Top menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • FAQ
  • Blog
  • Reports
  • Map

Advancing Human Rights

The State of Global Foundation Grantmaking

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Years
    • 2011 - 2015
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013
    • 2012
    • 2011
  • Regions
    • Asia & Pacific
    • Caribbean
    • Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
    • Global Programs
    • Latin America & Mexico
    • Middle East & North Africa
    • North America
    • Sub-Saharan Africa
    • Western Europe
  • Issues
    • Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
    • Civic and Political Participation
    • Economic and Labor Rights
    • Education, Religion, and Culture
    • Environmental and Resource Rights
    • Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
    • Expression and Information Rights
    • Freedom from Violence
    • Health and Well-being Rights
    • Human Rights, General
    • Migration and Displacement
    • Sexual and Reproductive Rights
    • Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
  • Populations
    • Children & Youth
    • Human Rights Defenders
    • Indigenous Peoples
    • LGBTQI
    • Migrants & Refugees
    • People with Disabilities
    • Sex Workers
    • Women & Girls
  • Strategies
    • Advocacy, Systems Reform and Implementation
    • Arts and Culture
    • Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
    • Coalition-building and Collaboration
    • Grassroots Organizing
    • Litigation and Legal Aid
    • Media and Technology
    • Research and Documentation
    • Scholarships and Travel
    • Security and Resilience
  • Bi/Multilateral
Issue

Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding, 2011 - 2015

Supporting accountability, reconciliation, and redress in the context of large-scale past human rights abuses. This category includes grants related to violence against civilians in conflict and the promotion of peace.

Select Year
  • Trends, 2011 - 2015
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011

Foundation Funding for Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

These are partial figures based on a subset of foundations that shared grants data all five years: Read more about our methodology.
Explore:
Select a Section
  • Top Foundation Funders
  • Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
  • Regional Focus
  • Population Focus
  • Strategy Focus
  • Related Resources

2%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$186.1 Million out of
$9.4 Billion for all rights
2,170 Grants
from 2011 - 2015

Top Foundation Funders

  1. National Endowment for Democracy $25.6 M
  2. The Oak Foundation $19.8 M
  3. Humanity United $19.6 M
  4. Cordaid $17.7 M
  5. Ford Foundation $16.4 M
  6. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $7.7 M
  7. The Skoll Foundation $5.9 M
  8. American Jewish World Service $5.1 M
  9. Hivos $4.8 M
  10. Fund For Global Human Rights $4.8 M
  11. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $4.5 M
  12. Mensen met een Missie $4.5 M
  13. New Israel Fund $3.9 M
  14. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $3.6 M
  15. Nationale Postcode Loterij $2.8 M
  16. Tides Foundation $2.7 M
  17. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $2.6 M
  18. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation $2.6 M
  19. NoVo Foundation $2.5 M
  20. The Atlantic Philanthropies $2.5 M
  21. U.S. Institute of Peace $2.2 M
  22. Anonymous $2.2 M
  23. TrustAfrica $2.0 M
  24. Silicon Valley Community Foundation $1.7 M
  25. Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust $1.6 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

Bilateral and Multilateral Funding

5%
Share of OECD
human rights funding

$1.4 Billion out of
$30.8 Billion for all rights
4,675 Disbursements

Top Funders

  1. Sweden $252.4 M
  2. European Union Institutions $223.0 M
  3. United Kingdom $184.5 M
  4. United States $139.5 M
  5. Norway $124.1 M
  6. Canada $102.7 M
  7. Switzerland $80.5 M
  8. Germany $69.1 M
  9. Australia $49.9 M
  10. Finland $34.9 M
  11. Denmark $33.1 M
  12. Spain $29.8 M
  13. Netherlands $20.8 M
  14. Italy $15.7 M
  15. Belgium $13.3 M
  16. United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $11.1 M
  17. Japan $6.9 M
  18. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $4.7 M
  19. France $3.3 M
  20. Austria $2.0 M
  21. Ireland $1.7 M
  22. Korea $1.5 M
  23. Portugal $1.4 M
  24. Iceland $748.5 K
  25. Inter-American Development Bank $648.4 K
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

Trends Snapshot

Trends Analysis Snapshot

Subset of Foundation Funding by Region

Top three categories shown in default view.
Add or remove regions using the legend below.

Subset of Foundation Funding by Population

Top three categories shown in default view.
Add or remove populations using the legend below.

Subset of Foundation Funding by Strategy

Top three categories shown in default view.
Add or remove strategies using the legend below.

Related Resources

  • Documenting Human Rights Violations: Increasing Recognition of Civil and Political Rights in Burma
  • Transitional Human Rights Work in Syria: A Pilot Initiative Embedding Human Rights Norms in Nascent Governance Structures

© 2022 Candid. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy