Top Foundation Funders

1. Fundación ONCE $17.0 M
2. Open Society Foundations $11.8 M
3. Nationale Postcode Loterij $6.9 M
4. The Atlantic Philanthropies $5.4 M
5. EEA and Norway Grants $3.8 M
6. The Foundation for Civil Society $3.5 M
7. Esmée Fairbairn Foundation $2.4 M
8. Disability Rights Fund $2.3 M
9. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $2.2 M
10. The Oak Foundation $2.2 M
11. Abilis Foundation $2.1 M
12. American Jewish World Service $2.1 M
13. The Henry Smith Charity $1.9 M
14. Comic Relief UK $1.8 M
15. Trust for London $1.6 M
16. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $1.2 M
17. The California Endowment $948.3 K
18. The City Bridge Trust $841.5 K
19. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation $833.0 K
20. Ford Foundation $766.1 K
21. GE Foundation $761.3 K
22. The Global Fund for Women $702.5 K
23. NoVo Foundation $650.0 K
24. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $641.4 K
25. New Israel Fund $637.0 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

  $36,185,614 (42%)
  630 Grants (48%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $26,410,977 (31%)
  266 Grants (20%)

• Social and Cultural Rights

  $4,472,425 (5%)
  97 Grants (7%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $4,316,862 (5%)
  81 Grants (6%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $3,620,867 (4%)
  51 Grants (4%)

• Human Rights, General

  $2,912,214 (3%)
  15 Grants (1%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $2,910,056 (3%)
  54 Grants (4%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $2,861,912 (3%)
  64 Grants (5%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $818,381 (1%)
  32 Grants (2%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $809,693 (1%)
  5 Grants (0%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $523,400 (1%)
  17 Grants (1%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $431,108 (0%)
  8 Grants (1%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $79,256 (0%)
  3 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

• Children & Youth

  $21,447,297 (25%)
  333 Grants (25%)

• Women & Girls

  $5,866,451 (7%)
  179 Grants (14%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $3,837,301 (4%)
  59 Grants (4%)

• LGBTQI

  $2,019,951 (2%)
  37 Grants (3%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $480,244 (1%)
  16 Grants (1%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $58,034 (0%)
  2 Grants (0%)

• Sex Workers

  $3,500 (0%)
  1 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

  $19,995,996 (23%)
  327 Grants (25%)

• Capacity-building and Technical Assistance

  $8,487,266 (10%)
  172 Grants (13%)

• Research and Documentation

  $6,645,474 (8%)
  112 Grants (8%)

• Coalition-building and Collaboration

  $4,612,878 (5%)
  166 Grants (13%)

• Media and Technology

  $4,531,611 (5%)
  60 Grants (5%)

• Public Engagement and Awareness-raising

  $2,992,789 (3%)
  121 Grants (9%)

• Litigation and Legal Aid

  $2,533,341 (3%)
  24 Grants (2%)

• Arts and Culture

  $1,671,275 (2%)
  55 Grants (4%)

• Grassroots Organizing

  $466,990 (1%)
  18 Grants (1%)

• Scholarships and Travel

  $122,480 (0%)
  7 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.