26%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$473.0 Million out of
$1.8 Billion for all rights
5,191 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $62.8 M
- Ford Foundation $61.8 M
- Open Society Foundations $39.7 M
- Comic Relief UK $30.2 M
- NoVo Foundation $27.4 M
- UN Women's Fund for Gender Equality $17.4 M
- The Oak Foundation $15.6 M
- National Endowment for Democracy $15.2 M
- American Jewish World Service $13.3 M
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $11.7 M
- Hivos $10.9 M
- Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $10.7 M
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $10.3 M
- The Global Fund for Women $7.4 M
- NIKE Foundation $7.1 M
- Tides Foundation $6.7 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $6.3 M
- The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida $6.1 M
- Mama Cash $6.1 M
- Nationale Postcode Loterij $5.1 M
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $5.1 M
- ExxonMobil Foundation $5.1 M
- Bloomberg Philanthropies $3.8 M
- The Allstate Foundation $3.7 M
- Mensen met een Missie $3.7 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
26%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$888.1 Million out of
$3.4 Billion for all rights
3,170 Disbursements
Top Funders
- Global Fund $123.9 M
- Norway $114.8 M
- Canada $99.7 M
- Sweden $75.4 M
- Spain $62.1 M
- United Kingdom $58.7 M
- European Union Institutions $58.5 M
- Netherlands $51.6 M
- Germany $51.5 M
- Denmark $34.5 M
- United States $30.8 M
- Australia $26.1 M
- Finland $21.0 M
- Switzerland $18.6 M
- Ireland $13.2 M
- Belgium $12.5 M
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $12.0 M
- Austria $3.3 M
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $2.6 M
- Italy $2.3 M
- Korea $2.1 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $1.7 M
- International Development Association $1.5 M
- Iceland $1.4 M
- Global Environment Facility $1.4 M
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Region
Asia & Pacific
$45,266,749 (10%)
778 Grants (15%)
Caribbean
$3,150,693 (1%)
67 Grants (1%)
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$12,754,351 (3%)
431 Grants (8%)
Global Programs
$66,574,776 (14%)
330 Grants (6%)
Latin America & Mexico
$50,961,193 (11%)
699 Grants (13%)
Middle East & North Africa
$19,356,036 (4%)
323 Grants (6%)
North America
$163,413,993 (35%)
1,337 Grants (26%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
$98,436,403 (21%)
1,134 Grants (22%)
Western Europe
$22,993,686 (5%)
196 Grants (4%)
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
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$152,067,203 (32%)
796 Grants (15%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$113,836,212 (24%)
1,263 Grants (24%)Freedom from Violence
$68,979,208 (15%)
911 Grants (18%)Human Rights, General
$28,684,483 (6%)
681 Grants (13%)Economic and Labor Rights
$28,215,035 (6%)
408 Grants (8%)Civic and Political Participation
$19,379,218 (4%)
159 Grants (3%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$15,310,812 (3%)
311 Grants (6%)Health and Well-being Rights
$14,428,281 (3%)
211 Grants (4%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$5,973,891 (1%)
72 Grants (1%)Migration and Displacement
$5,960,982 (1%)
49 Grants (1%)Expression and Information Rights
$4,966,737 (1%)
88 Grants (2%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$3,515,131 (1%)
37 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
Economically Disadvantaged
$208,064,809 (44%)
1,403 Grants (27%)Children & Youth
$121,030,476 (26%)
1,246 Grants (24%)Crime or Abuse Victims
$96,754,873 (20%)
1,186 Grants (23%)Ethnic or Racial Minorities
$66,321,252 (14%)
945 Grants (18%)Migrants & Refugees
$37,682,472 (8%)
468 Grants (9%)Indigenous Peoples
$18,136,135 (4%)
324 Grants (6%)People with AIDS
$16,020,885 (3%)
278 Grants (5%)LGBTQI
$14,837,883 (3%)
316 Grants (6%)People with Disabilities
$5,618,754 (1%)
152 Grants (3%)Human Rights Defenders
$3,769,130 (1%)
175 Grants (3%)Offenders & Ex-Offenders
$3,403,820 (1%)
75 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$2,252,780 (0%)
95 Grants (2%)Substance Abusers
$891,741 (0%)
26 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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South Asia Women's Fund
Women's Rehabilitation Center (Nepal)
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David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Center for Women (Malaysia)
To integrate sexual and reproductive health and rights within the broader social movement to end poverty and gender inequality and improve food security.
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