Funding

HURIDOCS is able to help human rights defenders mobilise information, thanks to the generous contributions of our supporters. We receive funding from a mix of sources:

  • Grants from philanthropic foundations, diplomatic and development agencies, and private companies
  • Payments from human rights partner organisations for services that we provide
  • Individual donations

Institutional Funders

  • Open Society Foundations

    Open Society Foundations has been supporting HURIDOCS since 2009 and currently provides general support for our organisational development.

  • Oak Fundation

    Oak Foundation has been supporting HURIDOCS since 2011 and currently provides general support for our organisational development.

  • Google

    Google currently provides general support for our research on machine learning and natural language processing for HURIDOCS’ Uwazi software.

  • The European Commission supports our work of monitoring and improving the economic, social, and cultural rights of disadvantaged groups in Türkiye.

  • The Alfred Landecker Foundation supports our work of documenting violations in Ukraine to strengthen accountability and future justice initiatives.

  • The Permanent Mission of Denmark to the UN in Geneva is currently funding our work to co-create the future of digital investigations with human rights defenders.

  • The Sigrid Rausing Trust

    The Sigrid Rausing Trust supports our work of documenting violations in Ukraine to strengthen accountability and future justice initiatives.

  • Government of Lichtentein

    The Principality of Liechtenstein’s Office for Foreign Affairs provides general operating support.

  • Ville de_Genève

    The Ville de Genève supports our work of strengthening the self-protection capabilities of organisations and communities defending human rights in Chiapas, Mexico.

  • Däster-Schild Stiftung

    Däster-Schild Stiftung supports our work of strengthening documentation initiatives for human rights defenders and the further development of our tool Uwazi.

  • The Digital Defenders Partnership supports our work around building a network of documenters around the globe and equipping them with tools for rapid response documentation.

  • Capital Group

    Capital Group currently provides general support for our organisational development.

  • Okta supports our work on advancing Tech for Good thought leadership through its Nonprofit Technology Fellowship.

  • Temenos is funding HURIDOCS’ core work with a specific focus on technology development. 

  • The Silicon Valley Community Foundation supports our general operational work. 

  • The Irene M. Staehelin Stiftung supports organisations in need of pro bono services through our newly established Documentation Fund.. 

  • GitHub, through its Tech for Social Good Open Source Community Manager Programme, supports HURIDOCS with the training and onboarding of a volunteer DPG Community Manager.

HURIDOCS is the beneficiary of two main types of institutional grants: ones that support our general operations, and ones that support specific projects. Our current funders are:

Past donors

We would like to express our gratitude to all funders past and present for recognising the importance of not only preserving human rights information, but making it accessible and actionable.

Check out a full list of our past institutional funders here.


Partners

Part of HURIDOCS’ strategy is to partner with human rights groups and create solutions for their specific documentation and information management needs. We often receive payment to cover these services, which then fund our operations and activities.

To all of our partners who have given us the gift of trust and support, thank you!


Individual donors

People from all walks of life have given to HURIDOCS, and we are deeply appreciative of their support. These individual donations fund our continued operations and activities.

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