8%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$290.9 Million out of
$3.7 Billion for all rights
2,447 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $55.4 M
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $33.0 M
- Ford Foundation $30.6 M
- Wellspring Philanthropic Fund $20.8 M
- Comic Relief $19.5 M
- NoVo Foundation $15.4 M
- Oak Foundation $14.8 M
- Conrad N. Hilton Foundation $7.5 M
- European Endowment for Democracy $5.9 M
- Foundation for a Just Society $5.6 M
- African Women's Development Fund $5.1 M
- Larry Ellison Foundation $5.0 M
- Arcus Foundation $4.5 M
- Hivos $4.4 M
- Climate Justice Resilience Fund $4.2 M
- American Jewish World Service $3.7 M
- Segal Family Foundation $3.4 M
- UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women $3.4 M
- Schmidt Family Foundation $3.3 M
- Sigrid Rausing Trust $3.2 M
- Global Fund for Women $2.9 M
- Fund for Global Human Rights $2.8 M
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $2.7 M
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $2.3 M
- Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $2.0 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
35%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$1.7 Billion out of
$5.0 Billion for all rights
4,546 Disbursements
Top Funders
- European Union Institutions $471.6 M
- Sweden $321.0 M
- United States $171.1 M
- United Kingdom $104.9 M
- Norway $85.8 M
- Germany $79.5 M
- Denmark $69.2 M
- Belgium $54.7 M
- Canada $53.4 M
- Switzerland $42.8 M
- Netherlands $39.2 M
- International Development Association $33.3 M
- Finland $31.2 M
- Spain $30.5 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $26.8 M
- Italy $24.3 M
- Ireland $19.2 M
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $17.4 M
- France $10.8 M
- Australia $7.6 M
- Austria $7.0 M
- Luxembourg $5.3 M
- Korea $4.5 M
- African Development Fund (African Development Fund) $3.7 M
- Global Fund $3.3 M
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$55,783,393 (19%)
139 Grants (6%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$46,888,439 (16%)
538 Grants (22%)Health and Well-being Rights
$38,842,239 (13%)
265 Grants (11%)Freedom from Violence
$31,303,598 (11%)
275 Grants (11%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$29,907,108 (10%)
492 Grants (20%)Human Rights, General
$29,293,590 (10%)
157 Grants (6%)Civic and Political Participation
$18,452,203 (6%)
38 Grants (2%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$9,876,358 (3%)
124 Grants (5%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$9,626,618 (3%)
60 Grants (2%)Economic and Labor Rights
$6,672,269 (2%)
82 Grants (3%)Migration and Displacement
$3,377,208 (1%)
34 Grants (1%)Expression and Information Rights
$3,309,969 (1%)
130 Grants (5%)
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 Population
Women & Girls
$122,325,530 (42%)
1,107 Grants (45%)Children & Youth
$71,055,198 (24%)
581 Grants (24%)LGBTQI
$10,931,098 (4%)
284 Grants (12%)Human Rights Defenders
$8,697,189 (3%)
121 Grants (5%)People with Disabilities
$8,589,507 (3%)
228 Grants (9%)Indigenous Peoples
$8,251,802 (3%)
229 Grants (9%)Migrants & Refugees
$6,968,263 (2%)
83 Grants (3%)Sex Workers
$1,117,636 (0%)
64 Grants (3%)
Population totals include foundation funding that could be identified as meant to benefit a specific group. Grants may serve multiple populations and would therefore be counted in more than one category.
Foundation Funding by Strategy
Advocacy, Systems Reform and Implementation
$149,984,771 (52%)
1,298 Grants (53%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$51,250,822 (18%)
625 Grants (26%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$30,643,132 (11%)
327 Grants (13%)Media and Technology
$25,977,594 (9%)
278 Grants (11%)Grassroots Organizing
$17,432,090 (6%)
348 Grants (14%)Research and Documentation
$17,358,000 (6%)
198 Grants (8%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$9,297,050 (3%)
83 Grants (3%)Arts and Culture
$4,452,024 (2%)
84 Grants (3%)Security and Resilience
$4,001,718 (1%)
14 Grants (1%)Scholarships and Travel
$340,632 (0%)
40 Grants (2%)
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.
113 Grants (5%)