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The State of Global Foundation Grantmaking

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Caribbean, 2011 - 2015

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahama Islands, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Antilles, Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles, Martinique, Montserrat, Northern Saint-Martin, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint-Barthélemy, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Windward Islands

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Foundation Funding for Caribbean

These are partial figures based on a subset of foundations that shared grants data all five years: Read more about our methodology.
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1%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$82.9 Million out of
$9.4 Billion for all rights
1,097 Grants
from 2011 - 2015

Top Foundation Funders

  1. National Endowment for Democracy $23.9 M
  2. American Jewish World Service $8.3 M
  3. Freedom House $6.0 M
  4. Anonymous $4.9 M
  5. Ford Foundation $4.6 M
  6. The Atlantic Philanthropies $4.6 M
  7. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $3.8 M
  8. NoVo Foundation $3.7 M
  9. Tides Foundation $2.6 M
  10. Cordaid $2.3 M
  11. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $2.1 M
  12. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $2.0 M
  13. The Oak Foundation $1.2 M
  14. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $1.0 M
  15. Unitarian Universalist Service Committee $994.7 K
  16. Hivos $750.8 K
  17. Grassroots International $662.5 K
  18. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $650.0 K
  19. Global Fund for Children $639.0 K
  20. Rockefeller Brothers Fund $576.0 K
  21. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $500.0 K
  22. Disability Rights Fund $479.0 K
  23. Dietel Partners $455.0 K
  24. Conrad N. Hilton Foundation $410.0 K
  25. Foundation for Child Development $405.0 K
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

Bilateral and Multilateral Funding

1%
Share of OECD
human rights funding

$450.2 Million out of
$30.8 Billion for all rights
2,412 Disbursements

Top Funders

  1. United States $142.5 M
  2. Canada $92.1 M
  3. European Union Institutions $53.8 M
  4. Spain $45.1 M
  5. Global Fund $37.7 M
  6. Belgium $15.1 M
  7. Norway $13.6 M
  8. Germany $6.6 M
  9. Inter-American Development Bank - Special Fund $6.1 M
  10. Switzerland $6.0 M
  11. United Kingdom $5.1 M
  12. Sweden $3.8 M
  13. Italy $3.3 M
  14. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $3.3 M
  15. Inter-American Development Bank $2.8 M
  16. France $2.3 M
  17. Ireland $2.1 M
  18. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $1.8 M
  19. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $1.7 M
  20. Netherlands $1.5 M
  21. Finland $1.4 M
  22. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $1.3 M
  23. Australia $496.5 K
  24. Korea $200.9 K
  25. International Labour Organisation $186.1 K
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

Trends Snapshot

Trends Analysis Snapshot

Subset of Foundation Funding by Issue

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Subset of Foundation Funding by Population

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Subset of Foundation Funding by Strategy

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