Top Foundation Funders

1. The Freedom Forum $22.5 M
2. Ford Foundation $11.7 M
3. NoVo Foundation $7.9 M
4. W.K. Kellogg Foundation $5.1 M
5. National Endowment for Democracy $3.4 M
6. Esmée Fairbairn Foundation $2.1 M
7. The Christensen Fund $2.0 M
8. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation $1.9 M
9. The California Endowment $1.8 M
10. Unbound Philanthropy $1.8 M
11. The Nathan Cummings Foundation $1.7 M
12. Comic Relief $1.6 M
13. Oak Foundation $1.5 M
14. The Rockefeller Foundation $1.4 M
15. The M.A.C. AIDS Fund $1.4 M
16. Compton Foundation $983.9 K
17. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $850.0 K
18. Tamalpais Trust $825.0 K
19. American Jewish World Service $783.9 K
20. Big Lottery Fund $760.4 K
21. Arcus Foundation $736.2 K
22. Fundo Baobá $733.6 K
23. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation $607.1 K
24. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $577.8 K
25. Barr Foundation $575.0 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

  $28,719,462 (31%)
  61 Grants (5%)

• Education, religion, and culture

  $19,907,669 (21%)
  318 Grants (25%)

• Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

  $13,029,212 (14%)
  218 Grants (17%)

• Human Rights, General

  $7,880,226 (8%)
  90 Grants (7%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $5,236,703 (6%)
  117 Grants (9%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $4,472,277 (5%)
  65 Grants (5%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $4,104,283 (4%)
  131 Grants (10%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $3,536,126 (4%)
  52 Grants (4%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $1,959,607 (2%)
  78 Grants (6%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $1,630,073 (2%)
  50 Grants (4%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $1,436,583 (2%)
  44 Grants (3%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $1,084,723 (1%)
  22 Grants (2%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $975,909 (1%)
  23 Grants (2%)

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

  $15,552,845 (17%)
  344 Grants (27%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $13,706,571 (15%)
  181 Grants (14%)

• Women & Girls

  $13,577,250 (14%)
  339 Grants (27%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $7,372,094 (8%)
  115 Grants (9%)

• LGBTQI

  $3,006,510 (3%)
  105 Grants (8%)

• People with Disabilities

  $1,562,950 (2%)
  89 Grants (7%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $199,805 (0%)
  20 Grants (2%)

• Sex Workers

  $165,439 (0%)
  3 Grants (0%)

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.