Top Foundation Funders

1. Open Society Institute $9.3 M
2. Oak Foundation $7.8 M
3. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $5.7 M
4. Foundation to Promote Open Society $3.8 M
5. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation $2.0 M
6. NoVo Foundation $1.1 M
7. William Davidson Foundation $1.0 M
8. King Baudouin Foundation $985.4 K
9. Wikimedia Foundation $879.6 K
10. Kosovar Civil Society Foundation $692.1 K
11. Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice $615.8 K
12. The Global Fund for Women $505.9 K
13. Tides Foundation $436.0 K
14. Mama Cash $429.5 K
15. The Coca-Cola Foundation $360.0 K
16. Tamalpais Trust $325.0 K
17. The Christensen Fund $300.0 K
18. Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH $298.5 K
19. MetLife Foundation $250.0 K
20. Howard G. Buffett Foundation $250.0 K
21. Arcus Foundation $245.0 K
22. Empower-Emerging Markets Foundation $244.5 K
23. NEO Philanthropy $230.0 K
24. Rockefeller Brothers Fund $230.0 K
25. Women's Fund in Georgia $193.4 K
26. M = Millions

Foundation Funding by Issue

• Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

  $7,348,743 (22%)
  218 Grants (28%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $5,866,343 (18%)
  97 Grants (12%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $4,797,295 (15%)
  59 Grants (7%)

• Human Rights, General

  $4,069,151 (12%)
  31 Grants (4%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $2,066,074 (6%)
  157 Grants (20%)

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $1,795,265 (5%)
  26 Grants (3%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $1,392,395 (4%)
  23 Grants (3%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $1,343,981 (4%)
  47 Grants (6%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $1,236,207 (4%)
  9 Grants (1%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $954,460 (3%)
  10 Grants (1%)

• Education, Religion, and Culture

  $888,196 (3%)
  28 Grants (4%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $713,401 (2%)
  37 Grants (5%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $488,276 (1%)
  46 Grants (6%)

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

  $6,590,221 (20%)
  341 Grants (43%)

• Children & Youth

  $5,492,157 (17%)
  138 Grants (18%)

• People with Disabilities

  $2,979,229 (9%)
  29 Grants (4%)

• LGBTQI

  $2,398,236 (7%)
  93 Grants (12%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $1,959,513 (6%)
  42 Grants (5%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $643,200 (2%)
  6 Grants (1%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $130,117 (0%)
  36 Grants (5%)

• Sex Workers

  $40,183 (0%)
  1 Grants (0%)

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

  $18,899,319 (57%)
  363 Grants (46%)

• Capacity-building and Technical Assistance

  $5,969,572 (18%)
  113 Grants (14%)

• Research and Documentation

  $3,581,883 (11%)
  48 Grants (6%)

• Litigation and Legal Aid

  $2,809,560 (9%)
  26 Grants (3%)

• Media and Technology

  $1,854,558 (6%)
  69 Grants (9%)

• Grassroots Organizing

  $1,595,775 (5%)
  19 Grants (2%)

• Coalition-building and Collaboration

  $1,557,393 (5%)
  51 Grants (6%)

• Arts and Culture

  $415,572 (1%)
  47 Grants (6%)

• Scholarships and Travel

  $122,920 (0%)
  66 Grants (8%)

• Security and Resilience

  $43,427 (0%)
  4 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.