Top Foundation Funders

1. Ford Foundation $17.9 M
2. NoVo Foundation $6.5 M
3. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $5.3 M
4. The JPB Foundation $4.8 M
5. Tides Foundation $4.5 M
6. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $4.3 M
7. W.K. Kellogg Foundation $3.6 M
8. Oak Foundation $3.5 M
9. Open Society Institute $3.1 M
10. Fund for Global Human Rights $2.6 M
11. Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $2.3 M
12. The Brin Wojcicki Foundation $2.0 M
13. Esmée Fairbairn Foundation $2.0 M
14. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $1.3 M
15. Foundation for a Just Society $1.2 M
16. Robertson Foundation $1.1 M
17. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund $1.0 M
18. Unbound Philanthropy $859.0 K
19. Brazil Fund for Human Rights Foundation - FBDH $841.0 K
20. Public Welfare Foundation $830.0 K
21. NEO Philanthropy $825.0 K
22. Searle Freedom Trust $800.0 K
23. Foundation to Promote Open Society $794.2 K
24. Pro Victimis Foundation $793.6 K
25. Proteus Fund $785.0 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

  $25,069,373 (28%)
  165 Grants (23%)

• Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

  $12,141,442 (13%)
  94 Grants (13%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $11,420,632 (13%)
  152 Grants (21%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $10,535,257 (12%)
  67 Grants (9%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $7,931,005 (9%)
  31 Grants (4%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $5,292,763 (6%)
  28 Grants (4%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $3,828,812 (4%)
  46 Grants (6%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $3,763,550 (4%)
  43 Grants (6%)

• Human Rights, General

  $3,683,772 (4%)
  49 Grants (7%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $1,995,625 (2%)
  18 Grants (2%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $1,970,988 (2%)
  13 Grants (2%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $1,704,685 (2%)
  8 Grants (1%)

• Education, religion, and culture

  $1,618,531 (2%)
  18 Grants (2%)

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

• Women & Girls

  $17,075,038 (19%)
  151 Grants (21%)

• Migrants & Refugees

  $13,554,967 (15%)
  92 Grants (13%)

• Children & Youth

  $7,606,435 (8%)
  76 Grants (10%)

• LGBTQI

  $4,919,576 (5%)
  99 Grants (14%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $4,051,681 (4%)
  94 Grants (13%)

• People with Disabilities

  $1,502,700 (2%)
  10 Grants (1%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $620,311 (1%)
  41 Grants (6%)

• Sex Workers

  $161,111 (0%)
  6 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.