19%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$436.4 Million out of
$2.3 Billion for all rights
4,316 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Nationale Postcode Loterij $48.1 M
- Ford Foundation $40.5 M
- The Atlantic Philanthropies $35.4 M
- Open Society Foundations $34.1 M
- The Oak Foundation $24.9 M
- Comic Relief UK $22.8 M
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation $22.1 M
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $12.1 M
- NoVo Foundation $11.0 M
- American Jewish World Service $10.2 M
- Human Dignity Foundation $10.1 M
- EEA and Norway Grants $9.4 M
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $6.9 M
- The California Endowment $6.6 M
- Hivos $6.2 M
- The Annie E. Casey Foundation $6.2 M
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation $6.2 M
- National Endowment for Democracy $5.7 M
- Public Welfare Foundation $4.8 M
- The Henry Smith Charity $4.4 M
- The Global Fund for Women $4.0 M
- Segal Family Foundation $3.2 M
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $3.1 M
- Laura and John Arnold Foundation $3.0 M
- New Israel Fund $2.9 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
21%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$766.6 Million out of
$3.7 Billion for all rights
2,663 Disbursements
Top Funders
- Sweden $130.6 M
- Canada $117.6 M
- Norway $84.2 M
- Global Fund $81.4 M
- European Union Institutions $60.3 M
- United Kingdom $54.1 M
- Finland $49.1 M
- United States $44.1 M
- Australia $27.3 M
- Germany $21.7 M
- Spain $21.5 M
- Denmark $15.8 M
- Netherlands $12.6 M
- Switzerland $10.8 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $10.7 M
- Belgium $10.2 M
- Ireland $5.0 M
- Italy $2.5 M
- Austria $2.1 M
- Luxembourg $967.1 K
- New Zealand $940.8 K
- France $716.1 K
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $355.0 K
- Iceland $338.1 K
- Japan $262.6 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Region
Asia & Pacific
$34,404,784 (8%)
523 Grants (12%)
Caribbean
$3,081,264 (1%)
55 Grants (1%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$22,135,407 (5%)
455 Grants (11%)
Global Programs
$51,758,973 (12%)
144 Grants (3%)
Latin America & Mexico
$19,846,903 (5%)
488 Grants (11%)
Middle East & North Africa
$11,121,905 (3%)
131 Grants (3%)
North America
$163,366,938 (37%)
1,325 Grants (31%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$74,739,356 (17%)
889 Grants (21%)
Western Europe
$61,884,098 (14%)
359 Grants (8%)
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
$103,874,727 (24%)
822 Grants (19%)Freedom from Violence
$65,681,142 (15%)
627 Grants (15%)Health and Well-being Rights
$55,333,252 (13%)
486 Grants (11%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$26,419,394 (6%)
315 Grants (7%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$24,757,733 (6%)
228 Grants (5%)Economic and Labor Rights
$21,408,948 (5%)
207 Grants (5%)Civic and Political Participation
$16,098,542 (4%)
208 Grants (5%)Human Rights, General
$13,202,921 (3%)
127 Grants (3%)Migration and Displacement
$12,683,980 (3%)
114 Grants (3%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$9,987,387 (2%)
302 Grants (7%)Expression and Information Rights
$8,036,769 (2%)
81 Grants (2%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$4,369,143 (1%)
83 Grants (2%)
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
Women & Girls
$106,553,881 (24%)
1,690 Grants (39%)Migrants & Refugees
$37,211,656 (9%)
480 Grants (11%)People with Disabilities
$21,447,297 (5%)
333 Grants (8%)Indigenous Peoples
$11,939,019 (3%)
297 Grants (7%)LGBTQI
$9,453,433 (2%)
202 Grants (5%)Sex Workers
$3,536,610 (1%)
17 Grants (0%)Human Rights Defenders
$640,328 (0%)
29 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.
Foundation Funding by Strategy
Advocacy, Systems Reform and Implementation
$147,599,092 (34%)
1,019 Grants (24%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$62,724,857 (14%)
682 Grants (16%)Research and Documentation
$59,991,612 (14%)
448 Grants (10%)Media and Technology
$33,678,773 (8%)
412 Grants (10%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$20,049,857 (5%)
471 Grants (11%)Arts and Culture
$12,754,724 (3%)
274 Grants (6%)Grassroots Organizing
$8,552,200 (2%)
165 Grants (4%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$4,608,107 (1%)
56 Grants (1%)Scholarships and Travel
$257,309 (0%)
33 Grants (1%)Security and Resilience
$174,373 (0%)
3 Grants (0%)
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
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National Postcode Loterij
Defence for Children-ECPAT (Netherlands)
For their work to realize the rights enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. -
The Kendeda Fund
International Women's Health Coalition (United States)
For work to promote and protect the sexual and reproductive rights and health of adolescent girls.
716 Grants (17%)