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