11%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$414.9 Million out of
$3.7 Billion for all rights
1,729 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $72.4 M
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation $35.3 M
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $19.8 M
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation $18.6 M
- Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation $15.2 M
- Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation $13.1 M
- Walton Family Foundation $12.2 M
- NoVo Foundation $11.3 M
- Ford Foundation $9.2 M
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $9.0 M
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation $7.5 M
- San Francisco Foundation $7.3 M
- Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $7.2 M
- Raikes Foundation $6.9 M
- Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation $6.9 M
- Carnegie Corporation of New York $5.9 M
- John Templeton Foundation $5.5 M
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation $5.5 M
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation $4.7 M
- Community Foundation of New Jersey $3.8 M
- Wellspring Philanthropic Fund $3.7 M
- Laura and John Arnold Foundation $3.6 M
- New York Community Trust $3.5 M
- Joyce Foundation $3.3 M
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation $3.2 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
<1%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$136.1 Thousand out of
$314.9 Million for all rights
1,173 Disbursements
Top Funders
- Spain $22.3 K
- Norway $20.4 K
- Switzerland $17.1 K
- European Union Institutions $12.7 K
- Finland $10.4 K
- Canada $8.8 K
- Germany $8.0 K
- Sweden $6.7 K
- United States $4.5 K
- Italy $4.3 K
- France $3.6 K
- Netherlands $3.2 K
- Australia $2.5 K
- Korea $1.9 K
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $1.8 K
- Belgium $1.7 K
- New Zealand $902.5 K
- Denmark $794
- Inter-American Development Bank $764
- Austria $612
- United Arab Emirates $422
- Slovak Republic $366
- World Tourism Organisation $330.8 K
- Luxembourg $329
- Ireland $309
- M = Millions
Key Findings: 2018 Funding
Foundation Funding by Region
Asia & Pacific
$5,375,410 (1%)
72 Grants (4%)
Caribbean
$193,765 (0%)
4 Grants (0%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$1,324,835 (0%)
49 Grants (3%)
Global Programs
$14,607,124 (4%)
39 Grants (2%)
Latin America & Mexico
$3,288,065 (1%)
60 Grants (3%)
Middle East & North Africa
$5,043,271 (1%)
45 Grants (3%)
North America
$368,138,184 (89%)
1,245 Grants (72%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$7,614,208 (2%)
113 Grants (7%)
Western Europe
$10,631,114 (3%)
108 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
$245,249,191 (59%)
895 Grants (52%)Migrants & Refugees
$30,022,289 (7%)
138 Grants (8%)Indigenous Peoples
$17,396,758 (4%)
69 Grants (4%)Women & Girls
$15,903,917 (4%)
197 Grants (11%)LGBTQI
$5,480,013 (1%)
68 Grants (4%)People with Disabilities
$3,766,701 (1%)
71 Grants (4%)Human Rights Defenders
$285,000 (0%)
3 Grants (0%)Sex Workers
$19,110 (0%)
1 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
$136,734,610 (33%)
533 Grants (31%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$51,863,214 (12%)
223 Grants (13%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$43,440,514 (10%)
143 Grants (8%)Research and Documentation
$22,033,328 (5%)
72 Grants (4%)Media and Technology
$15,283,941 (4%)
72 Grants (4%)Scholarships and Travel
$14,920,938 (4%)
31 Grants (2%)Arts and Culture
$14,393,068 (3%)
62 Grants (4%)Grassroots Organizing
$3,497,139 (1%)
37 Grants (2%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$1,563,845 (0%)
13 Grants (1%)Security and Resilience
$265,000 (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.