9%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$317.8 Million out of
$3.7 Billion for all rights
1,516 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $39.2 M
- Ford Foundation $36.6 M
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation $35.5 M
- Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors $17.1 M
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $16.1 M
- Freedom House $12.9 M
- Annie E. Casey Foundation $10.6 M
- Laura and John Arnold Foundation $10.5 M
- NoVo Foundation $9.1 M
- Public Welfare Foundation $8.5 M
- Oak Foundation $7.5 M
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation $7.2 M
- Wellspring Philanthropic Fund $6.7 M
- JPB Foundation $5.1 M
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $4.9 M
- Sigrid Rausing Trust $3.4 M
- Greater Washington Community Foundation $3.2 M
- Kohlberg Foundation $3.2 M
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $3.0 M
- Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $2.7 M
- Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust $2.7 M
- Carnegie Corporation of New York $2.5 M
- Proteus Fund $2.2 M
- EsmŽe Fairbairn Foundation $2.2 M
- Libra Foundation $1.8 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
6%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$281.4 Million out of
$5.0 Billion for all rights
937 Disbursements
Top Funders
- European Union Institutions $55.7 M
- United States $43.5 M
- Germany $27.6 M
- United Kingdom $27.5 M
- Switzerland $20.6 M
- Sweden $16.7 M
- Denmark $15.5 M
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) $15.3 M
- Norway $13.7 M
- Netherlands $11.4 M
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $8.9 M
- Australia $5.7 M
- Belgium $3.6 M
- Canada $3.2 M
- Finland $2.4 M
- Ireland $2.3 M
- Spain $2.0 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $1.9 M
- Italy $1.3 M
- France $1.0 M
- Austria $569.6 K
- Luxembourg $457.6 K
- Asian Development Bank $209.3 K
- Iceland $112.1 K
- Food and Agriculture Organisation $76.9 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Region
Asia & Pacific
$8,743,584 (3%)
50 Grants (3%)
Caribbean
$1,018,815 (0%)
11 Grants (1%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$4,266,531 (1%)
17 Grants (1%)
Global Programs
$23,757,324 (7%)
75 Grants (5%)
Latin America & Mexico
$16,121,722 (5%)
78 Grants (5%)
Middle East & North Africa
$3,179,937 (1%)
38 Grants (3%)
North America
$246,538,283 (78%)
1,112 Grants (73%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$9,626,618 (3%)
60 Grants (4%)
Western Europe
$7,266,233 (2%)
90 Grants (6%)
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
$39,621,907 (12%)
279 Grants (18%)Migrants & Refugees
$34,331,117 (11%)
87 Grants (6%)Women & Girls
$22,213,591 (7%)
140 Grants (9%)LGBTQI
$4,955,087 (2%)
67 Grants (4%)Human Rights Defenders
$924,610 (0%)
32 Grants (2%)Indigenous Peoples
$708,657 (0%)
27 Grants (2%)People with Disabilities
$425,700 (0%)
12 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$69,807 (0%)
4 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
$151,372,848 (48%)
701 Grants (46%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$46,867,012 (15%)
131 Grants (9%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$19,785,983 (6%)
91 Grants (6%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$19,720,195 (6%)
151 Grants (10%)Research and Documentation
$18,932,067 (6%)
58 Grants (4%)Media and Technology
$12,455,102 (4%)
59 Grants (4%)Arts and Culture
$4,241,025 (1%)
36 Grants (2%)Grassroots Organizing
$3,619,521 (1%)
57 Grants (4%)Security and Resilience
$465,000 (0%)
3 Grants (0%)Scholarships and Travel
$6,626 (0%)
1 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.