9%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$252.2 Million out of
$2.8 Billion for all rights
2,556 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Foundation For The Carolinas $41.9 M
- Oak Foundation $33.5 M
- Ford Foundation $16.9 M
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $10.6 M
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation $8.5 M
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $7.5 M
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $7.2 M
- NoVo Foundation $6.9 M
- Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres $6.7 M
- Global Greengrants Fund $6.5 M
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation $5.8 M
- The Marisla Foundation $5.2 M
- New Field Foundation $4.6 M
- International Community Foundation $4.5 M
- American Jewish World Service $4.0 M
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $3.8 M
- The JPB Foundation $3.7 M
- Robertson Foundation $3.3 M
- High Meadows Foundation $3.3 M
- Both ENDS $3.0 M
- The Overbrook Foundation $2.8 M
- Omidyar Network Fund $2.8 M
- National Endowment for Democracy $2.7 M
- American Jewish World Service - Donor Advised Funds $2.7 M
- Comic Relief $2.5 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
9%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$362.7 Million out of
$3.9 Billion for all rights
1,026 Disbursements
Top Funders
- Sweden $65.6 M
- Finland $47.8 M
- Canada $47.4 M
- European Union Institutions $36.2 M
- United States $34.2 M
- United Kingdom $25.5 M
- Denmark $22.1 M
- Germany $19.9 M
- Switzerland $18.3 M
- Norway $17.3 M
- Spain $15.4 M
- Netherlands $4.5 M
- Belgium $3.4 M
- Ireland $1.8 M
- United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $779.0 K
- Italy $744.8 K
- Austria $589.0 K
- Luxembourg $552.9 K
- Korea $279.9 K
- France $199.0 K
- United Arab Emirates $94.4 K
- International Labour Organisation $89.2 K
- Slovak Republic $35.6 K
- Australia $20.0 K
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $17.4 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Region
Asia & Pacific
$21,110,786 (8%)
506 Grants (20%)
Caribbean
$1,325,029 (1%)
78 Grants (3%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$782,077 (0%)
25 Grants (1%)
Global Programs
$64,051,507 (25%)
144 Grants (6%)
Latin America & Mexico
$24,662,289 (10%)
568 Grants (22%)
Middle East & North Africa
$1,076,537 (0%)
28 Grants (1%)
North America
$105,106,723 (42%)
641 Grants (25%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$21,410,542 (8%)
491 Grants (19%)
Western Europe
$11,856,674 (5%)
94 Grants (4%)
Region totals include both foundation grants directly to recipients based in the region specified and foundation grants to recipients located in other regions to do work benefiting the region specified. Grants may mention more than one region of benefit and therefore be counted in more than one category.
Foundation Funding by Population
Indigenous Peoples
$50,587,323 (20%)
652 Grants (26%)Women & Girls
$46,221,951 (18%)
760 Grants (30%)Children & Youth
$28,705,936 (11%)
518 Grants (20%)Migrants & Refugees
$2,835,442 (1%)
47 Grants (2%)LGBTQI
$1,094,656 (0%)
107 Grants (4%)Human Rights Defenders
$663,113 (0%)
56 Grants (2%)People with Disabilities
$390,126 (0%)
19 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$62,160 (0%)
1 Grants (0%)
Population totals include foundation funding that could be identified as meant to benefit a specific group. Grants may serve multiple populations and would therefore be counted in more than one category.
Foundation Funding by Strategy
Advocacy, Systems Reform and Implementation
$174,404,242 (69%)
1,574 Grants (62%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$57,112,879 (23%)
1,141 Grants (45%)Grassroots Organizing
$47,144,823 (19%)
391 Grants (15%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$21,592,559 (9%)
503 Grants (20%)Research and Documentation
$18,160,855 (7%)
248 Grants (10%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$7,797,965 (3%)
150 Grants (6%)Media and Technology
$6,042,535 (2%)
89 Grants (3%)Arts and Culture
$1,959,607 (1%)
78 Grants (3%)Security and Resilience
$214,973 (0%)
6 Grants (0%)Scholarships and Travel
$74,479 (0%)
22 Grants (1%)
Strategy totals include foundation funding that could be identified as supporting a specific strategy. Grants may employ multiple strategies and would therefore be counted in more than one category.
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