8%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$141.5 Million out of
$1.7 Billion for all rights
1,982 Grants
Top Funders
- National Endowment for Democracy $26.3 M
- Open Society Foundations $21.1 M
- Ford Foundation $18.4 M
- Google.org $11.1 M
- Hivos $6.5 M
- Anonymous $4.6 M
- Bloomberg Philanthropies $3.8 M
- The Oak Foundation $3.3 M
- American Jewish World Service $3.1 M
- American Jewish World Service - Donor Advised Funds $2.8 M
- Mensen met een Missie $2.2 M
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $2.1 M
- Cordaid $2.0 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $1.7 M
- Humanity United $1.7 M
- The Rockefeller Foundation $1.6 M
- Fund For Global Human Rights $1.5 M
- Human Dignity Foundation $1.5 M
- Levi Strauss Foundation $1.5 M
- Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $1.5 M
- The Global Fund for Women $1.3 M
- Global Fund for Children $1.2 M
- The Charitable Foundation $1.2 M
- Partnership for Transparency Fund $1.1 M
- Tides Foundation $1.1 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
18%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$649.3 Million out of
$3.5 Billion for all rights
2,705 Disbursements
Top Funders
- United States $95.8 M
- Canada $78.3 M
- European Union Institutions $70.3 M
- Norway $54.7 M
- Sweden $44.9 M
- Australia $39.7 M
- Denmark $38.7 M
- Asian Development Bank Special Funds $38.7 M
- United Kingdom $37.3 M
- Germany $26.4 M
- Spain $21.4 M
- Switzerland $20.3 M
- Ireland $13.4 M
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $12.5 M
- Japan $10.0 M
- Netherlands $9.6 M
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $6.5 M
- Finland $6.1 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $5.5 M
- Belgium $4.4 M
- New Zealand $4.4 M
- International Development Association $3.1 M
- Italy $2.5 M
- United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $2.0 M
- Korea $1.1 M
- M = Millions
Issue Focus
Human Rights, General
$26,715,487 (19%)
455 Grants (23%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$26,594,740 (19%)
392 Grants (20%)Economic and Labor Rights
$19,460,389 (14%)
177 Grants (9%)Freedom from Violence
$19,304,597 (14%)
164 Grants (8%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$12,094,139 (9%)
259 Grants (13%)Expression and Information Rights
$10,701,457 (8%)
118 Grants (6%)Health and Well-being Rights
$6,443,035 (5%)
85 Grants (4%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$6,146,812 (4%)
76 Grants (4%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$4,581,718 (3%)
31 Grants (2%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$1,202,547 (1%)
16 Grants (1%)Civic and Political Participation
$932,311 (1%)
12 Grants (1%)Migration and Displacement
$517,570 (0%)
17 Grants (1%)
Population Focus
Economically Disadvantaged
$46,747,683 (33%)
429 Grants (22%)Women & Girls
$39,558,319 (28%)
643 Grants (32%)Crime or Abuse Victims
$29,475,761 (21%)
216 Grants (11%)Children & Youth
$26,519,896 (19%)
417 Grants (21%)Ethnic or Racial Minorities
$19,280,762 (14%)
273 Grants (14%)LGBTQI
$6,231,626 (4%)
82 Grants (4%)People with AIDS
$6,207,815 (4%)
69 Grants (3%)Indigenous Peoples
$6,096,278 (4%)
111 Grants (6%)Migrants & Refugees
$4,357,969 (3%)
99 Grants (5%)People with Disabilities
$3,468,080 (2%)
137 Grants (7%)Sex Workers
$1,832,637 (1%)
25 Grants (1%)Offenders & Ex-Offenders
$1,529,438 (1%)
27 Grants (1%)Human Rights Defenders
$1,297,362 (1%)
45 Grants (2%)Substance Abusers
$1,254,771 (1%)
27 Grants (1%)
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
- McKnight Foundation gave to Social Action for Change in Cambodia for grassroots women's empowerment and awareness-raising about rural issues.
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation gave to Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights in Papua New Guinea for legal support to coastal communities and non-governmental organizations.
Case Studies
- Documenting Human Rights Violations: Increasing Recognition of Civil and Political Rights in Burma
- Investing in a New Era of Global Human Rights Leadership
- Strengthening Women’s Voices and Supporting Women’s Movements
- Taking Advantage of Seasoned Activists to Expand and Strengthen Human Rights Movements
- The Value of Flexible Funding in International Human Rights Grantmaking
180 Grants (9%)