3%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$109.8 Million out of
$3.7 Billion for all rights
1,625 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Arcus Foundation $11.2 M
- Wellspring Philanthropic Fund $10.6 M
- NoVo Foundation $10.1 M
- Chicago Community Trust $9.5 M
- Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $9.5 M
- Gill Foundation $7.4 M
- Foundation for a Just Society $7.1 M
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $4.5 M
- Astraea Foundation $3.8 M
- Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $3.6 M
- Oak Foundation $2.9 M
- Heising-Simons Foundation $2.0 M
- Ford Foundation $1.9 M
- Schmidt Family Foundation $1.7 M
- Tides Foundation $1.7 M
- Horizons Foundation $1.4 M
- Sigrid Rausing Trust $1.4 M
- Mama Cash $1.2 M
- Comic Relief $1.2 M
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $1.2 M
- California Endowment $1.2 M
- Dreilinden, GmbH $1.1 M
- Colonel (IL) James N. Pritzker Charitable Distribution Fund $1.1 M
- American Jewish World Service $1.1 M
- California Community Foundation $1.1 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
1%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$49.0 Million out of
$5.0 Billion for all rights
177 Disbursements
Top Funders
- Sweden $17.4 M
- Germany $7.9 M
- Norway $4.9 M
- United States $4.3 M
- Australia $3.8 M
- Netherlands $3.5 M
- European Union Institutions $3.5 M
- Finland $2.2 M
- Canada $917.4 K
- Spain $262.8 K
- Austria $179.2 K
- Belgium $130.1 K
- Czech Republic $18.4 K
- France $14.3 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Region
Asia & Pacific
$3,655,104 (3%)
109 Grants (7%)
Caribbean
$2,784,231 (3%)
26 Grants (2%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$3,848,586 (4%)
79 Grants (5%)
Global Programs
$3,811,240 (3%)
46 Grants (3%)
Latin America & Mexico
$4,905,676 (4%)
154 Grants (9%)
Middle East & North Africa
$2,467,080 (2%)
43 Grants (3%)
North America
$79,587,676 (72%)
860 Grants (53%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$10,931,098 (10%)
284 Grants (17%)
Western Europe
$4,245,477 (4%)
57 Grants (4%)
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
$57,871,331 (53%)
1,027 Grants (63%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$12,873,570 (12%)
92 Grants (6%)Freedom from Violence
$12,612,421 (11%)
65 Grants (4%)Health and Well-being Rights
$7,233,745 (7%)
143 Grants (9%)Migration and Displacement
$4,968,142 (5%)
61 Grants (4%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$4,955,087 (5%)
67 Grants (4%)Economic and Labor Rights
$1,292,908 (1%)
34 Grants (2%)Human Rights, General
$807,675 (1%)
14 Grants (1%)Expression and Information Rights
$778,104 (1%)
21 Grants (1%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$409,456 (0%)
11 Grants (1%)Civic and Political Participation
$278,558 (0%)
6 Grants (0%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$253,568 (0%)
16 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
Women & Girls
$20,945,698 (19%)
232 Grants (14%)Children & Youth
$10,294,095 (9%)
117 Grants (7%)Migrants & Refugees
$9,389,446 (9%)
92 Grants (6%)People with Disabilities
$1,449,309 (1%)
11 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$584,922 (1%)
36 Grants (2%)Human Rights Defenders
$510,248 (0%)
47 Grants (3%)Indigenous Peoples
$177,000 (0%)
7 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
$46,279,063 (42%)
745 Grants (46%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$14,355,270 (13%)
238 Grants (15%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$13,060,267 (12%)
190 Grants (12%)Grassroots Organizing
$9,503,673 (9%)
148 Grants (9%)Research and Documentation
$5,214,670 (5%)
109 Grants (7%)Media and Technology
$4,081,043 (4%)
80 Grants (5%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$3,935,683 (4%)
70 Grants (4%)Arts and Culture
$988,500 (1%)
53 Grants (3%)Scholarships and Travel
$275,355 (0%)
17 Grants (1%)Security and Resilience
$223,000 (0%)
9 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.
68 Grants (4%)