Grants for women's rights groups

286 women's rights advocacy organizations received at least $39.8 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 633 grants made from 511 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,100. Of these 511 foundations, 89% made just a single grant to women's rights orgs, and 1% made grants to four or more women's rights orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.
$39,782,249
Total grant dollars given to women's rights groups
633
Number of grants made annually to women's rights groups
511
Number of grantmakers funding women's rights groups
$1,100
Median grant size to women's rights groups

Foundations that support women's rights advocacy organizations

Out of all grants made to women's rights groups, 70% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 97% of the dollar-value of grants to women's rights orgs. Foundations funding women's rights orgs also made grants to food banks, multiservice human service organizations, religious organizations, youth development programs, and educational service providers.

Foundation size

Foundation size Number of grantmakers
Small
 
358
Medium
 
78
Large
 
75
Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type Number of grantmakers
Community
 
18
Private
 
431
Corporate
 
31
Other
 
31

Grants made

Grants made to women's rights orgs Number of grantmakers
1
 
459
2-3
 
43
4-10
 
7
11+
 
2

Top 10 foundations supporting women's rights advocacy organizations

Grantmaker State Geographic focus Percent of grant dollars to women's rights orgs Number of grants made to women's rights orgs Median grant size
JP Morgan Chase Foundation NY National 0.0% 18 $230
Seattle Foundation WA State 0.0% 14 $3,500
Abbvie Foundation IL National 0.0% 9 $259
John D & Catherine T Macarthur Foundation IL National 0.0% 8 $1,500
Chubb Charitable Foundation PA National 0.1% 7 $300
Salesforce Com Foundation CA National 0.0% 6 $100
The Reba Judith Sandler Foundation MA Metro 5.4% 5 $5,000
Shell Oil Company Foundation TX National 0.0% 5 $150
W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) MI National 1.5% 4 $1,300
California Wellness Foundation CA State 0.0% 3 $5,000

Women's rights advocacy organizations grantees

Women's rights groups with more than $5 million in total revenues received 82% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 38% of all women's rights orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant Number of grants
<$10k
 
627
$10k-$25k
 
0
$25k-$100k
 
0
$100k+
 
6

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue Median grant size
<$100k
 
$1,000
$100k-$500k
 
$1,000
$500k-$1M
 
$2,000
$1M-$5M
 
$1,500
>$5M
 
$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee Number of grants
New York
 
175
California
 
112
District of Columbia
 
46
Illinois
 
45
Other
 
255

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee Number of grants
New York City
 
174
San Francisco
 
77
Washington DC
 
47
Chicago
 
43
Other
 
287

Top 25 grants made to women's rights groups

Grantee Grant size Purpose Grantmaker
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights $13,351,733 To Support Readi Chicago Year 2 The Chicago Community Trust
Texas Women's Foundation $11,387,516 General Support The Dallas Foundation
Borealis Philanthropy $4,567,500 Transform Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the Philanthropic Field By Building the Strong Sector's Capacity To Integrate Racial Equity Within Institutions Serving the Infrastructure of Philanthropy Through Support of Efforts of A Funding Collaborative W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF)
Essie Justice Group $3,281,000 Public Safety Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Women Donors Network (WDN) $3,010,000 General Operating Support The Chicago Community Trust
The National Council for Incarcerated An D Formerly Incarcarated Women and Girls $2,875,000 Public Safety Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Zioness Movement $5,000 Community Outreach & Enrichment Programs Goldman Sachs Gives
The Advocates For Human Rights $5,000 General Support Novo Foundation
Women's Resource Center of the Delaware Valley $5,000 To Sustain the Resource Coordination Counseling Services and Support An Emergency Assistance Fund To Address Immediate Needs Such As Food and Household Supplies Not Available Through Local Pantries and Health-Related Needs Foundation for Delaware County (CCF)
Michigan Women's Forward $5,000 Community Transformation DTE Energy Foundation
Women Donors Network (WDN) $5,000 For 2019 Membership California Wellness Foundation
Women Organized To Respond To Life- Threatening Diseases $5,000 For Core Operating Support for the Paradigm Shift Conference in February 2020 in Atlanta To Address Unmet Needs and Gaps in Services for African American Women in California and Nationally Affected By the Hiv/aids Epidemic. California Wellness Foundation
Chinese For Affirmative Action $5,000 For Project Support of Hmong Innovating Politics and Its Fellows Program To Engage Disenfranchised California Communities Civically. California Wellness Foundation
Women's Law Project $5,000 The Rights of Women and Girls Shear Family Foundation
Chicago Foundation for Women $5,000 34th Annual Luncheon CME Group Foundation
Citizens Committee for Children of New York $5,000 Program Support Edward H Benenson Foundation
Maine Women's Lobby Education Fund $5,000 Community Programs Avangrid Foundation
International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) $5,000 General Fund Arnhold Foundation
Citizens Committee for Children of New York $5,000 General Fund Arnhold Foundation
Oasis A Haven for Women and Children $5,000 General Support Advisors Charitable Gift Fund
Women Donors Network (WDN) $5,000 General Operating Support Philadelphia Foundation (PF)
Global Fund for Women $5,000 General & Unrestricted Adam J Weissman Foundation
The Womens Resource of Greater Houston $5,000 Community QB Award Houston Texans Foundation
The Advocates For Human Rights $5,000 General Operating Activities Rathmann Family Foundation
Women's Global Connection of San Antonio $5,000 Annual Campaign The Gorman Foundation
Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Women's rights groups" category for this page is determined by the "R24: Womens Rights" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.