Top Foundation Funders

1. Comic Relief UK $9.9 M
2. Ford Foundation $9.3 M
3. Open Society Foundations $5.9 M
4. Hivos $4.9 M
5. Tides Foundation $3.7 M
6. American Jewish World Service $2.1 M
7. Levi Strauss Foundation $1.7 M
8. The Foundation for Civil Society $926.6 K
9. Stop AIDS Now $735.9 K
10. Nationale Postcode Loterij $642.8 K
11. The Global Fund for Women $606.6 K
12. The M.A.C. AIDS Fund $600.0 K
13. Foundation for a Just Society $500.0 K
14. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $491.3 K
15. African Women's Development Fund $450.2 K
16. UN Women's Fund for Gender Equality $410.0 K
17. Anonymous 5 $405.2 K
18. Mensen met een Missie $352.4 K
19. NoVo Foundation $350.0 K
20. Global Fund for Children $326.0 K
21. Mama Cash $324.0 K
22. Uhai Eashri $279.9 K
23. National Endowment for Democracy $254.1 K
24. Red Umbrella Fund $178.1 K
25. Unitarian Universalist Service Committee $168.1 K
26. M = Millions

Foundation Funding by Region

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

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $15,426,869 (33%)
  263 Grants (40%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $12,287,168 (26%)
  80 Grants (12%)

• Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

  $6,461,387 (14%)
  83 Grants (13%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $3,339,677 (7%)
  45 Grants (7%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $2,890,036 (6%)
  57 Grants (9%)

• Human Rights, General

  $2,714,510 (6%)
  80 Grants (12%)

• Education, religion, and culture

  $1,229,106 (3%)
  16 Grants (2%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $1,081,082 (2%)
  9 Grants (1%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $675,776 (1%)
  11 Grants (2%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $531,104 (1%)
  13 Grants (2%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $99,443 (0%)
  2 Grants (0%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $94,800 (0%)
  4 Grants (1%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $18,513 (0%)
  1 Grants (0%)

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 Intersecting Populations

• Economically Disadvantaged

  $28,377,998 (61%)
  206 Grants (31%)

• Women & Girls

  $16,020,885 (34%)
  278 Grants (42%)

• Children & Youth

  $15,887,850 (34%)
  161 Grants (24%)

• LGBTQI

  $6,290,046 (13%)
  100 Grants (15%)

• Crime or Abuse Victims

  $4,863,922 (10%)
  66 Grants (10%)

• Ethnic or Racial Minorities

  $3,084,895 (7%)
  41 Grants (6%)

• Substance Abusers

  $2,915,769 (6%)
  54 Grants (8%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $2,047,921 (4%)
  29 Grants (4%)

• Sex Workers

  $1,762,681 (4%)
  50 Grants (8%)

• Offenders & Ex-Offenders

  $1,555,281 (3%)
  24 Grants (4%)

• People with Disabilities

  $1,307,498 (3%)
  15 Grants (2%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $551,112 (1%)
  8 Grants (1%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $156,542 (0%)
  4 Grants (1%)

In order to show the intersections of multiple population groups, these graphics indicate other population groups supported within funding towards the group highlighted on this page.