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Who does Ford Foundation fund?

Ford Foundation has awarded $4.0 billion across 18,267 grants to 6,772 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $100,000, with most between $23,125 and $250,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $125,000 versus $75,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$4.0B
Typical grant
$100K
Grantees
6,772
Grants
18,267
Years
2020–2024

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Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 6,772 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Support
New Venture Fund $113.9M2002020–20242024DC
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC $108.6M852020–20242024NY
Blue Meridian Partners INC $84.8M62020–20242024NY
Neo Philanthropy INC $54.9M1162020–20242024NY
F Foundation for Detroit's Future $33.3M42021–20242024MI
A Amalgamated Charitable Foundation INC $32.9M502020–20242024DC
Borealis Philanthropy $32.2M402020–20242024MN
W Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing $25.7M52021–20242024— —
C Climate and Land Use Alliance LLC $24.1M112021–20242024— —
Tides Center $23.0M692020–20242024CA
N National Academy of Sciences $22.4M92021–20242024— —
National Domestic Workers Alliance INC $20.6M262020–20242024NY
Proteus Fund INC $19.2M802020–20242024MA
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities $18.8M152020–20242024DC
Oxfam-America INC $17.1M352020–20242024MA
Enterprise Community Partners INC $16.7M182020–20242024MD
New America Foundation $16.7M372020–20232023DC
Center for Community Change $16.0M282020–20242024DC
Global Fund for Women INC $14.8M122021–20242024CA
National Immigration Law Center $13.5M122020–20242024DC
A American Civil Liberties Union Foundation INC $13.4M362021–20242024— —
Neighborhood Funders Group $13.4M212020–20242024CA
Allied Media Projects INC $12.4M582020–20242024MI
E Equality Fund $12.0M42021–20242024— —
Policylink $12.0M222020–20242024CA
C Center for Popular Democracy INC $11.9M212021–20242024— —
Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd $11.8M92020–20242024NY
President and Fellows of Harvard College $11.5M502020–20242024MA
N National Academy of Sciences $11.2M220202020— —
N NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund INC $10.7M72021–20242024— —
National Women's Law Center $10.5M92020–20242024DC
Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation INC $10.2M102020–20242024DC
United We Dream Network INC $10.1M102020–20242024DC
J Jobs with Justice Education Fund $10.1M112020–20242024— —
Tides Foundation $10.1M272020–20242024CA
University of the Witwatersrand Fund INC $10.0M412020–20242024NY
Hopewell Fund $10.0M282020–20242024DC
National Employment Law Project $9.8M152020–20242024NY
Center for Reproductive Rights INC $9.8M112020–20242024NY
A Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus $9.8M52021–20242024— —
Powerswitch Action $9.5M152021–20242024CA
Fund for Global Human Rights $9.4M192020–20242024DC
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Incorporated $9.3M52020–20242024NC
Smithsonian Institution $9.2M172020–20242024DC
Georgetown University $9.1M272020–20242024DC
William J Brennan JR Center for Justice INC $9.0M122020–20242024NY
F Family Values at Work a Multi State Consortium in $8.9M320202020— —
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law $8.8M152020–20242024DC
Planned Parenthood Federation of America INC $8.8M72020–20242024NY
Unidosus $8.4M42020–20242024DC
F Foundation for Detroit's Futu $8.3M120202020— —
The Aspen Institute INC $8.2M282020–20242024DC
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace $8.2M192020–20242024DC
Global Greengrants Fund INC $8.0M172020–20242024CO
Faith in Action Network $7.9M152020–20242024DC
Common Counsel Foundation $7.7M102021–20242024CA
North Star Fund INC $7.6M112020–20242024NY
Center for Democracy and Technology $7.6M132020–20242024DC
First Nations Development Institute $7.5M82020–20242024CO
C Center for Popular Democracy INC $7.4M620202020— —
Equal Justice Initiative $7.4M82020–20232023AL
Groundswell Fund $7.2M102020–20242024CA
C Colorofchange Org Education Fund INC $7.0M72022–20242024— —
B Lab Company $7.0M42020–20232023PA
Henry Ford Health System $6.9M52020–20242024MI
International Labor Rights Forum $6.9M82020–20242024DC
Yayasan Keanekaragaman Hayati Indonesia $6.8M42021–20242024—
Make the Road New York $6.8M402020–20242024NY
Mozilla Foundation $6.8M122020–20242024CA
Southerners on New Ground INC $6.8M32020–20212021GA
Free Press $6.7M52020–20242024DC
I Individual recipient $6.7M122021–20242024— —
Economic Policy Institute $6.7M132020–20242024DC
A Amnesty International Limited $6.6M152021–20242024— —
C Centro De Estudios De Derecho Justicia Y Sociedad $6.6M112021–20242024— —
United for Respect Education Fund $6.6M142020–20242024CA
Array Alliance INC $6.5M92020–20242024CA
Social Science Research Council $6.5M152020–20242024NY
Disability Rights Fund INC $6.4M102020–20242024MA
Center for Law and Social Policy $6.4M122020–20242024DC
Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism $6.2M42023–20242024CA
New York Womens Foundation $6.2M122020–20242024NY
L Leadership Conference Education Fund INC $6.2M220202020— —
P Public Policy and Education Fund of New York INC $6.1M122021–20242024— —
Florida Rising Together INC $6.1M122022–20242024FL
A Alliance for Open Society International INC $6.0M32021–20222022— —
Upturn INC $5.9M92020–20242024DC
United States Artists INC $5.8M92020–20242024IL
Windward Fund $5.8M52022–20242024DC
New York University $5.8M352020–20242024NY
State Voices $5.8M92020–20242024DC
S Southern Africa Trust $5.7M82021–20242024— —
Partnership for Public Service INC $5.7M162020–20242024DC
Ballet Hispanico of New York INC $5.7M62020–20242024NY
Japanese American National Museum $5.6M22020–20222022CA
U Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights $5.6M52021–20222022— —
Panorama Global $5.5M242020–20242024WA
People's Action Institute $5.5M92021–20242024IL
Rights and Resources Institute INC $5.3M62020–20242024DC
The Astraea Foundation INC $5.3M72020–20242024NY

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