Top Funders

1. Open Society Foundations $10.3 M
2. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $2.8 M
3. Tides Foundation $2.6 M
4. Google.org $2.5 M
5. Humanity United $2.3 M
6. National Endowment for Democracy $1.8 M
7. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $1.5 M
8. Anonymous $1.3 M
9. The Oak Foundation $831.1 K
10. American Jewish World Service - Donor Advised Funds $525.0 K
11. Ford Foundation $490.0 K
12. Cordaid $389.9 K
13. Marguerite Casey Foundation $200.0 K
14. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation $190.0 K
15. American Jewish World Service $151.0 K
16. Mama Cash $139.4 K
17. Mensen met een Missie $134.2 K
18. U.S. Institute of Peace $134.2 K
19. Surdna Foundation $119.0 K
20. Annenberg Foundation $100.0 K
21. Compton Foundation $85.0 K
22. Connect U.S. Fund $75.0 K
23. TrustAfrica $74.2 K
24. Peace Direct $62.8 K
25. Hivos $55.8 K
26. M = Millions

Regional Focus

Regional focus includes grants going directly to recipients in the region specified and to recipients located in other regions for activities focused on the region specified.

Population Focus

• Crime or Abuse Victims

  $9,583,884 (33%)
  47 Grants (37%)

• Children & Youth

  $2,604,603 (9%)
  15 Grants (12%)

• Economically Disadvantaged

  $2,561,097 (9%)
  10 Grants (8%)

• Women & Girls

  $1,636,965 (6%)
  25 Grants (20%)

• Ethnic or Racial Minorities

  $1,034,889 (4%)
  15 Grants (12%)

• Offenders & Ex-Offenders

  $620,213 (2%)
  2 Grants (2%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $130,000 (0%)
  3 Grants (2%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $94,160 (0%)
  5 Grants (4%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $64,000 (0%)
  2 Grants (2%)

Population Focus includes funding explicitly targeted to benefit specific groups and only illustrates those accounting for the largest shares of grant dollars or grants. See Methodology for details on how regional focus and population focus were determined and limitations.

Sample Grants

• Arab Human Rights Fund gave to Gulf Civil Society Associations Forum in Kuwait to address the causes and effects of the Arab revolts from a human rights perspective, with emphasis on the role of the civil society.
• to provide legal support to indigenous communities in order to prosecute senior officials of two past administrations for genocide and other crimes against Guatemala's indigenous peoples.

Case Studies

• Documenting Human Rights Violations: Increasing Recognition of Civil and Political Rights in Burma
• Transitional Human Rights Work in Syria: A Pilot Initiative Embedding Human Rights Norms in Nascent Governance Structures