Who funds Human Rights Watch Inc?
New York, New York · EIN 13-2875808 · NTEE Q700 · 501(c)(3)
239 private foundations paid Human Rights Watch Inc 433 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $49.4M in all.
All years on file, including returns before 2022.
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Foundations that funded it
The 200 largest by total, of 241 on file.
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Largest grants since 2022
Largest first. The purpose is what the foundation wrote on its return, for the tax year shown.
- The Schmidt Family Foundation · 2023 - Protecting human rights in africa, capacity building for partners$8,480,000
- The Schmidt Family Foundation · 2024 - Capacity building, fostering youth development and leadership, protecting human rights (US or general), protecting human rights in africa$6,665,000
- Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · 2022 - General operating support and program support$5,375,000
- Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · 2023 - Advancing human rights$4,875,000
- Adobe Foundation · 2023 - General & Unrestricted$2,000,000
- Open Society Institute · 2023 - To provide general support$1,500,000
- Foundation for Truth Justice and Compassion · 2025 - General & Unrestricted$1,000,000
- The Hilda Mullen Foundation · 2024 - Unresitricted grant for donee's exempt purpose$1,000,000
- Foundation for Truth Justice and Compassion · 2024 - General & Unrestricted$1,000,000
- Jeff and Marieke Rothschild Foundation · 2024 - General support$1,000,000
- Adobe Foundation · 2024 - General & Unrestricted$1,000,000
- The Hilda Mullen Foundation · 2023 - Unresitricted grant for donee's exempt purpose$1,000,000
- Trellis Charitable Fund · 2024 - General support$750,000
- Trellis Charitable Fund · 2023 - General support and women's rights$750,000
- The Ford Foundation · 2024 - General support$500,000
- The Ford Foundation · 2023 - General support$500,000
- Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation · 2024 - General donation$475,000
- Skyline Foundation · 2024 - Digital investigation lab$350,000
- Skyline Foundation · 2023 - To support the digital investigation lab$350,000
- Donald a Pels Charitable Trust Utd 8/18/92 · 2024 - General operating support$300,000
- Stephen M Silberstein Foundation · 2023 - Defend & preserve individual rights & liberties$300,000
- Donald a Pels Charitable Trust Utd 8/18/92 · 2023 - General operating support$300,000
- Humanity United · 2023 - Forced Labor$300,000
- Jeff and Marieke Rothschild Foundation · 2023 - General support & life without parole project$300,000
- Caufield Family Foundation · 2024 - Human rights monitoring and reporting$295,000
Organizations the same foundations fund
Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.
- Oxfam-America IncBoston, MA · 41 shared funders
- Union of Concerned Scientists IncCambridge, MA · 44 shared funders
- Committee to Protect Journalists IncNew York, NY · 23 shared funders
- International Rescue Committee IncNew York, NY · 58 shared funders
- EarthjusticeSan Francisco, CA · 33 shared funders
- Equal Justice InitiativeMontgomery, AL · 42 shared funders
- The Carter Center IncAtlanta, GA · 33 shared funders
- Pro Publica IncNew York, NY · 24 shared funders
By tax year of the funder's return
| Year | Grants | Foundations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | 69 | $1.9M |
| 2024 | 159 | 153 | $16.4M |
| 2023 | 175 | 159 | $24.7M |
| 2022 | 27 | 25 | $6.4M |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | $47K |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | $1M |
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How this page is made
Each grant comes from a foundation's IRS Form 990-PF and was linked to this EIN only when this was the single organization in the IRS Business Master File with that name in that state. Grants written under a different spelling, or where several organizations share the name, are not counted here, so the real totals can be higher. Government grants and gifts from individuals do not appear on these returns.
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 13-2875808
- IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)
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