Top Foundation Funders

1. Hivos $1.9 M
2. Open Society Foundations $1.4 M
3. Mama Cash $611.7 K
4. American Jewish World Service $493.3 K
5. Ford Foundation $250.0 K
6. Stop AIDS Now $222.2 K
7. The Oak Foundation $149.0 K
8. American Jewish World Service - Donor Advised Funds $125.0 K
9. Uhai Eashri $120.5 K
10. Fund For Global Human Rights $115.0 K
11. The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice $105.9 K
12. The Overbrook Foundation $55.0 K
13. Third Wave Foundation $48.0 K
14. The Global Fund for Women $45.0 K
15. Mensen met een Missie $42.6 K
16. G. II Charities $40.0 K
17. Foundation for a Just Society $25.0 K
18. Brazil Human Rights Fund $22.5 K
19. Levi Strauss Foundation $20.0 K
20. Ms. Foundation for Women $15.0 K
21. Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres $15.0 K
22. The Northern Rock Foundation $12.0 K
23. Firelight Endowment $12.0 K
24. Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights $10.0 K
25. Strategic Fund for Turkey $8.0 K
26. M = Millions

Foundation Funding by Region

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

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $5,872,239 (99%)
  128 Grants (98%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $41,154 (1%)
  2 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

• LGBTQI

  $2,975,117 (50%)
  55 Grants (42%)

• People with AIDS

  $2,722,141 (46%)
  35 Grants (27%)

• Women & Girls

  $2,451,881 (41%)
  65 Grants (50%)

• Children & Youth

  $1,471,958 (25%)
  15 Grants (12%)

• Crime or Abuse Victims

  $1,032,208 (17%)
  27 Grants (21%)

• Economically Disadvantaged

  $1,025,841 (17%)
  17 Grants (13%)

• Substance Abusers

  $381,443 (6%)
  7 Grants (5%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $297,296 (5%)
  8 Grants (6%)

• Offenders & Ex-Offenders

  $290,658 (5%)
  7 Grants (5%)

• Ethnic or Racial Minorities

  $220,760 (4%)
  6 Grants (5%)

• People with Disabilities

  $65,000 (1%)
  1 Grants (1%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $10,000 (0%)
  2 Grants (2%)

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.

Sample Grants

• Funder UHAI - the East African Sexual Health and Rights Initiative
  Recipient Anonymous (Burundi)
  Description To contribute to the psychosocial care of LGBT persons and sex workers who are victims of violence based on gender or sexual identity.
• Funder Mama Cash
  Recipient SZEXE, the Association of Hungarian Sex Workers
  Description To provide legal aid for sex workers experiencing discrimination and to build the leadership capacities of sex workers in Hungary and of Hungarian origin working abroad to network, mobilize campaigns, and interact with the media to reduce the stigma of sex work.