41%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$961.0 Million out of
$2.3 Billion for all rights
7,326 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Ford Foundation $150.9 M
- Open Society Foundations $102.0 M
- The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $74.6 M
- Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $49.2 M
- The Atlantic Philanthropies $49.1 M
- National Endowment for Democracy $44.2 M
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation $32.2 M
- The California Endowment $26.1 M
- Public Welfare Foundation $18.5 M
- NEO Philanthropy $17.9 M
- The JPB Foundation $15.9 M
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation $13.6 M
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $12.7 M
- The Oak Foundation $12.0 M
- NoVo Foundation $11.8 M
- Marguerite Casey Foundation $11.7 M
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $11.2 M
- Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $10.7 M
- Freedom House $10.2 M
- Carnegie Corporation of New York $9.6 M
- Nationale Postcode Loterij $9.6 M
- Proteus Fund $9.4 M
- The James Irvine Foundation $8.8 M
- Foundation For The Carolinas $8.0 M
- Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock $7.8 M
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$124,252,018 (13%)
1,354 Grants (18%)Health and Well-being Rights
$111,136,566 (12%)
693 Grants (9%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$101,688,863 (11%)
355 Grants (5%)Civic and Political Participation
$94,458,435 (10%)
755 Grants (10%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$88,664,581 (9%)
583 Grants (8%)Migration and Displacement
$85,068,335 (9%)
718 Grants (10%)Economic and Labor Rights
$79,856,902 (8%)
564 Grants (8%)Human Rights, General
$77,687,245 (8%)
512 Grants (7%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$49,846,000 (5%)
409 Grants (6%)Expression and Information Rights
$43,609,334 (5%)
421 Grants (6%)Freedom from Violence
$26,147,041 (3%)
330 Grants (5%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$4,723,490 (0%)
74 Grants (1%)
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
$173,601,738 (18%)
1,146 Grants (16%)Children & Youth
$163,366,938 (17%)
1,325 Grants (18%)Migrants & Refugees
$161,923,863 (17%)
1,430 Grants (20%)LGBTQI
$42,363,018 (4%)
614 Grants (8%)Indigenous Peoples
$33,690,828 (4%)
235 Grants (3%)People with Disabilities
$18,761,621 (2%)
205 Grants (3%)Human Rights Defenders
$2,386,067 (0%)
18 Grants (0%)Sex Workers
$418,797 (0%)
9 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
$314,907,062 (33%)
1,791 Grants (24%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$158,376,292 (16%)
770 Grants (11%)Research and Documentation
$117,715,774 (12%)
651 Grants (9%)Media and Technology
$97,822,416 (10%)
786 Grants (11%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$45,375,166 (5%)
485 Grants (7%)Grassroots Organizing
$21,372,766 (2%)
335 Grants (5%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$20,501,594 (2%)
105 Grants (1%)Arts and Culture
$20,440,321 (2%)
303 Grants (4%)Security and Resilience
$1,500,000 (0%)
1 Grants (0%)Scholarships and Travel
$1,146,581 (0%)
25 Grants (0%)
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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Omidyar Network Fund
Sunlight Foundation (United States)
For its work to make government transparent and accountable through data, tools, policy and journalism. -
The California Endowment
PolicyLink (United States)
For advocacy, coalition-building, and technical assistance to advance policies that create healthy neighborhood environments and improve the health of boys and men of color in California.
558 Grants (8%)