16%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$277.3 Million out of
$1.7 Billion for all rights
2,877 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Anonymous $41.3 M
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation $39.5 M
- Open Society Foundations $26.0 M
- Ford Foundation $15.9 M
- The Oak Foundation $13.8 M
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $10.2 M
- NoVo Foundation $8.9 M
- Public Welfare Foundation $6.2 M
- Hivos $5.9 M
- Public Interest Projects $5.2 M
- Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $5.0 M
- American Jewish World Service - Donor Advised Funds $4.5 M
- American Jewish World Service $3.3 M
- Global Fund for Children $3.2 M
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $3.0 M
- The Wal-Mart Foundation $2.9 M
- Levi Strauss Foundation $2.8 M
- Humanity United $2.7 M
- Marguerite Casey Foundation $2.6 M
- The Colorado Trust $2.5 M
- The California Endowment $2.4 M
- The Annie E. Casey Foundation $2.2 M
- Esmee Fairbairn Foundation $2.1 M
- Tides Foundation $2.0 M
- ConAgra Foods Feeding Children Better Foundation $1.7 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
20%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$691.9 Million out of
$3.5 Billion for all rights
2,327 Disbursements
Top Funders
- Global Fund $105.3 M
- Canada $102.8 M
- Norway $93.8 M
- Sweden $77.2 M
- United Kingdom $62.5 M
- European Union Institutions $55.5 M
- Spain $45.3 M
- United States $30.5 M
- Netherlands $19.0 M
- Denmark $12.2 M
- Switzerland $10.8 M
- Finland $10.8 M
- Belgium $8.7 M
- Australia $8.5 M
- Germany $7.9 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $7.4 M
- Ireland $7.4 M
- Italy $4.0 M
- United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $3.7 M
- Japan $3.6 M
- International Development Association $3.5 M
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $3.4 M
- New Zealand $2.1 M
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $1.9 M
- Austria $1.2 M
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Region
Asia & Pacific
$26,519,896 (10%)
417 Grants (14%)
Caribbean
$1,403,469 (1%)
32 Grants (1%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$12,799,969 (5%)
309 Grants (11%)
Global Programs
$20,903,419 (8%)
133 Grants (5%)
Latin America & Mexico
$12,987,900 (5%)
286 Grants (10%)
Middle East & North Africa
$7,529,803 (3%)
92 Grants (3%)
North America
$128,967,205 (47%)
1,055 Grants (37%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$53,420,357 (19%)
428 Grants (15%)
Western Europe
$18,030,777 (7%)
160 Grants (6%)
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
Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$57,211,637 (21%)
686 Grants (24%)Health and Well-being Rights
$40,149,594 (14%)
292 Grants (10%)Human Rights, General
$33,639,774 (12%)
477 Grants (17%)Freedom from Violence
$27,186,079 (10%)
233 Grants (8%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$16,889,188 (6%)
115 Grants (4%)Economic and Labor Rights
$14,631,184 (5%)
159 Grants (6%)Migration and Displacement
$8,858,134 (3%)
49 Grants (2%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$8,352,704 (3%)
99 Grants (3%)Civic and Political Participation
$4,417,183 (2%)
33 Grants (1%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$3,894,660 (1%)
84 Grants (3%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$2,604,603 (1%)
15 Grants (1%)Expression and Information Rights
$2,037,915 (1%)
26 Grants (1%)
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
$153,662,071 (55%)
1,256 Grants (44%)Ethnic or Racial Minorities
$73,354,268 (26%)
693 Grants (24%)Crime or Abuse Victims
$64,585,830 (23%)
422 Grants (15%)Women & Girls
$64,346,989 (23%)
859 Grants (30%)Migrants & Refugees
$32,820,662 (12%)
268 Grants (9%)People with Disabilities
$25,557,088 (9%)
228 Grants (8%)Offenders & Ex-Offenders
$23,176,060 (8%)
172 Grants (6%)LGBTQI
$10,214,299 (4%)
166 Grants (6%)People with AIDS
$9,296,914 (3%)
120 Grants (4%)Indigenous Peoples
$4,755,107 (2%)
72 Grants (3%)Substance Abusers
$1,599,242 (1%)
21 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$1,471,958 (1%)
15 Grants (1%)Human Rights Defenders
$182,508 (0%)
12 Grants (0%)
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.
Sample Grants
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The Oak Foundation
Save the Children (England)
To protect children on the move worldwide from exploitation, abuse, neglect and violence, by increasing access to stronger protection systems. -
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (United States)
To identify and remove societal factors that create health disadvantages for children, a disproportionate number of whom are children of color, by providing support to a cadre of fellows that will provide national leadership on food justice issues.
609 Grants (21%)