Region

North America, 2011 - 2015

Canada, United States

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Foundation Funding for North America

These are partial figures based on a subset of foundations that shared grants data all five years: Read more about our methodology.

45%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$4.2 Billion out of
$9.4 Billion for all rights
29,009 Grants
from 2011 - 2015

Top Foundation Funders

  1. Ford Foundation $600.0 M
  2. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $270.7 M
  3. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $242.2 M
  4. The California Endowment $216.3 M
  5. The Atlantic Philanthropies $198.8 M
  6. NoVo Foundation $141.8 M
  7. Foundation For The Carolinas $105.2 M
  8. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $101.4 M
  9. Public Welfare Foundation $92.2 M
  10. Public Interest Projects $90.7 M
  11. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $82.0 M
  12. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $73.0 M
  13. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $70.4 M
  14. Tides Foundation $70.4 M
  15. Arcus Foundation $62.3 M
  16. Freedom House $60.3 M
  17. Marguerite Casey Foundation $53.0 M
  18. John S. and James L. Knight Foundation $52.7 M
  19. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $51.3 M
  20. Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $49.5 M
  21. The Oak Foundation $45.2 M
  22. National Endowment for Democracy $43.4 M
  23. Proteus Fund $41.1 M
  24. Carnegie Corporation of New York $40.8 M
  25. The James Irvine Foundation $39.2 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

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Sample Grants

  • GE Foundation
    University of New Mexico (United States)
    To expand its programming to improve community healthcare outcomes by using a delivery model that increases access to high-quality care in medically underserved areas.
  • The Atlantic Philanthropies
    Equal Justice USA (United States)
    To strengthen death penalty repeal and reform campaigns by providing strategic assistance in policy, organizing, and communications work.