12%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$326.9 Million out of
$2.8 Billion for all rights
3,143 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Ford Foundation $58.9 M
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation $53.6 M
- Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors $16.5 M
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $16.0 M
- Arcus Foundation $10.5 M
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $10.4 M
- Oak Foundation $9.9 M
- Fundación ONCE $8.7 M
- Big Lottery Fund $7.9 M
- Foundation for a Just Society $7.2 M
- NoVo Foundation $6.0 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $4.4 M
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $3.7 M
- Adelson Family Foundation $3.5 M
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation $3.5 M
- Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $3.2 M
- Comic Relief $3.2 M
- The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $2.7 M
- American Jewish World Service - Donor Advised Funds $2.4 M
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $2.3 M
- National Endowment for Democracy $2.2 M
- American Jewish World Service $2.0 M
- The Chicago Community Trust $2.0 M
- Human Dignity Foundation $2.0 M
- Global Fund for Women $2.0 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
12%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$449.2 Million out of
$3.9 Billion for all rights
2,236 Disbursements
Top Funders
- United Kingdom $52.9 M
- European Union Institutions $50.2 M
- Sweden $46.2 M
- Netherlands $44.0 M
- Spain $28.9 M
- Germany $27.8 M
- Norway $27.6 M
- United States $25.8 M
- Denmark $24.2 M
- Japan $16.2 M
- Australia $13.8 M
- Switzerland $12.9 M
- International Development Association $10.5 M
- Italy $9.6 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $9.2 M
- Belgium $6.0 M
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $5.8 M
- Ireland $5.5 M
- Finland $5.4 M
- United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $4.7 M
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $4.3 M
- France $3.5 M
- Canada $3.5 M
- Korea $2.1 M
- International Labour Organisation $2.0 M
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Region
Asia & Pacific
$33,998,062 (10%)
237 Grants (8%)
Caribbean
$2,974,851 (1%)
34 Grants (1%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$4,760,266 (1%)
135 Grants (4%)
Global Programs
$47,569,881 (15%)
154 Grants (5%)
Latin America & Mexico
$38,302,323 (12%)
168 Grants (5%)
Middle East & North Africa
$7,289,874 (2%)
123 Grants (4%)
North America
$155,666,081 (48%)
1,679 Grants (53%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$33,820,291 (10%)
241 Grants (8%)
Western Europe
$29,239,090 (9%)
409 Grants (13%)
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
$88,499,367 (27%)
542 Grants (17%)Women & Girls
$84,599,375 (26%)
845 Grants (27%)LGBTQI
$45,900,579 (14%)
827 Grants (26%)Migrants & Refugees
$18,209,185 (6%)
178 Grants (6%)People with Disabilities
$18,077,667 (6%)
366 Grants (12%)Indigenous Peoples
$3,381,363 (1%)
68 Grants (2%)Human Rights Defenders
$2,317,798 (1%)
47 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$1,715,562 (1%)
62 Grants (2%)
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
$86,793,231 (27%)
1,080 Grants (34%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$51,706,280 (16%)
431 Grants (14%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$37,817,535 (12%)
443 Grants (14%)Grassroots Organizing
$21,130,485 (6%)
186 Grants (6%)Media and Technology
$19,685,625 (6%)
176 Grants (6%)Research and Documentation
$18,555,407 (6%)
133 Grants (4%)Arts and Culture
$13,029,212 (4%)
218 Grants (7%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$4,853,834 (1%)
75 Grants (2%)Scholarships and Travel
$594,444 (0%)
27 Grants (1%)Security and Resilience
$161,686 (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.
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