About Isabel Allende Foundation
The Isabel Allende Foundation concentrates its philanthropy on international women’s rights, with a strong emphasis on reproductive rights, protection from gender-based violence, and education for girls and women. Grants are focused and large, often funneled through established advocacy and grantmaking organizations that work globally and in Latin America (notably Chile). The foundation demonstrates programmatic consistency, prioritizing organizations that support prevention of child marriage and expand reproductive autonomy.
Focus Areas
International reproductive rights and maternal health (with Chile/Latin America emphasis)Prevention of child and early marriage / girls’ empowermentFunding intermediaries and grantmakers that support women’s rights globallyPrograms combining education and protection from gender-based violence
Who They Fund
women in Chilechildren in Chile (especially girls)low-income women and families in Chilesurvivors of gender-based violence
About Isabel Allende Foundation
The Isabel Allende Foundation’s recent grantmaking centers on women’s reproductive rights and protection from violence, with repeated support for organizations working in Chile and Latin America. Its largest recent grant in the list was $320,000 to Global Fund for Women for education, protection from violence, and reproductive rights in Chile, a pattern repeated with $310,000 grants in both 2024 and 2025. That same Chile-focused line of giving shows up alongside support for advocacy and service organizations that address reproductive autonomy, trafficking, and gender-based violence. The foundation also funds intermediaries that channel resources to women’s rights work across regions. Recent grants include $230,000 to Too Young to Wed for reproductive rights and $191,500 to Thistle Farms Inc for healthcare, education, protection from violence, and reproductive rights. These awards suggest a portfolio built around established organizations rather than a wide spread of small one-off grants. Education appears repeatedly, but usually in combination with protection and health-related work rather than as a standalone theme.
What Isabel Allende Foundation Funds
One clear theme is reproductive rights advocacy. The foundation gave $100,000 to Center for Reproductive Rights in 2025, after similar grants of $100,000 in 2024 and 2023, all for reproductive rights. It also supported The Brigid Alliance with $125,000 in 2025 for reproductive rights. A second strand is protection from violence. Refuge Point received $130,000 in 2024 and $100,000 in 2025 for protection from violence, while East Bay Sanctuary Covenant received $80,000 in 2023, $80,000 in 2024, and $65,000 in 2025 for education and protection from violence. Education and girls’ empowerment appear in grants such as $75,000 to Armand Hammer United World College of the American West for education and $65,000 to Omega Women’s Leadership Center for education. The foundation also backed Nepal Youth Foundation multiple times for education and protection from violence.
How Isabel Allende Foundation Gives
The typical grant size is $8,750 at the 25th percentile, $15,000 at the median, and $35,000 at the 75th percentile, while several recent awards are much larger and recur over multiple years. The pattern points to a funder with a small-grant baseline and a set of higher-value, repeated commitments to established organizations. The Isabel Allende Foundation is classified as a regular funder rather than a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Recurring awards are common in the recent grants list: several organizations appear in consecutive years, including multi-year support for the same causes and grantees. Grants are made through the foundation’s own giving, not through an application process described in the data.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.3M
Total Assets
$4.6M
Total Revenue
$2.2M
Total Expenses
$2.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $9K and $35K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$9K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$35K
Geographic Reach
National18 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Isabel Allende Foundation Funds
Top 10 recipient countries by grant volume for Isabel Allende Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 203 | $8.7M | 77.2% |
| 2 | Mexico |
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