Foundation Funding by Region
Asia & Pacific
$1,297,362 (14%)
45 Grants (16%)
Caribbean
$55,030 (1%)
1 Grants (0%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$951,406 (10%)
26 Grants (9%)
Global Programs
$1,904,630 (20%)
7 Grants (3%)
Latin America & Mexico
$738,694 (8%)
55 Grants (20%)
Middle East & North Africa
$2,603,652 (28%)
77 Grants (28%)
North America
$88,960 (1%)
8 Grants (3%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$1,295,330 (14%)
57 Grants (20%)
Western Europe
$385,924 (4%)
8 Grants (3%)
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
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
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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Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support
Human Rights Defenders
Gave an urgent grant for temporary relocation of an anonymous Syrian human rights defender and his family to a neighboring country due to cumulative life threats. -
Ford Foundation
Akiba Uhaki Foundation (Kenya)
For research, training, and technical assistance to help human rights defenders in East Africa and link them with their counterparts in West, Southern, and North Africa.
Related Resources
Grants in this category include those that explicitly reference human rights defenders in the grant description, as well as grants from funders that identified all of their funding as supporting this population.
6 Grants (2%)