10%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$307.8 Million out of
$3.2 Billion for all rights
1,612 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation $68.1 M
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $36.5 M
- Tides Foundation $20.3 M
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation $13.4 M
- Ford Foundation $13.4 M
- NoVo Foundation $10.4 M
- Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation $7.8 M
- Raikes Foundation $6.7 M
- Comic Relief $6.7 M
- Carnegie Corporation of New York $6.1 M
- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation $5.1 M
- Knight Foundation $4.5 M
- Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $3.1 M
- Wellspring Philanthropic Fund $2.9 M
- Tamalpais Trust $2.9 M
- Michael & Susan Dell Foundation $2.8 M
- Bloomberg Family Foundation $2.8 M
- Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation $2.7 M
- College Futures Foundation $2.6 M
- Omidyar Network Fund $2.2 M
- Oak Foundation $2.1 M
- The Abell Foundation $2.1 M
- The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation $2.0 M
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $1.9 M
- The Kresge Foundation $1.9 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
5%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$187.2 Million out of
$3.9 Billion for all rights
916 Disbursements
Top Funders
- European Union Institutions $24.5 M
- Sweden $24.0 M
- Finland $23.1 M
- Norway $18.7 M
- Spain $18.3 M
- United States $17.3 M
- Germany $13.9 M
- Italy $10.6 M
- Australia $8.9 M
- Canada $5.3 M
- Switzerland $4.7 M
- Denmark $3.0 M
- Netherlands $2.3 M
- Korea $2.3 M
- France $1.8 M
- Austria $1.3 M
- Iceland $1.1 M
- Inter-American Development Bank $1.0 M
- Ireland $1.0 M
- United Arab Emirates $996.0 K
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $570.1 K
- Belgium $452.8 K
- Adaptation Fund $435.5 K
- Japan $425.2 K
- Luxembourg $273.1 K
- M = Millions
Key Findings:
2017 Funding
Foundation Funding by Region
Asia & Pacific
$5,163,768 (2%)
101 Grants (6%)
Caribbean
$821,601 (0%)
14 Grants (1%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$888,196 (0%)
28 Grants (2%)
Global Programs
$5,740,784 (2%)
44 Grants (3%)
Latin America & Mexico
$18,729,534 (6%)
132 Grants (8%)
Middle East & North Africa
$2,005,759 (1%)
39 Grants (2%)
North America
$255,668,200 (83%)
1,013 Grants (63%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$13,594,647 (4%)
137 Grants (8%)
Western Europe
$7,134,973 (2%)
110 Grants (7%)
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
$192,229,854 (62%)
789 Grants (49%)Indigenous Peoples
$30,487,093 (10%)
256 Grants (16%)Women & Girls
$26,265,169 (9%)
281 Grants (17%)Migrants & Refugees
$12,283,909 (4%)
89 Grants (6%)People with Disabilities
$6,828,718 (2%)
55 Grants (3%)LGBTQI
$4,211,488 (1%)
52 Grants (3%)Human Rights Defenders
$98,788 (0%)
20 Grants (1%)
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
$145,549,080 (47%)
566 Grants (35%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$33,661,562 (11%)
198 Grants (12%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$17,467,512 (6%)
88 Grants (5%)Media and Technology
$12,261,687 (4%)
62 Grants (4%)Research and Documentation
$9,753,124 (3%)
46 Grants (3%)Arts and Culture
$6,600,922 (2%)
127 Grants (8%)Scholarships and Travel
$4,427,602 (1%)
45 Grants (3%)Grassroots Organizing
$4,094,959 (1%)
62 Grants (4%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$1,618,531 (1%)
18 Grants (1%)Security and Resilience
$4,440 (0%)
2 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.