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The State of Global Foundation Grantmaking

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Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination, 2011 - 2015

Supporting the right to equal treatment, self-determination, and freedom from discrimination, especially as concerns the rights of marginalized individuals and groups.

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Foundation Funding for Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

These are partial figures based on a subset of foundations that shared grants data all five years: Read more about our methodology.
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12%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$1.2 Billion out of
$9.4 Billion for all rights
12,988 Grants
from 2011 - 2015

Top Foundation Funders

  1. Ford Foundation $143.5 M
  2. Nationale Postcode Loterij $103.6 M
  3. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $69.0 M
  4. Arcus Foundation $65.7 M
  5. NoVo Foundation $62.0 M
  6. The Atlantic Philanthropies $56.9 M
  7. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $39.1 M
  8. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $34.9 M
  9. The Oak Foundation $32.7 M
  10. Public Welfare Foundation $29.6 M
  11. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $28.1 M
  12. Tides Foundation $25.0 M
  13. Anonymous $24.2 M
  14. Cordaid $21.8 M
  15. Hivos $20.1 M
  16. American Jewish World Service $19.3 M
  17. The Rockefeller Foundation $14.9 M
  18. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $14.9 M
  19. The Global Fund for Women $13.7 M
  20. Marguerite Casey Foundation $11.8 M
  21. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation $11.7 M
  22. Esmee Fairbairn Foundation $11.2 M
  23. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $11.2 M
  24. National Endowment for Democracy $11.2 M
  25. Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $10.0 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

Bilateral and Multilateral Funding

11%
Share of OECD
human rights funding

$3.5 Billion out of
$30.8 Billion for all rights
17,818 Disbursements

Top Funders

  1. Sweden $441.9 M
  2. European Union Institutions $402.1 M
  3. Netherlands $344.4 M
  4. Norway $333.6 M
  5. Spain $274.1 M
  6. Germany $250.5 M
  7. United Kingdom $219.5 M
  8. Denmark $180.2 M
  9. Australia $139.3 M
  10. Japan $102.4 M
  11. Canada $73.3 M
  12. Belgium $67.9 M
  13. Switzerland $67.5 M
  14. United States $65.6 M
  15. Italy $63.8 M
  16. International Development Association $59.0 M
  17. Finland $58.7 M
  18. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $53.6 M
  19. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $50.3 M
  20. Ireland $46.5 M
  21. Austria $26.5 M
  22. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $23.1 M
  23. Korea $22.0 M
  24. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $21.6 M
  25. France $20.7 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

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Subset of Foundation Funding by Strategy

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