Disability Rights Fund, Inc.

The Disability Rights Fund (DRF) is a grantmaking collaborative between donors and the global disability rights community that provides financial and technical resources to organizations of persons with disabilities to advocate for equal rights and full participation in society.

Since 2008, DRF and its sister organization, the Disability Rights Advocacy Fund (DRAF), have funded organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) across the developing world – primarily in Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the Caribbean – to participate in ratification, implementation, and monitoring of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

Through grantmaking, advocacy, and technical assistance, our funds support OPDs to use global rights and development frameworks, such as the CRPD and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in their work, ensuring no one is left behind.

As a pooled fund, the Disability Rights Fund:

• Combines the resources of multiple governmental, private, and public donors
• Enables donors to harmonize their efforts towards disability-inclusive funding
• Reaches grassroots, marginalized, and high risk organizations that larger donors cannot reach
• Facilitates feedback about donor investments in this neglected area of human rights and development
• Demonstrates results of disability-inclusive development