Foundation Funding by Region
Asia & Pacific
$1,832,637 (31%)
25 Grants (19%)
Caribbean
$120,000 (2%)
2 Grants (2%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$236,622 (4%)
8 Grants (6%)
Global Programs
$819,397 (14%)
9 Grants (7%)
Latin America & Mexico
$608,214 (10%)
19 Grants (15%)
Middle East & North Africa
$102,740 (2%)
5 Grants (4%)
North America
$222,000 (4%)
11 Grants (8%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$1,845,976 (31%)
48 Grants (37%)
Western Europe
$425,031 (7%)
7 Grants (5%)
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
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
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
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UHAI - the East African Sexual Health and Rights Initiative
Anonymous (Burundi)
To contribute to the psychosocial care of LGBT persons and sex workers who are victims of violence based on gender or sexual identity. -
Mama Cash
SZEXE, the Association of Hungarian Sex Workers
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.
* Red Umbrella Fund, Mama Cash, and Open Society Foundations recently conducted an in-depth analysis of sex worker rights funding in 2013 and identified a total of $11 million in support. This additional support was identified through targeted data collection, including from non-governmental organizations, from which we do not collect funding data. To learn more: www.redumbrellafund.org/report/.