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Top Funders

Ford Foundation: $6.3 M
Foundation to Promote Open Society: $6.2 M
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: $5.9 M
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: $5.1 M
Carnegie Corporation of New York: $4.7 M
Humanity United: $4.4 M
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation: $3.5 M
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, Inc.: $2.9 M
One Earth Future Foundation, Inc.: $2.4 M
NoVo Foundation: $2.0 M
Peace Direct: $1.7 M
Comic Relief: $1.2 M
African Women's Development Fund: $1.2 M
GHR Foundation: $1.1 M
Oak Foundation: $1,000.0 K
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation: $950.0 K
American Jewish World Service: $920.5 K
American Friends Service Committee: $800.6 K
Catalyst for Peace: $789.0 K
Mensen met een Missie: $781.0 K
The JPMorgan Chase Foundation: $765.0 K
The Prudential Foundation: $735.0 K
Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH: $597.9 K
Fund for Global Human Rights, Inc.: $564.7 K
The Global Fund for Women, Inc.: $501.3 K

Issue Focus

Accountability and Transparency: $13.6 M
Gender Equality: $11.9 M
General - Supporting Stable, Resilient Societies: $10.3 M
Peacebuilding: $8.1 M
General - Resolving Conflict and Building Peace: $4.1 M
Transitional Justice: $3.8 M
Climate Security and Natural Resource Management: $3.5 M
Conflict and Atrocities Prevention: $2.4 M
Migration: $2.0 M
Gender-based Violence: $1.8 M
Conflict Resolution: $1.6 M
International Development: $1.5 M
Democracy-building: $1.4 M
General - Preventing & Mitigating Conflict: $1.3 M
International and Regional Institutions: $1.3 M
Demobilization, Disarmament, and Reintegration: $846.1 K
Rule of Law and Institution-building: $624.0 K
Countering Violent Extremism and Counter-Terrorism: $436.5 K
National Security, Foreign Policy, and Diplomacy: $359.5 K
Peace Negotiations: $175.0 K
Weapons: $40.1 K
Cybersecurity: $40.0 K
Militarism: $11.2 K

Strategy Focus

Funding for General Support

13% $7,696,649 67 Grants = 17%

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.