13%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$229.1 Million out of
$1.7 Billion for all rights
1,206 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Open Society Foundations $41.8 M
- Ford Foundation $24.2 M
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $18.6 M
- The Oak Foundation $15.2 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $9.2 M
- Nationale Postcode Loterij $9.1 M
- NoVo Foundation $7.3 M
- Anonymous $6.3 M
- Cordaid $6.2 M
- National Endowment for Democracy $6.2 M
- Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $6.2 M
- The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $5.9 M
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $5.7 M
- Humanity United $5.5 M
- Hivos $4.3 M
- Tides Foundation $3.7 M
- The Rockefeller Foundation $3.0 M
- United Nations Foundation $2.6 M
- The Marcus Foundation $2.2 M
- American Jewish World Service - Donor Advised Funds $2.1 M
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $1.7 M
- Arcus Foundation $1.5 M
- Conrad N. Hilton Foundation $1.5 M
- The Bank of America Charitable Foundation $1.4 M
- The PHM Foundation $1.3 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
16%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$578.4 Million out of
$3.5 Billion for all rights
1,463 Disbursements
Top Funders
- Switzerland $97.9 M
- Sweden $97.0 M
- Norway $82.0 M
- Netherlands $67.5 M
- Denmark $37.9 M
- European Union Institutions $37.3 M
- United States $33.8 M
- Spain $20.5 M
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) $14.8 M
- Ireland $13.8 M
- Finland $12.9 M
- Australia $11.5 M
- United Kingdom $10.2 M
- Germany $10.0 M
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $7.7 M
- Belgium $7.7 M
- Canada $6.9 M
- France $4.3 M
- OPEC Fund for International Development $1.0 M
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $970.6 K
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $674.6 K
- Iceland $433.2 K
- Austria $417.1 K
- Italy $326.1 K
- New Zealand $252.7 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Human Rights, General
$67,278,225 (29%)
326 Grants (27%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$44,153,800 (19%)
262 Grants (22%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$24,065,586 (11%)
77 Grants (6%)Freedom from Violence
$19,973,966 (9%)
121 Grants (10%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$17,006,353 (7%)
74 Grants (6%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$13,057,047 (6%)
67 Grants (6%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$9,930,061 (4%)
27 Grants (2%)Expression and Information Rights
$9,617,235 (4%)
65 Grants (5%)Health and Well-being Rights
$8,459,595 (4%)
77 Grants (6%)Economic and Labor Rights
$5,547,897 (2%)
38 Grants (3%)Migration and Displacement
$4,754,175 (2%)
30 Grants (2%)Civic and Political Participation
$268,567 (0%)
2 Grants (0%)
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
Economically Disadvantaged
$69,175,662 (30%)
298 Grants (25%)Women & Girls
$45,752,482 (20%)
291 Grants (24%)Crime or Abuse Victims
$35,000,225 (15%)
190 Grants (16%)Ethnic or Racial Minorities
$21,729,225 (9%)
167 Grants (14%)Migrants & Refugees
$21,188,318 (9%)
128 Grants (11%)Children & Youth
$20,903,419 (9%)
133 Grants (11%)Indigenous Peoples
$6,839,179 (3%)
54 Grants (4%)People with AIDS
$6,220,619 (3%)
56 Grants (5%)LGBTQI
$5,853,958 (3%)
57 Grants (5%)Offenders & Ex-Offenders
$5,793,741 (3%)
48 Grants (4%)Substance Abusers
$2,832,762 (1%)
31 Grants (3%)People with Disabilities
$2,515,766 (1%)
18 Grants (1%)Human Rights Defenders
$1,904,630 (1%)
7 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$819,397 (0%)
9 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.
Sample Grants
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
International Rivers Network (United States)
To uphold international social and environmental standards at international financial institutions; protect river systems that are being targeted for large-scale river infrastructure development; and strengthen the capacity of local organizations to defend their rivers and participate in discussions on climate change and water and energy infrastructure. -
Novo Foundation
Futures Without Violence (United States)
To support building a U.S.-based movement to end violence against women and girls globally.
Related Resources
Bilateral and multilateral funding includes disbursements not directed toward a specific country or region (designated in the OECD data set as “Bilateral, unspecified”). This includes disbursements providing a global benefit or used to cover the donor’s administrative costs.
40 Grants (3%)