now is the time for funders to BOLDY SUPPORT MOVEMENTS that are leading us toward a more just future.
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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 almost 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, our strategy identifies five priority areas 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
Ciciley (CC) Moore
Jen Bokoff
Maria Amália Souza
Mukami Marete
Rachel Freed (co-chair)
Tracey Gurd
Former Steerting Committee Members
Julie Richardson
Melanie Oliviero
Steve Cheifetz
Anna Yelk
Tom Leney
Johanna Mendelson Forman
Surita Sandosham
Kari Suzuki Bardy
Shalini Nataraj
John Kowal
John Taylor
Julia Greenberg
Steve Riskin
Rebecca Rittgers
Valentine Doyle
Mona Khan
Monette Zard
Kica Matos
Emily Martinez
Nikhil Aziz
James Logan
Annmarie Benedict
Michael Hirschhorn
Lesley Carson
Diana Samarasan
Ana Valeria Araujo
Louis Bickford
Mary Miller Flowers
Annie Hillar
Wanja Muguongo
Puja Dhawan
Dave Scamell
Mandy Van Deven
Hanan Elmasu
Tirza Leibowitz
Regan Ralph (USA)
Selma Moreira (Brazil)
Monica Aleman Cunningham
Maitri Moraji
