Top Foundation Funders

1. Silicon Valley Community Foundation $50.9 M
2. Ford Foundation $31.6 M
3. National Endowment for Democracy $28.3 M
4. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $13.7 M
5. Comic Relief $12.2 M
6. Oak Foundation $10.7 M
7. Foundation to Promote Open Society $9.7 M
8. The California Endowment $8.5 M
9. W.K. Kellogg Foundation $7.8 M
10. John S. and James L. Knight Foundation $6.1 M
11. NoVo Foundation $5.1 M
12. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $4.1 M
13. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $4.0 M
14. Omidyar Network Fund $2.9 M
15. Laura and John Arnold Foundation $2.7 M
16. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $2.6 M
17. The Kohlberg Foundation $2.5 M
18. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $2.1 M
19. Arcus Foundation $2.0 M
20. The Nathan Cummings Foundation $1.9 M
21. Big Lottery Fund $1.8 M
22. The Open Technology Fund $1.7 M
23. American Jewish World Service $1.7 M
24. Unbound Philanthropy $1.6 M
25. Vanguard Charitable-Donor Advised Fund $1.6 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

  $119,501,876 (48%)
  870 Grants (40%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $22,510,664 (9%)
  119 Grants (5%)

• Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

  $19,685,625 (8%)
  176 Grants (8%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $14,445,031 (6%)
  158 Grants (7%)

• Education, religion, and culture

  $12,132,893 (5%)
  150 Grants (7%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $12,129,854 (5%)
  246 Grants (11%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $11,365,298 (5%)
  78 Grants (4%)

• Human Rights, General

  $11,302,126 (5%)
  108 Grants (5%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $11,104,805 (4%)
  45 Grants (2%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $6,042,535 (2%)
  89 Grants (4%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $3,660,410 (1%)
  70 Grants (3%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $2,350,081 (1%)
  46 Grants (2%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $2,168,433 (1%)
  35 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

  $33,373,680 (13%)
  297 Grants (14%)

• Women & Girls

  $27,807,255 (11%)
  444 Grants (20%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $12,092,144 (5%)
  108 Grants (5%)

• People with Disabilities

  $9,037,554 (4%)
  56 Grants (3%)

• LGBTQI

  $6,551,388 (3%)
  180 Grants (8%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $3,345,952 (1%)
  52 Grants (2%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $1,618,553 (1%)
  68 Grants (3%)

• Sex Workers

  $201,758 (0%)
  7 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.