Top Foundation Funders

1. EEA and Norway Grants $14.7 M
2. Fundación ONCE $12.6 M
3. Comic Relief $9.5 M
4. Nationale Postcode Loterij $4.2 M
5. Open Society Foundations $3.5 M
6. The Atlantic Philanthropies $3.0 M
7. Abilis Foundation $2.7 M
8. NoVo Foundation $2.6 M
9. Esmée Fairbairn Foundation $2.4 M
10. The Oak Foundation $2.4 M
11. American Jewish World Service $2.4 M
12. Open Society Institute Budapest Foundation $2.0 M
13. Disability Rights Fund $1.5 M
14. Ford Foundation $1.4 M
15. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $1.3 M
16. Trust for London $1.2 M
17. The City Bridge Trust $1.1 M
18. The California Endowment $1.1 M
19. GE Foundation $894.2 K
20. Bodossaki Foundation $843.3 K
21. King Baudouin Foundation $769.7 K
22. Sabanci Foundation $705.5 K
23. Foundation Open Society Institute - Switzerland $665.8 K
24. Nuffield Foundation $622.7 K
25. The F. B. Heron Foundation $600.0 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

  $28,078,755 (33%)
  455 Grants (37%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $20,542,066 (24%)
  241 Grants (20%)

• Social and Cultural Rights

  $10,995,897 (13%)
  135 Grants (11%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $6,769,192 (8%)
  75 Grants (6%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $6,071,956 (7%)
  90 Grants (7%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $3,362,377 (4%)
  38 Grants (3%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $3,341,146 (4%)
  73 Grants (6%)

• Human Rights, General

  $2,343,743 (3%)
  22 Grants (2%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $874,378 (1%)
  52 Grants (4%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $769,615 (1%)
  17 Grants (1%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $660,941 (1%)
  10 Grants (1%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $174,900 (0%)
  4 Grants (0%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $138,375 (0%)
  4 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

  $25,826,038 (31%)
  299 Grants (25%)

• Women & Girls

  $9,799,642 (12%)
  193 Grants (16%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $7,168,111 (9%)
  46 Grants (4%)

• LGBTQI

  $2,706,908 (3%)
  28 Grants (2%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $172,800 (0%)
  11 Grants (1%)

• Sex Workers

  $161,205 (0%)
  1 Grants (0%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $69,799 (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

  $31,582,470 (38%)
  400 Grants (33%)

• Public Engagement and Awareness-raising

  $12,114,647 (14%)
  174 Grants (14%)

• Capacity-building and Technical Assistance

  $11,840,801 (14%)
  189 Grants (16%)

• Coalition-building and Collaboration

  $6,373,106 (8%)
  130 Grants (11%)

• Media and Technology

  $5,665,952 (7%)
  67 Grants (6%)

• Research and Documentation

  $5,136,932 (6%)
  77 Grants (6%)

• Arts and Culture

  $3,791,025 (5%)
  90 Grants (7%)

• Litigation and Legal Aid

  $2,164,177 (3%)
  14 Grants (1%)

• Grassroots Organizing

  $832,761 (1%)
  24 Grants (2%)

• Security and Resilience

  $150,000 (0%)
  2 Grants (0%)

• Scholarships and Travel

  $46,019 (0%)
  6 Grants (0%)

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.