5%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$187.6 Million out of
$3.7 Billion for all rights
1,961 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Comic Relief $19.6 M
- EsmŽe Fairbairn Foundation $17.7 M
- Oak Foundation $15.3 M
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation $12.4 M
- Trust for London $10.9 M
- Charles LŽopold Mayer Foundation for Human Progress $8.8 M
- Fondazione CON IL SUD $8.5 M
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales $8.5 M
- National Lottery Community Fund $5.4 M
- Bridge House Estates $4.6 M
- Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust $4.5 M
- King Baudouin Foundation United States $4.1 M
- Wikimedia Foundation $4.0 M
- Ford Foundation $4.0 M
- Freudenberg Stiftung, GmbH $4.0 M
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $3.9 M
- Stiftung Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft $3.8 M
- Sigrid Rausing Trust $3.7 M
- NoVo Foundation $3.6 M
- Wellspring Philanthropic Fund $3.3 M
- Unbound Philanthropy $3.1 M
- Open Society Initiative for Europe $3.0 M
- Barrow Cadbury Trust $2.5 M
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $2.5 M
- Stichting Democratie en Media $2.5 M
- M = Millions
Key Findings: 2018 Funding
Foundation Funding by Issue
Health and Well-being Rights
$37,276,130 (20%)
340 Grants (17%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$35,125,513 (19%)
367 Grants (19%)Human Rights, General
$21,560,412 (11%)
213 Grants (11%)Migration and Displacement
$19,937,650 (11%)
226 Grants (12%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$18,533,556 (10%)
197 Grants (10%)Freedom from Violence
$14,255,749 (8%)
138 Grants (7%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$7,266,233 (4%)
90 Grants (5%)Expression and Information Rights
$6,964,880 (4%)
134 Grants (7%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$5,268,846 (3%)
61 Grants (3%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$4,853,928 (3%)
25 Grants (1%)Economic and Labor Rights
$3,270,402 (2%)
40 Grants (2%)Civic and Political Participation
$2,673,709 (1%)
22 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
$36,958,518 (20%)
370 Grants (19%)Migrants & Refugees
$35,367,076 (19%)
384 Grants (20%)Women & Girls
$23,115,659 (12%)
301 Grants (15%)People with Disabilities
$20,650,674 (11%)
210 Grants (11%)LGBTQI
$4,245,477 (2%)
57 Grants (3%)Indigenous Peoples
$1,524,340 (1%)
15 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$1,190,484 (1%)
10 Grants (1%)Human Rights Defenders
$276,800 (0%)
12 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
$97,718,723 (52%)
915 Grants (47%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$23,938,703 (13%)
225 Grants (11%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$21,250,359 (11%)
187 Grants (10%)Media and Technology
$12,168,130 (6%)
213 Grants (11%)Arts and Culture
$12,085,127 (6%)
129 Grants (7%)Research and Documentation
$10,618,430 (6%)
127 Grants (6%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$4,980,479 (3%)
45 Grants (2%)Grassroots Organizing
$2,930,155 (2%)
75 Grants (4%)Scholarships and Travel
$197,047 (0%)
26 Grants (1%)Security and Resilience
$125,000 (0%)
2 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.
108 Grants (6%)