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The State of Global Foundation Grantmaking

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Social and Cultural Rights, 2011 - 2015

Supporting the right to participate in the cultural life of a community and engage in community duties essential to free and full development. This category includes the right to education, freedom of belief and religion, and the right to pursue one’s cultural traditions. It incorporates grants to support inclusion, acclimation, and acceptance of diverse communities.

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Foundation Funding for Social and Cultural 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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10%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$893.1 Million out of
$9.4 Billion for all rights
6,698 Grants
from 2011 - 2015

Top Foundation Funders

  1. Open Doors International $105.0 M
  2. Ford Foundation $88.4 M
  3. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $62.2 M
  4. Anonymous $58.6 M
  5. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $51.5 M
  6. NoVo Foundation $42.3 M
  7. The Atlantic Philanthropies $40.0 M
  8. Nationale Postcode Loterij $26.4 M
  9. Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $20.5 M
  10. The Oak Foundation $18.1 M
  11. Tides Foundation $17.6 M
  12. The Kendeda Fund $14.5 M
  13. National Endowment for Democracy $14.3 M
  14. American Jewish World Service $13.9 M
  15. Hivos $13.2 M
  16. The Pershing Square Foundation $11.2 M
  17. Public Interest Projects $11.1 M
  18. Mensen met een Missie $9.8 M
  19. Laura and John Arnold Foundation $9.1 M
  20. Walton Family Foundation $9.1 M
  21. Proteus Fund $8.9 M
  22. John Templeton Foundation $8.6 M
  23. New Israel Fund $8.1 M
  24. Carnegie Corporation of New York $8.0 M
  25. The San Francisco Foundation $7.5 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

Bilateral and Multilateral Funding

7%
Share of OECD
human rights funding

$1.5 Billion out of
$22.0 Billion for all rights
5,778 Disbursements

Top Funders

  1. Italy $475.8 M
  2. Spain $141.7 M
  3. Sweden $135.0 M
  4. European Union Institutions $130.0 M
  5. Norway $129.6 M
  6. Canada $87.0 M
  7. Finland $81.2 M
  8. United Kingdom $74.4 M
  9. Denmark $45.6 M
  10. Germany $45.2 M
  11. United States $37.6 M
  12. Switzerland $30.2 M
  13. Australia $25.9 M
  14. Belgium $18.8 M
  15. Netherlands $16.7 M
  16. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $13.1 M
  17. Ireland $12.7 M
  18. International Development Association $6.1 M
  19. Inter-American Development Bank - Special Fund $5.2 M
  20. Austria $4.7 M
  21. Korea $3.6 M
  22. Iceland $3.4 M
  23. Luxembourg $3.1 M
  24. Japan $3.1 M
  25. Portugal $2.8 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

Trends Blog Series

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  • Data at the Intersections: Advancing Environmental and Climate Justice Using a Human Rights Lens
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View the entire blog series

Trends Snapshot

Trends Analysis Snapshot

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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