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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Africans Rising for Justice, Peace and Dignity
2019$50,000Descriptionto provide general support
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Referring ProgramAfrica Regional Office
Term1 year
RegionAfrica
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
AMKENI Malindi CBO
2019$50,000Descriptionto support the Granteee in taking a more inclusive approach to serving the LGBTIQ community by including work specifically targeting LBQ and transgender people
Referring ProgramHuman Rights Initiative
Term2 years
RegionAfrica
Bar Hostess Empowerment and Support Program (BHESP)
2019$50,000DescriptionBHESP proposes to revive its legal empowerment initiatives for sex workers and other Key Populations in Nairobi. Their proposed initiative will also contribute to the process of institutionalizing inclusive legal aid by bringing the perspectives of the Key Populations into the process of standardization of paralegal training and setting up administrative and accreditation processes of legal aid services
Term1 year
RegionAfrica
Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Oxford
2019$30,000Descriptionto support the Blavatnik School's work on the Malawi Commission on the Economy
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Term2 years
RegionAfrica
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Christian Brothers Mary Rice Centre Kenya
2019$30,000Descriptionto strengthen vocational training for youth with disabilities in Kibera slums of Kenya
ThemeHealth & Rights
Term1 year
RegionAfrica
Elimika Wikiendi
2019$42,200Descriptionto fight against sexual exploitation of women and girls and provide a safe space for them to speak out through evidence-based stories
Term18 months
RegionAfrica
Elites and Brainstormers Youth Group
2019$42,223DescriptionTo provide support for charitable activities including bi-monthly feminists fora
Referring ProgramHuman Rights Initiative
Term2 years
RegionAfrica
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT)
2019$50,000DescriptionTo advocate for palliative care into the national health policy and address barriers on pain relief
ThemeHealth & Rights
Term2 years
RegionAfrica
Fellowship
2019$41,000DescriptionTo expand and continue production on the “After Migration” project, which uses fashion photography and prose to reposition the lens through which migrants are depicted.
Referring ProgramCulture and Art
Term2 years
RegionAfrica
FunderOpen Society Institute
HAKIZETU ORGANIZATION
2019$40,000Descriptionto continue empowering women and girls to break the silence on gender based violence in Tanzania
Term2 years
RegionAfrica
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