17%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$536.8 Million out of
$3.2 Billion for all rights
4,386 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation $78.6 M
- Ford Foundation $41.5 M
- NoVo Foundation $36.3 M
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $32.2 M
- Tides Foundation $23.8 M
- Oak Foundation $23.5 M
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation $12.9 M
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $10.8 M
- C&A Foundation $8.7 M
- The Annie E. Casey Foundation $8.4 M
- Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation $7.8 M
- The Kendeda Fund $7.6 M
- The California Endowment $6.8 M
- Comic Relief $6.6 M
- Foundation For The Carolinas $6.1 M
- Raikes Foundation $6.0 M
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $5.8 M
- Carnegie Corporation of New York $5.5 M
- Open Society Institute $5.5 M
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $5.5 M
- Public Welfare Foundation $5.0 M
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation $4.2 M
- Wellspring Philanthropic Fund $3.9 M
- American Jewish World Service $3.9 M
- The New York Community Trust $3.8 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
23%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$867.1 Million out of
$3.9 Billion for all rights
2,828 Disbursements
Top Funders
- Sweden $212.1 M
- Canada $166.5 M
- United Kingdom $77.2 M
- United States $76.3 M
- European Union Institutions $57.7 M
- Norway $52.3 M
- Finland $45.0 M
- Germany $35.1 M
- Australia $31.5 M
- Spain $24.5 M
- Italy $17.1 M
- Netherlands $12.6 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $10.8 M
- Switzerland $9.8 M
- Belgium $8.5 M
- Korea $7.0 M
- Ireland $6.0 M
- Japan $4.1 M
- France $3.2 M
- Austria $2.0 M
- United Arab Emirates $1.0 M
- Iceland $1.0 M
- African Development Fund (African Development Fund) $944.6 K
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $822.7 K
- United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $764.5 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Region
Asia & Pacific
$28,110,326 (5%)
416 Grants (9%)
Caribbean
$3,217,231 (1%)
57 Grants (1%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$5,492,157 (1%)
138 Grants (3%)
Global Programs
$29,666,224 (6%)
108 Grants (2%)
Latin America & Mexico
$18,721,457 (3%)
416 Grants (9%)
Middle East & North Africa
$3,524,860 (1%)
88 Grants (2%)
North America
$355,870,088 (66%)
2,195 Grants (50%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$68,412,005 (13%)
674 Grants (15%)
Western Europe
$24,791,169 (5%)
283 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
Freedom from Violence
$67,889,893 (13%)
491 Grants (11%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$62,428,102 (12%)
780 Grants (18%)Health and Well-being Rights
$50,965,728 (9%)
529 Grants (12%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$39,129,591 (7%)
283 Grants (6%)Migration and Displacement
$28,382,518 (5%)
189 Grants (4%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$27,378,397 (5%)
177 Grants (4%)Human Rights, General
$27,066,880 (5%)
362 Grants (8%)Civic and Political Participation
$12,840,020 (2%)
86 Grants (2%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$8,905,545 (2%)
479 Grants (11%)Expression and Information Rights
$6,992,896 (1%)
58 Grants (1%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$6,850,110 (1%)
126 Grants (3%)Economic and Labor Rights
$5,776,840 (1%)
37 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
Women & Girls
$132,578,185 (25%)
1,496 Grants (34%)Migrants & Refugees
$47,514,692 (9%)
335 Grants (8%)Indigenous Peoples
$15,540,517 (3%)
379 Grants (9%)People with Disabilities
$13,747,806 (3%)
190 Grants (4%)LGBTQI
$7,580,949 (1%)
157 Grants (4%)Human Rights Defenders
$478,000 (0%)
43 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$90,000 (0%)
2 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
$283,242,793 (53%)
1,840 Grants (42%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$92,207,301 (17%)
854 Grants (19%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$43,910,638 (8%)
285 Grants (6%)Media and Technology
$29,427,541 (5%)
155 Grants (4%)Grassroots Organizing
$18,800,318 (4%)
195 Grants (4%)Research and Documentation
$18,548,743 (3%)
264 Grants (6%)Arts and Culture
$8,511,386 (2%)
144 Grants (3%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$7,606,435 (1%)
76 Grants (2%)Scholarships and Travel
$2,936,485 (1%)
36 Grants (1%)Security and Resilience
$50,000 (0%)
1 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.
789 Grants (18%)