7%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$238.4 Million out of
$3.2 Billion for all rights
2,346 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $48.3 M
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $44.2 M
- Open Society Institute $40.5 M
- Ford Foundation $37.8 M
- Tides Foundation $14.4 M
- NoVo Foundation $12.7 M
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $11.8 M
- Wellspring Philanthropic Fund $11.7 M
- Comic Relief $8.6 M
- Oak Foundation $6.8 M
- Segal Family Foundation $6.5 M
- International Development Research Centre $4.4 M
- African Women's Development Fund $4.4 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $4.2 M
- Fund for Global Human Rights $4.1 M
- American Jewish World Service $4.1 M
- Foundation for a Just Society $3.9 M
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $3.4 M
- The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $3.3 M
- Hivos $3.2 M
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation $2.5 M
- Humanity United $2.4 M
- Arcus Foundation $2.4 M
- Peace Direct $2.4 M
- C&A Foundation $2.2 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
34%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$1.3 Billion out of
$3.9 Billion for all rights
3,417 Disbursements
Top Funders
- European Union Institutions $336.3 M
- Sweden $230.6 M
- United States $139.9 M
- Canada $121.1 M
- Italy $78.5 M
- Germany $69.7 M
- Norway $58.9 M
- Denmark $56.2 M
- United Kingdom $43.6 M
- Finland $33.3 M
- Belgium $23.9 M
- Spain $22.8 M
- Ireland $19.0 M
- Netherlands $18.2 M
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $18.0 M
- Switzerland $15.9 M
- France $6.4 M
- Austria $5.1 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $5.0 M
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $4.2 M
- Luxembourg $3.9 M
- United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $3.5 M
- Japan $3.1 M
- Korea $2.6 M
- Australia $2.0 M
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Health and Well-being Rights
$47,005,635 (20%)
254 Grants (11%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$36,353,379 (15%)
406 Grants (17%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$27,598,961 (12%)
482 Grants (21%)Freedom from Violence
$27,583,801 (12%)
292 Grants (12%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$25,921,643 (11%)
116 Grants (5%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$13,209,726 (6%)
174 Grants (7%)Human Rights, General
$12,136,278 (5%)
96 Grants (4%)Economic and Labor Rights
$11,245,700 (5%)
78 Grants (3%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$10,123,441 (4%)
75 Grants (3%)Civic and Political Participation
$6,731,968 (3%)
39 Grants (2%)Expression and Information Rights
$3,823,815 (2%)
163 Grants (7%)Migration and Displacement
$3,106,476 (1%)
34 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
$108,671,742 (46%)
1,189 Grants (51%)Children & Youth
$68,412,005 (29%)
674 Grants (29%)LGBTQI
$7,936,562 (3%)
204 Grants (9%)Migrants & Refugees
$7,578,987 (3%)
77 Grants (3%)People with Disabilities
$7,215,819 (3%)
121 Grants (5%)Indigenous Peoples
$3,305,851 (1%)
191 Grants (8%)Human Rights Defenders
$2,619,001 (1%)
95 Grants (4%)Sex Workers
$1,841,712 (1%)
60 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
$119,153,991 (50%)
1,323 Grants (56%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$57,425,654 (24%)
655 Grants (28%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$21,082,192 (9%)
208 Grants (9%)Research and Documentation
$17,471,178 (7%)
224 Grants (10%)Grassroots Organizing
$13,086,917 (5%)
207 Grants (9%)Media and Technology
$12,309,488 (5%)
106 Grants (5%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$10,204,472 (4%)
85 Grants (4%)Arts and Culture
$1,952,464 (1%)
51 Grants (2%)Security and Resilience
$1,335,005 (1%)
11 Grants (0%)Scholarships and Travel
$485,564 (0%)
53 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.
137 Grants (6%)