The Human Rights Funders Network is a left-of-center donors collaborative consisting of roughly “95 dues-paying institutions.” The Network’s steering committee consists of representatives from the Oak Foundation, Ford Foundation, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, American Jewish World Service, Open Society Foundations, Wikimedia Foundation, Foundation for a Just Society, Fund for Global Human Rights, and CASA Socio-Environmental Fund. [1]
Leadership
The Human Rights Funders Network is led by Catherine Townsend.
Steering Committee
Members of the steering committee are drawn from different organizations. [2]
- Monica Aleman Cummingham – Ford Foundation
- Hanan Elmasu – Oak Foundation
- Rachel Freed (co-chair) – Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
- Tracey Gurd – American Jewish World Service
- Tirza Leibowitz – Open Society Foundations
- Katy Love – Wikimedia Foundation
- Maitri Morarji (co-chair) – Foundation for a Just Society
- Maitri Morarji (co-chair) – Foundation for a Just Society
- Maria Amália Souza (co-chair) – CASA Socio-Environmental Fund
- Mandy Van Deven – Foundation for a Just Society