ford Foundation $8.9 M
6. Tides Foundation $2.6 M
7. The Oak Foundation $2.1 M
8. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $1.5 M
9. The Pilgrim Trust $1.2 M
10. The Barrow Cadbury Trust $842.9 K
11. Vital Projects Fund $804.0 K
12. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $570.5 K
13. NoVo Foundation $513.0 K
14. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (UK) $494.4 K
15. The Joyce Foundation $455.0 K
16. National Endowment for Democracy $411.8 K
17. The JPB Foundation $400.0 K
18. NEO Philanthropy $350.0 K
19. Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation $317.5 K
20. The Tow Foundation $285.0 K
21. Columbia Foundation $284.0 K
22. The Annie E. Casey Foundation $275.0 K
23. Wallace Global Fund II $265.0 K
24. Rosenberg Foundation $257.5 K
25. Esmee Fairbairn Foundation $253.6 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

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $46,599,932 (52%)
  314 Grants (43%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $14,692,474 (16%)
  144 Grants (20%)

• Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

  $10,942,946 (12%)
  92 Grants (13%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $3,626,000 (4%)
  14 Grants (2%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $2,927,411 (3%)
  35 Grants (5%)

• Human Rights, General

  $2,273,892 (3%)
  39 Grants (5%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $2,249,040 (3%)
  34 Grants (5%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $1,806,600 (2%)
  6 Grants (1%)

• Education, Religion, and Culture

  $1,374,318 (2%)
  16 Grants (2%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $1,372,000 (2%)
  4 Grants (1%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $1,071,401 (1%)
  10 Grants (1%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $242,847 (0%)
  13 Grants (2%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $25,000 (0%)
  2 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

  $41,624,610 (47%)
  263 Grants (36%)

• Children & Youth

  $27,978,451 (31%)
  208 Grants (29%)

• Ethnic or Racial Minorities

  $21,875,203 (25%)
  147 Grants (20%)

• Substance Abusers

  $10,718,049 (12%)
  56 Grants (8%)

• Crime or Abuse Victims

  $8,114,673 (9%)
  103 Grants (14%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $3,924,775 (4%)
  36 Grants (5%)

• Women & Girls

  $3,403,820 (4%)
  75 Grants (10%)

• People with Disabilities

  $2,856,591 (3%)
  25 Grants (3%)

• People with AIDS

  $1,555,281 (2%)
  24 Grants (3%)

• LGBTQI

  $650,785 (1%)
  18 Grants (2%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $263,672 (0%)
  6 Grants (1%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $131,852 (0%)
  7 Grants (1%)

• Sex Workers

  $96,521 (0%)
  8 Grants (1%)

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.