100%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$1.7 Billion out of
$1.7 Billion for all rights
17,124 Grants
Top Funders
- Open Society Foundations $261.6 M
- Ford Foundation $171.1 M
- National Endowment for Democracy $105.7 M
- Anonymous $93.7 M
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation $59.2 M
- The Oak Foundation $40.0 M
- The Atlantic Philanthropies $39.0 M
- Arcus Foundation $36.6 M
- Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $32.9 M
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $31.4 M
- The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $28.5 M
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $26.7 M
- Hivos $25.9 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $23.1 M
- Tides Foundation $22.4 M
- Freedom House $22.4 M
- American Jewish World Service - Donor Advised Funds $22.2 M
- The California Endowment $20.7 M
- Public Welfare Foundation $18.6 M
- Humanity United $17.5 M
- NoVo Foundation $16.7 M
- Public Interest Projects $15.4 M
- Nationale Postcode Loterij $14.2 M
- Google.org $14.1 M
- The Rockefeller Foundation $13.8 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
100%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$3.5 Billion out of
$3.5 Billion for all rights
13,801 Disbursements
Top Funders
- United States $501.5 M
- European Union Institutions $428.4 M
- Sweden $356.0 M
- Norway $316.7 M
- Spain $284.0 M
- Canada $270.7 M
- Denmark $153.3 M
- Switzerland $149.3 M
- Ireland $139.7 M
- Global Fund $133.8 M
- Netherlands $129.1 M
- United Kingdom $116.7 M
- Germany $114.5 M
- Australia $55.2 M
- Finland $53.1 M
- Asian Development Bank Special Funds $38.7 M
- Belgium $37.3 M
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $34.9 M
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $34.1 M
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) $28.1 M
- International Development Association $27.4 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $19.5 M
- Japan $17.9 M
- Italy $16.9 M
- France $9.3 M
- M = Millions
Regional Focus
Asia & Pacific
$141,536,216 (8%)
1,982 Grants (12%)
Caribbean
$8,652,120 (1%)
171 Grants (1%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$108,774,032 (6%)
1,741 Grants (10%)
Global Programs
$229,086,026 (13%)
1,206 Grants (7%)
Latin America & Mexico
$119,721,309 (7%)
1,917 Grants (11%)
Middle East & North Africa
$77,892,047 (5%)
815 Grants (5%)
North America
$745,757,779 (44%)
6,358 Grants (37%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$226,807,171 (13%)
2,399 Grants (14%)
Western Europe
$104,619,465 (6%)
902 Grants (5%)
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.
Issue Focus
Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$453,404,136 (27%)
4,667 Grants (27%)Human Rights, General
$331,811,601 (19%)
3,486 Grants (20%)Health and Well-being Rights
$144,091,290 (8%)
1,254 Grants (7%)Freedom from Violence
$106,438,505 (6%)
977 Grants (6%)Economic and Labor Rights
$104,817,527 (6%)
1,031 Grants (6%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$88,134,661 (5%)
1,408 Grants (8%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$85,478,808 (5%)
714 Grants (4%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$84,189,526 (5%)
714 Grants (4%)Expression and Information Rights
$57,394,611 (3%)
680 Grants (4%)Migration and Displacement
$57,342,140 (3%)
467 Grants (3%)Civic and Political Participation
$36,124,680 (2%)
293 Grants (2%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$29,338,261 (2%)
128 Grants (1%)
Population Focus
Economically Disadvantaged
$637,495,253 (37%)
4,977 Grants (29%)Ethnic or Racial Minorities
$437,988,905 (26%)
4,213 Grants (25%)Women & Girls
$319,123,167 (19%)
4,461 Grants (26%)Children & Youth
$277,283,008 (16%)
2,877 Grants (17%)Migrants & Refugees
$188,291,926 (11%)
1,788 Grants (10%)Crime or Abuse Victims
$161,295,191 (9%)
1,348 Grants (8%)LGBTQI
$79,594,180 (5%)
1,250 Grants (7%)People with Disabilities
$73,637,145 (4%)
830 Grants (5%)Offenders & Ex-Offenders
$67,158,434 (4%)
630 Grants (4%)People with AIDS
$46,233,079 (3%)
572 Grants (3%)Indigenous Peoples
$46,028,381 (3%)
631 Grants (4%)Substance Abusers
$13,688,130 (1%)
187 Grants (1%)Human Rights Defenders
$9,337,718 (1%)
280 Grants (2%)Sex Workers
$5,913,393 (0%)
130 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.
1,305 Grants (8%)