Top Foundation Funders

1. Tides Foundation $27.0 M
2. W.K. Kellogg Foundation $20.3 M
3. NoVo Foundation $19.0 M
4. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $16.4 M
5. Ford Foundation $16.1 M
6. Oak Foundation $16.0 M
7. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $14.3 M
8. Open Society Institute $7.9 M
9. The Libra Foundation $6.5 M
10. Carnegie Corporation of New York $5.9 M
11. Raikes Foundation $5.1 M
12. Omidyar Network Fund $4.6 M
13. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund $3.8 M
14. The Global Fund for Women $3.1 M
15. The California Endowment $3.1 M
16. Global Greengrants Fund $2.5 M
17. Foundation to Promote Open Society $2.4 M
18. Foundation for a Just Society $2.3 M
19. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation $1.8 M
20. Women’s Fund Asia $1.6 M
21. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $1.6 M
22. American Jewish World Service $1.5 M
23. Heising-Simons Foundation $1.4 M
24. The Rockefeller Foundation $1.4 M
25. Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres $1.2 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

  $45,052,750 (22%)
  439 Grants (26%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $29,207,889 (14%)
  379 Grants (22%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $25,926,478 (13%)
  91 Grants (5%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $20,889,763 (10%)
  88 Grants (5%)

• Education, religion, and culture

  $17,467,512 (9%)
  88 Grants (5%)

• Human Rights, General

  $14,272,535 (7%)
  156 Grants (9%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $13,567,749 (7%)
  67 Grants (4%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $11,362,302 (6%)
  66 Grants (4%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $10,409,495 (5%)
  110 Grants (7%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $5,585,179 (3%)
  48 Grants (3%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $4,583,024 (2%)
  61 Grants (4%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $4,434,542 (2%)
  72 Grants (4%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $2,149,215 (1%)
  22 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

• Women & Girls

  $53,942,635 (26%)
  580 Grants (34%)

• Children & Youth

  $43,910,638 (21%)
  285 Grants (17%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $21,471,007 (10%)
  143 Grants (8%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $8,021,600 (4%)
  240 Grants (14%)

• LGBTQI

  $6,230,412 (3%)
  154 Grants (9%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $1,654,763 (1%)
  51 Grants (3%)

• People with Disabilities

  $1,539,175 (1%)
  20 Grants (1%)

• Sex Workers

  $605,214 (0%)
  21 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.