Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia, 2011 - 2015

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

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Foundation Funding for Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia

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2%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$226.3 Million out of
$9.4 Billion for all rights
3,782 Grants
from 2011 - 2015

Top Funders

  1. National Endowment for Democracy $98.1 M
  2. The Oak Foundation $47.9 M
  3. Nationale Postcode Loterij $13.3 M
  4. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $11.6 M
  5. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation $7.4 M
  6. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $6.6 M
  7. The Global Fund for Women $4.6 M
  8. The Coca-Cola Foundation $3.0 M
  9. Mama Cash $2.7 M
  10. Tides Foundation $2.6 M
  11. Rockefeller Brothers Fund $2.5 M
  12. King Baudouin Foundation $1.8 M
  13. Abilis Foundation $1.8 M
  14. Hivos $1.5 M
  15. NoVo Foundation $1.3 M
  16. Global Fund for Children $1.2 M
  17. The Nduna Foundation $1.2 M
  18. Cordaid $1.1 M
  19. Carnegie Corporation of New York $1.0 M
  20. Klarman Family Foundation $1.0 M
  21. Ukrainian Women's Fund $997.5 K
  22. The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice $961.0 K
  23. Human Dignity Foundation $900.0 K
  24. Global Greengrants Fund $754.9 K
  25. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Foundation $700.0 K
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

Bilateral and Multilateral Funding

7%
Share of OECD
human rights funding

$1.3 Billion out of
$18.1 Billion for all rights
7,339 Disbursements

Top Funders

  1. European Union Institutions $371.4 M
  2. United States $305.9 M
  3. Sweden $145.5 M
  4. Norway $97.1 M
  5. Switzerland $63.9 M
  6. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) $59.5 M
  7. Canada $45.1 M
  8. Germany $42.7 M
  9. Denmark $37.9 M
  10. Global Fund $27.4 M
  11. Finland $20.0 M
  12. Netherlands $17.7 M
  13. Austria $13.9 M
  14. International Development Association $11.5 M
  15. United Kingdom $9.7 M
  16. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $5.7 M
  17. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $5.2 M
  18. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $5.1 M
  19. Italy $4.8 M
  20. Poland $3.0 M
  21. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $2.9 M
  22. Belgium $2.6 M
  23. Czech Republic $2.0 M
  24. Ireland $1.8 M
  25. Iceland $1.8 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

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Sample Grants

  • The Sigrid Rausing Trust gave multi-year core support to the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights in Poland.
  • Mary's Pence supported an anonymous individual in the United States to fund their transportation to speak at a conference in Croatia about social justice education.