Top Foundation Funders

1. Anonymous $63.0 M
2. Open Society Foundations $18.4 M
3. National Endowment for Democracy $17.3 M
4. Ford Foundation $16.4 M
5. American Jewish World Service - Donor Advised Funds $15.8 M
6. Humanity United $8.6 M
7. Hivos $8.4 M
8. Tides Foundation $5.8 M
9. The Atlantic Philanthropies $5.7 M
10. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $5.7 M
11. The Oak Foundation $5.3 M
12. Bloomberg Philanthropies $3.8 M
13. Nationale Postcode Loterij $3.7 M
14. Cordaid $3.5 M
15. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $3.5 M
16. The Rockefeller Foundation $3.4 M
17. American Jewish World Service $3.4 M
18. Mensen met een Missie $2.7 M
19. African Women's Development Fund $2.6 M
20. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $2.4 M
21. Fund For Global Human Rights $2.3 M
22. The Global Fund for Women $2.1 M
23. Freedom House $1.7 M
24. NoVo Foundation $1.5 M
25. TrustAfrica $1.3 M
26. M = Millions

Foundation Funding by Issue

• Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

  $52,526,587 (23%)
  553 Grants (23%)

• Human Rights, General

  $36,812,425 (16%)
  606 Grants (25%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $20,960,790 (9%)
  176 Grants (7%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $20,247,981 (9%)
  118 Grants (5%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $19,555,538 (9%)
  252 Grants (11%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $19,121,634 (8%)
  152 Grants (6%)

• Education, Religion, and Culture

  $16,130,041 (7%)
  148 Grants (6%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $10,662,849 (5%)
  119 Grants (5%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $8,362,155 (4%)
  50 Grants (2%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $7,116,401 (3%)
  89 Grants (4%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $6,950,260 (3%)
  97 Grants (4%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $5,712,316 (3%)
  10 Grants (0%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $2,648,194 (1%)
  29 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 Population

• Economically Disadvantaged

  $103,600,822 (46%)
  546 Grants (23%)

• Women & Girls

  $78,199,638 (34%)
  1,056 Grants (44%)

• Children & Youth

  $53,420,357 (24%)
  428 Grants (18%)

• Crime or Abuse Victims

  $44,572,880 (20%)
  276 Grants (12%)

• People with AIDS

  $20,795,752 (9%)
  263 Grants (11%)

• People with Disabilities

  $19,640,518 (9%)
  161 Grants (7%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $13,418,314 (6%)
  48 Grants (2%)

• LGBTQI

  $13,105,386 (6%)
  141 Grants (6%)

• Ethnic or Racial Minorities

  $8,416,913 (4%)
  119 Grants (5%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $2,317,119 (1%)
  29 Grants (1%)

• Offenders & Ex-Offenders

  $1,926,007 (1%)
  36 Grants (2%)

• Sex Workers

  $1,845,976 (1%)
  48 Grants (2%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $1,295,330 (1%)
  57 Grants (2%)

• Substance Abusers

  $526,139 (0%)
  17 Grants (1%)

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.

Sample Grants

• Funder TrustAfrica
  Recipient Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimbabwe)
  Description To support their campaigns to advance social and economic rights.
• Funder African Women's Development Fund
  Recipient Association Feminine Somdelwende (Burkina Faso)
  Description To provide literacy training to facilitate income generation activities and strengthen women's voices to challenge stereotypical structures and discriminatory treatment of women.

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