The Foundation supports innovative projects around the world that are working to solve some of the worlds most pressing healthcare problems such as HIV / AIDS, Polio and Malaria. Its plans for the future include targeting 150m of the worlds poorest farming families in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia to raise themselves out of poverty. The Foundation releases regular calls for proposals that invite NGOs to collaborate and deliver interventions. For more information and check on the latest available opportunities click here.

Open Society Foundations fund a range of programs around the world, from public health to education to business development. Established in 1979, today the Foundations remain committed to the global struggle for open society and responding quickly to the challenges and opportunities of the future. Their stated mission is to “build vibrant and tolerant democracies where governments are accountable to citizens”.

The Ford Foundation Today, the Foundation has is based in eleven countries around the world and supports programs in more than 50 countries. The Foundation delivers three major programs in “World Peace and the establishment of law and justice”, “Freedom and democracy” and “Advancing the economic well-being for people everywhere”. For more information click here.

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has been making grants since 1967 to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. In 2012 the Foundation had assets of more than $7bn and awarded grants totally$304,089,000. The Foundation’s current set of programs include global poverty, limiting the risk of climate change, improving education for students, improving reproductive health and rights worldwide and advancing the field of philanthropy. For more information click here.