2021 grantmaking at a glance

We are committed to our mission of advancing equality and justice around the world. Over the years, our grantmaking has evolved to meet the challenges facing our society. Explore our full database of grants to get a deeper understanding of the organizations we fund and their incredible impact thus far.

Learn more about how we make grants.

  • 1,784 grants made
  • 1,453 grantees
  • $1.07B total funding
  • $250K median grant

Featured grantmaking

Our social bond

Unprecedented times call for extraordinary solutions. As COVID-19 spread across the world, we saw an urgent need to support the organizations stepping up to meet the pandemic’s sweeping impacts. We issued a social bond—the first ever by a foundation on the United States taxable corporate bond market—to ensure nonprofits can carry on their important work to serve the world’s most vulnerable communities. It allowed us to double our grantmaking, resulting in a one-time allocation of up to $1 billion to strengthen and stabilize organizations during this critical time.

Read more about the social bond.

  • 386 Social Bond Grants made in 2021
  • Over $613M of funding made available

​Understanding disability, advancing inclusion​

In 2016, we made a commitment to expand our definition of justice and ensure our grantmaking was more inclusive of the disability community. Around the globe, people with disabilities experience inequality in all its forms. By integrating the voices and leaders of the disability community, we believe we will create a future of opportunity for all.

Learn more about our journey to become more inclusive funders in Disability Demands Justice.

  • More than $150M of our 2021 grantmaking intentionally included people with disabilities

Living our values

To address the issues of a complex—and increasingly diverse—world, we believe those individuals and institutions closest to the challenges are also the most capable of creating solutions. We make a concerted effort to support organizations led by women, people of color and the LGTBQ+ community as they drive lasting change for historically excluded communities.