1%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$14.5 Million out of
$2.3 Billion for all rights
230 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- American Jewish World Service $1.9 M
- Freedom House $1.8 M
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation $1.3 M
- Open Society Foundations $1.1 M
- Ford Foundation $986.0 K
- NoVo Foundation $850.0 K
- The Oak Foundation $800.1 K
- The Atlantic Philanthropies $745.0 K
- Hivos $612.2 K
- UN Women's Fund for Gender Equality $530.0 K
- National Endowment for Democracy $451.5 K
- Comic Relief UK $412.1 K
- Tides Foundation $282.0 K
- Arcus Foundation $265.0 K
- The Rockefeller Foundation $250.0 K
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $234.6 K
- Levi Strauss Foundation $210.0 K
- Mama Cash $201.9 K
- Cordaid $178.0 K
- The Lambi Fund of Haiti $177.5 K
- Unitarian Universalist Service Committee $152.8 K
- John S. and James L. Knight Foundation $126.0 K
- Dietel Partners $125.0 K
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation $121.1 K
- Grassroots International $119.1 K
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
2%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$60.3 Million out of
$3.7 Billion for all rights
298 Disbursements
Top Funders
- United States $22.4 M
- European Union Institutions $8.7 M
- Global Fund $8.4 M
- Canada $6.2 M
- Belgium $3.0 M
- Spain $2.8 M
- Norway $2.2 M
- Switzerland $1.4 M
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $1.3 M
- Germany $1.1 M
- France $646.3 K
- United Kingdom $519.7 K
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $267.9 K
- Finland $234.1 K
- Italy $223.9 K
- Sweden $207.3 K
- Inter-American Development Bank - Special Fund $168.3 K
- Ireland $150.1 K
- Netherlands $145.0 K
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $86.2 K
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $27.6 K
- Luxembourg $21.2 K
- Korea $13.4 K
- Australia $2.0 K
- Czech Republic $1.4 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$2,274,227 (16%)
6 Grants (3%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$1,579,004 (11%)
46 Grants (20%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$1,543,665 (11%)
35 Grants (15%)Freedom from Violence
$1,431,912 (10%)
30 Grants (13%)Health and Well-being Rights
$1,386,811 (10%)
23 Grants (10%)Civic and Political Participation
$1,321,431 (9%)
23 Grants (10%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$967,380 (7%)
4 Grants (2%)Human Rights, General
$691,456 (5%)
8 Grants (3%)Expression and Information Rights
$665,157 (5%)
9 Grants (4%)Economic and Labor Rights
$518,222 (4%)
16 Grants (7%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$500,000 (3%)
12 Grants (5%)Migration and Displacement
$79,000 (1%)
3 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
$3,708,988 (26%)
89 Grants (39%)Children & Youth
$3,081,264 (21%)
55 Grants (24%)Human Rights Defenders
$1,076,599 (7%)
6 Grants (3%)Indigenous Peoples
$866,000 (6%)
8 Grants (3%)LGBTQI
$694,137 (5%)
33 Grants (14%)Migrants & Refugees
$671,835 (5%)
24 Grants (10%)People with Disabilities
$287,069 (2%)
11 Grants (5%)Sex Workers
$219,027 (2%)
10 Grants (4%)
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
$4,885,520 (34%)
58 Grants (25%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$4,289,256 (30%)
51 Grants (22%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$1,974,581 (14%)
44 Grants (19%)Research and Documentation
$1,757,236 (12%)
21 Grants (9%)Media and Technology
$1,426,357 (10%)
31 Grants (13%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$1,084,743 (7%)
3 Grants (1%)Security and Resilience
$800,098 (6%)
1 Grants (0%)Grassroots Organizing
$591,661 (4%)
13 Grants (6%)Arts and Culture
$506,620 (3%)
8 Grants (3%)Scholarships and Travel
$13,660 (0%)
5 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.
Sample Grants
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The Lambi Fund of Haiti
KOFOKA (Haiti)
To promote solidarity activities among women working to change living conditions in their communities. -
The Atlantic Philanthropies
Age Concern (Bermuda)
To implement its agenda to secure policy and service-sector gains that improve the lives of older people and strengthen the organization's work long-term.
15 Grants (7%)