Region

Asia & Pacific, 2011 - 2015

Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Federated States of, Mongolia, Myanmar/Burma, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, North Korea, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet (autonomous region), Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam

Foundation Funding for Asia & Pacific

These are partial figures based on a subset of foundations that shared grants data all five years: Read more about our methodology.

7%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$685.1 Million out of
$9.4 Billion for all rights
9,319 Grants
from 2011 - 2015

Top Foundation Funders

  1. National Endowment for Democracy $122.7 M
  2. Ford Foundation $84.4 M
  3. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $76.3 M
  4. Hivos $31.1 M
  5. The Oak Foundation $30.3 M
  6. Open Doors International $26.8 M
  7. American Jewish World Service $23.2 M
  8. Human Dignity Foundation $18.9 M
  9. Anonymous $18.9 M
  10. Tides Foundation $14.1 M
  11. Humanity United $13.7 M
  12. Cordaid $12.0 M
  13. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $11.8 M
  14. The Freedom Fund (UK) $11.5 M
  15. Fund For Global Human Rights $11.0 M
  16. The Global Fund for Women $10.6 M
  17. Freedom House $10.5 M
  18. Mensen met een Missie $10.0 M
  19. Nationale Postcode Loterij $8.5 M
  20. The Skoll Foundation $8.3 M
  21. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $7.9 M
  22. Global Greengrants Fund $6.7 M
  23. Foundation for a Just Society $6.1 M
  24. NoVo Foundation $6.0 M
  25. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $6.0 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

Bilateral and Multilateral Funding

18%
Share of OECD
human rights funding

$4.7 Billion out of
$25.8 Billion for all rights
19,610 Disbursements

Top Funders

  1. Australia $658.6 M
  2. United States $622.4 M
  3. United Kingdom $491.9 M
  4. European Union Institutions $416.5 M
  5. Canada $384.8 M
  6. Sweden $375.9 M
  7. Norway $325.3 M
  8. Germany $267.1 M
  9. Denmark $231.3 M
  10. Finland $175.5 M
  11. Switzerland $128.5 M
  12. Asian Development Bank Special Funds $91.1 M
  13. Netherlands $79.8 M
  14. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $73.4 M
  15. Japan $61.9 M
  16. Spain $52.6 M
  17. Belgium $49.3 M
  18. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $45.3 M
  19. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $36.9 M
  20. Ireland $27.9 M
  21. Korea $27.6 M
  22. Italy $25.0 M
  23. New Zealand $16.9 M
  24. Luxembourg $14.1 M
  25. France $11.1 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

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