Humanis Foundation

What Humanis Foundation does

Humanist and Social Innovation Foundation operates as a regional nonprofit organization that supports social justice initiatives in Southeast Asia. The foundation provides grants and participatory grantmaking programs to local civil society groups and community organizations. Its work focuses on three main themes: gender equality, diversity and inclusion, civic rights in the digital age, and climate justice. Humanist and Social Innovation Foundation publishes research, policy briefs, toolkits, and strategic guidelines that document its programs and share practical approaches. The organization also develops and documents programs that promote sustainable energy access, inclusive local food systems, and rights-based climate action. It works with vulnerable and marginalized communities to strengthen their ability to claim rights and hold powerholders to account.

Name

Humanis Foundation

Legal name

Humanis Foundation

Website

https://humanis.foundation

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Humanis Foundation is a non profit organization that provides gender equality, diversity, and inclusion services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Impact Grantmaking and Civil Society Capacity Building

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental & Climate Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAM), Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB), Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

Keywords

• Gender equality programs
• Climate justice initiatives
• Civic rights advocacy
• Human rights programs
• Grantmaking foundation

Headquarters

HQ city

Dki Jakarta

HQ country

Indonesia

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Humanis Foundation is a Jakarta-based non-profit foundation that provides grant-making, capacity-building, and advocacy support to civil society organizations across Southeast Asia. Its work is organized around three pillars — Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI), Civic Rights in the Digital Age (CRIDA), and Climate Justice — and is funded primarily through institutional grants from government aid agencies and philanthropic foundations.

Product overview

Humanis Foundation is a nonprofit foundation (Yayasan Humanis dan Inovasi Sosial) offering a portfolio of social impact programs rather than a commercial product. The organization operates three main impact areas: Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI), Civic Rights in the Digital Age (CRIDA), and Climate Justice. Under GEDI, programs include Women's Voice and Leadership (We Lead), Free To Be Me, Dayakita Collective Care Fund, and Fearless! Human Rights Defenders. Under CRIDA, programs include Holistic Security Feminist, SPEAK, CREATE, Digital Defenders Partnership, and Connect Defend Act! (CDA). Under Climate Justice, programs include FOCUS, Global Girls Creating Change (G2C2), Urban Futures, MENTARI, REVIVE, FEAST!, and Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA). The organization also offers grant programs including Dayakita grants (Rawat Asa, Semai Setara, Puan Berdaya), Echoes-Sigaw! Grants, and Urun Jaga emergency fund. Publications and knowledge products are also part of the offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 237 communities/organizations reached in 96 districts across 30 provinces in Indonesia through Women's Voice and Leadership program
• +3 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

26 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• HivoscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHivos handed over its Southeast Asia activities to Humanis in 2021. Humanis evolved from Hivos Southeast Asia operations. Ongoing collaboration on programs including Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP), Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA), and Global Girls Creating Change (G2C2). Marco De Ponte, CEO of Hivos, serves on Humanis Board of Trustees.
• WALHI (Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConsortium partner in FOCUS (Fisherfolk Empowerment for Climate Resilience and Sustainability) program focusing on integrated coastal management in Central Java.
• KIARA (Koalisi Rakyat untuk Keadilan Perikanan)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConsortium partner in FOCUS program working on sustainable fisheries and coastal community empowerment.
• PKSPL-IPB (Pusat Kajian Sumber Daya Pesisir dan Lautan IPB)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConsortium partner in FOCUS program providing technical expertise on coastal and marine resource management.
• Prestasi Junior Indonesia (PJI)majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner implementing NURTURE business assistance program under Urban Futures in West Manggarai, supporting youth entrepreneurs in local food systems.
• Restless DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partner in Global Girls Creating Change (G2C2) program working with girls in Brazil, Indonesia, Nepal, and Uganda.
• UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Safeguarding Rural Communities project in Timor-Leste, funded by Green Climate Fund, with government implementing partners.
• Institute of International Studies (IIS) Universitas Gadjah MadamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner developing CoDA (Connect, Defend, Act!) civic spacetime monitoring program and codebook.
• Engage MediaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner supporting digital rights work including DRAPAC conference participation.
• Yayasan BITARAmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal partner in REVIVE program supporting village-owned enterprises managing renewable energy in Sumba.
• Yayasan KoppesdamajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal partner in REVIVE program for renewable energy and economic empowerment in Sumba.
• Perkumpulan Humba HammumajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal partner in REVIVE program in Sumba.
• Forum Aktivis Perempuan Muda IndonesiamajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner organization in We Lead Tana Papua project for young women's leadership on climate issues in Papua.
• Koalisi Kampus untuk Demokrasi PapuamajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner in We Lead Tana Papua project facilitating capacity building in Jayapura and Keerom districts.
• Young Public Servants (YPS)majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPhilippines-based partner for SPARK DEM PH project on youth political participation.
• Hirayang Kabataan (HK)majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPhilippines-based partner for youth civic engagement project.
• AHA! Behavioral DesignmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPhilippines-based partner for SPARK DEM PH project empowering youth political participation.
• Just Associates (JASS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational consortium partner in Women's Voice and Leadership program in Indonesia.
• FAMM IndonesiacoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConsortium partner in Women's Voice and Leadership program.
• Fahmina InstitutecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConsortium partner in Women's Voice and Leadership program.
• Perempuan MahardhikacoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConsortium partner in Women's Voice and Leadership program.
• RahimacoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConsortium partner in Women's Voice and Leadership program.
• Rumah KitaBcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConsortium partner in Women's Voice and Leadership program.
• UNIKA SoegijapranatamajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAcademic partner providing training on Good Handling Practices and Good Manufacturing Practices for coastal communities in Central Java.
• ASPPUK (Asosiasi Pendamping Perempuan Usaha Kecil)majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner in FEAST! program for agricultural sustainability in Flores.
• KRKP (Koalisi Rakyat Kedaulatan Pangan)majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner in FEAST! program for food sovereignty in Flores.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hivos: Hivos is the Dutch parent/incubator from which Humanis evolved; it remains a core strategic partner and shares overlapping programmatic areas (gender, civic rights, climate) in the same geographies. Directly comparable as a peer grantmaker with similar thematic focus.
• Foundation for a Just Society: A private foundation focused on advancing gender, LGBTQ+ rights, and inclusive movements internationally, including in Southeast Asia. Directly comparable as a peer grantmaker funding intersectional social justice work in overlapping geographies.
• Outright International: A global LGBTIQ+ human rights organization with significant Asia-Pacific programming through partners. Comparable to Humanis as a peer advancing SOGIESC rights globally and regionally, including overlapping partnerships through the Free To Be Me consortium.
• Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights: A feminist grantmaking fund providing rapid-response grants to women and LGBTQ+ rights defenders worldwide. Comparable as a participatory grantmaking peer with similar grantee profiles and rapid-response architecture (overlapping with Dayakita/Urun Jaga).

Broad incumbents

• Asia Foundation: A large, established U.S.-based international development organization operating across Asia with grants, capacity building, and policy programs. Comparable to Humanis as a regional grantmaker with cross-country programmatic reach, though with substantially larger scale and budget.
• Open Society Foundations: Major international grantmaker funding human rights, civic space, and gender equality globally — and a current funder of Humanis (SPARK DEM PH). Comparable as a strategic philanthropic backer and peer convener in the same cause areas, though at vastly larger scale.
• Ford Foundation: One of the largest U.S. private foundations, with significant grantmaking in gender, civic rights, and inclusive development globally — including Southeast Asia. Comparable as a mission-aligned grantmaking peer operating at the intersection of social justice and inequality reduction.

Regional players

• Yayasan Solidaritas Perempuan (Solidaritas Perempuan): An Indonesian feminist NGO working on women's rights, gender equality, and violence against women — overlapping with Humanis's We Lead and Dayakita programs. Directly comparable as a regional/national peer in the same thematic and geographic space.
• Perkumpulan Pamflet Generasi: An Indonesian youth-led civil society organization focused on youth civic engagement, pluralism, and digital rights — closely aligned with Humanis's SPARK DEM PH and CREATE programs in Indonesia. Comparable as an emerging regional peer in youth and civic rights programming.

Emerging players

• IIX (Impact Investment Exchange): A Singapore-headquartered impact enterprise operating across Southeast Asia on gender-lens investing, sustainable development, and community resilience — overlapping thematically with Humanis's Climate Justice and women's economic empowerment work, though structured as a financial enterprise rather than a grantmaker.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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