Top Foundation Funders

1. Anonymous $28.5 M
2. Open Society Foundations $18.9 M
3. The Oak Foundation $16.2 M
4. NoVo Foundation $11.0 M
5. Google.org $10.3 M
6. Humanity United $9.8 M
7. American Jewish World Service - Donor Advised Funds $5.4 M
8. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $4.1 M
9. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $3.8 M
10. Bloomberg Philanthropies $3.8 M
11. Ford Foundation $3.0 M
12. Esmee Fairbairn Foundation $2.4 M
13. National Endowment for Democracy $2.2 M
14. Tides Foundation $2.1 M
15. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $2.0 M
16. Hivos $1.9 M
17. The Atlantic Philanthropies $1.8 M
18. Anonymous $1.5 M
19. Mama Cash $1.4 M
20. The PHM Foundation $1.3 M
21. American Jewish World Service $1.3 M
22. Mensen met een Missie $1.3 M
23. Cordaid $1.2 M
24. The Global Fund for Women $1.2 M
25. The Henry Smith Charity $1.2 M
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

• Freedom from Violence

  $86,417,613 (54%)
  787 Grants (58%)

• Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

  $21,573,690 (13%)
  212 Grants (16%)

• Human Rights, General

  $11,932,788 (7%)
  87 Grants (6%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $11,796,493 (7%)
  90 Grants (7%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $9,583,884 (6%)
  47 Grants (3%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $8,224,556 (5%)
  31 Grants (2%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $5,972,677 (4%)
  13 Grants (1%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $2,259,904 (1%)
  21 Grants (2%)

• Education, Religion, and Culture

  $1,512,128 (1%)
  25 Grants (2%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $1,139,759 (1%)
  12 Grants (1%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $434,575 (0%)
  6 Grants (0%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $396,924 (0%)
  15 Grants (1%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $50,200 (0%)
  2 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

• Women & Girls

  $68,293,127 (42%)
  747 Grants (55%)

• Children & Youth

  $64,585,830 (40%)
  422 Grants (31%)

• Economically Disadvantaged

  $53,214,187 (33%)
  318 Grants (24%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $27,372,952 (17%)
  166 Grants (12%)

• Ethnic or Racial Minorities

  $13,473,026 (8%)
  195 Grants (14%)

• People with Disabilities

  $12,745,718 (8%)
  43 Grants (3%)

• Offenders & Ex-Offenders

  $8,001,269 (5%)
  78 Grants (6%)

• People with AIDS

  $2,586,095 (2%)
  32 Grants (2%)

• Substance Abusers

  $1,776,561 (1%)
  14 Grants (1%)

• LGBTQI

  $1,768,861 (1%)
  45 Grants (3%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $1,395,867 (1%)
  35 Grants (3%)

• Sex Workers

  $1,032,208 (1%)
  27 Grants (2%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $518,316 (0%)
  60 Grants (4%)

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.