Foundation Funding by Region
Asia & Pacific
$1,308,748 (8%)
48 Grants (13%)
Caribbean
$1,076,599 (7%)
6 Grants (2%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$210,892 (1%)
21 Grants (6%)
Global Programs
$3,457,190 (21%)
12 Grants (3%)
Latin America & Mexico
$3,446,679 (21%)
85 Grants (23%)
Middle East & North Africa
$2,890,725 (18%)
114 Grants (31%)
North America
$2,386,067 (15%)
18 Grants (5%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$2,172,955 (13%)
68 Grants (18%)
Western Europe
$265,445 (2%)
6 Grants (2%)
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.
Foundation Funding by Strategy
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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Urgent Action Fund - Africa
Human IS Right (Cameroon)
To continue the organization's work on current land issues and the imprisonment of 6 women rights activists. -
Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders
anonymous NGO (Syria)
To issue comprehensive reports on violations against minorities in Syria and to submit complaints in relation to these violations before the international mechanisms, including the UN.
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.
14 Grants (4%)