6%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$110.3 Million out of
$1.8 Billion for all rights
1,153 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Comic Relief UK $19.2 M
- The Atlantic Philanthropies $16.7 M
- Open Society Foundations $9.1 M
- Esmee Fairbairn Foundation $7.1 M
- Trust for London $6.3 M
- The Oak Foundation $5.7 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $4.8 M
- Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust $4.3 M
- Human Dignity Foundation $3.2 M
- Wikimedia Foundation $3.2 M
- The Henry Smith Charity $3.1 M
- Anonymous $2.6 M
- American Jewish World Service $2.5 M
- The Barrow Cadbury Trust $2.2 M
- Unbound Philanthropy $2.1 M
- Freedom House $1.4 M
- The Pilgrim Trust $1.4 M
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $1.4 M
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation $1.3 M
- Nationale Postcode Loterij $1.3 M
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (UK) $1.2 M
- The Northern Rock Foundation $921.8 K
- A B Charitable Trust $697.3 K
- Bodossaki Foundation $517.4 K
- The Nduna Foundation $500.0 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$26,101,101 (24%)
224 Grants (19%)Freedom from Violence
$21,619,993 (20%)
172 Grants (15%)Human Rights, General
$14,288,295 (13%)
217 Grants (19%)Health and Well-being Rights
$13,263,689 (12%)
120 Grants (10%)Migration and Displacement
$10,978,176 (10%)
122 Grants (11%)Expression and Information Rights
$7,238,511 (7%)
47 Grants (4%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$4,451,006 (4%)
78 Grants (7%)Economic and Labor Rights
$3,949,026 (4%)
52 Grants (5%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$2,769,746 (3%)
28 Grants (2%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$1,769,780 (2%)
9 Grants (1%)Civic and Political Participation
$380,751 (0%)
6 Grants (1%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$319,000 (0%)
4 Grants (0%)
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
$28,677,318 (26%)
216 Grants (19%)Crime or Abuse Victims
$25,511,097 (23%)
218 Grants (19%)Economically Disadvantaged
$25,312,414 (23%)
185 Grants (16%)Migrants & Refugees
$24,380,949 (22%)
275 Grants (24%)Women & Girls
$22,993,686 (21%)
196 Grants (17%)Ethnic or Racial Minorities
$16,981,221 (15%)
255 Grants (22%)People with Disabilities
$10,645,607 (10%)
88 Grants (8%)Offenders & Ex-Offenders
$5,740,527 (5%)
86 Grants (7%)Substance Abusers
$3,525,252 (3%)
32 Grants (3%)LGBTQI
$2,564,218 (2%)
41 Grants (4%)Indigenous Peoples
$874,342 (1%)
7 Grants (1%)People with AIDS
$872,123 (1%)
11 Grants (1%)Human Rights Defenders
$732,091 (1%)
6 Grants (1%)Sex Workers
$346,336 (0%)
8 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.
Sample Grants
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Atlantic Philanthropies
Free Legal Advice Centres (Republic of Ireland)
To improve access to justice for vulnerable people through advocating for policy reform and addressing unmet needs for legal advice. -
Global Dialogue
Equality and Diversity Forum (United Kingdom)
To develop messaging to improve public attitudes toward human rights.
74 Grants (6%)