2%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$58.1 Million out of
$2.8 Billion for all rights
892 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- National Endowment for Democracy $15.0 M
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $6.1 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $4.8 M
- Ford Foundation $4.4 M
- International Development Research Centre $2.9 M
- The UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women $2.6 M
- New Israel Foundation $2.6 M
- Carnegie Corporation of New York $2.5 M
- Hivos $1.8 M
- Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders $1.8 M
- The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation $1.3 M
- Global Fund for Women $1.0 M
- Vanguard Charitable-Donor Advised Fund $814.5 K
- Oak Foundation $800.0 K
- Rockefeller Brothers Fund $659.0 K
- Freedom House $480.9 K
- The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust $441.8 K
- MetLife Foundation $425.0 K
- King Baudouin Foundation $405.9 K
- Comic Relief $382.2 K
- NoVo Foundation $353.0 K
- Wikimedia Foundation $349.8 K
- Madre $333.3 K
- Humanity United $311.0 K
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation $290.0 K
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
12%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$460.3 Million out of
$3.9 Billion for all rights
1,451 Disbursements
Top Funders
- European Union Institutions $64.9 M
- United States $57.7 M
- Sweden $56.3 M
- United Arab Emirates $52.4 M
- United Kingdom $37.9 M
- Netherlands $27.1 M
- Germany $25.0 M
- Canada $24.2 M
- Switzerland $21.6 M
- Norway $17.7 M
- Finland $15.3 M
- Spain $14.4 M
- Australia $12.3 M
- Italy $10.0 M
- Denmark $8.3 M
- Japan $4.1 M
- Belgium $2.6 M
- France $2.2 M
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $1.6 M
- Ireland $1.3 M
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $949.9 K
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $716.8 K
- International Labour Organisation $400.8 K
- United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $339.7 K
- Iceland $260.2 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Freedom from Violence
$11,669,792 (20%)
163 Grants (18%)Civic and Political Participation
$8,572,282 (15%)
103 Grants (12%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$7,289,874 (13%)
123 Grants (14%)Economic and Labor Rights
$5,923,573 (10%)
46 Grants (5%)Human Rights, General
$5,724,845 (10%)
92 Grants (10%)Expression and Information Rights
$3,770,734 (6%)
108 Grants (12%)Migration and Displacement
$2,498,091 (4%)
43 Grants (5%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$2,126,295 (4%)
35 Grants (4%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$1,370,649 (2%)
38 Grants (4%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$1,076,537 (2%)
28 Grants (3%)Health and Well-being Rights
$670,852 (1%)
37 Grants (4%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$638,320 (1%)
20 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
$18,280,811 (31%)
291 Grants (33%)Migrants & Refugees
$9,217,985 (16%)
127 Grants (14%)Children & Youth
$8,671,611 (15%)
133 Grants (15%)Human Rights Defenders
$3,428,574 (6%)
172 Grants (19%)LGBTQI
$1,129,629 (2%)
40 Grants (4%)People with Disabilities
$575,573 (1%)
27 Grants (3%)Indigenous Peoples
$354,287 (1%)
6 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$49,400 (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
$39,294,349 (68%)
524 Grants (59%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$12,306,558 (21%)
127 Grants (14%)Research and Documentation
$12,226,312 (21%)
156 Grants (17%)Media and Technology
$8,405,457 (14%)
145 Grants (16%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$8,293,218 (14%)
159 Grants (18%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$3,970,031 (7%)
58 Grants (7%)Grassroots Organizing
$3,462,006 (6%)
55 Grants (6%)Arts and Culture
$1,552,847 (3%)
59 Grants (7%)Scholarships and Travel
$494,831 (1%)
37 Grants (4%)Security and Resilience
$105,118 (0%)
5 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.
56 Grants (6%)