Top Foundation Funders

1. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $39.1 M
2. Ford Foundation $29.4 M
3. Open Society Institute $16.8 M
4. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $9.8 M
5. Tides Foundation $7.9 M
6. Silicon Valley Community Foundation $7.9 M
7. Oak Foundation $7.7 M
8. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $5.3 M
9. NoVo Foundation $5.2 M
10. W.K. Kellogg Foundation $4.7 M
11. C&A Foundation $4.3 M
12. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $4.3 M
13. International Development Research Centre $4.0 M
14. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund $4.0 M
15. Global Greengrants Fund $2.8 M
16. The California Endowment $2.6 M
17. Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $2.6 M
18. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $2.5 M
19. Foundation to Promote Open Society $2.5 M
20. American Jewish World Service $1.8 M
21. International Community Foundation $1.8 M
22. Hivos $1.5 M
23. NEO Philanthropy $1.4 M
24. Knight Foundation $1.2 M
25. Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation $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

  $45,661,306 (22%)
  210 Grants (15%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $23,002,351 (11%)
  86 Grants (6%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $22,974,629 (11%)
  86 Grants (6%)

• Human Rights, General

  $18,461,192 (9%)
  90 Grants (7%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $18,257,903 (9%)
  391 Grants (29%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $14,913,902 (7%)
  53 Grants (4%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $13,504,472 (7%)
  116 Grants (9%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $12,028,359 (6%)
  98 Grants (7%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $10,563,956 (5%)
  80 Grants (6%)

• Education, religion, and culture

  $9,753,124 (5%)
  46 Grants (3%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $7,444,429 (4%)
  45 Grants (3%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $5,699,491 (3%)
  24 Grants (2%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $4,481,714 (2%)
  37 Grants (3%)

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

  $59,418,451 (29%)
  442 Grants (32%)

• Children & Youth

  $18,548,743 (9%)
  264 Grants (19%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $16,357,130 (8%)
  111 Grants (8%)

• LGBTQI

  $5,593,534 (3%)
  77 Grants (6%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $5,063,393 (2%)
  181 Grants (13%)

• People with Disabilities

  $2,082,580 (1%)
  28 Grants (2%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $676,533 (0%)
  46 Grants (3%)

• Sex Workers

  $521,522 (0%)
  19 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.