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Advancing Human Rights

The State of Global Foundation Grantmaking

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Sexual and Reproductive Rights, 2011 - 2015

Supporting the right to make informed and voluntary reproductive choices, freedom to marry the partner of one’s choosing, and freedom of sexual expression and gender identity. This category includes access to reproductive health care, including family planning, birth control, legal and safe abortion, and equal opportunities to build families.

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Foundation Funding for Sexual and Reproductive Rights

These are partial figures based on a subset of foundations that shared grants data all five years: Read more about our methodology.
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9%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$821.1 Million out of
$9.4 Billion for all rights
3,612 Grants
from 2011 - 2015

Top Foundation Funders

  1. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $383.7 M
  2. Ford Foundation $114.3 M
  3. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $51.9 M
  4. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $45.1 M
  5. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $42.5 M
  6. Anonymous $16.9 M
  7. Hivos $14.8 M
  8. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $12.3 M
  9. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $11.7 M
  10. Foundation For The Carolinas $11.2 M
  11. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $10.7 M
  12. American Jewish World Service $9.1 M
  13. Foundation for a Just Society $7.8 M
  14. Nationale Postcode Loterij $6.7 M
  15. The Summit Foundation $6.1 M
  16. Moriah Fund $4.9 M
  17. Tides Foundation $4.9 M
  18. Segal Family Foundation $4.9 M
  19. United Nations Foundation $4.6 M
  20. The Global Fund for Women $4.5 M
  21. General Service Foundation $4.1 M
  22. The Oak Foundation $4.0 M
  23. Robert Sterling Clark Foundation $3.9 M
  24. The Educational Foundation of America $3.7 M
  25. Ms. Foundation for Women $3.4 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

Bilateral and Multilateral Funding

6%
Share of OECD
human rights funding

$1.5 Billion out of
$25.8 Billion for all rights
4,697 Disbursements

Top Funders

  1. Sweden $403.9 M
  2. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $154.7 M
  3. Germany $153.7 M
  4. Netherlands $124.4 M
  5. Norway $110.7 M
  6. Canada $89.3 M
  7. United Kingdom $80.4 M
  8. Australia $72.6 M
  9. European Union Institutions $51.7 M
  10. Spain $45.9 M
  11. Switzerland $43.1 M
  12. United States $38.2 M
  13. Finland $37.2 M
  14. Japan $34.0 M
  15. Belgium $21.5 M
  16. Denmark $18.0 M
  17. New Zealand $6.2 M
  18. France $5.1 M
  19. Asian Development Bank Special Funds $2.1 M
  20. Italy $1.8 M
  21. Luxembourg $1.6 M
  22. Austria $1.5 M
  23. Korea $765.2 K
  24. Ireland $688.2 K
  25. Inter-American Development Bank - Special Fund $415.3 K
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

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Subset of Foundation Funding by Region

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Subset of Foundation Funding by Population

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Subset of Foundation Funding by Strategy

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