Fund for Global Human Rights

Who we are

We are a global team of fundraisers, grantmakers, technical experts, and activists with decades of experience supporting grassroots human rights movements across the globe.

We were founded in 2002 by a small group of activists and donors with a simple idea: that funding should go directly to people whose rights have been violated, because they are best placed to develop sustainable solutions and push for transformational change.

Since then, we’ve delivered over $166 million to human rights activists, organizations, and movements in more than 90 countries.

Our culture and values

Respect

• We respect people for who they are and provide them space to bring their experience and expertise to bear.
• We are transparent, listen actively and attentively.
• We express our gratitude for the contributions of our colleagues and partners.

Integrity

• We are open, honest, trustworthy, committed, and keep our promises.
• We have the courage to be vulnerable, accept and learn from our mistakes.
• We hold ourselves and each other accountable

Agility

• We assess our work candidly and learn from both our successes and our failures.
• We embrace change and are ready to do things differently where needed.
• We renew, adapt, and change quickly when we need to.

Sustainability

• We carefully steward FGHR’s resources—human and financial.
• We don’t jeopardize our values for the sake of growth.
• We always consider the environmental impact of our decisions.

Inclusivity

• We create a culture of warmth and belonging, where everyone is welcomed and valued equally
• We own our individual power and privileges and make sure these are not a barrier to inclusion, equity and respect.
• We trust each other’s experiences of exclusion and address our conscious and unconscious biases.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

Having a diverse workforce, made up of team members who bring a wide variety of skills, 
abilities, lived experiences and perspectives, is essential to the FGHR’s success. We are 
committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity, inclusion, and respect. 

FGHR is committed to ensuring that all our people and job applicants are treated fairly in an 
environment which is free from discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and seek to 
engage a diverse range of people regardless where, what or whom they were born, or because of 
other characteristics. We want to engage difference beyond characteristics protected by 
legislation, to observed and unobserved traits. We respect the cultures, norms, practices, and 
traditions of all people and display cultural sensitivity to the communities and people in countries 
where we operate. This policy covers any and all aspects of the Funds operations, how we treat 
those who work for and with us and how we recruit or engage others to join that community.