6%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$156.1 Million out of
$2.7 Billion for all rights
2,166 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- EEA and Norway Grants $76.3 M
- National Endowment for Democracy $21.8 M
- Open Society Foundations $17.1 M
- The Oak Foundation $13.9 M
- Open Society Fund Prague $7.1 M
- Fundacja Batorego $6.1 M
- Open Society Institute Budapest Foundation $5.3 M
- Foundation Open Society Institute - Switzerland $2.9 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $2.9 M
- The Coca-Cola Foundation $2.5 M
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $1.4 M
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation $1.4 M
- Mama Cash $736.4 K
- Trag Fondacija $602.3 K
- Elton John AIDS Foundation $589.3 K
- Hivos $551.2 K
- Avatud Eesti Fond $529.6 K
- Abilis Foundation $472.7 K
- The Global Fund for Women $456.7 K
- Wikimedia Foundation $401.4 K
- Bodossaki Foundation $376.0 K
- Global Fund for Children $320.0 K
- The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria $284.3 K
- The Open Technology Fund $259.3 K
- Ukrainian Women's Fund $257.1 K
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
7%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$272.7 Million out of
$3.8 Billion for all rights
1,619 Disbursements
Top Funders
- European Union Institutions $84.3 M
- United States $51.9 M
- Sweden $34.1 M
- Norway $20.3 M
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) $11.9 M
- Germany $11.9 M
- Canada $11.4 M
- Switzerland $10.9 M
- Global Fund $6.5 M
- Finland $6.2 M
- Denmark $5.8 M
- Austria $2.6 M
- Netherlands $2.4 M
- United Kingdom $2.3 M
- Poland $1.6 M
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $1.5 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $1.3 M
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $863.6 K
- Czech Republic $592.2 K
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $567.2 K
- Italy $516.9 K
- Estonia $467.0 K
- World Health Organization (WHO) $439.6 K
- Ireland $391.8 K
- Iceland $357.7 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Freedom from Violence
$32,148,822 (21%)
423 Grants (20%)Civic and Political Participation
$26,715,672 (17%)
331 Grants (15%)Health and Well-being Rights
$16,465,750 (11%)
169 Grants (8%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$14,583,531 (9%)
295 Grants (14%)Human Rights, General
$13,694,589 (9%)
87 Grants (4%)Economic and Labor Rights
$8,900,413 (6%)
134 Grants (6%)Expression and Information Rights
$8,775,963 (6%)
185 Grants (9%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$5,919,933 (4%)
88 Grants (4%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$5,417,782 (3%)
79 Grants (4%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$2,583,590 (2%)
54 Grants (2%)Migration and Displacement
$2,485,167 (2%)
23 Grants (1%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$1,352,550 (1%)
22 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
Children & Youth
$37,480,117 (24%)
558 Grants (26%)Women & Girls
$33,333,046 (21%)
606 Grants (28%)People with Disabilities
$14,348,770 (9%)
244 Grants (11%)Migrants & Refugees
$6,650,746 (4%)
101 Grants (5%)Indigenous Peoples
$6,335,976 (4%)
125 Grants (6%)LGBTQI
$4,617,218 (3%)
108 Grants (5%)Human Rights Defenders
$358,564 (0%)
32 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$345,764 (0%)
12 Grants (1%)
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
$91,129,517 (58%)
901 Grants (42%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$43,052,241 (28%)
488 Grants (23%)Research and Documentation
$25,231,955 (16%)
312 Grants (14%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$22,136,491 (14%)
402 Grants (19%)Arts and Culture
$14,275,836 (9%)
294 Grants (14%)Media and Technology
$13,002,863 (8%)
260 Grants (12%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$5,914,953 (4%)
71 Grants (3%)Grassroots Organizing
$4,173,482 (3%)
99 Grants (5%)Scholarships and Travel
$347,099 (0%)
11 Grants (1%)Security and Resilience
$345,514 (0%)
3 Grants (0%)
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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Jinishian Memorial Foundation
community-based organizations throughout Armenia
To undertake activities for community development, increased participation and activism. -
The Open Society Foundations
Association pour la Prevention de la Torture (Switzerland)
To prevent torture and ill treatment in Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Tajikistan by promoting public oversight, the ratification of the Optional protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and the set-up of effective national preventive mechanisms.
276 Grants (13%)