6%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$167.6 Million out of
$2.7 Billion for all rights
2,411 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Ford Foundation $32.6 M
- Nationale Postcode Loterij $13.9 M
- National Endowment for Democracy $13.6 M
- Open Society Foundations $8.0 M
- The Oak Foundation $7.7 M
- Fundación AVINA $7.7 M
- Hivos $6.9 M
- The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $5.6 M
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $5.4 M
- Avina Americas $5.2 M
- Cordaid $4.0 M
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $4.0 M
- American Jewish World Service $3.8 M
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $3.7 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $3.3 M
- Tides Foundation $3.0 M
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation $2.7 M
- The International Development Research Centre $2.4 M
- Fund For Global Human Rights $2.4 M
- Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres $2.2 M
- Mensen met een Missie $2.1 M
- Open Society Institute Budapest Foundation $2.0 M
- NoVo Foundation $2.0 M
- Brazil Human Rights Fund $1.8 M
- Global Greengrants Fund $1.6 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
11%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$418.2 Million out of
$3.8 Billion for all rights
2,508 Disbursements
Top Funders
- Spain $60.3 M
- European Union Institutions $53.7 M
- Sweden $52.2 M
- Germany $51.7 M
- United States $48.2 M
- Norway $42.0 M
- Canada $37.7 M
- Belgium $13.0 M
- Finland $12.8 M
- Switzerland $9.3 M
- Netherlands $5.9 M
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $5.3 M
- Denmark $5.2 M
- Global Fund $5.0 M
- Inter-American Development Bank - Special Fund $3.3 M
- Ireland $3.1 M
- Italy $2.2 M
- Austria $1.3 M
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $1.1 M
- United Kingdom $1.0 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $951.7 K
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $899.6 K
- Luxembourg $636.4 K
- United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $457.9 K
- World Health Organization (WHO) $306.0 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Human Rights, General
$25,238,912 (15%)
92 Grants (4%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$21,796,478 (13%)
601 Grants (25%)Civic and Political Participation
$15,539,566 (9%)
115 Grants (5%)Expression and Information Rights
$14,628,934 (9%)
127 Grants (5%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$12,738,455 (8%)
156 Grants (6%)Freedom from Violence
$12,599,315 (8%)
322 Grants (13%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$12,454,029 (7%)
72 Grants (3%)Economic and Labor Rights
$11,806,930 (7%)
161 Grants (7%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$11,120,955 (7%)
211 Grants (9%)Migration and Displacement
$8,455,872 (5%)
47 Grants (2%)Health and Well-being Rights
$5,681,225 (3%)
126 Grants (5%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$4,655,211 (3%)
67 Grants (3%)
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
$38,734,176 (23%)
911 Grants (38%)Indigenous Peoples
$28,386,301 (17%)
607 Grants (25%)Children & Youth
$14,949,066 (9%)
484 Grants (20%)Migrants & Refugees
$14,584,850 (9%)
124 Grants (5%)Human Rights Defenders
$4,029,451 (2%)
110 Grants (5%)LGBTQI
$3,230,575 (2%)
152 Grants (6%)People with Disabilities
$1,573,757 (1%)
32 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$386,138 (0%)
19 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.
Foundation Funding by Strategy
Advocacy, Systems Reform and Implementation
$65,113,083 (39%)
1,030 Grants (43%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$27,801,497 (17%)
395 Grants (16%)Research and Documentation
$25,588,705 (15%)
289 Grants (12%)Media and Technology
$18,789,795 (11%)
261 Grants (11%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$14,317,259 (9%)
415 Grants (17%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$7,222,000 (4%)
76 Grants (3%)Arts and Culture
$4,753,156 (3%)
209 Grants (9%)Grassroots Organizing
$3,755,048 (2%)
103 Grants (4%)Security and Resilience
$2,149,016 (1%)
21 Grants (1%)Scholarships and Travel
$313,624 (0%)
32 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.
Sample Grants
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Instituto Betty e Jacob Lafer
Instituto Terra, Trabalho e Cidadania (Brazil)
To undertake an analysis of criminal justice law projects as part of the wider Criminal Justice Network, which promotes awareness of events and problems within the prison system and works to strengthen policy coordination within state bodies and the public. -
Global Greengrants Fund
Asociacion de Mujeres Indigenas de la Costa Atlantica (Nicaragua)
To ensure the rights of Miskitia women are respected and protected.
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