Region

Latin America & Mexico, 2011 - 2015

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

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Foundation Funding for Latin America & Mexico

These are partial figures based on a subset of foundations that shared grants data all five years: Read more about our methodology.

6%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$599.3 Million out of
$9.4 Billion for all rights
8,352 Grants
from 2011 - 2015

Top Foundation Funders

  1. Ford Foundation $146.0 M
  2. National Endowment for Democracy $53.2 M
  3. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $49.8 M
  4. The Oak Foundation $34.6 M
  5. Hivos $33.8 M
  6. Nationale Postcode Loterij $29.9 M
  7. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $26.0 M
  8. American Jewish World Service $18.3 M
  9. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $16.0 M
  10. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $12.2 M
  11. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $11.9 M
  12. Mensen met een Missie $10.5 M
  13. Cordaid $9.7 M
  14. Tides Foundation $8.6 M
  15. Fund For Global Human Rights $7.8 M
  16. Global Greengrants Fund $7.8 M
  17. NoVo Foundation $7.6 M
  18. The Summit Foundation $7.4 M
  19. Anonymous $7.2 M
  20. Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation $6.8 M
  21. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $6.5 M
  22. Mama Cash $6.3 M
  23. Freedom House $6.0 M
  24. The Global Fund for Women $5.9 M
  25. Open Doors International $4.2 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

Bilateral and Multilateral Funding

12%
Share of OECD
human rights funding

$2.1 Billion out of
$18.1 Billion for all rights
12,833 Disbursements

Top Funders

  1. Spain $398.8 M
  2. United States $284.3 M
  3. Sweden $214.5 M
  4. Germany $212.6 M
  5. European Union Institutions $205.0 M
  6. Canada $199.0 M
  7. Norway $183.0 M
  8. Global Fund $74.1 M
  9. Belgium $48.1 M
  10. Finland $43.2 M
  11. Netherlands $40.4 M
  12. Switzerland $36.2 M
  13. Denmark $29.8 M
  14. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $25.8 M
  15. Ireland $20.3 M
  16. Inter-American Development Bank - Special Fund $9.9 M
  17. Italy $9.5 M
  18. United Kingdom $8.4 M
  19. Austria $7.6 M
  20. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $5.8 M
  21. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $5.3 M
  22. Inter-American Development Bank $3.4 M
  23. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $3.0 M
  24. Luxembourg $2.5 M
  25. World Health Organization (WHO) $1.6 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

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Sample Grants

  • Mensen met een Missie
    Corporacion Amiga Joven (Colombia)
    For the Escuela Popular project, which provides sociopolitical gender training for young women.
  • International Development Research Centre
    Fundacion Universidad de San Andres (Argentina)
    To study private sector efforts to promote better compliance with anticorruption laws in Latin America.