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
- Ford Foundation $143.5 M
- Nationale Postcode Loterij $103.6 M
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation $69.0 M
- Arcus Foundation $65.7 M
- NoVo Foundation $62.0 M
- The Atlantic Philanthropies $56.9 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $39.1 M
- Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $34.9 M
- The Oak Foundation $32.7 M
- Public Welfare Foundation $29.6 M
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $28.1 M
- Tides Foundation $25.0 M
- Anonymous $24.2 M
- Cordaid $21.8 M
- Hivos $20.1 M
- American Jewish World Service $19.3 M
- The Rockefeller Foundation $14.9 M
- The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $14.9 M
- The Global Fund for Women $13.7 M
- Marguerite Casey Foundation $11.8 M
- The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation $11.7 M
- Esmee Fairbairn Foundation $11.2 M
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $11.2 M
- National Endowment for Democracy $11.2 M
- Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $10.0 M
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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
- Sweden $441.9 M
- European Union Institutions $402.1 M
- Netherlands $344.4 M
- Norway $333.6 M
- Spain $274.1 M
- Germany $250.5 M
- United Kingdom $219.5 M
- Denmark $180.2 M
- Australia $139.3 M
- Japan $102.4 M
- Canada $73.3 M
- Belgium $67.9 M
- Switzerland $67.5 M
- United States $65.6 M
- Italy $63.8 M
- International Development Association $59.0 M
- Finland $58.7 M
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $53.6 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $50.3 M
- Ireland $46.5 M
- Austria $26.5 M
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $23.1 M
- Korea $22.0 M
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $21.6 M
- France $20.7 M
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