Issue

Freedom from Violence, 2014

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.

8%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$217.5 Million out of
$2.7 Billion for all rights
2,627 Grants

Top Foundation Funders

  1. NoVo Foundation $33.0 M
  2. Comic Relief $28.2 M
  3. The Oak Foundation $22.6 M
  4. EEA and Norway Grants $20.2 M
  5. Open Society Foundations $10.9 M
  6. American Jewish World Service $10.6 M
  7. Humanity United $7.8 M
  8. Hivos $6.7 M
  9. National Endowment for Democracy $6.3 M
  10. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $5.9 M
  11. The Atlantic Philanthropies $4.6 M
  12. Blue Shield of California Foundation $4.4 M
  13. Open Society Fund Prague $3.7 M
  14. Nationale Postcode Loterij $3.7 M
  15. Esmée Fairbairn Foundation $3.5 M
  16. Human Dignity Foundation $3.1 M
  17. Proteus Fund $3.1 M
  18. Foundation for a Just Society $3.1 M
  19. NEO Philanthropy $2.9 M
  20. Cordaid $2.7 M
  21. Ford Foundation $2.3 M
  22. The Global Fund for Women $2.1 M
  23. Trust for London $2.0 M
  24. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $1.9 M
  25. The Freedom Fund - London $1.7 M
  26. M = Millions

Bilateral and Multilateral Funding

15%
Share of OECD
human rights funding

$563.0 Million out of
$3.8 Billion for all rights
1,859 Disbursements

Top Funders

  1. Canada $104.7 M
  2. Sweden $82.3 M
  3. United States $54.0 M
  4. United Kingdom $52.4 M
  5. Norway $47.3 M
  6. Australia $44.9 M
  7. European Union Institutions $38.2 M
  8. Belgium $25.8 M
  9. Germany $24.2 M
  10. Denmark $21.1 M
  11. Finland $15.3 M
  12. Netherlands $10.7 M
  13. Italy $8.6 M
  14. Switzerland $7.7 M
  15. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $7.4 M
  16. Spain $5.3 M
  17. Japan $4.6 M
  18. Asian Development Bank Special Funds $2.1 M
  19. Ireland $1.9 M
  20. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $790.2 K
  21. United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $555.7 K
  22. Iceland $552.4 K
  23. Inter-American Development Bank - Special Fund $540.3 K
  24. Austria $454.9 K
  25. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) $309.1 K
  26. M = Millions

Key Findings:
2014 Funding

Key Findings

Foundation Funding by Region

Asia & Pacific

$18,839,795 (9%)
360 Grants (14%)

Caribbean

$1,820,294 (1%)
45 Grants (2%)

Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia

$32,148,822 (15%)
423 Grants (16%)

Global Programs

$32,880,945 (15%)
125 Grants (5%)

Latin America & Mexico

$12,599,315 (6%)
322 Grants (12%)

Middle East & North Africa

$7,054,360 (3%)
139 Grants (5%)

North America

$56,225,804 (26%)
604 Grants (23%)

Sub-Saharan Africa

$34,017,828 (16%)
426 Grants (16%)

Western Europe

$27,681,646 (13%)
244 Grants (9%)

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

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

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.

Sample Grants

  • The Rees-Jones Foundation
    International Justice Mission (United States)
    For an initiative to increase the capacity and will of Indian public justice systems to address bonded labor.
  • The International Development Research Centre
    Instituto de Investigacion LACSO (Venezuela)
    To undertake research on the role of institutions in provoking, sustaining, or reducing poverty, inequality and violence in Venezuelan cities.