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.

  • Johns Hopkins University 2012

    A grant to conduct in-depth field studies in six Baltimore City Public Schools focused on principals who have improved school climate, resulting in better attendance, fewer suspensions and higher student engagement.

  • Johns Hopkins University 2012

    A grant to enable the Institute for Policy Studies to conduct cost-benefit analyses of prosecuting youth as adults, rather than as youth, and detaining youth pre-trial in a proposed new adult jail, rather than in existing juvenile detention facilities.

  • Jonah Engle 2012

    Engle, a journalist, will investigate the economic and institutional interests that profit from the War on Drugs.

  • Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law 2012

    A grant to redirect misspent public investments in incarceration toward effective mental health treatment and stable supportive housing alternatives that reduce the number of people in prison and promote successful reentry.

  • Justice Policy Institute 2012

    A grant to engage in research, policy advocacy and communications efforts to promote criminal justice reform in Maryland.

  • Justice Strategies 2012

    A grant to support Justice Strategies.

  • Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana 2012

    A grant to continue to implement the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Graham v. Florida that banned the sentence of life without parole for juveniles convicted of non-homicide offenses in Louisiana.

  • Juvenile Life Without Parole Defense Resource Center, Barry University School of Law 2012

    A grant to continue to implement in Florida the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Graham v. Florida that banned the sentencing of life without parole for juveniles convicted of non-homicide offenses and to expand litigation efforts to homicide offenses.

  • Juvenile Regional Services 2012

    A grant to support the Client & Investigative Services Units and technical assistance for strategic planning efforts.

  • Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization 2012

    A grant to create the largest comprehensive leadership development initiative for young Black males in Chicago.

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