Issue

Expression and Information Rights, 2011 - 2015

Supporting the rights to information, privacy, and freedom of opinion and expression through activities that serve principles of openness and inclusiveness across a range of media.

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Foundation Funding for Expression and Information Rights

These are partial figures based on a subset of foundations that shared grants data all five years: Read more about our methodology.

4%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$387.8 Million out of
$9.4 Billion for all rights
3,458 Grants
from 2011 - 2015

Top Foundation Funders

  1. National Endowment for Democracy $87.7 M
  2. Ford Foundation $69.9 M
  3. John S. and James L. Knight Foundation $46.5 M
  4. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $15.6 M
  5. Howard G. Buffett Foundation $15.5 M
  6. Nationale Postcode Loterij $15.4 M
  7. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $14.7 M
  8. Hivos $14.7 M
  9. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $10.1 M
  10. Proteus Fund $9.5 M
  11. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $8.4 M
  12. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $7.5 M
  13. The Oak Foundation $5.2 M
  14. American Jewish World Service $3.9 M
  15. Tides Foundation $3.6 M
  16. Rockefeller Brothers Fund $3.2 M
  17. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation $3.1 M
  18. The Skoll Foundation $2.8 M
  19. Humanity United $2.8 M
  20. CS Fund $2.6 M
  21. Mensen met een Missie $2.6 M
  22. The Nathan Cummings Foundation $2.4 M
  23. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $2.2 M
  24. Carnegie Corporation of New York $2.0 M
  25. The Nduna Foundation $1.7 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

Bilateral and Multilateral Funding

1%
Share of OECD
human rights funding

$154.5 Million out of
$22.0 Billion for all rights
975 Disbursements

Top Funders

  1. Sweden $44.6 M
  2. United States $31.0 M
  3. European Union Institutions $22.7 M
  4. Norway $17.1 M
  5. Canada $12.6 M
  6. Finland $8.0 M
  7. Denmark $5.4 M
  8. Netherlands $4.1 M
  9. United Kingdom $4.0 M
  10. Spain $2.1 M
  11. Switzerland $1.3 M
  12. Germany $858.0 K
  13. Belgium $247.9 K
  14. Estonia $219.1 K
  15. Czech Republic $156.5 K
  16. Romania $61.8 K
  17. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $50.0 K
  18. Italy $38.7 K
  19. Poland $37.8 K
  20. Lithuania $13.3 K
  21. Austria $5.7 K
  22. M = Millions
    B = Billions

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