Strategy

Advocacy, Systems Reform and Implementation, 2011 - 2015

Influencing public policies and the allocation of resources and ensuring that existing laws are properly implemented with the intention of transforming fundamental structures of institutions and systems to protect and promote human rights.

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Foundation Funding for Advocacy, Systems Reform and Implementation

These are partial figures based on a subset of foundations that shared grants data all five years: Read more about our methodology.

31%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$2.9 Billion out of
$9.4 Billion for all rights
20,844 Grants
from 2011 - 2015

Top Foundation Funders

  1. Ford Foundation $462.8 M
  2. The Atlantic Philanthropies $301.4 M
  3. National Endowment for Democracy $227.8 M
  4. The Oak Foundation $182.5 M
  5. NoVo Foundation $130.6 M
  6. The California Endowment $120.3 M
  7. W. K. Kellogg Foundation $97.3 M
  8. Foundation For The Carolinas $91.6 M
  9. Tides Foundation $83.6 M
  10. Anonymous $81.0 M
  11. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $62.4 M
  12. Public Interest Projects $56.3 M
  13. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $56.2 M
  14. American Jewish World Service $53.4 M
  15. Public Welfare Foundation $49.8 M
  16. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $45.1 M
  17. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $41.9 M
  18. Hivos $33.8 M
  19. Esmee Fairbairn Foundation $28.1 M
  20. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $25.4 M
  21. Fund For Global Human Rights $21.9 M
  22. Human Dignity Foundation $20.2 M
  23. Cordaid $20.0 M
  24. The Rockefeller Foundation $19.5 M
  25. The Annie E. Casey Foundation $18.3 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

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