Top Foundation Funders

1. Ford Foundation $98.1 M
2. Open Society Foundations $50.7 M
3. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $35.5 M
4. The California Endowment $13.7 M
5. Marguerite Casey Foundation $10.5 M
6. Public Interest Projects $8.4 M
7. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $7.9 M
8. Carnegie Corporation of New York $6.7 M
9. The Atlantic Philanthropies $6.6 M
10. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $4.7 M
11. NoVo Foundation $4.6 M
12. Surdna Foundation $4.5 M
13. The Kresge Foundation $4.5 M
14. Tides Foundation $4.5 M
15. Hivos $4.4 M
16. The Rockefeller Foundation $4.4 M
17. National Endowment for Democracy $4.3 M
18. Public Welfare Foundation $4.2 M
19. Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $4.1 M
20. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $3.9 M
21. Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock $3.9 M
22. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation $3.9 M
23. The San Francisco Foundation $3.5 M
24. The James Irvine Foundation $3.5 M
25. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $3.5 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

  $158,032,529 (36%)
  1,478 Grants (35%)

• Education, religion, and culture

  $46,519,135 (11%)
  426 Grants (10%)

• Human Rights, General

  $40,346,378 (9%)
  521 Grants (12%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $39,830,635 (9%)
  275 Grants (7%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $34,507,074 (8%)
  256 Grants (6%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $29,073,178 (7%)
  325 Grants (8%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $25,584,323 (6%)
  165 Grants (4%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $19,984,295 (5%)
  350 Grants (8%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $18,701,368 (4%)
  111 Grants (3%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $11,232,666 (3%)
  133 Grants (3%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $10,119,190 (2%)
  127 Grants (3%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $3,023,245 (1%)
  31 Grants (1%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $1,034,889 (0%)
  15 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

  $279,540,799 (64%)
  2,420 Grants (57%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $123,827,823 (28%)
  1,134 Grants (27%)

• Children & Youth

  $73,354,268 (17%)
  693 Grants (16%)

• Women & Girls

  $52,389,392 (12%)
  768 Grants (18%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $46,028,381 (11%)
  631 Grants (15%)

• LGBTQI

  $14,836,994 (3%)
  190 Grants (5%)

• Crime or Abuse Victims

  $13,473,026 (3%)
  195 Grants (5%)

• Offenders & Ex-Offenders

  $11,820,040 (3%)
  95 Grants (2%)

• People with Disabilities

  $8,572,173 (2%)
  81 Grants (2%)

• People with AIDS

  $5,095,975 (1%)
  51 Grants (1%)

• Substance Abusers

  $936,675 (0%)
  11 Grants (0%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $383,801 (0%)
  22 Grants (1%)

• Sex Workers

  $220,760 (0%)
  6 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.