1%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$33.0 Million out of
$3.2 Billion for all rights
788 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Open Society Institute $9.3 M
- Oak Foundation $7.8 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $5.7 M
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $3.8 M
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation $2.0 M
- NoVo Foundation $1.1 M
- William Davidson Foundation $1.0 M
- King Baudouin Foundation $985.4 K
- Wikimedia Foundation $879.6 K
- Kosovar Civil Society Foundation $692.1 K
- Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice $615.8 K
- The Global Fund for Women $505.9 K
- Tides Foundation $436.0 K
- Mama Cash $429.5 K
- The Coca-Cola Foundation $360.0 K
- Tamalpais Trust $325.0 K
- The Christensen Fund $300.0 K
- Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH $298.5 K
- MetLife Foundation $250.0 K
- Howard G. Buffett Foundation $250.0 K
- Arcus Foundation $245.0 K
- Empower-Emerging Markets Foundation $244.5 K
- NEO Philanthropy $230.0 K
- Rockefeller Brothers Fund $230.0 K
- Women's Fund in Georgia $193.4 K
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
7%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$257.5 Million out of
$3.9 Billion for all rights
1,223 Disbursements
Top Funders
- European Union Institutions $76.8 M
- United States $40.4 M
- Sweden $38.6 M
- Germany $27.6 M
- Norway $18.0 M
- Canada $13.3 M
- United Kingdom $8.6 M
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) $8.5 M
- Switzerland $6.0 M
- Denmark $3.7 M
- Austria $2.5 M
- Finland $2.1 M
- Spain $2.1 M
- Netherlands $1.8 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $1.7 M
- Czech Republic $772.3 K
- International Development Association $712.2 K
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $684.3 K
- Poland $573.4 K
- United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $554.1 K
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $520.8 K
- Estonia $377.6 K
- International Labour Organisation $272.0 K
- Australia $228.4 K
- World Health Organization (WHO) $224.1 K
- 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%)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.
28 Grants (4%)