1%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$21.9 Million out of
$2.7 Billion for all rights
283 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- National Endowment for Democracy $5.7 M
- Cordaid $2.1 M
- The Atlantic Philanthropies $1.9 M
- American Jewish World Service $1.6 M
- Freedom House $1.2 M
- Comic Relief $1.2 M
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation $737.9 K
- Tides Foundation $673.0 K
- NoVo Foundation $650.0 K
- Ford Foundation $560.0 K
- The International Development Research Centre $511.8 K
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $500.0 K
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $430.2 K
- Conrad N. Hilton Foundation $410.0 K
- Foundation for Child Development $405.0 K
- Open Society Fund Prague $348.8 K
- Unitarian Universalist Service Committee $336.8 K
- Anonymous 7 $300.0 K
- EEA and Norway Grants $185.3 K
- Disability Rights Fund $178.0 K
- Open Society Foundations $170.0 K
- Dietel Partners $145.0 K
- Global Fund for Children $140.0 K
- The California Endowment $133.1 K
- Grassroots International $126.3 K
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
1%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$47.2 Million out of
$3.8 Billion for all rights
276 Disbursements
Top Funders
- Canada $13.4 M
- United States $11.7 M
- European Union Institutions $6.8 M
- Spain $4.9 M
- Global Fund $2.4 M
- Norway $2.0 M
- Belgium $1.9 M
- Germany $740.6 K
- United Kingdom $686.4 K
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $476.7 K
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $373.0 K
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $336.0 K
- Netherlands $285.7 K
- Finland $262.2 K
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $244.8 K
- Switzerland $213.3 K
- Italy $172.0 K
- Ireland $96.1 K
- International Development Association $90.0 K
- Inter-American Development Bank - Special Fund $38.4 K
- France $37.5 K
- Luxembourg $21.5 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Health and Well-being Rights
$4,500,884 (21%)
39 Grants (14%)Civic and Political Participation
$3,613,758 (17%)
38 Grants (13%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$1,837,008 (8%)
15 Grants (5%)Freedom from Violence
$1,820,294 (8%)
45 Grants (16%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$1,436,710 (7%)
8 Grants (3%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$1,199,195 (5%)
40 Grants (14%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$1,131,681 (5%)
32 Grants (11%)Economic and Labor Rights
$1,110,539 (5%)
7 Grants (2%)Expression and Information Rights
$773,448 (4%)
13 Grants (5%)Human Rights, General
$759,121 (3%)
9 Grants (3%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$535,247 (2%)
6 Grants (2%)Migration and Displacement
$409,900 (2%)
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
Women & Girls
$5,442,381 (25%)
76 Grants (27%)Children & Youth
$4,850,191 (22%)
60 Grants (21%)LGBTQI
$1,314,905 (6%)
42 Grants (15%)People with Disabilities
$930,580 (4%)
13 Grants (5%)Indigenous Peoples
$580,154 (3%)
6 Grants (2%)Human Rights Defenders
$555,800 (3%)
8 Grants (3%)Migrants & Refugees
$521,200 (2%)
11 Grants (4%)Sex Workers
$223,560 (1%)
6 Grants (2%)
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
$11,364,706 (52%)
145 Grants (51%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$6,238,297 (29%)
62 Grants (22%)Research and Documentation
$4,051,837 (19%)
37 Grants (13%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$2,948,665 (13%)
48 Grants (17%)Media and Technology
$2,127,641 (10%)
24 Grants (8%)Grassroots Organizing
$1,941,564 (9%)
27 Grants (10%)Arts and Culture
$564,494 (3%)
11 Grants (4%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$491,968 (2%)
5 Grants (2%)Scholarships and Travel
$89,284 (0%)
15 Grants (5%)
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.
29 Grants (10%)