Programs
U.S. Programs

Grantees

Grantees

The Open Society Foundations U.S. Programs aims to address core threats to open society, including increasingly punitive national security policies, decreasing government transparency, entrenched structural racism, and growing incarceration rates.

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Chesapeake, Inc. 2012

    A grant to strengthen black families by helping young African American boys achieve academically, socially, and emotionally so they are prepared for life after high school.

  • Center for Law and Social Policy 2012

    A grant to continue work related to bridging national policy, advocacy, and on-the-ground practice to expand opportunities for young black men.

  • CIN Inc. 2012

    A grant to advance community philanthropy in Black Male Achievement among African American donors and giving circles.

  • Color of Change 2012

    A grant to provide $300,000 in project funding for Color of Change to develop and implement a Black Men and Boys Culture Project for the period from May 1, 2012 through April 30, 2014; and $100,000 in project funding to support Color of Change’s public education efforts tied to the evolving case of Trayvon Martin for the period from April 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013.

  • Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. 2012

    A grant to support the Black Male Achievement Research Collaborative, a collective of scholars devoted to disseminating research that provides social context and counter-narratives to the negative statistics used to characterize black men and boys; and to provide expertise and technical assistance to the Expanded Success Initiative of the NYC Young Men’s Initiative.

  • Firelight Media Inc. 2012

    A grant to support efforts to raise awareness about the school-to-prison pipeline and train local youth advocates as media and film producers.

  • Frontline Solutions, Inc. 2012

    A grant to research strategies and models utilized by faith institutions for supporting positive life outcomes of Black males, and to engage leaders of faith institutions to partner with the Campaign for Black Male Achievement and its goals.

  • Grantmakers for Education 2012

    A grant to convene education grantmakers in the United States, address the challenges and opportunities of education grantmaking, and explore methods of improving student achievement, opportunity, and learning.

  • Higher Achievement Program, Inc. 2012

    A grant to promote educational and social change for black males as middle school scholars and adult mentors.

  • Insight Center for Community Economic Development 2012

    A grant to conduct a qualitative study to better understand and convey the experience of noncustodial black fathers.

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