3%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$75.7 Million out of
$2.4 Billion for all rights
1,015 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- National Endowment for Democracy $14.1 M
- New Israel Foundation $12.5 M
- Oak Foundation $6.7 M
- Open Doors International $6.6 M
- Human Dignity Foundation $4.4 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $4.0 M
- International Development Research Centre $2.6 M
- The UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women $2.1 M
- Ford Foundation $1.7 M
- Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders $1.5 M
- Fund for Women's Equality $1.1 M
- Hivos $1.0 M
- Tides Foundation $984.0 K
- Humanity United $968.9 K
- Comic Relief $917.2 K
- Freedom House $867.3 K
- Fund For Global Human Rights $716.2 K
- The Nathan Cummings Foundation $710.0 K
- NoVo Foundation $692.2 K
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $628.7 K
- The Nduna Foundation $619.0 K
- The Global Fund for Women $572.9 K
- Margaret A. Cargill Foundation $562.5 K
- Carnegie Corporation of New York $550.0 K
- Rockefeller Brothers Fund $505.0 K
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
11%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$395.5 Million out of
$3.7 Billion for all rights
1,608 Disbursements
Top Funders
- Canada $59.5 M
- European Union Institutions $57.4 M
- Sweden $42.0 M
- United Kingdom $41.8 M
- Norway $33.9 M
- Belgium $30.1 M
- United States $29.1 M
- Denmark $25.4 M
- Switzerland $16.8 M
- Spain $10.8 M
- Netherlands $10.3 M
- Germany $9.2 M
- Italy $8.1 M
- Finland $7.0 M
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $3.5 M
- Japan $2.7 M
- France $2.0 M
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $1.6 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $1.2 M
- Ireland $1.1 M
- International Labour Organisation $543.9 K
- Iceland $267.3 K
- Austria $203.8 K
- Australia $196.5 K
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $185.9 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Freedom from Violence
$15,295,711 (20%)
169 Grants (17%)Civic and Political Participation
$11,892,375 (16%)
108 Grants (11%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$8,392,627 (11%)
181 Grants (18%)Human Rights, General
$4,505,743 (6%)
97 Grants (10%)Economic and Labor Rights
$4,120,135 (5%)
39 Grants (4%)Health and Well-being Rights
$3,968,349 (5%)
44 Grants (4%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$3,772,765 (5%)
66 Grants (7%)Expression and Information Rights
$3,350,949 (4%)
92 Grants (9%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$1,825,164 (2%)
35 Grants (3%)Migration and Displacement
$1,737,324 (2%)
39 Grants (4%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$1,556,909 (2%)
12 Grants (1%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$1,388,899 (2%)
24 Grants (2%)
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
$20,326,864 (27%)
291 Grants (29%)Children & Youth
$15,335,696 (20%)
174 Grants (17%)Migrants & Refugees
$9,239,975 (12%)
107 Grants (11%)Human Rights Defenders
$2,909,559 (4%)
141 Grants (14%)People with Disabilities
$1,858,274 (2%)
41 Grants (4%)LGBTQI
$695,652 (1%)
37 Grants (4%)Indigenous Peoples
$370,512 (0%)
6 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$22,000 (0%)
2 Grants (0%)
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
$39,590,493 (52%)
447 Grants (44%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$13,732,522 (18%)
113 Grants (11%)Grassroots Organizing
$7,147,699 (9%)
50 Grants (5%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$5,622,850 (7%)
104 Grants (10%)Research and Documentation
$4,839,283 (6%)
80 Grants (8%)Media and Technology
$4,832,615 (6%)
139 Grants (14%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$2,581,120 (3%)
39 Grants (4%)Arts and Culture
$1,705,581 (2%)
56 Grants (6%)Scholarships and Travel
$453,494 (1%)
25 Grants (2%)Security and Resilience
$208,280 (0%)
7 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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The Pollination Project Foundation
Nicole Ayach (Egypt)
To foster a dialogue around social change and man's usage of the Nile river through a puppetry performance for audiences at community centers across Cairo and Alexandria. -
The Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
American Near East Refugee Aid (United States)
To implement the Right Start Early Childhood Development Program.
109 Grants (11%)