11%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$258.0 Million out of
$2.3 Billion for all rights
1,739 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Nationale Postcode Loterij $72.5 M
- The Atlantic Philanthropies $44.0 M
- Fundación ONCE $16.7 M
- Open Society Foundations $16.3 M
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation $14.4 M
- The Oak Foundation $14.1 M
- The Henry Smith Charity $11.7 M
- Comic Relief UK $10.5 M
- Trust for London $10.3 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $5.1 M
- Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust $4.2 M
- Wikimedia Foundation $4.0 M
- The Northern Rock Foundation $3.5 M
- Unbound Philanthropy $2.9 M
- The City Bridge Trust $2.2 M
- The Barrow Cadbury Trust $2.0 M
- Ford Foundation $1.8 M
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation $1.5 M
- Hivos $1.5 M
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation $1.3 M
- National Endowment for Democracy $1.2 M
- The Legal Education Foundation $1.1 M
- EEA and Norway Grants $1.0 M
- Cordaid $958.6 K
- Tides Foundation $896.2 K
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$70,401,046 (27%)
517 Grants (30%)Human Rights, General
$54,846,343 (21%)
90 Grants (5%)Health and Well-being Rights
$28,992,554 (11%)
245 Grants (14%)Migration and Displacement
$26,718,337 (10%)
220 Grants (13%)Freedom from Violence
$19,463,909 (8%)
191 Grants (11%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$13,157,772 (5%)
72 Grants (4%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$9,792,710 (4%)
66 Grants (4%)Economic and Labor Rights
$9,163,754 (4%)
89 Grants (5%)Expression and Information Rights
$8,343,715 (3%)
69 Grants (4%)Civic and Political Participation
$5,426,013 (2%)
56 Grants (3%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$1,712,641 (1%)
20 Grants (1%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$1,053,343 (0%)
11 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
$61,884,098 (24%)
359 Grants (21%)Migrants & Refugees
$41,802,748 (16%)
404 Grants (23%)People with Disabilities
$34,145,853 (13%)
381 Grants (22%)Women & Girls
$21,770,414 (8%)
249 Grants (14%)LGBTQI
$2,837,815 (1%)
49 Grants (3%)Indigenous Peoples
$1,486,056 (1%)
5 Grants (0%)Sex Workers
$615,042 (0%)
7 Grants (0%)Human Rights Defenders
$265,445 (0%)
6 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
$62,780,606 (24%)
285 Grants (16%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$25,246,198 (10%)
153 Grants (9%)Research and Documentation
$16,080,748 (6%)
145 Grants (8%)Media and Technology
$15,736,483 (6%)
175 Grants (10%)Arts and Culture
$6,229,342 (2%)
101 Grants (6%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$5,798,825 (2%)
114 Grants (7%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$5,527,741 (2%)
45 Grants (3%)Grassroots Organizing
$2,615,223 (1%)
14 Grants (1%)Scholarships and Travel
$46,073 (0%)
5 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
-
Comic Relief UK
Spirit Advocacy (United Kingdom)
To empower older people with mental health problems across the Highlands of Scotland to reduce stigma and discrimination and to influence policy and improve services. -
Oak Foundation
Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Norway)
To gather, systematize, analyze and make accessible materials documenting gross human rights violations in the North Caucasus.
93 Grants (5%)