Top Foundation Funders

1. Foundation to Promote Open Society $30.2 M
2. Ford Foundation $27.8 M
3. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $16.5 M
4. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $12.2 M
5. Silicon Valley Community Foundation $10.9 M
6. Oak Foundation $10.7 M
7. NoVo Foundation $10.4 M
8. William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $10.1 M
9. Freedom Forum $8.1 M
10. Wikimedia Foundation $7.7 M
11. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $3.9 M
12. Comic Relief $3.8 M
13. W.K. Kellogg Foundation $3.6 M
14. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund $3.3 M
15. Andrew W. Mellon Foundation $3.3 M
16. Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation $3.3 M
17. Kohlberg Foundation $3.2 M
18. Democracy Fund $2.9 M
19. California Endowment $2.8 M
20. Humanity United $2.8 M
21. Carnegie Corporation of New York $2.6 M
22. Foundation for a Just Society $2.0 M
23. Laura and John Arnold Foundation $1.9 M
24. Charles LŽopold Mayer Foundation for Human Progress $1.8 M
25. Sigrid Rausing Trust $1.7 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

• Expression and Information Rights

  $73,935,978 (30%)
  853 Grants (40%)

• Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

  $40,646,096 (16%)
  256 Grants (12%)

• Human Rights, General

  $29,759,194 (12%)
  238 Grants (11%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $19,609,221 (8%)
  105 Grants (5%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $15,521,900 (6%)
  93 Grants (4%)

• Education, Religion, and Culture

  $15,283,941 (6%)
  72 Grants (3%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $14,513,171 (6%)
  257 Grants (12%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $12,455,102 (5%)
  59 Grants (3%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $8,910,454 (4%)
  24 Grants (1%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $6,072,826 (2%)
  59 Grants (3%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $5,089,305 (2%)
  43 Grants (2%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $4,057,048 (2%)
  69 Grants (3%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $1,453,684 (1%)
  23 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

  $37,970,845 (15%)
  485 Grants (23%)

• Children & Youth

  $32,198,821 (13%)
  262 Grants (12%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $11,113,358 (4%)
  113 Grants (5%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $10,945,479 (4%)
  201 Grants (9%)

• LGBTQI

  $4,081,043 (2%)
  80 Grants (4%)

• People with Disabilities

  $3,086,236 (1%)
  30 Grants (1%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $1,930,699 (1%)
  43 Grants (2%)

• Sex Workers

  $52,504 (0%)
  6 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.