2%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$62.1 Million out of
$2.8 Billion for all rights
1,300 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- National Endowment for Democracy $28.6 M
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $12.2 M
- Oak Foundation $8.4 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $4.4 M
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation $2.8 M
- Stop AIDS Now $1.7 M
- Trag Fondacija $1.5 M
- William Davidson Foundation $1.0 M
- Global Fund for Women $891.5 K
- The UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women $860.7 K
- Wikimedia Foundation $769.4 K
- NEO Philanthropy $575.0 K
- Elton John AIDS Foundation (London) $550.4 K
- Mama Cash $527.3 K
- Rockefeller Brothers Fund $460.0 K
- The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust $441.8 K
- NoVo Foundation $360.0 K
- Abilis Foundation $339.5 K
- King Baudouin Foundation $316.7 K
- Ukrainian Women's Fund $272.4 K
- Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice $266.9 K
- Groundswell Fund $255.0 K
- Tamalpais Trust $250.0 K
- Levi Strauss Foundation $250.0 K
- ViiV Healthcare $236.2 K
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
7%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$258.1 Million out of
$3.9 Billion for all rights
1,440 Disbursements
Top Funders
- European Union Institutions $89.1 M
- United States $52.1 M
- Sweden $33.4 M
- Germany $17.5 M
- United Kingdom $10.5 M
- Canada $10.2 M
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) $9.2 M
- Norway $8.4 M
- Switzerland $7.5 M
- Netherlands $3.1 M
- Finland $2.6 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $1.9 M
- Denmark $1.5 M
- International Development Association $1.5 M
- United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $1.3 M
- Spain $1.3 M
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $1.2 M
- Austria $1.0 M
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $916.8 K
- Poland $890.3 K
- Estonia $496.5 K
- Australia $450.8 K
- Italy $345.5 K
- World Health Organization (WHO) $307.5 K
- International Labour Organisation $299.3 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Freedom from Violence
$13,621,573 (22%)
238 Grants (18%)Civic and Political Participation
$12,654,467 (20%)
215 Grants (17%)Expression and Information Rights
$10,225,740 (16%)
273 Grants (21%)Health and Well-being Rights
$5,210,213 (8%)
66 Grants (5%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$4,760,266 (8%)
135 Grants (10%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$3,605,204 (6%)
60 Grants (5%)Economic and Labor Rights
$3,122,289 (5%)
59 Grants (5%)Human Rights, General
$2,939,347 (5%)
37 Grants (3%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$1,158,782 (2%)
40 Grants (3%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$991,687 (2%)
57 Grants (4%)Migration and Displacement
$806,126 (1%)
13 Grants (1%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$782,077 (1%)
25 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
$10,964,565 (18%)
218 Grants (17%)Women & Girls
$10,883,681 (18%)
425 Grants (33%)LGBTQI
$1,927,645 (3%)
82 Grants (6%)Migrants & Refugees
$1,826,600 (3%)
92 Grants (7%)People with Disabilities
$661,407 (1%)
90 Grants (7%)Indigenous Peoples
$347,364 (1%)
4 Grants (0%)Sex Workers
$329,750 (1%)
8 Grants (1%)Human Rights Defenders
$265,769 (0%)
29 Grants (2%)
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
$52,177,224 (84%)
912 Grants (70%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$13,335,550 (21%)
301 Grants (23%)Research and Documentation
$12,983,480 (21%)
214 Grants (16%)Media and Technology
$12,108,276 (20%)
260 Grants (20%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$11,504,744 (19%)
222 Grants (17%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$4,394,631 (7%)
56 Grants (4%)Grassroots Organizing
$3,908,009 (6%)
108 Grants (8%)Arts and Culture
$3,252,598 (5%)
121 Grants (9%)Scholarships and Travel
$417,690 (1%)
100 Grants (8%)Security and Resilience
$267,000 (0%)
4 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.
82 Grants (6%)