Top Foundation Funders

1. Ford Foundation $142.4 M
2. NoVo Foundation $103.9 M
3. Tides Foundation $95.6 M
4. W.K. Kellogg Foundation $75.1 M
5. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $64.2 M
6. Open Society Institute $57.5 M
7. Foundation For The Carolinas $56.6 M
8. Oak Foundation $55.2 M
9. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $37.3 M
10. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $37.2 M
11. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $34.2 M
12. The California Endowment $31.0 M
13. Silicon Valley Community Foundation $29.4 M
14. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund $28.6 M
15. The James Irvine Foundation $24.1 M
16. NEO Philanthropy $21.7 M
17. Hivos $19.4 M
18. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $18.7 M
19. Fund for Policy Reform $18.0 M
20. The Libra Foundation $15.0 M
21. American Jewish World Service $14.5 M
22. Arcus Foundation $14.5 M
23. Foundation for a Just Society $14.3 M
24. Foundation to Promote Open Society $14.2 M
25. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors $12.4 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

• Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

  $223,112,263 (16%)
  2,289 Grants (21%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $208,124,503 (15%)
  1,620 Grants (15%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $156,770,139 (11%)
  832 Grants (8%)

• Education, Religion, and Culture

  $145,549,080 (10%)
  566 Grants (5%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $128,225,047 (9%)
  765 Grants (7%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $114,483,511 (8%)
  900 Grants (8%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $108,412,655 (8%)
  961 Grants (9%)

• Human Rights, General

  $84,768,141 (6%)
  761 Grants (7%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $63,536,037 (4%)
  480 Grants (4%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $62,225,990 (4%)
  397 Grants (4%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $49,275,013 (3%)
  293 Grants (3%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $45,384,924 (3%)
  527 Grants (5%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $31,791,940 (2%)
  286 Grants (3%)

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 Population

• Women & Girls

  $314,305,063 (22%)
  3,343 Grants (31%)

• Children & Youth

  $283,242,793 (20%)
  1,840 Grants (17%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $187,946,224 (13%)
  1,319 Grants (12%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $82,077,074 (6%)
  924 Grants (9%)

• LGBTQI

  $47,140,874 (3%)
  991 Grants (9%)

• People with Disabilities

  $22,572,550 (2%)
  353 Grants (3%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $11,341,081 (1%)
  447 Grants (4%)

• Sex Workers

  $3,965,230 (0%)
  116 Grants (1%)

Population totals include foundation funding that could be identified as meant to benefit a specific group. Grants may serve multiple populations and would therefore be counted in more than one category.