> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.openalex.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Funders Overview

> Schema reference for Funders entities

Funders are organizations that fund research. OpenAlex indexes about 32,000 funders. Funder data comes from Crossref, and is enhanced with data from Wikidata and ROR.

Funders are connected to works through [grants](/guides/key-concepts#grants).

## Filter, sort, and group\_by fields

The API supports filtering, sorting, and grouping on funders fields. See [Filtering](/guides/filtering), [Sorting](/guides/sort), and [Grouping](/guides/grouping) for syntax.

Fields marked **(deprecated)** are `.search` filters — use the [`search` parameter](/guides/searching) instead.

| Field                                  | Sort | Group\_by | Filter |
| -------------------------------------- | :--: | :-------: | :----: |
| `awards_count`                         |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |
| `cited_by_count`                       |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |
| `continent`                            |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |
| `country_code`                         |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |
| `default.search` **(deprecated)**      |      |           |    ✓   |
| `description.search` **(deprecated)**  |      |           |    ✓   |
| `display_name`                         |   ✓  |           |    ✓   |
| `display_name.search` **(deprecated)** |      |           |    ✓   |
| `from_created_date`                    |   ✓  |           |    ✓   |
| `ids.crossref`                         |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |
| `ids.doi`                              |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |
| `ids.openalex`                         |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |
| `ids.ror`                              |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |
| `ids.wikidata`                         |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |
| `is_global_south`                      |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |
| `openalex`                             |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |
| `openalex_id`                          |      |     ✓     |    ✓   |
| `roles.id`                             |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |
| `ror`                                  |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |
| `summary_stats.2yr_mean_citedness`     |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |
| `summary_stats.h_index`                |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |
| `summary_stats.i10_index`              |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |
| `wikidata`                             |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |
| `works_count`                          |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |