Top Foundation Funders

1. Freedom Forum $26.6 M
2. Ford Foundation $16.4 M
3. Andrew W. Mellon Foundation $11.3 M
4. NoVo Foundation $8.9 M
5. Paul Hamlyn Foundation $5.4 M
6. Community Foundation of Greater Memphis $3.4 M
7. W.K. Kellogg Foundation $2.9 M
8. Oak Foundation $2.5 M
9. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors $2.2 M
10. William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $2.1 M
11. Rose Community Foundation $2.0 M
12. John Templeton Foundation $2.0 M
13. Comic Relief $1.7 M
14. Foundation to Promote Open Society $1.4 M
15. Klarman Family Foundation $1.2 M
16. Bridge House Estates $1.1 M
17. Stiftung Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft $910.7 K
18. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (UK) $814.3 K
19. EsmŽe Fairbairn Foundation $759.4 K
20. California Endowment $665.0 K
21. Unbound Philanthropy $638.3 K
22. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation $632.2 K
23. San Francisco Foundation $612.9 K
24. Park Foundation $575.0 K
25. New York Community Trust $555.0 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

• Expression and Information Rights

  $30,990,319 (27%)
  84 Grants (10%)

• Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

  $23,377,992 (20%)
  210 Grants (25%)

• Human Rights, General

  $17,024,436 (15%)
  150 Grants (18%)

• Education, Religion, and Culture

  $14,393,068 (12%)
  62 Grants (7%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $8,012,564 (7%)
  74 Grants (9%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $5,199,870 (5%)
  38 Grants (4%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $4,639,675 (4%)
  80 Grants (9%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $4,241,025 (4%)
  36 Grants (4%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $2,664,790 (2%)
  46 Grants (5%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $1,792,850 (2%)
  30 Grants (4%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $1,791,469 (2%)
  12 Grants (1%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $839,309 (1%)
  20 Grants (2%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $348,000 (0%)
  11 Grants (1%)

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

• Children & Youth

  $22,367,934 (19%)
  160 Grants (19%)

• Women & Girls

  $12,545,100 (11%)
  187 Grants (22%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $6,167,433 (5%)
  48 Grants (6%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $5,235,788 (5%)
  63 Grants (7%)

• People with Disabilities

  $4,988,720 (4%)
  55 Grants (6%)

• LGBTQI

  $988,500 (1%)
  53 Grants (6%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $976,001 (1%)
  16 Grants (2%)

• Sex Workers

  $307,740 (0%)
  9 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.