3%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$73.8 Million out of
$2.7 Billion for all rights
1,337 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Arcus Foundation $12.7 M
- Ford Foundation $11.8 M
- NoVo Foundation $5.3 M
- Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $4.7 M
- Hivos $3.2 M
- Elton John AIDS Foundation $3.2 M
- EEA and Norway Grants $3.1 M
- The Atlantic Philanthropies $3.0 M
- The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice $2.6 M
- American Jewish World Service $2.6 M
- David Bohnett Foundation $2.5 M
- The California Endowment $2.3 M
- Stephen Lewis Foundation $2.0 M
- Open Society Foundations $1.8 M
- Proteus Fund $1.8 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $1.7 M
- Foundation for a Just Society $1.6 M
- Mama Cash $1.3 M
- Nationale Postcode Loterij $1.2 M
- Fund For Global Human Rights $860.0 K
- UHAI: East African Sexual Health and Rights Initiative $854.4 K
- Fundacja Batorego $763.1 K
- Open Society Institute Budapest Foundation $757.0 K
- The M.A.C. AIDS Fund $731.0 K
- The Foundation for AIDS Research $691.7 K
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
1%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$34.4 Million out of
$3.8 Billion for all rights
163 Disbursements
Top Funders
- Sweden $7.4 M
- Global Fund $6.3 M
- Australia $4.8 M
- Norway $4.3 M
- European Union Institutions $3.2 M
- Netherlands $2.3 M
- Finland $2.2 M
- United States $1.5 M
- Canada $907.8 K
- Germany $468.4 K
- Spain $396.3 K
- Belgium $326.7 K
- Denmark $178.0 K
- United Kingdom $55.8 K
- Ireland $26.5 K
- Switzerland $17.5 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Region
Asia & Pacific
$5,145,749 (7%)
132 Grants (10%)
Caribbean
$1,314,905 (2%)
42 Grants (3%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$4,617,218 (6%)
108 Grants (8%)
Global Programs
$6,600,738 (9%)
46 Grants (3%)
Latin America & Mexico
$3,230,575 (4%)
152 Grants (11%)
Middle East & North Africa
$1,410,236 (2%)
31 Grants (2%)
North America
$38,769,014 (53%)
627 Grants (47%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$9,818,754 (13%)
186 Grants (14%)
Western Europe
$4,637,823 (6%)
51 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
$27,436,373 (37%)
520 Grants (39%)Health and Well-being Rights
$14,263,098 (19%)
202 Grants (15%)Freedom from Violence
$8,494,876 (12%)
211 Grants (16%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$3,399,379 (5%)
46 Grants (3%)Expression and Information Rights
$2,452,171 (3%)
38 Grants (3%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$2,318,938 (3%)
71 Grants (5%)Migration and Displacement
$1,831,795 (2%)
32 Grants (2%)Civic and Political Participation
$1,283,946 (2%)
42 Grants (3%)Economic and Labor Rights
$1,251,286 (2%)
31 Grants (2%)Human Rights, General
$1,053,137 (1%)
16 Grants (1%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$208,320 (0%)
6 Grants (0%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$120,000 (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
Women & Girls
$15,871,262 (21%)
296 Grants (22%)Children & Youth
$12,036,811 (16%)
194 Grants (15%)Migrants & Refugees
$5,466,497 (7%)
92 Grants (7%)People with Disabilities
$2,706,908 (4%)
28 Grants (2%)Sex Workers
$1,595,601 (2%)
42 Grants (3%)Indigenous Peoples
$1,306,009 (2%)
43 Grants (3%)Human Rights Defenders
$1,123,511 (2%)
62 Grants (5%)
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
$33,938,511 (46%)
566 Grants (42%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$8,929,111 (12%)
195 Grants (15%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$8,544,725 (12%)
185 Grants (14%)Research and Documentation
$7,124,416 (10%)
112 Grants (8%)Media and Technology
$5,886,115 (8%)
128 Grants (10%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$5,098,594 (7%)
46 Grants (3%)Grassroots Organizing
$2,728,811 (4%)
83 Grants (6%)Arts and Culture
$2,582,006 (3%)
83 Grants (6%)Security and Resilience
$627,541 (1%)
8 Grants (1%)Scholarships and Travel
$173,959 (0%)
30 Grants (2%)
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.
119 Grants (9%)