1%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$18.6 Million out of
$2.4 Billion for all rights
248 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- National Endowment for Democracy $4.3 M
- Comic Relief $3.3 M
- American Jewish World Service $1.5 M
- Freedom House $1.4 M
- The UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women $1,000.0 K
- Ford Foundation $850.0 K
- Elton John AIDS Foundation $795.0 K
- Arcus Foundation $770.0 K
- Tides Foundation $709.5 K
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $613.1 K
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $550.3 K
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation $264.1 K
- Unitarian Universalist Service Committee $262.1 K
- Tamalpais Trust $250.0 K
- Oak Foundation $204.7 K
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $200.0 K
- Disability Rights Fund $187.5 K
- Monsanto Fund $157.7 K
- Global Dialogue $152.9 K
- ViiV Healthcare $150.9 K
- CS Fund $145.0 K
- NoVo Foundation $130.0 K
- U.S. Institute of Peace $129.4 K
- Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $105.0 K
- Global Fund for Children $105.0 K
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
2%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$60.7 Million out of
$3.7 Billion for all rights
330 Disbursements
Top Funders
- Canada $22.4 M
- United States $9.3 M
- Global Fund $9.0 M
- European Union Institutions $6.4 M
- Spain $4.3 M
- Norway $2.0 M
- Belgium $1.9 M
- United Kingdom $1.1 M
- Germany $906.4 K
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $561.0 K
- Switzerland $553.0 K
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $425.3 K
- Finland $400.4 K
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $377.5 K
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $373.1 K
- France $226.3 K
- Ireland $199.8 K
- Netherlands $165.2 K
- Italy $55.9 K
- Korea $19.1 K
- International Labour Organisation $3.6 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Freedom from Violence
$4,752,243 (26%)
43 Grants (17%)Expression and Information Rights
$2,403,238 (13%)
18 Grants (7%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$2,288,638 (12%)
26 Grants (10%)Civic and Political Participation
$1,483,455 (8%)
27 Grants (11%)Human Rights, General
$1,199,064 (6%)
13 Grants (5%)Health and Well-being Rights
$1,180,913 (6%)
21 Grants (8%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$1,048,345 (6%)
11 Grants (4%)Economic and Labor Rights
$949,958 (5%)
13 Grants (5%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$835,814 (4%)
13 Grants (5%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$695,939 (4%)
33 Grants (13%)Migration and Displacement
$333,099 (2%)
10 Grants (4%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$147,000 (1%)
4 Grants (2%)
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
Children & Youth
$4,934,643 (27%)
58 Grants (23%)Women & Girls
$2,712,096 (15%)
73 Grants (29%)LGBTQI
$1,367,382 (7%)
25 Grants (10%)Human Rights Defenders
$848,886 (5%)
6 Grants (2%)Migrants & Refugees
$658,569 (4%)
22 Grants (9%)Indigenous Peoples
$371,540 (2%)
4 Grants (2%)People with Disabilities
$353,500 (2%)
15 Grants (6%)Sex Workers
$299,636 (2%)
11 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
$10,072,819 (54%)
161 Grants (65%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$3,636,959 (20%)
59 Grants (24%)Media and Technology
$2,628,790 (14%)
31 Grants (13%)Research and Documentation
$2,315,206 (12%)
18 Grants (7%)Arts and Culture
$1,365,548 (7%)
11 Grants (4%)Grassroots Organizing
$1,064,714 (6%)
24 Grants (10%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$1,061,213 (6%)
45 Grants (18%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$319,651 (2%)
5 Grants (2%)Security and Resilience
$50,000 (0%)
1 Grants (0%)Scholarships and Travel
$18,860 (0%)
6 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 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (United States)
To improve healthcare in underserved US communities by adopting lessons from Cuba's prevention-based and primary-care-driven health system through the Community Partnerships for Health Equity program. -
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Hope on a String (United States)
To offer cultural enrichment programming in Arcahaie, Haiti, to increase civic engagement and participation.
16 Grants (6%)