15%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$343.5 Million out of
$2.3 Billion for all rights
3,827 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Nationale Postcode Loterij $44.5 M
- Ford Foundation $36.0 M
- The Atlantic Philanthropies $32.4 M
- Open Society Foundations $24.6 M
- Fundación ONCE $13.1 M
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $12.5 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $9.9 M
- The Oak Foundation $8.9 M
- Hivos $8.8 M
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation $8.0 M
- Arcus Foundation $7.2 M
- American Jewish World Service $6.9 M
- The Global Fund for Women $5.3 M
- Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $4.7 M
- Public Welfare Foundation $4.6 M
- The Foundation for Civil Society $4.4 M
- Human Dignity Foundation $3.7 M
- EEA and Norway Grants $3.6 M
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation $3.4 M
- Wallace H. Coulter Foundation $3.2 M
- Gill Foundation $3.0 M
- The Henry Smith Charity $2.8 M
- The Rockefeller Foundation $2.8 M
- Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $2.7 M
- The Bank of America Charitable Foundation $2.6 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
12%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$433.1 Million out of
$3.7 Billion for all rights
2,200 Disbursements
Top Funders
- Sweden $67.5 M
- Norway $58.5 M
- Netherlands $55.1 M
- European Union Institutions $37.1 M
- Germany $37.1 M
- Spain $35.7 M
- United Kingdom $26.7 M
- Finland $15.8 M
- Australia $15.7 M
- Denmark $14.3 M
- Canada $14.2 M
- Belgium $7.7 M
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $7.1 M
- Ireland $7.0 M
- Austria $5.9 M
- Korea $4.9 M
- United States $4.4 M
- Switzerland $4.2 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $3.4 M
- Italy $2.8 M
- France $2.0 M
- Luxembourg $1.8 M
- Inter-American Development Bank - Special Fund $1.1 M
- United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $912.5 K
- Iceland $573.9 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Region
Asia & Pacific
$24,002,124 (7%)
405 Grants (11%)
Caribbean
$1,579,004 (0%)
46 Grants (1%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$15,689,331 (5%)
363 Grants (9%)
Global Programs
$47,891,432 (14%)
180 Grants (5%)
Latin America & Mexico
$16,878,068 (5%)
299 Grants (8%)
Middle East & North Africa
$9,425,434 (3%)
141 Grants (4%)
North America
$124,252,018 (36%)
1,354 Grants (35%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$44,937,552 (13%)
591 Grants (15%)
Western Europe
$70,401,046 (20%)
517 Grants (14%)
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
Children & Youth
$103,874,727 (30%)
822 Grants (21%)Women & Girls
$71,964,283 (21%)
1,166 Grants (30%)People with Disabilities
$36,185,614 (11%)
630 Grants (16%)LGBTQI
$31,198,388 (9%)
613 Grants (16%)Migrants & Refugees
$20,112,704 (6%)
247 Grants (6%)Indigenous Peoples
$8,768,786 (3%)
173 Grants (5%)Human Rights Defenders
$2,188,974 (1%)
70 Grants (2%)Sex Workers
$267,256 (0%)
6 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
$72,998,616 (21%)
577 Grants (15%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$57,369,636 (17%)
499 Grants (13%)Research and Documentation
$29,031,513 (8%)
256 Grants (7%)Media and Technology
$20,523,781 (6%)
279 Grants (7%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$13,362,744 (4%)
321 Grants (8%)Arts and Culture
$13,296,923 (4%)
207 Grants (5%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$4,680,201 (1%)
40 Grants (1%)Grassroots Organizing
$4,394,789 (1%)
84 Grants (2%)Scholarships and Travel
$736,972 (0%)
26 Grants (1%)Security and Resilience
$357,303 (0%)
5 Grants (0%)
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.
Sample Grants
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Arcus Foundation
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (United States)
To build a global network to combat anti-LGBT bias and violence in schools. -
The ExxonMobil Foundation
Friends of Saint Francis Xavier University (Canada)
For the Developing the Next Generation program, which helps Canadian First Nation, Metis and Inuit women create change in their communities.
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