Top Foundation Funders

1. Ford Foundation $60.7 M
2. Oak Foundation $14.4 M
3. Chicago Community Trust $12.7 M
4. Comic Relief $10.9 M
5. UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women $7.7 M
6. California Endowment $5.4 M
7. Foundation to Promote Open Society $5.2 M
8. Freedom House $4.9 M
9. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund $4.6 M
10. EEA and Norway Grants $4.4 M
11. William & Flora Hewlett Foundation $3.0 M
12. Tides Foundation $2.7 M
13. Disability Rights Fund $2.1 M
14. National Lottery Community Fund $2.1 M
15. W.K. Kellogg Foundation $2.1 M
16. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $1.9 M
17. Paul Hamlyn Foundation $1.9 M
18. Arie and Ida Crown Memorial $1.8 M
19. Voice $1.7 M
20. Trust for London $1.7 M
21. Henry Smith Charity $1.2 M
22. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $1.1 M
23. Abilis Foundation $901.8 K
24. Foundation Open Society Institute - Switzerland $865.4 K
25. Foundation for Civil Society $842.7 K
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

• Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

  $41,516,518 (23%)
  458 Grants (36%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $31,684,657 (18%)
  277 Grants (22%)

• Human Rights, General

  $19,519,828 (11%)
  61 Grants (5%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $17,183,856 (10%)
  110 Grants (9%)

• Education, Religion, and Culture

  $16,480,149 (9%)
  77 Grants (6%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $13,795,568 (8%)
  43 Grants (3%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $13,028,801 (7%)
  62 Grants (5%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $10,964,965 (6%)
  42 Grants (3%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $3,472,307 (2%)
  23 Grants (2%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $3,334,556 (2%)
  31 Grants (2%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $3,218,978 (2%)
  18 Grants (1%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $2,384,614 (1%)
  68 Grants (5%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $1,319,173 (1%)
  8 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

  $51,851,862 (29%)
  425 Grants (33%)

• Children & Youth

  $44,529,596 (25%)
  267 Grants (21%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $36,883,621 (21%)
  107 Grants (8%)

• LGBTQI

  $31,825,346 (18%)
  144 Grants (11%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $5,333,366 (3%)
  70 Grants (5%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $723,194 (0%)
  73 Grants (6%)

• Sex Workers

  $446,356 (0%)
  4 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

  $104,689,834 (59%)
  561 Grants (44%)

• Research and Documentation

  $36,638,023 (21%)
  108 Grants (8%)

• Capacity-building and Technical Assistance

  $31,197,425 (18%)
  326 Grants (26%)

• Coalition-building and Collaboration

  $11,599,790 (7%)
  119 Grants (9%)

• Media and Technology

  $8,087,919 (5%)
  90 Grants (7%)

• Litigation and Legal Aid

  $4,688,018 (3%)
  53 Grants (4%)

• Arts and Culture

  $3,912,282 (2%)
  47 Grants (4%)

• Grassroots Organizing

  $2,331,559 (1%)
  67 Grants (5%)

• Scholarships and Travel

  $98,360 (0%)
  5 Grants (0%)

• Security and Resilience

  $47,247 (0%)
  13 Grants (1%)

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.