Region

Global Programs, 2011 - 2015

Foundation Funding for Global Programs

These are partial figures based on a subset of foundations that shared grants data all five years: Read more about our methodology.

18%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$1.6 Billion out of
$9.4 Billion for all rights
5,379 Grants
from 2011 - 2015

Top Foundation Funders

  1. Nationale Postcode Loterij $471.6 M
  2. Ford Foundation $146.9 M
  3. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $138.5 M
  4. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $107.8 M
  5. The Oak Foundation $81.3 M
  6. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $50.8 M
  7. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $48.7 M
  8. National Endowment for Democracy $48.6 M
  9. NoVo Foundation $46.2 M
  10. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $42.4 M
  11. Open Doors International $30.7 M
  12. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $29.7 M
  13. Humanity United $22.7 M
  14. Tides Foundation $20.1 M
  15. American Jewish World Service $20.1 M
  16. Silicon Valley Community Foundation $17.4 M
  17. Howard G. Buffett Foundation $16.2 M
  18. The Rockefeller Foundation $13.5 M
  19. The Atlantic Philanthropies $13.4 M
  20. Hivos $13.2 M
  21. Freedom House $10.2 M
  22. ExxonMobil Foundation $10.1 M
  23. Cordaid $9.7 M
  24. Arcus Foundation $9.6 M
  25. Foundation For The Carolinas $9.2 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

Bilateral and Multilateral Funding

21%
Share of OECD
human rights funding

$6.4 Billion out of
$30.8 Billion for all rights
11,981 Disbursements

Top Funders

  1. Sweden $1.1 B
  2. Switzerland $766.2 M
  3. Norway $631.5 M
  4. United States $628.4 M
  5. Italy $486.5 M
  6. Netherlands $481.3 M
  7. United Kingdom $371.8 M
  8. Germany $325.3 M
  9. Denmark $282.7 M
  10. European Union Institutions $255.9 M
  11. Finland $174.1 M
  12. Australia $132.2 M
  13. Spain $108.2 M
  14. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) $108.1 M
  15. Belgium $91.0 M
  16. Japan $88.4 M
  17. France $75.5 M
  18. International Labour Organisation $55.5 M
  19. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $48.2 M
  20. Ireland $47.2 M
  21. Canada $29.5 M
  22. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $24.6 M
  23. Iceland $10.2 M
  24. World Health Organization (WHO) $9.7 M
  25. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $9.2 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

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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.