5%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$115.0 Million out of
$2.4 Billion for all rights
2,488 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Ford Foundation $20.4 M
- National Endowment for Democracy $9.4 M
- Oak Foundation $7.4 M
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $5.6 M
- NoVo Foundation $5.3 M
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $4.7 M
- Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres $4.6 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $4.2 M
- The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $4.1 M
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $4.0 M
- International Community Foundation $3.3 M
- Tides Foundation $3.0 M
- Hivos $2.6 M
- Fundación AVINA $2.5 M
- Global Greengrants Fund $2.3 M
- American Jewish World Service $2.2 M
- American Jewish World Service - Donor Advised Funds $2.1 M
- The UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women $1.9 M
- The Summit Foundation $1.8 M
- Avina Americas $1.7 M
- Fund For Global Human Rights $1.7 M
- Cordaid $1.5 M
- Freedom House $1.4 M
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation $1.3 M
- International Development Research Centre $1.3 M
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
9%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$347.4 Million out of
$3.7 Billion for all rights
2,507 Disbursements
Top Funders
- United States $66.8 M
- Spain $45.3 M
- Sweden $40.6 M
- European Union Institutions $34.2 M
- Germany $32.1 M
- Norway $28.5 M
- Canada $23.4 M
- Switzerland $11.0 M
- Belgium $10.4 M
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $9.4 M
- Denmark $9.2 M
- Finland $6.6 M
- Netherlands $6.1 M
- United Kingdom $5.1 M
- Inter-American Development Bank $3.4 M
- Ireland $2.6 M
- Italy $2.5 M
- Global Fund $2.5 M
- International Labour Organisation $1.3 M
- World Health Organization (WHO) $1.3 M
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $1.2 M
- Austria $906.6 K
- Korea $684.6 K
- United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $563.8 K
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $561.0 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Environmental and Resource Rights
$19,786,999 (17%)
681 Grants (27%)Freedom from Violence
$15,750,278 (14%)
340 Grants (14%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$13,479,839 (12%)
156 Grants (6%)Civic and Political Participation
$9,036,991 (8%)
108 Grants (4%)Human Rights, General
$8,333,826 (7%)
125 Grants (5%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$8,050,205 (7%)
151 Grants (6%)Migration and Displacement
$6,994,824 (6%)
60 Grants (2%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$5,101,574 (4%)
51 Grants (2%)Expression and Information Rights
$5,098,335 (4%)
116 Grants (5%)Health and Well-being Rights
$4,914,336 (4%)
142 Grants (6%)Economic and Labor Rights
$4,752,165 (4%)
118 Grants (5%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$4,703,698 (4%)
88 Grants (4%)
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
$36,163,288 (31%)
910 Grants (37%)Indigenous Peoples
$21,993,461 (19%)
566 Grants (23%)Children & Youth
$13,096,944 (11%)
414 Grants (17%)Migrants & Refugees
$9,055,535 (8%)
121 Grants (5%)LGBTQI
$3,844,340 (3%)
157 Grants (6%)Human Rights Defenders
$3,535,876 (3%)
101 Grants (4%)People with Disabilities
$1,226,412 (1%)
35 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$475,234 (0%)
18 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
$65,715,048 (57%)
1,468 Grants (59%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$28,640,923 (25%)
694 Grants (28%)Research and Documentation
$13,611,401 (12%)
231 Grants (9%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$13,131,315 (11%)
348 Grants (14%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$6,345,834 (6%)
96 Grants (4%)Media and Technology
$5,670,721 (5%)
224 Grants (9%)Grassroots Organizing
$3,577,207 (3%)
149 Grants (6%)Arts and Culture
$2,977,040 (3%)
175 Grants (7%)Security and Resilience
$961,116 (1%)
14 Grants (1%)Scholarships and Travel
$482,238 (0%)
54 Grants (2%)
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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Corporacion Amiga Joven (Colombia)
For the Escuela Popular project, which provides sociopolitical gender training for young women. -
International Development Research Centre
Fundacion Universidad de San Andres (Argentina)
To study private sector efforts to promote better compliance with anticorruption laws in Latin America.
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