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.

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Top Funders

Bloomberg Philanthropies: $4.5 M
NoVo Foundation: $3.0 M
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: $2.9 M
Oak Foundation: $2.5 M
Foundation for a Just Society: $1.8 M
Tides Foundation: $1.7 M
The Global Fund for Women, Inc.: $1.4 M
Peace Direct: $1.3 M
Ford Foundation: $1.2 M
Compton Foundation, Inc.: $1.1 M
Pro Victimis Foundation: $799.6 K
Carnegie Corporation of New York: $703.0 K
Catalyst for Peace: $501.0 K
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, Inc.: $400.0 K
The Sigrid Rausing Trust: $337.6 K
Mama Cash: $334.8 K
Fund for Global Human Rights, Inc.: $297.0 K
Madre Inc: $295.7 K
Annenberg Foundation: $250.0 K
Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH: $204.0 K
Comic Relief UK: $202.5 K
Proteus Fund, Inc.: $200.0 K
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc.: $200.0 K
Colombe Peace Foundation: $165.0 K
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: $150.0 K

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Funding for General Support

17% $4,181,418 54 Grants = 19%

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.