Grants, Scholarships, and fellowships
The Open Society Foundations award grants, scholarships, and fellowships throughout the year to organizations and individuals who share Open Society values. We look for grantees who have a vision and whose efforts will lead to lasting social change. The vast majority of our grants are awarded to organizations that we approach directly, but we do list some open opportunities below. Other funding opportunities are available through Open Society’s network of national and regional foundations.
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Leadership in Government Fellowship
FellowshipOpen Society-U.S. will award individual grants to former senior-level government officials and staff who have played a significant role in advancing social change.
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Latin America Program
OrganizationalThe Latin America Program of the Open Society Foundations focuses its funding on accountability and transparency, drug policy, human rights, citizen security, and homicide reduction.
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Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa
OrganizationalThe Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa invites applications from pro-democracy organizations in the region.
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Local Climate Justice Activism in Central Eastern Europe
OrganizationalThe Open Society Institute–Sofia Foundation, in cooperation with the Open Society European Network, invites applications from groups focused on advancing climate justice on a local level in Central Eastern Europe.
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New Executives Fund
IndividualThe Open Society Fellowship Program’s New Executives Fund provides key support to new nonprofit heads to help organizations navigate leadership transitions.
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Open Society Fellowship
FellowshipThe Open Society Fellowship is designed to support individuals pursuing innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges.
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Puerto Rico Youth Fellowship
FellowshipThe Puerto Rico Youth Fellowships will support a second cohort of activists, aged 18–27, who want to implement a project of their own design to advance human rights in Puerto Rico.
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Soros Arts Fellowship
FellowshipThe Soros Arts Fellowship supports innovative mid-career artists and cultural producers advancing social change around the world. The fellowship provides artists with the resources to develop a large-scale project on their own terms in their own local contexts.
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Soros Equality Fellowship
FellowshipOpen Society-U.S.’s Soros Equality Fellowship seeks to support emerging midcareer professionals whom we believe will become long-term innovative leaders impacting racial justice.
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