10%
Share of foundation
human rights funding
$269.9 Million out of
$2.8 Billion for all rights
2,257 Grants
Top Foundation Funders
- Big Lottery Fund $110.9 M
- Comic Relief $28.6 M
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation $26.0 M
- Oak Foundation $20.4 M
- Fundación ONCE $9.5 M
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation $6.3 M
- The Tudor Trust $5.6 M
- Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust $4.8 M
- Wikimedia Foundation $4.1 M
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust $3.7 M
- Bridge House Estates $3.7 M
- Foundation to Promote Open Society $3.7 M
- The M.A.C. AIDS Fund $3.6 M
- Unbound Philanthropy $3.4 M
- The Barrow Cadbury Trust $3.0 M
- The Baring Foundation $2.3 M
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales $2.1 M
- Omidyar Network Fund $2.1 M
- King Baudouin Foundation $2.0 M
- King Baudouin Foundation $1.8 M
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation $1.7 M
- Global Dialogue $1.6 M
- National Endowment for Democracy $1.6 M
- A B Charitable Trust $1.3 M
- ViiV Healthcare $1.2 M
- M = Millions
Foundation Funding by Issue
Health and Well-being Rights
$97,325,402 (36%)
504 Grants (22%)Freedom from Violence
$52,203,662 (19%)
348 Grants (15%)Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination
$29,239,090 (11%)
409 Grants (18%)Migration and Displacement
$20,832,237 (8%)
255 Grants (11%)Environmental and Resource Rights
$11,856,674 (4%)
94 Grants (4%)Economic and Labor Rights
$10,425,792 (4%)
81 Grants (4%)Civic and Political Participation
$9,717,592 (4%)
68 Grants (3%)Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law
$9,271,741 (3%)
90 Grants (4%)Expression and Information Rights
$7,917,191 (3%)
103 Grants (5%)Human Rights, General
$6,196,060 (2%)
82 Grants (4%)Sexual and Reproductive Rights
$2,256,595 (1%)
31 Grants (1%)Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding
$926,234 (0%)
25 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
$119,336,995 (44%)
544 Grants (24%)People with Disabilities
$45,422,593 (17%)
524 Grants (23%)Women & Girls
$45,094,164 (17%)
359 Grants (16%)Migrants & Refugees
$42,850,398 (16%)
443 Grants (20%)LGBTQI
$7,772,484 (3%)
144 Grants (6%)Human Rights Defenders
$667,799 (0%)
8 Grants (0%)Indigenous Peoples
$602,033 (0%)
8 Grants (0%)Sex Workers
$559,885 (0%)
10 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
$100,235,319 (37%)
913 Grants (40%)Public Engagement and Awareness-raising
$89,310,774 (33%)
781 Grants (35%)Coalition-building and Collaboration
$22,723,529 (8%)
283 Grants (13%)Capacity-building and Technical Assistance
$18,923,403 (7%)
299 Grants (13%)Media and Technology
$15,395,109 (6%)
134 Grants (6%)Arts and Culture
$10,969,927 (4%)
210 Grants (9%)Research and Documentation
$6,541,398 (2%)
86 Grants (4%)Grassroots Organizing
$5,640,731 (2%)
50 Grants (2%)Litigation and Legal Aid
$4,996,151 (2%)
51 Grants (2%)Scholarships and Travel
$230,262 (0%)
49 Grants (2%)Security and Resilience
$4,500 (0%)
1 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.
167 Grants (7%)