Gender Equality

Grants supporting gender equality ensure that women's rights and equal participation, as well as the rights and participation of all genders, are integrated into new policies, laws, institutions, and government bodies.

9%
$28.2 Million
out of $328.2 Million
for all peace and security
Median Grant Size: $18,690

Top Funders

Bloomberg Philanthropies
$5.0 M
The Oak Foundation
$2.5 M
The UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women
$2.2 M
Ford Foundation
$2.0 M
NoVo Foundation
$1.9 M
National Endowment for Democracy
$1.9 M
Compton Foundation, Inc.
$1.4 M
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
$1.2 M
The International Development Research Centre
$1.2 M
Big Lottery Fund
$1.1 M
Carnegie Corporation of New York
$1.1 M
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
$850.0 K
Catalyst for Peace
$667.6 K
GHR Foundation
$649.1 K
American Jewish World Service - Donor Advised Funds
$570.0 K
Peace Direct
$533.0 K
King Baudouin Foundation
$532.8 K
American Jewish World Service
$518.0 K
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
$500.0 K
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
$394.1 K
Foundation for a Just Society
$350.0 K
Fund For Global Human Rights, Inc.
$276.5 K
Open Society Institute
$258.3 K
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc.
$245.5 K
Mama Cash
$235.3 K

Starting in 2014, the Open Society Foundations’ grants data is reported by and attributed to the individual legal entities that constitute the Foundations. Prior to 2014, grantmaking from these funders are collectively attributed to ‘Open Society Foundations’.

Spotlight

Regional Focus

Strategy Focus

Funding for General Support

6% $1,739,863 54 Grants = 15%

Sample Grants

  • American Jewish World Service
    awarded a grant for $5,000 to Union Régionale des femmes transformatrices et commerçantes de produits halieutiques Santa Yalla

    To elevate the leadership and participation of women in peacemaking efforts by running a women-led radio station that airs programs on the peacemaking process, women's rights, and gender issues in conflict.

  • NoVo Foundation
    awarded a grant for $30,000 to Donor Direct Action

    To support Syrian women's organizations to gather input from their constituencies and present this information in the Geneva II peace talks on the Syrian conflict.

  • Howard G. Buffett Foundation
    awarded a grant for $5,000,000 to International Women's Media Foundation

    For support for women journalists in conflict areas.