Top Foundation Funders

1. Comic Relief $10.6 M
2. Ford Foundation $6.8 M
3. UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women $4.1 M
4. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund $3.8 M
5. Foundation to Promote Open Society $3.3 M
6. Disability Rights Advocacy Fund $3.1 M
7. Bridge House Estates $3.0 M
8. Paul Hamlyn Foundation $2.7 M
9. Abilis Foundation $1.9 M
10. Trust for London $1.8 M
11. Oak Foundation $1.6 M
12. Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales $1.6 M
13. Disability Rights Fund $1.4 M
14. EsmŽe Fairbairn Foundation $1.3 M
15. National Lottery Community Fund $1.0 M
16. Three Guineas Trust $1.0 M
17. NoVo Foundation $975.0 K
18. Fondazione CON IL SUD $917.5 K
19. W.K. Kellogg Foundation $781.3 K
20. True Colours Trust $537.3 K
21. King Baudouin Foundation United States $509.8 K
22. Kresge Foundation $500.0 K
23. Lavelle Fund for the Blind $499.3 K
24. Mama Cash $487.3 K
25. May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust $485.0 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

  $23,089,834 (37%)
  457 Grants (49%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $21,739,683 (35%)
  245 Grants (26%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $6,292,348 (10%)
  50 Grants (5%)

• Education, Religion, and Culture

  $3,766,701 (6%)
  71 Grants (8%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $2,552,711 (4%)
  23 Grants (2%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $1,166,295 (2%)
  21 Grants (2%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $978,680 (2%)
  12 Grants (1%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $746,766 (1%)
  4 Grants (0%)

• Human Rights, General

  $534,119 (1%)
  18 Grants (2%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $425,700 (1%)
  12 Grants (1%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $260,511 (0%)
  4 Grants (0%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $207,769 (0%)
  8 Grants (1%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $161,130 (0%)
  9 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

• Children & Youth

  $12,985,444 (21%)
  187 Grants (20%)

• Women & Girls

  $11,205,975 (18%)
  153 Grants (16%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $2,860,594 (5%)
  26 Grants (3%)

• LGBTQI

  $1,449,309 (2%)
  11 Grants (1%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $1,027,992 (2%)
  15 Grants (2%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $42,965 (0%)
  6 Grants (1%)

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

  $30,971,189 (50%)
  354 Grants (38%)

• Capacity-building and Technical Assistance

  $14,670,278 (24%)
  108 Grants (12%)

• Coalition-building and Collaboration

  $6,581,211 (11%)
  62 Grants (7%)

• Arts and Culture

  $4,988,720 (8%)
  55 Grants (6%)

• Media and Technology

  $3,086,236 (5%)
  30 Grants (3%)

• Research and Documentation

  $3,072,285 (5%)
  39 Grants (4%)

• Grassroots Organizing

  $2,190,019 (4%)
  16 Grants (2%)

• Litigation and Legal Aid

  $662,706 (1%)
  4 Grants (0%)

• Scholarships and Travel

  $88,000 (0%)
  3 Grants (0%)

• Security and Resilience

  $47,081 (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.