2%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$57.4 Million out of
$3.2 Billion for all rights
731 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Open Society Institute $10.2 M
- Oak Foundation $4.1 M
- Ford Foundation $4.0 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $3.5 M
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $3.5 M
- Shapiro-Silverberg Foundation $2.7 M
- NoVo Foundation $2.6 M
- Tides Foundation $2.3 M
- New Israel Foundation $2.3 M
- Moriah Fund $2.1 M
- The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $2.0 M
- Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders $1.8 M
- Hivos $1.7 M
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $1.5 M
- Rockefeller Brothers Fund $1.1 M
- African Women's Development Fund $953.0 K
- Carnegie Corporation of New York $948.0 K
- The Global Fund for Women $909.9 K
- Arcus Foundation $865.0 K
- The Coca-Cola Foundation $800.1 K
- Klarman Family Foundation $775.0 K
- International Development Research Centre $666.5 K
- C&A Foundation $597.0 K
- The Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation $522.5 K
- Fund for Global Human Rights $518.9 K
- M = Millions
Bilateral and Multilateral Funding
9%
Share of OECD
human rights funding
$359.8 Million out of
$3.9 Billion for all rights
1,266 Disbursements
Top Funders
- European Union Institutions $54.2 M
- United States $52.5 M
- Sweden $35.6 M
- Italy $30.6 M
- Germany $28.3 M
- Denmark $25.5 M
- Canada $22.7 M
- Australia $17.5 M
- United Kingdom $14.8 M
- Norway $14.5 M
- Switzerland $12.5 M
- Netherlands $12.3 M
- Spain $12.1 M
- Finland $8.6 M
- Japan $3.2 M
- Saudi Arabia $2.8 M
- Austria $2.1 M
- Belgium $1.8 M
- Ireland $1.6 M
- Korea $1.5 M
- France $1.2 M
- United Arab Emirates $998.0 K
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $904.9 K
- International Labour Organisation $822.2 K
- Iceland $457.4 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$16,280,648 (28%)
166 Grants (23%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$9,822,719 (17%)
90 Grants (12%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$5,675,484 (10%)
19 Grants (3%)Human Rights, General
$4,895,435 (9%)
75 Grants (10%)Migration and Displacement
$4,315,104 (8%)
64 Grants (9%)Freedom from Violence
$3,881,227 (7%)
62 Grants (8%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$2,984,156 (5%)
34 Grants (5%)Expression and Information Rights
$2,380,407 (4%)
104 Grants (14%)Economic and Labor Rights
$2,220,746 (4%)
16 Grants (2%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$1,386,692 (2%)
19 Grants (3%)Health and Well-being Rights
$995,901 (2%)
31 Grants (4%)Civic and Political Participation
$604,197 (1%)
12 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
$20,155,241 (35%)
227 Grants (31%)Migrants & Refugees
$7,661,278 (13%)
107 Grants (15%)Children & Youth
$3,524,860 (6%)
88 Grants (12%)Human Rights Defenders
$2,558,171 (4%)
146 Grants (20%)LGBTQI
$1,281,544 (2%)
37 Grants (5%)People with Disabilities
$770,018 (1%)
12 Grants (2%)Indigenous Peoples
$109,473 (0%)
5 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
$28,191,563 (49%)
349 Grants (48%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$7,732,734 (13%)
88 Grants (12%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$6,884,542 (12%)
41 Grants (6%)Research and Documentation
$6,622,777 (12%)
55 Grants (8%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$3,605,422 (6%)
37 Grants (5%)Media and Technology
$3,326,031 (6%)
65 Grants (9%)Grassroots Organizing
$1,111,811 (2%)
23 Grants (3%)Arts and Culture
$870,744 (2%)
23 Grants (3%)Security and Resilience
$543,630 (1%)
3 Grants (0%)Scholarships and Travel
$86,512 (0%)
44 Grants (6%)
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.
39 Grants (5%)