7%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$132.4 Million out of
$1.8 Billion for all rights
1,892 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Ford Foundation $29.0 M
- The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $13.7 M
- Open Society Foundations $11.9 M
- National Endowment for Democracy $10.0 M
- Hivos $6.2 M
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $6.1 M
- American Jewish World Service $5.3 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $3.8 M
- UN Women's Fund for Gender Equality $3.7 M
- The Oak Foundation $3.6 M
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation $3.4 M
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation $3.4 M
- The Summit Foundation $2.7 M
- Comic Relief UK $2.6 M
- Mama Cash $2.5 M
- Mensen met een Missie $2.5 M
- Fund For Global Human Rights $1.8 M
- Freedom House $1.5 M
- The Global Fund for Women $1.5 M
- Global Greengrants Fund $1.1 M
- Tides Foundation $1.0 M
- Cordaid $960.0 K
- Moriah Fund $795.0 K
- The Tinker Foundation $773.0 K
- Anonymous $771.4 K
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
12%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$412.0 Million out of
$3.4 Billion for all rights
2,500 Disbursements
Top Funders
- Spain $73.7 M
- United States $63.8 M
- Canada $47.6 M
- Germany $42.9 M
- Sweden $37.3 M
- European Union Institutions $37.2 M
- Norway $36.9 M
- Global Fund $25.4 M
- Belgium $8.3 M
- Netherlands $7.9 M
- Finland $6.8 M
- Switzerland $4.8 M
- Denmark $4.3 M
- Inter-American Development Bank - Special Fund $2.9 M
- Austria $2.1 M
- Ireland $2.0 M
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $1.8 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $1.3 M
- Italy $1.1 M
- United Kingdom $904.2 K
- Luxembourg $791.3 K
- Australia $787.0 K
- Global Environment Facility $692.1 K
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $576.5 K
- Korea $149.6 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$24,524,253 (19%)
150 Grants (8%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$22,928,013 (17%)
310 Grants (16%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$18,472,105 (14%)
429 Grants (23%)Human Rights, General
$12,713,237 (10%)
249 Grants (13%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$11,605,053 (9%)
98 Grants (5%)Economic and Labor Rights
$9,015,489 (7%)
128 Grants (7%)Expression and Information Rights
$8,296,223 (6%)
125 Grants (7%)Freedom from Violence
$7,890,997 (6%)
127 Grants (7%)Migration and Displacement
$4,154,700 (3%)
22 Grants (1%)Health and Well-being Rights
$3,826,939 (3%)
79 Grants (4%)Civic and Political Participation
$2,795,531 (2%)
37 Grants (2%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$1,172,154 (1%)
17 Grants (1%)
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
$57,163,073 (43%)
499 Grants (26%)Women & Girls
$50,961,193 (38%)
699 Grants (37%)Indigenous Peoples
$32,228,328 (24%)
477 Grants (25%)Children & Youth
$19,181,220 (14%)
276 Grants (15%)Crime or Abuse Victims
$15,492,019 (12%)
197 Grants (10%)Ethnic or Racial Minorities
$14,457,082 (11%)
160 Grants (8%)Migrants & Refugees
$10,793,745 (8%)
92 Grants (5%)People with AIDS
$4,380,750 (3%)
61 Grants (3%)LGBTQI
$3,309,174 (2%)
119 Grants (6%)Human Rights Defenders
$2,824,988 (2%)
65 Grants (3%)Substance Abusers
$2,295,324 (2%)
18 Grants (1%)Offenders & Ex-Offenders
$2,125,590 (2%)
30 Grants (2%)People with Disabilities
$1,997,167 (2%)
60 Grants (3%)Sex Workers
$803,020 (1%)
28 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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Semillas
Mariposas Tlahuicas (Mexico)
To train a theater group about sexual and reproductive rights and design a play about abortion to be performed in schools, town halls, and other public forums. -
Sigrid Rausing Trust
Dejusticia (Colombia)
For general support of its research, advocacy, strategic litigation, and training activities to advance debates on law, institutions, and public policy and promote social inclusion, democracy, the rule of law, and human rights in Colombia, Latin America, and worldwide.
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