Region

Western Europe, 2014

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

13%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$345.0 Million out of
$2.7 Billion for all rights
1,894 Grants

Top Foundation Funders

  1. Nationale Postcode Loterij $91.0 M
  2. The Atlantic Philanthropies $72.9 M
  3. Esmée Fairbairn Foundation $26.4 M
  4. Comic Relief $23.1 M
  5. EEA and Norway Grants $19.7 M
  6. Fundación ONCE $12.4 M
  7. The Oak Foundation $12.3 M
  8. Trust for London $10.3 M
  9. The City Bridge Trust $7.1 M
  10. Open Society Institute Budapest Foundation $5.4 M
  11. Open Society Foundations $5.0 M
  12. Wikimedia Foundation $4.7 M
  13. Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust $4.7 M
  14. Bodossaki Foundation $4.5 M
  15. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $4.2 M
  16. Foundation Open Society Institute - Switzerland $4.2 M
  17. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $3.5 M
  18. Unbound Philanthropy $3.2 M
  19. The Barrow Cadbury Trust $2.7 M
  20. Nuffield Foundation $2.7 M
  21. The Legal Education Foundation $1.9 M
  22. Freedom House $1.7 M
  23. National Endowment for Democracy $1.4 M
  24. Stop AIDS Now $1.3 M
  25. Hivos $1.1 M
  26. M = Millions

Key Findings:
2014 Funding

Key Findings

Foundation Funding by Issue

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

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

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.