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Top Funders

Howard G. Buffett Foundation: $11.1 M
Ford Foundation: $9.9 M
Carnegie Corporation of New York: $7.5 M
Open Society Institute: $7.3 M
Bloomberg Philanthropies: $4.5 M
NoVo Foundation: $3.3 M
Humanity United: $2.5 M
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: $2.4 M
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation: $2.3 M
GHR Foundation: $1.8 M
Foundation to Promote Open Society: $1.8 M
Oak Foundation: $1.7 M
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, Inc.: $1.5 M
Bridgeway Foundation: $1.3 M
American Friends Service Committee: $1.1 M
Comic Relief UK: $1.1 M
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: $1.0 M
Annenberg Foundation: $1.0 M
Pro Victimis Foundation: $964.3 K
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: $930.0 K
The International Development Research Centre: $760.1 K
Margaret A. Cargill Foundation: $625.0 K
Fund for Global Human Rights, Inc.: $617.2 K
Catalyst for Peace: $565.5 K
Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH: $499.1 K

Issue Focus

International Development: $13.4 M
General - Supporting Stable, Resilient Societies: $12.6 M
Accountability and Transparency: $11.3 M
Gender Equality: $10.5 M
Peacebuilding: $8.7 M
General - Resolving Conflict and Building Peace: $7.0 M
Democracy-building: $5.2 M
Conflict and Atrocities Prevention: $4.8 M
Migration: $4.1 M
Transitional Justice: $4.0 M
Gender-based Violence: $2.0 M
Climate Security and Natural Resource Management: $2.0 M
Conflict Resolution: $1.3 M
General - Preventing & Mitigating Conflict: $902.9 K
Rule of Law and Institution-building: $773.9 K
International and Regional Institutions: $308.8 K
Weapons: $245.6 K
Countering Violent Extremism and Counter-Terrorism: $234.9 K
Demobilization, Disarmament, and Reintegration: $92.3 K
Peace Negotiations: $76.3 K
National Security, Foreign Policy, and Diplomacy: $12.7 K

Strategy Focus

Funding for General Support

16% $11,717,659 74 Grants = 22%

Sample Grants

Catalyst for Peace
awarded a grant for $4,500 to Salam Institute for Peace and Justice

For community education about forgiveness and community reconciliation, through Arabic translation of a feature film about the nationwide program in Sierra Leone.
Urgent Action Fund - Africa
awarded a grant for $5,100 to TVVT-ZIMBABWE

To hold an emergency peaceful march on the voter registration process so as to raise the public profile on gender considerations of the voter registration process.
Channel Foundation
awarded a grant for $25,000 to International Civil Society Action Network

For the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders' awareness-raising, capacity-building and monitoring of UNSC Res. 1325 and 1820 implementation in South Sudan.