Region

Latin America & Mexico, 2011 - 2015

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Foundation Funding for Latin America & Mexico

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

6%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$599.3 Million out of
$9.4 Billion for all rights
8,352 Grants
from 2011 - 2015

Top Foundation Funders

  1. Ford Foundation $146.0 M
  2. National Endowment for Democracy $53.2 M
  3. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $49.8 M
  4. The Oak Foundation $34.6 M
  5. Hivos $33.8 M
  6. Nationale Postcode Loterij $29.9 M
  7. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $26.0 M
  8. American Jewish World Service $18.3 M
  9. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $16.0 M
  10. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $12.2 M
  11. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $11.9 M
  12. Mensen met een Missie $10.5 M
  13. Cordaid $9.7 M
  14. Tides Foundation $8.6 M
  15. Fund For Global Human Rights $7.8 M
  16. Global Greengrants Fund $7.8 M
  17. NoVo Foundation $7.6 M
  18. The Summit Foundation $7.4 M
  19. Anonymous $7.2 M
  20. Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation $6.8 M
  21. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $6.5 M
  22. Mama Cash $6.3 M
  23. Freedom House $6.0 M
  24. The Global Fund for Women $5.9 M
  25. Open Doors International $4.2 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

Bilateral and Multilateral Funding

11%
Share of OECD
human rights funding

$2.8 Billion out of
$26.1 Billion for all rights
20,562 Disbursements

Top Funders

  1. Spain $538.1 M
  2. United States $419.2 M
  3. Germany $320.8 M
  4. Sweden $319.3 M
  5. European Union Institutions $272.9 M
  6. Canada $256.4 M
  7. Norway $222.6 M
  8. Global Fund $74.1 M
  9. Switzerland $57.4 M
  10. Belgium $57.2 M
  11. Netherlands $47.4 M
  12. Finland $47.3 M
  13. Denmark $38.7 M
  14. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $28.8 M
  15. Ireland $26.5 M
  16. United Kingdom $15.6 M
  17. Italy $15.3 M
  18. Inter-American Development Bank - Special Fund $15.1 M
  19. Inter-American Development Bank $9.9 M
  20. Austria $9.4 M
  21. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $7.1 M
  22. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $6.7 M
  23. Luxembourg $3.8 M
  24. United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $3.7 M
  25. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $3.0 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

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