12%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$382.4 Million out of
$3.2 Billion for all rights
2,968 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Ford Foundation $59.1 M
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation $24.2 M
- NoVo Foundation $15.9 M
- NEO Philanthropy $15.4 M
- Carnegie Corporation of New York $14.4 M
- Oak Foundation $13.8 M
- The JPB Foundation $13.4 M
- Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $11.1 M
- Tides Foundation $10.9 M
- Open Society Institute $10.1 M
- Unbound Philanthropy $9.1 M
- The James Irvine Foundation $8.8 M
- Humanity United $7.9 M
- The California Wellness Foundation $7.5 M
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $5.8 M
- The San Francisco Foundation $5.5 M
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation $5.2 M
- The Grove Foundation $5.2 M
- Fondazione CON IL SUD $5.1 M
- Marguerite Casey Foundation $5.1 M
- Wallace H. Coulter Foundation $5.1 M
- The California Endowment $4.9 M
- The Chicago Community Trust $4.5 M
- The New York Community Trust $4.1 M
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation $3.4 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
12%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$465.3 Million out of
$3.9 Billion for all rights
733 Disbursements
Top Funders
- European Union Institutions $162.0 M
- Italy $84.6 M
- Australia $43.2 M
- United States $37.8 M
- Canada $35.0 M
- Sweden $30.7 M
- Germany $24.1 M
- United Kingdom $10.1 M
- Norway $6.2 M
- Finland $5.7 M
- Spain $5.5 M
- Switzerland $5.2 M
- Japan $4.2 M
- International Labour Organisation $2.9 M
- Denmark $2.1 M
- Korea $1.8 M
- United Arab Emirates $996.0 K
- Austria $888.8 K
- France $612.4 K
- Netherlands $440.5 K
- Iceland $407.9 K
- Luxembourg $290.7 K
- Ireland $239.4 K
- Belgium $174.3 K
- Estonia $146.5 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Region
Asia & Pacific
$11,701,139 (3%)
97 Grants (3%)
Caribbean
$734,753 (0%)
22 Grants (1%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$1,959,513 (1%)
42 Grants (1%)
Global Programs
$19,931,464 (5%)
149 Grants (5%)
Latin America & Mexico
$21,610,744 (6%)
101 Grants (3%)
Middle East & North Africa
$7,661,278 (2%)
107 Grants (4%)
North America
$288,872,606 (76%)
2,099 Grants (71%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$7,578,987 (2%)
77 Grants (3%)
Western Europe
$35,463,087 (9%)
332 Grants (11%)
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
Migration and Displacement
$220,807,704 (58%)
1,823 Grants (61%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$45,899,181 (12%)
316 Grants (11%)Freedom from Violence
$31,101,024 (8%)
169 Grants (6%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$24,852,793 (6%)
85 Grants (3%)Economic and Labor Rights
$19,013,790 (5%)
176 Grants (6%)Health and Well-being Rights
$13,428,320 (4%)
146 Grants (5%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$5,612,572 (1%)
66 Grants (2%)Expression and Information Rights
$4,198,953 (1%)
28 Grants (1%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$2,895,516 (1%)
42 Grants (1%)Human Rights, General
$1,410,000 (0%)
9 Grants (0%)Civic and Political Participation
$525,000 (0%)
2 Grants (0%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$407,738 (0%)
17 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
$47,514,692 (12%)
335 Grants (11%)Women & Girls
$37,665,443 (10%)
375 Grants (13%)Indigenous Peoples
$9,501,186 (2%)
55 Grants (2%)LGBTQI
$2,854,248 (1%)
65 Grants (2%)People with Disabilities
$1,266,506 (0%)
20 Grants (1%)Human Rights Defenders
$520,588 (0%)
30 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$354,882 (0%)
10 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
$187,946,224 (49%)
1,319 Grants (44%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$73,991,122 (19%)
288 Grants (10%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$21,471,007 (6%)
143 Grants (5%)Grassroots Organizing
$17,872,408 (5%)
173 Grants (6%)Research and Documentation
$16,357,130 (4%)
111 Grants (4%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$13,554,967 (4%)
92 Grants (3%)Media and Technology
$9,473,461 (2%)
97 Grants (3%)Arts and Culture
$2,351,091 (1%)
47 Grants (2%)Scholarships and Travel
$218,529 (0%)
7 Grants (0%)Security and Resilience
$47,000 (0%)
4 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.
89 Grants (3%)