now is the time for funders to BOLDLY SUPPORT MOVEMENTS that are leading us toward a more just future.
About HRFN
We are a network of funders resourcing human rights action around the world.
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Network Priorities
See our areas of focus and how we work to advance open philanthropy.
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Our People
Meet the human rights funding advocates on our staff and steering committee.
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three decades of TRANSFORMING
human rights philanthropy
For 30 years, Human Rights Funders Network (HRFN) has brought funders together to collaborate, strategize, and advance the field of global human rights grantmaking. Today, we are crafting an HRFN that relentlessly builds toward justice, works with love, and continues to serve as a space for funders to strategize together and with movements.
Our Vision
We envision a peaceful future where rights are protected and upheld, the planet is cared for, and all people can live and love with dignity.
Our Mission
We are a network of funders from the Global South, East, and North dedicated to resourcing human rights action around the world.
Our Values
HRFN upholds six core values that we believe are needed to advance open philanthropy.
focus areas to
TRANSFORM THE FIELD
HRFN supports ALL areas of human rights through our research and network. At the same time, we have identified five priority areas in our 2021-2025 strategy with the potential to create urgent and necessary change in the current funding landscape. In each, we have dedicated programming and opportunities for members to get involved.
Meet the team behind HRFN
Jen Bokoff
Director of Development, Disability Rights Fund and the Disability Rights Advocacy Fund
Mukami Marete
Executive Director, UHAI - the East Africa Sexual Health and Rights Initiative (UHAI EASHRI)
Rachel Freed (co-chair)
Vice President and Chief Program Officer, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Ximena Andión Ibañez
Program Officer, Mexico and Central America, Ford Foundation
Former Steerting Committee Members
- Ana Valeria Araujo
- Anna Yelk
- Annie Hillar
- Annmarie Benedict
- Dave Scamell
- Diana Samarasan
- Emily Martinez
- Hanan Elmasu
- James Logan
- Johanna Mendelson Forman
- John Kowal
- John Taylor
- Julia Greenberg
- Julie Richardson
- Kari Suzuki Bardy
- Kica Matos
- Lesley Carson
- Louis Bickford
- Maitri Moraji
- Mandy Van Deven
- Mary Miller Flowers
- Melanie Oliviero
- Michael Hirschhorn
- Mona Khan
- Mona Younis
- Monette Zard
- Monica Aleman Cunningham
- Nikhil Aziz
- Puja Dhawan
- Rebecca Rittgers
- Regan Ralph
- Selma Moreira
- Shalini Nataraj
- Steve Cheifetz
- Steve Riskin
- Surita Sandosham
- Tirza Leibowitz
- Tom Leney
- Valentine Doyle
- Wanja Muguongo
