ADVANCING HUMAN RIGHTS: KNOWLEDGE TOOLS FOR FUNDERS

An International Human Rights Funders Group, Foundation Center, Ariadne: European Funders for Social Change and Human Rights , and International Network of Women’s Funds Initiative

What is IHRFG?

Global network of donors and grantmakers committed to advancing human rights around the world through effective philanthropy

330 institutional members; over 1,300 individual participants

Activities: semi-annual conferences, institutes, policy briefings, learning visits, webinars, working groups, research

What is the Advancing Human Rights: Knowledge Tools for Funders initiative?

Multi-year effort to create interactive data and research tools to help human rights funders and advocates increase their effectiveness

Why? Increase knowledge about global human rights

funding Facilitate more strategic and effective decision-

making Promote coordination, collaboration, and

transparency

What Tools Did We Create?

Advancing Human Rights Infographic

Advancing Human Rights: The State of Global Foundation Grantmaking reports

Advancing Human Rights Website

Foundation Maps: Human Rights

Advancing Human Rights Reports

Advancing Human Rights Website

Foundation Maps: Human Rights

How are Funders Using these Tools?

Better understand funding for human rights issues;

Identify potential grantees and potential funding partners;

Leverage additional funding on behalf of issues they care about;

Inform strategic planning;

See where they fit within the field of human rights philanthropy;

Better understand trends in rights giving.

What Challenges Did We Face? Balance of transparency and grantee

safety

Differing cultures of philanthropy Differing understandings of human

rights

Questions & Tips

Questions What story do you want to tell? Who is your audience? What information will you visualize? What type of visual will best convey your message?

Tips Work several members of your target audience

throughout the data visualization process Engage in user testing with members of your target

audience

What’s Next?

Tracking strategies supported

Analyzing and visualizing bilateral and multilateral human rights funding

Producing 2012 & 2013 key findings reports

Visualizing trends