Region

Western Europe, 2011 - 2015

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

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Foundation Funding for Western Europe

These are partial figures based on a subset of foundations that shared grants data all five years: Read more about our methodology.

9%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$828.5 Million out of
$9.4 Billion for all rights
3,338 Grants
from 2011 - 2015

Top Foundation Funders

  1. Nationale Postcode Loterij $241.8 M
  2. The Atlantic Philanthropies $150.8 M
  3. Anonymous $111.6 M
  4. Esmee Fairbairn Foundation $73.0 M
  5. The Oak Foundation $49.7 M
  6. Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust $24.2 M
  7. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $21.7 M
  8. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors $16.8 M
  9. The Barrow Cadbury Trust $15.2 M
  10. Unbound Philanthropy $13.3 M
  11. Both ENDS $12.3 M
  12. National Endowment for Democracy $9.3 M
  13. Freedom House $6.3 M
  14. Human Dignity Foundation $5.7 M
  15. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $4.8 M
  16. Cordaid $4.3 M
  17. Nuffield Foundation $3.9 M
  18. Hivos $3.8 M
  19. Ford Foundation $3.6 M
  20. Tides Foundation $3.5 M
  21. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $3.5 M
  22. Stop AIDS Now $3.0 M
  23. American Jewish World Service $2.8 M
  24. Metropolitan Migration Foundation $2.8 M
  25. Strategic Fund for Turkey $2.7 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

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Sample Grants

  • Calala Fondo de Mujeres
    Asociación de Mujeres de Guatemala (Spain)
    With a scholarship for the participation of Colombian women in exile.
  • King Baudouin Foundation
    L'essentiel Residential Center
    Which aims to integrate disabled adults into an intergenerational community-based setting.