Top Foundation Funders

1. Open Society Foundations $1.7 M
2. Hivos $1.4 M
3. American Jewish World Service $987.7 K
4. Red Umbrella Fund $546.4 K
5. Comic Relief UK $538.8 K
6. Mama Cash $463.2 K
7. The Global Fund for Women $417.5 K
8. Ford Foundation $405.0 K
9. Uhai Eashri $322.7 K
10. Levi Strauss Foundation $270.0 K
11. Esmee Fairbairn Foundation $118.9 K
12. Fund For Global Human Rights $85.0 K
13. The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice $67.5 K
14. The Overbrook Foundation $55.0 K
15. Groundswell Fund $34.0 K
16. The Rhode Island Foundation $30.0 K
17. Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights $24.7 K
18. HIV Young Leaders Fund $24.0 K
19. Brazil Human Rights Fund $21.5 K
20. Urgent Action Fund - Africa $17.0 K
21. Tides Foundation $12.5 K
22. Global Fund for Children $10.0 K
23. Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund $6.5 K
24. Women Fund Tanzania $6.5 K
25. Calala Fondo de Mujeres $6.4 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

  $5,706,199 (95%)
  172 Grants (96%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $185,000 (3%)
  1 Grants (1%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $91,855 (2%)
  5 Grants (3%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $8,000 (0%)
  1 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

• Women & Girls

  $2,252,780 (38%)
  95 Grants (53%)

• LGBTQI

  $2,063,627 (34%)
  65 Grants (36%)

• People with AIDS

  $1,762,681 (29%)
  50 Grants (28%)

• Economically Disadvantaged

  $1,646,162 (27%)
  27 Grants (15%)

• Crime or Abuse Victims

  $884,494 (15%)
  35 Grants (20%)

• Substance Abusers

  $589,452 (10%)
  10 Grants (6%)

• Children & Youth

  $548,777 (9%)
  25 Grants (14%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $517,061 (9%)
  16 Grants (9%)

• Ethnic or Racial Minorities

  $235,221 (4%)
  8 Grants (4%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $99,000 (2%)
  4 Grants (2%)

• Offenders & Ex-Offenders

  $96,521 (2%)
  8 Grants (4%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $46,620 (1%)
  10 Grants (6%)

• People with Disabilities

  $8,000 (0%)
  1 Grants (1%)

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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  Description For advocacy to address stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS status and to advance the human rights of sex workers.
• Funder Red Umbrella Fund
  Recipient Pacific Rainbow$ Advocacy Network (Fiji)
  Description To mobilize sex workers using peer education; organize safe space meetings; and build relationships with government ministries, UN agencies, and NGOs to campaign for legal and policy reform.