OPEN PHILANTHROPY: shifting resources and power
Open philanthropy is defined as funding shaped for and by human rights movements. Open philanthropy actively shares power, advances justice, and responds to intersecting forms of oppression.
Advancing Human Rights
RESEARCH
Our Advancing Human Rights research tracks the evolving state of human rights philanthropy.
GRANTMAKING PRINCIPLES:
Guidance for Funders
The Human Rights Grantmaking Principles are a tool to help transform philanthropy by improving grantmaking practices.
HRFN’S GLOBAL CONFERENCES
HRFN’s global conferences offer a space for members to gather, learn, strategize, and imagine new possibilities for human rights philanthropy. See recaps from our most recent conferences, our Funding Futures Festivals in Tbilisi, Georgia 2024 and Oaxaca, Mexico 2022. Stay tuned for updates on our next global conference in 2026.
COMMUNITiES
of practice
We facilitate communities of practice (formerly working groups), such as upcoming groups focused on racial justice, intersectionality, and strategic responses to crises.
NETWORK STORIES
What our community is up to
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