Human Rights & Civil Liberties

Supporting fundamental rights and freedoms protected by law, with a focus on immigration, journalism, reproductive rights, and fighting antisemitism.
Grantees
91
Grants
342
Awarded
$38.4M
(Top Left) Voters cast their ballots on Election Day - Photo by Paul Richards/AFP via Getty Images; (Bottom Left) Aurora Humanitarian Initiative Aurora Prize Laureate Mirza Dinnayi at Inaugural Aurora Forum, Yerevan, Armenia, 2019 - Photo by Ani Mnatsakanyan; (Center) Indonesian Presidential candidate and former Central Java governor Ganjar Pranowo speaks to journalists outside the TPN party headquarters, 2024 - Photo by Mas Agung Wilis/AFP
Indonesian Presidential candidate and former Central Java governor Ganjar Pranowo speaks to journalists outside the TPN party headquarters, 2024 - Photo by Mas Agung Wilis/AFP

Foundation Initiatives

Archives Initiative

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The pioneering Archives Initiative safeguards and ensures access, by scholars and the public, to vital historical information at a wide range of cultural institutions, primarily in New York City.

Featured Grants

Committee to Protect Journalists
Human Rights & Civil Liberties Archives

Committee to Protect Journalists

Immigrant Justice Corps
Human Rights & Civil Liberties

Immigrant Justice Corps

Election Integrity Programs
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Brennan Center for Justice

Center for Reproductive Rights
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Center for Reproductive Rights

Academic Engagement Network
Human Rights & Civil Liberties

Academic Engagement Network

The City
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The City

More Grants

Human Rights First

The Foundation has supported HRF's work to provide legal representation for refugees, to combat the resurgence of antisemitism in the U.S., and to advance policies that uphold human rights.

UJA-Federation of New York

The Foundation supported the Israel Emergency Fund in 2023.

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

The Foundation supported emergency relief efforts in Ukraine in 2023.

ProPublica

The Foundation gives general operating support to ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force.

Aurora Humanitarian Initiative

The Foundation supported the Vartan Gregorian Humanitarian Fund, in honor of the late Vartan Gregorian, a scholar and former president of the New York Public Library.

Planned Parenthood of Greater New York

Supporting women's health and reproductive rights, the Foundation gives general operating grants to PPGNY.

Robert A. Katzmann Lecture Series Endowment at NYU School of Law

The Foundation helped endow this lecture series in honor of the late Judge Robert Katzmann of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Judge Katzmann Access to Justice Summer Public Interest Fellowship at Yale Law School

The Foundation helped endow this fellowship in honor of the late Judge Robert Katzmann’s distinguished career and scholarship.
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