6%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$550.8 Million out of
$9.4 Billion for all rights
4,081 Grants
from 2011 - 2015
Top Foundation Funders
- Ford Foundation $93.1 M
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $57.5 M
- The Atlantic Philanthropies $50.5 M
- Public Welfare Foundation $35.5 M
- National Endowment for Democracy $26.6 M
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation $25.3 M
- The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $21.8 M
- Freedom House $19.7 M
- The Annie E. Casey Foundation $19.5 M
- Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $19.1 M
- The Oak Foundation $15.4 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $13.6 M
- The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust $12.5 M
- Esmee Fairbairn Foundation $6.4 M
- Claws Foundation $5.0 M
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation $4.9 M
- Tides Foundation $4.4 M
- Anonymous $4.0 M
- NoVo Foundation $4.0 M
- The Barrow Cadbury Trust $3.9 M
- Arcus Foundation $3.6 M
- Fund For Global Human Rights $3.3 M
- Public Interest Projects $3.1 M
- The Kresge Foundation $3.0 M
- Walton Family Foundation $2.8 M
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B = Billions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
6%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$1.8 Billion out of
$30.8 Billion for all rights
5,645 Disbursements
Top Funders
- European Union Institutions $293.2 M
- United States $241.9 M
- United Kingdom $164.6 M
- Sweden $136.7 M
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) $130.7 M
- Canada $122.5 M
- Denmark $116.8 M
- Germany $97.5 M
- Norway $92.4 M
- Switzerland $80.2 M
- Australia $78.3 M
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $70.0 M
- Netherlands $37.5 M
- Finland $34.2 M
- Belgium $18.7 M
- Spain $14.6 M
- Ireland $9.6 M
- Italy $7.5 M
- France $5.1 M
- Japan $4.4 M
- Luxembourg $3.7 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $3.6 M
- Austria $2.3 M
- New Zealand $1.5 M
- United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $1.3 M
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B = Billions
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