Awarded Grants
The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and inclusive democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. The vast majority of the grants made by Open Society are to organizations, but we also award a limited number of grants to individuals, primarily through scholarships and fellowships offered across a number of different programs.
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972 Advancement of Citizen Journalism
2019$300,000Descriptionto support Local Call's continued development, in partnership with Just Vision, as an independent media organisation
ThemeJournalism
Referring ProgramIndependent Journalism Program
Middle East and North Africa Program
Term2 years
RegionMiddle East and North Africa
ACRONYM
2019$390,000Descriptionto support advocacy on government accountability
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Referring ProgramOpen Society-U.S.
Term4 months
RegionUnited States
FunderOpen Society Policy Center Inc.
Afesis-Corplan
2019$281,454DescriptionFunds to support this grant are drawn from AOSI’s Joint Fund to Promote and Advance Constitutionalism in South Africa (the "Constitutionalism Fund"), a collaboration among The Atlantic Philanthropies, the Ford Foundation and the Open Society Foundations. The Constitutionalism Fund has a mandate to support the efforts of civil society organizations to promote and advance constitutionalism in South Africa. In addition, emphasis is placed on internal institutional transformation such that key organizations in the field reflect the national demographic. This mandate also extends to the sustainability and transformation of the field more broadly. The grant is made consistent with this mandate and in support of the Grantee’s submitted and approved proposal and budget
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Term3 years
RegionAfrica
FunderAlliance for Open Society International Inc.
African Union
2019$500,000Descriptionto strengthen the capacity of the Grantee’s Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture and Regional Economic Communities to advance intra-Africa Trade in Agricultural commodities and Services through the Africa free Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term2 years
RegionAfrica
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Al-Bawsala
2019$400,000Descriptionto provide general support
Referring ProgramMiddle East and North Africa Program
Term2 years
RegionMiddle East and North Africa
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
2019$450,000Descriptionto support the Grantee’s work on a climate justice campaign in Africa
ThemeHuman Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramHuman Rights Initiative
Term3 years
RegionAfrica
FunderOpen Society Policy Center Inc.
Alliance for Youth Action
2019$500,000Descriptionto support policy advocacy on youth engagement
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Referring ProgramOpen Society-U.S.
Term15 months
RegionUnited States
FunderOpen Society Policy Center Inc.
Allied Media Projects
2019$260,000Descriptionto provide general support
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Economic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramOpen Society-U.S.
Term2 years
RegionUnited States
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Allied Media Projects
2019$500,000Descriptionto support 18 Million Rising, a project of the Grantee which uses technology and social media to increase civic engagement among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Referring ProgramOpen Society-U.S.
Term18 months
RegionUnited States
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
America's Voice
2019$450,000Descriptionto support policy advocacy on immigration
Referring ProgramOpen Society-U.S.
Term1 year
RegionUnited States
FunderOpen Society Policy Center Inc.
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