Issue

Freedom from Violence, 2011 - 2015

Supporting the right to freedom from inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment and torture. Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe physical or psychological pain, often by state agents, with the intention of causing suffering. This category includes grants related to gender and identity-based violence, domestic violence, rape, enforced disappearance, forced labor, forced pregnancy, gun violence, capital punishment, and the protection of human rights defenders.

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Foundation Funding for Freedom from Violence

These are partial figures based on a subset of foundations that shared grants data all five years: Read more about our methodology.

8%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$775.3 Million out of
$9.4 Billion for all rights
7,698 Grants
from 2011 - 2015

Top Foundation Funders

  1. The Oak Foundation $132.1 M
  2. Anonymous $114.5 M
  3. NoVo Foundation $90.3 M
  4. Nationale Postcode Loterij $55.4 M
  5. The Atlantic Philanthropies $40.3 M
  6. Humanity United $37.1 M
  7. American Jewish World Service $27.6 M
  8. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $21.4 M
  9. Human Dignity Foundation $20.2 M
  10. Tides Foundation $18.1 M
  11. Esmee Fairbairn Foundation $16.2 M
  12. Ford Foundation $15.4 M
  13. National Endowment for Democracy $14.6 M
  14. Hivos $14.1 M
  15. Cordaid $12.2 M
  16. The Freedom Fund - London $11.6 M
  17. The Global Fund for Women $10.1 M
  18. Proteus Fund $8.9 M
  19. Foundation for a Just Society $8.4 M
  20. Fund For Global Human Rights $7.9 M
  21. Freedom House $7.2 M
  22. California Physicians' Service Foundation $7.1 M
  23. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $6.8 M
  24. Mama Cash $6.6 M
  25. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $6.1 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

Bilateral and Multilateral Funding

13%
Share of OECD
human rights funding

$2.3 Billion out of
$18.1 Billion for all rights
7,908 Disbursements

Top Funders

  1. Canada $332.2 M
  2. Sweden $296.6 M
  3. Norway $224.6 M
  4. United States $218.1 M
  5. European Union Institutions $212.9 M
  6. United Kingdom $192.4 M
  7. Australia $158.5 M
  8. Denmark $107.4 M
  9. Germany $100.5 M
  10. Asian Development Bank Special Funds $86.8 M
  11. Belgium $70.6 M
  12. Netherlands $56.1 M
  13. Finland $44.2 M
  14. Switzerland $38.5 M
  15. Spain $35.5 M
  16. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $34.8 M
  17. Japan $30.6 M
  18. Ireland $25.3 M
  19. Italy $24.5 M
  20. United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $8.8 M
  21. Korea $4.1 M
  22. New Zealand $3.6 M
  23. France $3.3 M
  24. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $3.2 M
  25. Austria $2.7 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

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Sample Grants

  • The UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women
    Amref Health Africa (Tanzania)
    To curb female genital mutilation.
  • Humanity United
    Global Fairness Initiative and GoodWeave (United States)
    To lead the Better Brick Nepal Program to eliminate child, bonded, and forced labor on brick kilns and improve working conditions by incentivizing kiln owners to reform practices