10%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$269.2 Million out of
$2.8 Billion for all rights
3,038 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Comic Relief $41.2 M
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $24.6 M
- Ford Foundation $22.7 M
- National Endowment for Democracy $21.0 M
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $20.0 M
- American Jewish World Service - Donor Advised Funds $18.1 M
- Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors $15.2 M
- NoVo Foundation $10.5 M
- Segal Family Foundation $9.8 M
- Oak Foundation $8.0 M
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $6.7 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $5.9 M
- Human Dignity Foundation $5.9 M
- Elton John AIDS Foundation (London) $5.0 M
- International Development Research Centre $4.6 M
- ViiV Healthcare $4.2 M
- American Jewish World Service $4.1 M
- Stephen Lewis Foundation $3.8 M
- The UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women $3.8 M
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $3.7 M
- The M.A.C. AIDS Fund $3.7 M
- Fund for Global Human Rights $3.0 M
- The Foundation for Civil Society $2.9 M
- King Baudouin Foundation $2.7 M
- Arcus Foundation $2.5 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
32%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$1.2 Billion out of
$3.9 Billion for all rights
3,620 Disbursements
Top Funders
- European Union Institutions $365.7 M
- Sweden $205.9 M
- United States $92.6 M
- United Kingdom $81.7 M
- Denmark $70.5 M
- Canada $68.3 M
- Norway $67.2 M
- Germany $59.2 M
- Finland $33.6 M
- Netherlands $29.6 M
- Switzerland $24.4 M
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $19.5 M
- Spain $16.4 M
- Belgium $16.3 M
- Ireland $15.4 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $14.7 M
- International Development Association $10.8 M
- United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $8.6 M
- Japan $8.6 M
- Australia $8.0 M
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $6.8 M
- France $4.5 M
- Italy $3.4 M
- Austria $2.6 M
- Portugal $2.6 M
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Health and Well-being Rights
$53,060,003 (20%)
439 Grants (14%)Freedom from Violence
$52,576,174 (20%)
518 Grants (17%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$33,820,291 (13%)
241 Grants (8%)Economic and Labor Rights
$27,062,506 (10%)
227 Grants (7%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$21,410,542 (8%)
491 Grants (16%)Civic and Political Participation
$18,833,921 (7%)
281 Grants (9%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$12,139,914 (5%)
173 Grants (6%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$11,387,767 (4%)
171 Grants (6%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$7,009,000 (3%)
79 Grants (3%)Human Rights, General
$4,661,254 (2%)
71 Grants (2%)Expression and Information Rights
$4,101,319 (2%)
87 Grants (3%)Migration and Displacement
$1,834,589 (1%)
18 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
$112,369,091 (42%)
1,316 Grants (43%)Children & Youth
$110,924,321 (41%)
1,050 Grants (35%)LGBTQI
$14,602,392 (5%)
288 Grants (9%)People with Disabilities
$13,025,515 (5%)
233 Grants (8%)Migrants & Refugees
$7,309,672 (3%)
89 Grants (3%)Indigenous Peoples
$2,974,501 (1%)
183 Grants (6%)Sex Workers
$2,824,395 (1%)
47 Grants (2%)Human Rights Defenders
$2,495,703 (1%)
87 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
$152,855,182 (57%)
1,973 Grants (65%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$54,664,397 (20%)
1,005 Grants (33%)Grassroots Organizing
$34,370,767 (13%)
391 Grants (13%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$30,514,397 (11%)
514 Grants (17%)Research and Documentation
$29,212,200 (11%)
328 Grants (11%)Media and Technology
$12,101,753 (4%)
231 Grants (8%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$11,364,763 (4%)
103 Grants (3%)Arts and Culture
$4,721,386 (2%)
108 Grants (4%)Scholarships and Travel
$865,753 (0%)
55 Grants (2%)Security and Resilience
$719,656 (0%)
16 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.
242 Grants (8%)