11%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$277.4 Million out of
$2.4 Billion for all rights
2,491 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Nationale Postcode Loterij $29.5 M
- Ford Foundation $27.8 M
- NoVo Foundation $18.1 M
- Carnegie Corporation of New York $13.3 M
- Oak Foundation $12.3 M
- Big Lottery Fund $11.3 M
- NEO Philanthropy $10.3 M
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation $10.1 M
- The Pershing Square Foundation $10.0 M
- Unbound Philanthropy $8.6 M
- The San Francisco Foundation $6.2 M
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $5.4 M
- The James Irvine Foundation $5.0 M
- Marguerite Casey Foundation $4.4 M
- Comic Relief $4.1 M
- The New York Community Trust $3.8 M
- Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $3.6 M
- Humanity United $3.4 M
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $3.4 M
- The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation $3.1 M
- Tides Foundation $3.0 M
- The Freedom Fund - London $2.8 M
- The California Endowment $2.7 M
- The Tudor Trust $2.6 M
- New Israel Foundation $2.4 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
16%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$576.7 Million out of
$3.7 Billion for all rights
750 Disbursements
Top Funders
- Italy $230.9 M
- Canada $107.8 M
- United States $52.5 M
- Norway $47.0 M
- European Union Institutions $44.6 M
- Australia $32.7 M
- Belgium $19.4 M
- Finland $8.0 M
- Switzerland $7.8 M
- Sweden $6.3 M
- Japan $4.6 M
- International Labour Organisation $4.5 M
- Germany $4.5 M
- Spain $2.0 M
- United Kingdom $1.6 M
- Netherlands $1.0 M
- Global Fund $515.4 K
- Iceland $223.3 K
- France $191.9 K
- Slovak Republic $183.0 K
- Ireland $130.7 K
- United Arab Emirates $72.7 K
- Poland $62.3 K
- Estonia $62.1 K
- Austria $33.1 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Region
Asia & Pacific
$11,915,532 (4%)
182 Grants (7%)
Caribbean
$658,569 (0%)
22 Grants (1%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$3,487,845 (1%)
93 Grants (4%)
Global Programs
$45,560,347 (16%)
149 Grants (6%)
Latin America & Mexico
$9,055,535 (3%)
121 Grants (5%)
Middle East & North Africa
$9,239,975 (3%)
107 Grants (4%)
North America
$155,169,408 (56%)
1,293 Grants (52%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$6,164,938 (2%)
95 Grants (4%)
Western Europe
$41,218,764 (15%)
479 Grants (19%)
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
$122,560,747 (44%)
986 Grants (40%)Freedom from Violence
$28,358,636 (10%)
301 Grants (12%)Health and Well-being Rights
$22,049,518 (8%)
153 Grants (6%)Civic and Political Participation
$21,629,101 (8%)
187 Grants (8%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$17,825,158 (6%)
183 Grants (7%)Economic and Labor Rights
$14,354,330 (5%)
203 Grants (8%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$3,304,863 (1%)
48 Grants (2%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$3,273,678 (1%)
67 Grants (3%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$1,967,617 (1%)
28 Grants (1%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$1,296,742 (0%)
11 Grants (0%)Human Rights, General
$1,212,000 (0%)
26 Grants (1%)Expression and Information Rights
$450,300 (0%)
14 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
$60,916,360 (22%)
519 Grants (21%)Women & Girls
$41,125,645 (15%)
453 Grants (18%)LGBTQI
$11,721,244 (4%)
102 Grants (4%)People with Disabilities
$9,006,170 (3%)
59 Grants (2%)Indigenous Peoples
$8,242,703 (3%)
63 Grants (3%)Human Rights Defenders
$595,271 (0%)
28 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$197,654 (0%)
5 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
$109,963,252 (40%)
1,018 Grants (41%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$35,705,547 (13%)
290 Grants (12%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$29,294,730 (11%)
287 Grants (12%)Grassroots Organizing
$18,591,594 (7%)
198 Grants (8%)Research and Documentation
$17,852,345 (6%)
131 Grants (5%)Media and Technology
$16,622,280 (6%)
133 Grants (5%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$10,023,312 (4%)
76 Grants (3%)Arts and Culture
$5,227,073 (2%)
95 Grants (4%)Scholarships and Travel
$267,503 (0%)
8 Grants (0%)Security and Resilience
$5,000 (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.
Sample Grants
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GE Foundation
International Rescue Committee (United States)
To assist thousands of refugees arriving daily on the island of Lesbos, Greece, and provide essential services and education on refugee rights. -
The Pollination Project Foundation
Craft for Empowerment Project (CEP) (Uganda)
To equip South Sudanese refugee widows and child mothers with skills to make jewelry to increase their income generating potential.
284 Grants (11%)