<1%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$17.6 Million out of
$3.7 Billion for all rights
195 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Comic Relief $3.3 M
- NoVo Foundation $3.0 M
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation $1.6 M
- American Jewish World Service $1.6 M
- Arcus Foundation $1.4 M
- Wellspring Philanthropic Fund $1.3 M
- Wal-Mart Foundation $1.1 M
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $617.5 K
- Ford Foundation $555.0 K
- Schmidt Family Foundation $450.0 K
- UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women $421.4 K
- Charles LŽopold Mayer Foundation for Human Progress $353.1 K
- Flora Family Foundation $302.5 K
- Foundation for a Just Society $300.0 K
- Sigrid Rausing Trust $271.7 K
- Citi Foundation $220.0 K
- EsmŽe Fairbairn Foundation $198.5 K
- Freedom House $180.3 K
- King Baudouin Foundation $166.0 K
- Disability Rights Fund $163.5 K
- Boston Foundation $157.5 K
- Anonymous Funder 13 $154.0 K
- Astraea Foundation $133.9 K
- Summit Foundation $125.0 K
- Tides Foundation $120.0 K
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
1%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$54.5 Million out of
$5.0 Billion for all rights
296 Disbursements
Top Funders
- United States $25.6 M
- European Union Institutions $5.8 M
- Spain $5.7 M
- Belgium $3.5 M
- Inter-American Development Bank $2.7 M
- Canada $2.5 M
- Switzerland $2.4 M
- Norway $2.1 M
- Sweden $1.5 M
- Italy $511.2 K
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $428.7 K
- Germany $390.7 K
- United Kingdom $309.0 K
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $266.4 K
- Netherlands $259.3 K
- France $134.4 K
- Australia $133.5 K
- Finland $82.8 K
- World Health Organization (WHO) $59.1 K
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $55.9 K
- International Labour Organisation $40.8 K
- Korea $22.9 K
- Czech Republic $9.0 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$9,688,791 (55%)
64 Grants (33%)Civic and Political Participation
$1,683,255 (10%)
10 Grants (5%)Freedom from Violence
$1,577,167 (9%)
14 Grants (7%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$1,327,517 (8%)
27 Grants (14%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$1,018,815 (6%)
11 Grants (6%)Health and Well-being Rights
$716,175 (4%)
31 Grants (16%)Human Rights, General
$505,389 (3%)
9 Grants (5%)Expression and Information Rights
$253,000 (1%)
5 Grants (3%)Migration and Displacement
$200,300 (1%)
5 Grants (3%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$186,226 (1%)
5 Grants (3%)Economic and Labor Rights
$165,498 (1%)
6 Grants (3%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$38,531 (0%)
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
$4,253,873 (24%)
18 Grants (9%)LGBTQI
$2,784,231 (16%)
26 Grants (13%)Women & Girls
$2,339,648 (13%)
34 Grants (17%)People with Disabilities
$711,863 (4%)
20 Grants (10%)Migrants & Refugees
$590,926 (3%)
13 Grants (7%)Sex Workers
$338,047 (2%)
6 Grants (3%)Indigenous Peoples
$271,864 (2%)
7 Grants (4%)Human Rights Defenders
$202,000 (1%)
5 Grants (3%)
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
$9,458,009 (54%)
116 Grants (59%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$4,108,975 (23%)
14 Grants (7%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$2,831,491 (16%)
27 Grants (14%)Grassroots Organizing
$1,232,963 (7%)
21 Grants (11%)Research and Documentation
$796,436 (5%)
17 Grants (9%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$702,505 (4%)
6 Grants (3%)Media and Technology
$380,800 (2%)
9 Grants (5%)Arts and Culture
$238,049 (1%)
4 Grants (2%)Security and Resilience
$155,000 (1%)
2 Grants (1%)
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.
4 Grants (2%)