Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Fund for Global Human Rights Inc
We are activists and grant-makers working in solidarity with individuals and organizations promoting human rights in their communities. By investing in those on the frontlines of human rights struggles, we help build stronger, more resilient movements that can take on abusive actors - and win.
- $19M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $688k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $165,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $27M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Fund for Global Human Rights Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $588k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $444k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $533k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $369k | 62% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $144k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singh Family Foundation Washington | $501,000 | 4 | 61% |
| Just Associates Inc | $143,437 | 4 | 1% |
| Right to the City Alliance | $140,000 | 4 | 0% |
| People's Courage International Inc | $136,442 | 3 | 1% |
| Center for Transformative Action | $135,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights | $129,439 | 2 | 1% |
| Visions Made Viable | $100,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Nazdeek Inc | $97,250 | 4 | 12% |
| Article 19 Inc | $92,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Chin Human Rights Organization US | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Fund for Global Human Rights Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
About Fund for Global Human Rights Inc
- How much does Fund for Global Human Rights Inc give?
- Fund for Global Human Rights Inc reported 17 itemized grants totaling $687,500, out of $18,628,692 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Fund for Global Human Rights Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (28%), Crime & Legal (25%), Environment (17%).
- Who are Fund for Global Human Rights Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Singh Family Foundation Washington ($501k), Just Associates Inc ($143k), Right to the City Alliance ($140k).
- Does Fund for Global Human Rights Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Fund for Global Human Rights Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation to Promote Open Society, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc, Tides Foundation.
- Where is Fund for Global Human Rights Inc based?
- Fund for Global Human Rights Inc is based in DC.
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