5%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$188.0 Million out of
$3.7 Billion for all rights
1,702 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- NoVo Foundation $49.2 M
- Ford Foundation $24.6 M
- Tides Foundation $12.6 M
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation $9.6 M
- Bush Foundation $6.6 M
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation $5.7 M
- Oak Foundation $5.5 M
- Mulago Foundation $5.1 M
- Global Greengrants Fund $4.2 M
- Tamalpais Trust $3.3 M
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation $3.2 M
- American Jewish World Service $2.9 M
- Kendeda Fund $2.5 M
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $2.2 M
- New York Community Trust $2.0 M
- Climate Justice Resilience Fund $1.9 M
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $1.8 M
- Both ENDS Foundation $1.7 M
- Foundation for a Just Society $1.6 M
- International Indigenous Women's Forum $1.4 M
- Schmidt Family Foundation $1.3 M
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $1.2 M
- Wallace H. Coulter Foundation $1.2 M
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $1.2 M
- Meyer Memorial Trust $1.2 M
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Region
Asia & Pacific
$13,923,514 (7%)
281 Grants (17%)
Caribbean
$271,864 (0%)
7 Grants (0%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$525,000 (0%)
7 Grants (0%)
Global Programs
$24,878,063 (13%)
103 Grants (6%)
Latin America & Mexico
$62,862,687 (33%)
609 Grants (36%)
Middle East & North Africa
$4,343,652 (2%)
13 Grants (1%)
North America
$85,338,093 (45%)
467 Grants (27%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$8,251,802 (4%)
229 Grants (13%)
Western Europe
$1,524,340 (1%)
15 Grants (1%)
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
Environmental and Resource Rights
$69,540,631 (37%)
987 Grants (58%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$34,328,457 (18%)
154 Grants (9%)Freedom from Violence
$26,143,224 (14%)
64 Grants (4%)Human Rights, General
$14,726,865 (8%)
106 Grants (6%)Health and Well-being Rights
$7,324,064 (4%)
102 Grants (6%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$6,923,398 (4%)
51 Grants (3%)Migration and Displacement
$3,718,291 (2%)
34 Grants (2%)Expression and Information Rights
$2,178,516 (1%)
16 Grants (1%)Civic and Political Participation
$2,163,549 (1%)
26 Grants (2%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$1,645,059 (1%)
32 Grants (2%)Economic and Labor Rights
$1,209,726 (1%)
34 Grants (2%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$708,657 (0%)
27 Grants (2%)
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
$41,193,067 (22%)
721 Grants (42%)Children & Youth
$25,372,250 (13%)
417 Grants (25%)Migrants & Refugees
$11,135,285 (6%)
85 Grants (5%)Human Rights Defenders
$5,899,085 (3%)
43 Grants (3%)People with Disabilities
$1,027,992 (1%)
15 Grants (1%)LGBTQI
$177,000 (0%)
7 Grants (0%)Sex Workers
$32,970 (0%)
2 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
$73,125,521 (39%)
789 Grants (46%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$63,008,130 (34%)
766 Grants (45%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$31,754,023 (17%)
248 Grants (15%)Grassroots Organizing
$17,702,965 (9%)
570 Grants (33%)Media and Technology
$10,945,479 (6%)
201 Grants (12%)Research and Documentation
$9,442,967 (5%)
91 Grants (5%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$5,237,041 (3%)
89 Grants (5%)Arts and Culture
$5,235,788 (3%)
63 Grants (4%)Security and Resilience
$3,979,580 (2%)
5 Grants (0%)Scholarships and Travel
$193,018 (0%)
10 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.
69 Grants (4%)