23%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$639.7 Million out of
$2.8 Billion for all rights
4,681 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Big Lottery Fund $103.8 M
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation $88.2 M
- Oak Foundation $54.4 M
- Comic Relief $42.0 M
- NoVo Foundation $33.4 M
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $29.2 M
- Ford Foundation $21.2 M
- Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors $20.2 M
- The California Endowment $17.4 M
- National Endowment for Democracy $11.9 M
- The Kendeda Fund $9.3 M
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation $8.3 M
- American Jewish World Service - Donor Advised Funds $8.0 M
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $7.7 M
- Lilly Endowment $7.5 M
- The Annie E. Casey Foundation $7.1 M
- Human Dignity Foundation $6.3 M
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $6.1 M
- Laura and John Arnold Foundation $5.2 M
- Segal Family Foundation $5.0 M
- ViiV Healthcare $4.7 M
- The M.A.C. AIDS Fund $4.7 M
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation $4.5 M
- International Development Research Centre $4.3 M
- Carnegie Corporation of New York $3.9 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
20%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$772.1 Million out of
$3.9 Billion for all rights
2,794 Disbursements
Top Funders
- Sweden $188.6 M
- Canada $99.8 M
- United Kingdom $99.7 M
- European Union Institutions $69.6 M
- Finland $60.8 M
- Norway $46.4 M
- United States $33.1 M
- Germany $31.9 M
- Netherlands $24.3 M
- Spain $23.1 M
- Australia $20.0 M
- Switzerland $16.7 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $11.6 M
- Italy $10.2 M
- Denmark $8.2 M
- Belgium $6.5 M
- Ireland $3.9 M
- Japan $2.6 M
- Portugal $2.6 M
- United Arab Emirates $2.4 M
- France $2.1 M
- Luxembourg $2.0 M
- New Zealand $1.3 M
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $1.1 M
- Korea $685.6 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Region
Asia & Pacific
$38,706,127 (6%)
576 Grants (12%)
Caribbean
$3,623,841 (1%)
61 Grants (1%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$10,964,565 (2%)
218 Grants (5%)
Global Programs
$51,990,273 (8%)
123 Grants (3%)
Latin America & Mexico
$39,541,948 (6%)
388 Grants (8%)
Middle East & North Africa
$8,671,611 (1%)
133 Grants (3%)
North America
$265,101,440 (41%)
1,591 Grants (34%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$110,924,321 (17%)
1,050 Grants (22%)
Western Europe
$119,336,995 (19%)
544 Grants (12%)
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
$160,732,687 (25%)
715 Grants (15%)Freedom from Violence
$104,705,709 (16%)
787 Grants (17%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$88,499,367 (14%)
542 Grants (12%)Economic and Labor Rights
$32,471,204 (5%)
212 Grants (5%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$28,705,936 (4%)
518 Grants (11%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$22,346,847 (3%)
260 Grants (6%)Civic and Political Participation
$19,697,405 (3%)
209 Grants (4%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$19,511,924 (3%)
211 Grants (5%)Migration and Displacement
$10,499,572 (2%)
113 Grants (2%)Human Rights, General
$10,304,017 (2%)
120 Grants (3%)Expression and Information Rights
$4,922,958 (1%)
64 Grants (1%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$3,426,628 (1%)
114 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
$184,568,525 (29%)
1,690 Grants (36%)Migrants & Refugees
$38,369,148 (6%)
424 Grants (9%)Indigenous Peoples
$38,121,424 (6%)
326 Grants (7%)People with Disabilities
$27,371,550 (4%)
358 Grants (8%)LGBTQI
$14,299,266 (2%)
341 Grants (7%)Human Rights Defenders
$638,261 (0%)
38 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$351,461 (0%)
7 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.
Foundation Funding by Strategy
Advocacy, Systems Reform and Implementation
$265,787,671 (42%)
2,462 Grants (53%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$85,386,175 (13%)
1,149 Grants (25%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$73,620,527 (12%)
825 Grants (18%)Grassroots Organizing
$64,285,154 (10%)
402 Grants (9%)Media and Technology
$33,373,680 (5%)
297 Grants (6%)Research and Documentation
$29,055,068 (5%)
292 Grants (6%)Arts and Culture
$15,552,845 (2%)
344 Grants (7%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$5,143,434 (1%)
91 Grants (2%)Scholarships and Travel
$2,405,171 (0%)
49 Grants (1%)Security and Resilience
$110,958 (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.
816 Grants (17%)