10%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$277.7 Million out of
$2.7 Billion for all rights
2,913 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $44.0 M
- Comic Relief $38.6 M
- Open Society Foundations $32.2 M
- Ford Foundation $25.6 M
- National Endowment for Democracy $15.3 M
- Hivos $12.8 M
- American Jewish World Service $11.7 M
- Cordaid $9.1 M
- Segal Family Foundation $8.0 M
- The Oak Foundation $7.5 M
- Stephen Lewis Foundation $6.2 M
- Nationale Postcode Loterij $5.0 M
- Open Society Institute Budapest Foundation $4.8 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $4.5 M
- Open Doors International $4.3 M
- Fund For Global Human Rights $4.2 M
- NoVo Foundation $4.0 M
- Humanity United $3.9 M
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $3.6 M
- The Atlantic Philanthropies $3.6 M
- The Coca-Cola Foundation $3.5 M
- Mensen met een Missie $3.4 M
- Stop AIDS Now $3.3 M
- African Women's Development Fund $2.2 M
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $2.2 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
30%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$1.2 Billion out of
$3.8 Billion for all rights
4,279 Disbursements
Top Funders
- Sweden $198.2 M
- Norway $116.0 M
- Global Fund $109.9 M
- Canada $102.0 M
- United Kingdom $87.3 M
- European Union Institutions $87.2 M
- United States $75.4 M
- Denmark $58.8 M
- Germany $50.4 M
- Finland $48.4 M
- Belgium $47.2 M
- Switzerland $23.8 M
- Netherlands $23.5 M
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $18.5 M
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $17.6 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $15.0 M
- Ireland $14.3 M
- Spain $14.2 M
- Italy $10.4 M
- Japan $8.6 M
- France $5.8 M
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $5.5 M
- United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $3.3 M
- International Development Association $3.2 M
- Austria $2.5 M
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Health and Well-being Rights
$55,204,743 (20%)
407 Grants (14%)Freedom from Violence
$34,017,828 (12%)
426 Grants (15%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$26,305,411 (9%)
147 Grants (5%)Expression and Information Rights
$21,947,766 (8%)
111 Grants (4%)Civic and Political Participation
$21,204,351 (8%)
213 Grants (7%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$17,282,187 (6%)
389 Grants (13%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$16,994,595 (6%)
345 Grants (12%)Human Rights, General
$14,358,763 (5%)
169 Grants (6%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$11,820,482 (4%)
161 Grants (6%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$11,788,196 (4%)
94 Grants (3%)Economic and Labor Rights
$11,744,603 (4%)
127 Grants (4%)Migration and Displacement
$2,213,890 (1%)
23 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
Women & Girls
$89,917,130 (32%)
1,134 Grants (39%)Children & Youth
$76,917,329 (28%)
841 Grants (29%)LGBTQI
$9,818,754 (4%)
186 Grants (6%)People with Disabilities
$8,473,163 (3%)
253 Grants (9%)Migrants & Refugees
$7,697,629 (3%)
104 Grants (4%)Indigenous Peoples
$5,867,426 (2%)
111 Grants (4%)Human Rights Defenders
$3,579,905 (1%)
93 Grants (3%)Sex Workers
$2,422,438 (1%)
41 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.
Foundation Funding by Strategy
Advocacy, Systems Reform and Implementation
$104,020,823 (37%)
1,009 Grants (35%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$45,574,963 (16%)
617 Grants (21%)Research and Documentation
$37,133,721 (13%)
354 Grants (12%)Media and Technology
$18,653,392 (7%)
298 Grants (10%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$17,598,546 (6%)
392 Grants (13%)Grassroots Organizing
$8,517,751 (3%)
146 Grants (5%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$6,145,398 (2%)
71 Grants (2%)Arts and Culture
$5,940,671 (2%)
148 Grants (5%)Security and Resilience
$1,319,640 (0%)
11 Grants (0%)Scholarships and Travel
$326,351 (0%)
42 Grants (1%)
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.
Sample Grants
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Akiba Uhaki Foundation
Mouvement Des Peuples Pour L'education Aux Droits Humains Au Rwanda
To strengthen citizen participation in local governance in Musha Sector. -
Oak Foundation
Pathfinder International (United States)
To work with families and young men to prevent violence to children, especially sexual violence, in households and at the community level in Northern Unguja, Zanzibar.
301 Grants (10%)