Year

2011

$1.7 Billion
17,124 Grants

for foundation human rights funding
in 2011

Top Foundation Funders

  1. Open Society Foundations $261.6 M
  2. Ford Foundation $171.1 M
  3. National Endowment for Democracy $105.7 M
  4. Anonymous $93.7 M
  5. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $59.2 M
  6. The Oak Foundation $40.0 M
  7. The Atlantic Philanthropies $39.0 M
  8. Arcus Foundation $36.6 M
  9. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $32.9 M
  10. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $31.4 M
  11. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $28.5 M
  12. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $26.7 M
  13. Hivos $25.9 M
  14. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $23.1 M
  15. Tides Foundation $22.4 M
  16. Freedom House $22.4 M
  17. American Jewish World Service - Donor Advised Funds $22.2 M
  18. The California Endowment $20.7 M
  19. Public Welfare Foundation $18.6 M
  20. Humanity United $17.5 M
  21. NoVo Foundation $16.7 M
  22. Public Interest Projects $15.4 M
  23. Nationale Postcode Loterij $14.2 M
  24. Google.org $14.1 M
  25. The Rockefeller Foundation $13.8 M
  26. M = Millions

Bilateral and Multilateral Funding

$3.5 Billion
13,801 Disbursements

for OECD human rights funding
in 2011

Top Funders

  1. United States $501.5 M
  2. European Union Institutions $428.4 M
  3. Sweden $356.0 M
  4. Norway $316.7 M
  5. Spain $284.0 M
  6. Canada $270.7 M
  7. Denmark $153.3 M
  8. Switzerland $149.3 M
  9. Ireland $139.7 M
  10. Global Fund $133.8 M
  11. Netherlands $129.1 M
  12. United Kingdom $116.7 M
  13. Germany $114.5 M
  14. Australia $55.2 M
  15. Finland $53.1 M
  16. Asian Development Bank Special Funds $38.7 M
  17. Belgium $37.3 M
  18. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $34.9 M
  19. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $34.1 M
  20. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) $28.1 M
  21. International Development Association $27.4 M
  22. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $19.5 M
  23. Japan $17.9 M
  24. Italy $16.9 M
  25. France $9.3 M
  26. M = Millions

Key Findings:
2011 Funding

Key Findings

Foundation Funding by Region

Asia & Pacific

$141,536,216 (8%)
1,982 Grants (12%)

Caribbean

$8,652,120 (1%)
171 Grants (1%)

Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia

$108,774,032 (6%)
1,741 Grants (10%)

Global Programs

$229,086,026 (13%)
1,206 Grants (7%)

Latin America & Mexico

$119,721,309 (7%)
1,917 Grants (11%)

Middle East & North Africa

$77,892,047 (5%)
815 Grants (5%)

North America

$745,757,779 (44%)
6,358 Grants (37%)

Sub-Saharan Africa

$226,807,171 (13%)
2,399 Grants (14%)

Western Europe

$104,619,465 (6%)
902 Grants (5%)

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 Issue

Issue totals include foundation funding that could be identified as meant to address a specific issue. In order to provide unique totals and avoid double-counting, each foundation grant has been assigned to exactly one issue category within the human rights taxonomy.

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.