Our Funders

New Tactics in Human Rights is made possible by the support of a number of generous funders. New Tactics has also generated earned income from the sale of materials or honoraria from participating in events sponsored by other institutions. It has benefited from thousands of hours of work from organizations, individual volunteers, interns, and professionals who donated their skills in areas as diverse as publication layout, strategic planning, public relations, and database design.

The program currently receives funding from the following sources:

  • Holthues Trust
  • Telemachus: Foundation to Empower the Poor and End War
  • The National Endowment for Democracy
  • U. S. Department of State
  • Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Jordan
  • USAID Civic Initiative Support Program
  • Piper Fund, a Proteus Fund Initiative
  • Schooner Foundation
  • Individuals and foundations that wish to remain anonymous

In the past, the program has received support from the following sources:

  • DanChurchAid
  • Freedom House
  • Ford Foundation (Chile office)
  • Fund for Global Human Rights
  • Global Opportunity Fund of the British Government
  • ICCO (The Interchurch Organisation for Development Co-operation)
  • International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC)
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
  • Open Society Foundations:The Information Program
  • Open Society Foundations: Arab Regional Office
  • Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
  • Rockefeller Foundation and the Foundation’s Bellagio Conference Center
  • The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
  • The Henry M. Jackson Foundation
  • The Moriah Fund
  • The Jacob & Hilda Blaustein Foundation
  • The Nathan Cummings Foundation
  • The National Endowment for Democracy
  • The National Philanthropic Trust
  • The Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation
  • The Reebok Human Rights Foundation
  • The Sigrid Rausing Trust (formerly known as the Ruben and Elisabeth Rausing Trust)
  • United States Institute of Peace
  • Individuals and foundations that wish to remain anonymous


The opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed on this site are those of New Tactics and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funders.