1%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$17.3 Million out of
$1.8 Billion for all rights
242 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- National Endowment for Democracy $4.5 M
- The Atlantic Philanthropies $1.9 M
- American Jewish World Service $1.8 M
- Freedom House $1.5 M
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation $1.3 M
- Open Society Foundations $985.5 K
- Tides Foundation $789.2 K
- Ford Foundation $562.4 K
- UN Women's Fund for Gender Equality $530.0 K
- Rockefeller Brothers Fund $500.0 K
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $450.0 K
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $309.0 K
- Anonymous 5 $300.0 K
- Unitarian Universalist Service Committee $218.0 K
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation $200.0 K
- Global Fund for Children $192.0 K
- The Coca-Cola Foundation $150.5 K
- The Libra Foundation $150.0 K
- Intel Foundation $148.9 K
- Grassroots International $109.2 K
- Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors $100.0 K
- The Summit Foundation $85.0 K
- Levi Strauss Foundation $82.5 K
- The Global Fund for Women $73.5 K
- Boston Foundation $65.0 K
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
1%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$42.1 Million out of
$3.4 Billion for all rights
263 Disbursements
Top Funders
- United States $14.7 M
- Global Fund $6.2 M
- European Union Institutions $5.1 M
- Spain $4.7 M
- Canada $4.4 M
- Belgium $2.0 M
- Norway $928.9 K
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $877.9 K
- Germany $817.0 K
- United Kingdom $577.1 K
- Italy $506.4 K
- France $261.2 K
- Sweden $209.5 K
- Finland $199.1 K
- Inter-American Development Bank - Special Fund $167.1 K
- Australia $161.1 K
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $132.7 K
- Netherlands $101.5 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$3,274,145 (19%)
25 Grants (10%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$2,430,400 (14%)
44 Grants (18%)Expression and Information Rights
$2,017,944 (12%)
16 Grants (7%)Civic and Political Participation
$1,645,000 (10%)
5 Grants (2%)Health and Well-being Rights
$1,475,736 (9%)
25 Grants (10%)Economic and Labor Rights
$1,447,938 (8%)
16 Grants (7%)Human Rights, General
$1,089,711 (6%)
29 Grants (12%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$914,600 (5%)
32 Grants (13%)Freedom from Violence
$897,447 (5%)
23 Grants (10%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$885,000 (5%)
13 Grants (5%)Migration and Displacement
$545,000 (3%)
2 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
$4,141,993 (24%)
80 Grants (33%)Women & Girls
$3,150,693 (18%)
67 Grants (28%)Children & Youth
$2,164,735 (13%)
49 Grants (20%)Ethnic or Racial Minorities
$2,114,951 (12%)
21 Grants (9%)People with AIDS
$1,125,724 (7%)
27 Grants (11%)Crime or Abuse Victims
$1,084,727 (6%)
30 Grants (12%)Migrants & Refugees
$975,050 (6%)
17 Grants (7%)LGBTQI
$489,651 (3%)
17 Grants (7%)Indigenous Peoples
$272,420 (2%)
2 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$235,491 (1%)
8 Grants (3%)Human Rights Defenders
$79,140 (0%)
3 Grants (1%)Offenders & Ex-Offenders
$75,000 (0%)
3 Grants (1%)People with Disabilities
$54,500 (0%)
4 Grants (2%)Substance Abusers
$25,000 (0%)
1 Grants (0%)
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
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National Endowment for Democracy
Jurimedia (Haiti)
To promote the peaceful resolution of conflict and the use of mediation as an alternative to judicial proceedings in rural communities; build the capacity of grassroots leaders to monitor access to justice; and navigate the legal system. -
Mama Cash
Guyana Sex Work Coalition
To lead a Caribbean sex workers' network and work with police to defend the rights of sex workers to freedom from violence, extortion, and harassment.
12 Grants (5%)