46%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$1.2 Billion out of
$2.7 Billion for all rights
7,304 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Ford Foundation $126.6 M
- The California Endowment $124.0 M
- The Atlantic Philanthropies $112.9 M
- Foundation For The Carolinas $72.5 M
- The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $70.3 M
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation $60.1 M
- Open Society Foundations $49.3 M
- NoVo Foundation $44.6 M
- The JPB Foundation $31.4 M
- The Oak Foundation $25.4 M
- NEO Philanthropy $23.5 M
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $21.9 M
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $21.2 M
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $20.7 M
- Public Welfare Foundation $17.5 M
- Carnegie Corporation of New York $15.1 M
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $14.1 M
- Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $14.0 M
- Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $11.7 M
- The James Irvine Foundation $11.0 M
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $10.5 M
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation $10.5 M
- The Wal-Mart Foundation $10.4 M
- Marguerite Casey Foundation $10.1 M
- Arcus Foundation $9.4 M
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Health and Well-being Rights
$216,784,608 (18%)
820 Grants (11%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$137,211,914 (11%)
1,320 Grants (18%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$111,685,115 (9%)
556 Grants (8%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$108,223,858 (9%)
427 Grants (6%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$100,716,033 (8%)
436 Grants (6%)Human Rights, General
$98,590,609 (8%)
633 Grants (9%)Economic and Labor Rights
$87,685,512 (7%)
425 Grants (6%)Civic and Political Participation
$83,198,340 (7%)
558 Grants (8%)Migration and Displacement
$79,314,468 (6%)
612 Grants (8%)Freedom from Violence
$56,225,804 (5%)
604 Grants (8%)Expression and Information Rights
$29,691,991 (2%)
241 Grants (3%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$4,500,696 (0%)
61 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
Children & Youth
$248,692,984 (20%)
1,425 Grants (20%)Women & Girls
$216,315,470 (18%)
1,415 Grants (19%)Migrants & Refugees
$165,146,381 (13%)
1,362 Grants (19%)LGBTQI
$38,769,014 (3%)
627 Grants (9%)People with Disabilities
$19,429,762 (2%)
190 Grants (3%)Indigenous Peoples
$18,334,495 (1%)
231 Grants (3%)Human Rights Defenders
$989,847 (0%)
29 Grants (0%)Sex Workers
$504,642 (0%)
11 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
$498,285,413 (41%)
2,079 Grants (28%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$111,061,055 (9%)
748 Grants (10%)Media and Technology
$104,353,335 (8%)
579 Grants (8%)Research and Documentation
$91,404,094 (7%)
375 Grants (5%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$60,066,319 (5%)
450 Grants (6%)Arts and Culture
$40,467,062 (3%)
310 Grants (4%)Grassroots Organizing
$39,212,909 (3%)
334 Grants (5%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$32,012,496 (3%)
127 Grants (2%)Scholarships and Travel
$14,218,116 (1%)
28 Grants (0%)Security and Resilience
$1,186,500 (0%)
10 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.
611 Grants (8%)