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12 funders with a record of paying for “derecho”
Where the money went
Largest: $125,000 to CENTRO MEXICANO DE DERECHO AMBIENTAL AC — core support for research, advocacy, and strategic litigation to promote a framework for a pluricultural mexico based on the full participation of indigenous, campesino, and afro-m…
Largest: $375,000 to CATOLICAS POR EL DERECHO A DECIDIR AC — alianza transition and narrative change
United Way of Greater HoustonHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $2.9M · through 2024Largest: $450,000 to Hope Disaster Recovery — disaster - derecho
Largest: $1.6M to CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS DE DERECHO JUSTICIA Y SOCIEDAD — to provide: a) a challenge contribution towards dejusticia's growth and transformation strategy for the 2018-2022 period; and b) general support for three years for the 2020-2022 p…
Largest: $35,000 to SOCIEDAD PERUANA DE DERECHO AMBIENTAL — to support the development and dissemination of a study examining the peruvian government's decisions and their effects on environmental institutionality in peru.
Largest: $150,000 to CENTRO DE DERECHOS DE MUJERES — to provide general operating support to centro de derechos de mujeres
Largest: $100,000 to CATOLICAS POR EL DERECHO A DECIDIR AC — support for the transforming from diversity project to disseminate faith narratives for lgbtq+ communities.
Largest: $160,000 to Derechos Digitales — to support a network of latin american organizations working on the protection and promotion of human rights in digital environments.
Largest: $450,000 to ONG Centro de Promocin y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos — just societies
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
8 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $350,000 to CENTRO MEXICANO DE DERECHO AMBIENTAL AC — enable the organization to achieve its mission to promote and defend the right to a healthy environment in mexico, with a multidisciplinary and collective approach, for the protect…
Largest: $170,000 to FUNDACION DERECHOS ECONOMICOS SOCIALES Y CULTURALES PARA AMERICA LATINA — for its project on deepening citizenship through investigative journalism
Largest: $90,000 to Asistencia Legal por los Derechos Humanos AC — consolidation of the accusatorial justice system in oaxaca, mexico
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →