3%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$75.7 Million out of
$2.4 Billion for all rights
1,604 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- EEA and Norway Grants $17.6 M
- National Endowment for Democracy $15.9 M
- Oak Foundation $12.1 M
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $11.1 M
- Fundacja Batorego $7.4 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $3.9 M
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation $2.0 M
- The UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women $1.8 M
- Tides Foundation $1.3 M
- Open Society Fund Prague $1.1 M
- Trag Fondacija $865.0 K
- Fund for Women's Equality $820.0 K
- William Davidson Foundation $800.0 K
- The Global Fund for Women $688.6 K
- Elton John AIDS Foundation $629.5 K
- The Nduna Foundation $619.0 K
- Wikimedia Foundation $579.4 K
- The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria $508.9 K
- Rockefeller Brothers Fund $480.0 K
- The Coca-Cola Foundation $450.0 K
- Abilis Foundation $439.2 K
- U.S. Institute of Peace $388.4 K
- Europe Foundation $323.5 K
- Mama Cash $320.8 K
- ViiV Healthcare $314.3 K
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
6%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$229.1 Million out of
$3.7 Billion for all rights
1,635 Disbursements
Top Funders
- European Union Institutions $70.0 M
- United States $50.8 M
- Sweden $23.1 M
- Norway $12.4 M
- Canada $10.7 M
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) $10.0 M
- Denmark $9.1 M
- Switzerland $7.9 M
- Germany $7.6 M
- Finland $5.0 M
- United Kingdom $3.6 M
- Belgium $2.3 M
- Netherlands $2.2 M
- Austria $2.1 M
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $2.0 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $1.4 M
- Poland $1.3 M
- Italy $1.2 M
- World Health Organization (WHO) $912.9 K
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $737.9 K
- Global Fund $515.4 K
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $505.1 K
- Iceland $468.1 K
- International Labour Organisation $465.5 K
- Estonia $457.0 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Freedom from Violence
$21,815,194 (29%)
330 Grants (21%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$9,273,505 (12%)
227 Grants (14%)Civic and Political Participation
$8,881,301 (12%)
221 Grants (14%)Expression and Information Rights
$7,244,398 (10%)
183 Grants (11%)Health and Well-being Rights
$6,502,114 (9%)
112 Grants (7%)Human Rights, General
$3,924,301 (5%)
83 Grants (5%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$3,020,640 (4%)
46 Grants (3%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$2,671,190 (4%)
46 Grants (3%)Economic and Labor Rights
$1,179,241 (2%)
31 Grants (2%)Migration and Displacement
$1,075,379 (1%)
22 Grants (1%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$920,352 (1%)
46 Grants (3%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$896,917 (1%)
31 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
Women & Girls
$20,888,175 (28%)
533 Grants (33%)Children & Youth
$19,485,546 (26%)
521 Grants (32%)People with Disabilities
$5,829,576 (8%)
176 Grants (11%)LGBTQI
$4,431,054 (6%)
127 Grants (8%)Migrants & Refugees
$3,487,845 (5%)
93 Grants (6%)Human Rights Defenders
$1,239,721 (2%)
29 Grants (2%)Indigenous Peoples
$769,890 (1%)
10 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$437,138 (1%)
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
$49,502,984 (65%)
966 Grants (60%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$18,585,723 (25%)
323 Grants (20%)Research and Documentation
$12,049,434 (16%)
187 Grants (12%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$10,548,604 (14%)
253 Grants (16%)Media and Technology
$9,409,433 (12%)
270 Grants (17%)Arts and Culture
$6,770,294 (9%)
182 Grants (11%)Grassroots Organizing
$2,931,378 (4%)
123 Grants (8%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$2,615,258 (3%)
45 Grants (3%)Security and Resilience
$839,337 (1%)
6 Grants (0%)Scholarships and Travel
$63,070 (0%)
31 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 Sigrid Rausing Trust
Helsinki Foundation
For Human Rights in Poland. -
Mary's Pence
anonymous individual (United States)
To fund their transportation to speak at a conference in Croatia about social justice education.
226 Grants (14%)