Top Foundation Funders

1. Ford Foundation $10.4 M
2. Oak Foundation $8.2 M
3. NoVo Foundation $7.7 M
4. Foundation to Promote Open Society $5.4 M
5. William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $4.7 M
6. Robertson Foundation $3.5 M
7. JPB Foundation $3.5 M
8. Sigrid Rausing Trust $2.6 M
9. Carnegie Corporation of New York $2.0 M
10. Fund for Global Human Rights $2.0 M
11. San Francisco Foundation $1.9 M
12. Freedom Fund (UK) $1.7 M
13. W.K. Kellogg Foundation $1.5 M
14. Trust for London $1.4 M
15. UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women $1.4 M
16. Schmidt Family Foundation $1.3 M
17. Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $1.3 M
18. Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation $1.3 M
19. New Israel Fund $1.1 M
20. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund $1.1 M
21. St Luke's Foundation $1.0 M
22. Democracy Fund $990.0 K
23. Tides Foundation $922.5 K
24. Global Greengrants Fund $917.6 K
25. Astraea Foundation $898.9 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

  $19,720,195 (23%)
  151 Grants (21%)

• Environmental and Resource Rights

  $12,025,527 (14%)
  150 Grants (20%)

• Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

  $10,927,961 (13%)
  75 Grants (10%)

• Freedom from Violence

  $10,687,362 (12%)
  82 Grants (11%)

• Migration and Displacement

  $10,189,430 (12%)
  85 Grants (12%)

• Health and Well-being Rights

  $5,425,032 (6%)
  32 Grants (4%)

• Human Rights, General

  $4,101,402 (5%)
  48 Grants (7%)

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights

  $3,831,320 (4%)
  22 Grants (3%)

• Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

  $3,012,886 (4%)
  40 Grants (5%)

• Expression and Information Rights

  $1,830,938 (2%)
  13 Grants (2%)

• Education, Religion, and Culture

  $1,563,845 (2%)
  13 Grants (2%)

• Civic and Political Participation

  $1,317,204 (2%)
  7 Grants (1%)

• Economic and Labor Rights

  $1,026,037 (1%)
  16 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

• Migrants & Refugees

  $16,784,118 (20%)
  136 Grants (19%)

• Women & Girls

  $13,640,341 (16%)
  134 Grants (18%)

• Children & Youth

  $5,364,893 (6%)
  76 Grants (10%)

• Indigenous Peoples

  $5,237,041 (6%)
  89 Grants (12%)

• LGBTQI

  $3,935,683 (5%)
  70 Grants (10%)

• Human Rights Defenders

  $1,180,953 (1%)
  72 Grants (10%)

• People with Disabilities

  $662,706 (1%)
  4 Grants (1%)

• Sex Workers

  $85,798 (0%)
  8 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.