Region

Global Programs, 2014

15%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$401.2 Million out of
$2.7 Billion for all rights
879 Grants

Top Foundation Funders

  1. Nationale Postcode Loterij $176.4 M
  2. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $50.5 M
  3. NoVo Foundation $21.2 M
  4. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $19.2 M
  5. Ford Foundation $14.9 M
  6. Open Society Foundations $14.2 M
  7. The Oak Foundation $14.0 M
  8. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $10.9 M
  9. Howard G. Buffett Foundation $10.0 M
  10. American Jewish World Service $8.6 M
  11. The Atlantic Philanthropies $5.7 M
  12. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $5.3 M
  13. National Endowment for Democracy $4.5 M
  14. Humanity United $4.2 M
  15. The Rockefeller Foundation $4.0 M
  16. The Open Technology Fund $3.8 M
  17. Tides Foundation $3.7 M
  18. Open Society Institute Budapest Foundation $3.1 M
  19. Stop AIDS Now $2.9 M
  20. Foundation for a Just Society $2.6 M
  21. The Allstate Foundation $2.5 M
  22. Arcus Foundation $1.9 M
  23. Hivos $1.8 M
  24. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $1.8 M
  25. Human Dignity Foundation $1.8 M
  26. M = Millions

Bilateral and Multilateral Funding

22%
Share of OECD
human rights funding

$836.1 Million out of
$3.8 Billion for all rights
1,599 Disbursements

Top Funders

  1. Sweden $167.2 M
  2. Switzerland $125.7 M
  3. Norway $94.4 M
  4. Netherlands $85.5 M
  5. United States $83.4 M
  6. United Kingdom $41.8 M
  7. Germany $32.1 M
  8. Denmark $28.6 M
  9. European Union Institutions $26.8 M
  10. Finland $23.8 M
  11. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $21.4 M
  12. Australia $19.6 M
  13. Belgium $15.4 M
  14. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) $14.0 M
  15. Japan $10.3 M
  16. Spain $10.0 M
  17. France $10.0 M
  18. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $6.6 M
  19. Canada $4.8 M
  20. Italy $4.3 M
  21. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $2.6 M
  22. Ireland $2.3 M
  23. Iceland $1.2 M
  24. World Health Organization (WHO) $1.0 M
  25. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $1.0 M
  26. M = Millions

Key Findings:
2014 Funding

Key Findings

Foundation Funding by Issue

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

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

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

  • The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
    National Security Archive Fund (United States)
    For work on international human rights and nuclear security.
  • Tamalpais Trust
    Tebtebba (Philippines)
    For its work to promote Indigenous cultural lifeways, traditional knowledge and Indigenous rights.

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.