2%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$57.2 Million out of
$3.2 Billion for all rights
738 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Bridge House Estates $4.5 M
- Ford Foundation $4.3 M
- Open Society Institute $4.3 M
- Disability Rights Advocacy Fund $4.0 M
- Comic Relief $3.9 M
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation $2.3 M
- The National Lottery Community Fund $2.1 M
- The Ontario Trillium Foundation $2.0 M
- Oak Foundation $1.8 M
- Tides Foundation $1.8 M
- The LankellyChase Foundation $1.8 M
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $1.7 M
- Wellspring Philanthropic Fund $1.5 M
- The Three Guineas Trust $1.5 M
- Fondazione CON IL SUD $1.3 M
- Disability Rights Fund $1.3 M
- Trust for London $1.0 M
- The Moody Foundation $1.0 M
- The Robertson Trust $992.2 K
- African Women's Development Fund $961.7 K
- The Tudor Trust $959.4 K
- May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust $875.0 K
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation $864.4 K
- The Prudential Foundation $750.0 K
- American Jewish World Service $587.0 K
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
3%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$126.1 Million out of
$3.9 Billion for all rights
520 Disbursements
Top Funders
- Australia $43.1 M
- European Union Institutions $13.1 M
- Finland $12.2 M
- Sweden $11.0 M
- Canada $9.9 M
- United Kingdom $9.5 M
- United States $8.5 M
- Norway $5.7 M
- Italy $4.4 M
- Germany $4.1 M
- Spain $1.4 M
- Belgium $769.9 K
- France $752.3 K
- Korea $714.5 K
- Switzerland $337.4 K
- Czech Republic $308.3 K
- Netherlands $301.6 K
- Austria $95.7 K
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $49.8 K
- Portugal $28.5 K
- Ireland $21.4 K
- International Labour Organisation $4.1 K
- Estonia $1.1 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Region
Asia & Pacific
$5,330,596 (9%)
108 Grants (15%)
Caribbean
$573,441 (1%)
22 Grants (3%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$2,979,229 (5%)
29 Grants (4%)
Global Programs
$4,545,550 (8%)
19 Grants (3%)
Latin America & Mexico
$1,458,631 (3%)
33 Grants (4%)
Middle East & North Africa
$770,018 (1%)
12 Grants (2%)
North America
$17,800,196 (31%)
203 Grants (28%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$7,215,819 (13%)
121 Grants (16%)
Western Europe
$17,545,442 (31%)
192 Grants (26%)
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
$25,561,762 (45%)
281 Grants (38%)Health and Well-being Rights
$15,112,683 (26%)
225 Grants (30%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$2,731,412 (5%)
34 Grants (5%)Freedom from Violence
$2,239,809 (4%)
44 Grants (6%)Migration and Displacement
$1,375,146 (2%)
8 Grants (1%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$1,014,030 (2%)
21 Grants (3%)Human Rights, General
$909,855 (2%)
27 Grants (4%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$691,607 (1%)
18 Grants (2%)Civic and Political Participation
$462,838 (1%)
5 Grants (1%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$159,075 (0%)
7 Grants (1%)Expression and Information Rights
$78,888 (0%)
10 Grants (1%)Economic and Labor Rights
$48,700 (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
$13,747,806 (24%)
190 Grants (26%)Women & Girls
$5,164,667 (9%)
121 Grants (16%)Migrants & Refugees
$1,266,506 (2%)
20 Grants (3%)Indigenous Peoples
$177,506 (0%)
9 Grants (1%)LGBTQI
$158,200 (0%)
12 Grants (2%)Human Rights Defenders
$37,038 (0%)
4 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$2,000 (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
$22,572,550 (39%)
353 Grants (48%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$6,018,756 (11%)
104 Grants (14%)Arts and Culture
$3,718,219 (6%)
48 Grants (7%)Research and Documentation
$2,082,580 (4%)
28 Grants (4%)Media and Technology
$1,960,425 (3%)
26 Grants (4%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$1,539,175 (3%)
20 Grants (3%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$1,502,700 (3%)
10 Grants (1%)Grassroots Organizing
$626,531 (1%)
24 Grants (3%)Scholarships and Travel
$56,200 (0%)
2 Grants (0%)Security and Resilience
$984 (0%)
1 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.
55 Grants (7%)