Top Foundation Funders

1. The Atlantic Philanthropies $11.7 M
2. Ford Foundation $9.4 M
3. NoVo Foundation $7.0 M
4. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $6.7 M
5. The JPB Foundation $6.3 M
6. National Endowment for Democracy $6.2 M
7. Open Society Foundations $4.8 M
8. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $3.4 M
9. The Oak Foundation $2.3 M
10. NEO Philanthropy $2.1 M
11. EEA and Norway Grants $1.6 M
12. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $1.4 M
13. Proteus Fund $1.4 M
14. Fund For Global Human Rights $1.3 M
15. American Jewish World Service $1.2 M
16. Unbound Philanthropy $1.1 M
17. Public Welfare Foundation $1.1 M
18. Hivos $1.0 M
19. Carnegie Corporation of New York $1.0 M
20. Open Society Institute Budapest Foundation $633.4 K
21. Trust for London $614.2 K
22. Arcus Foundation $500.0 K
23. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria $426.4 K
24. Elton John AIDS Foundation $410.2 K
25. Brazil Human Rights Fund $405.6 K
26. M = Millions

Foundation Funding by Region

Region totals include both foundation grants directly to recipients based in the region specified and foundation grants to recipients located in other regions to do work benefiting the region specified. Grants may mention more than one region of benefit and therefore be counted in more than one category.

Foundation Funding by Issue

• Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

  $18,097,830 (25%)
  64 Grants (12%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $12,616,681 (18%)
  96 Grants (18%)

• Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

  $6,657,007 (9%)
  52 Grants (10%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $6,035,657 (8%)
  34 Grants (7%)

• Human Rights, General

  $5,364,595 (7%)
  31 Grants (6%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $4,999,854 (7%)
  41 Grants (8%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $4,003,956 (6%)
  24 Grants (5%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $3,310,285 (5%)
  25 Grants (5%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $2,638,289 (4%)
  55 Grants (11%)

• Education, religion, and culture

  $2,624,995 (4%)
  34 Grants (7%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $2,616,050 (4%)
  19 Grants (4%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $1,851,289 (3%)
  25 Grants (5%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $1,159,826 (2%)
  19 Grants (4%)

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

• Migrants & Refugees

  $14,757,551 (21%)
  82 Grants (16%)

• Women & Girls

  $13,745,629 (19%)
  133 Grants (26%)

• Children & Youth

  $11,057,910 (15%)
  61 Grants (12%)

• LGBTQI

  $5,098,594 (7%)
  46 Grants (9%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $3,574,743 (5%)
  46 Grants (9%)

• People with Disabilities

  $2,164,177 (3%)
  14 Grants (3%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $1,112,460 (2%)
  43 Grants (8%)

• Sex Workers

  $71,360 (0%)
  5 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

• Funder The Atlantic Philanthropies
  Recipient Reprieve (United Kingdom)
  Description To reduce excessive and abusive U.S. counter-terrorism practices through litigation and other legal advocacy strategies.
• Funder The Fund for Global Human Rights
  Recipient Unissons-Nous pour la Promotion des Batwa (Burundi)
  Description To provide legal representation to Batwa victims of discrimination in strategic legal cases in national and regional courts.