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
Associacao Observatorio de Politicas Publicas da Perpectiva de Genero
2019$75,000Descriptionto support the Grantee’s work on defending the African Commission of Human and Peoples Rights
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Referring ProgramAfrica Regional Office
Term14 months
RegionAfrica
FunderOpen Society Policy Center Inc.
Association des jeunes pour la citoyennete active et la democratie
2019$60,000Descriptionto promote vibrant youth participation in electoral processes and promote peer learning among West African youth
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Referring ProgramAfrica Regional Office
Term18 months
RegionAfrica
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Beta-Local
2019$100,000Descriptionto support social justice art projects in in Puerto Rico
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Referring ProgramCulture and Art
Open Society-U.S.
Term1 year
RegionUnited States
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Biennale of Sydney
2019$200,000Descriptionto support the 22nd Biennale of Sydney, an exhibition and conference for indigenous and First Nations artists
Referring ProgramCulture and Art
Term11 months
RegionAsia Pacific
Global
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
2019$120,000Descriptionto develop the first publicly accessible hub on the nature and scale of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) across the world, in order to stop the use of SLAPPs as a tool to limit civic activism
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Human Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramAfrica Regional Office
Human Rights Initiative
Term2 years
RegionGlobal
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Center for International Policy
2019$360,000Descriptionto partially support the Grantee’s charitable operations and to partially support the Grantee’s work on a database of foreign government think tanks contributions
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Referring ProgramAfrica Regional Office
Middle East and North Africa Program
Term1 year
RegionAfrica
Latin America and The Caribbean
United States
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Collaborative Centre for Gender and Development (CCGD)
2019$60,000Descriptionto support the Grantee's work on youth responsive budgeting and accountability in Kenya
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Referring ProgramAfrica Regional Office
Term2 years
RegionAfrica
FunderOpen Society Policy Center Inc.
Community Aid and Development
2019$20,000Descriptionto support ongoing community outreach and engagement for the three-part documentary series, Surviving R Kelly
Referring ProgramCulture and Art
Open Society-U.S.
Term5 months
RegionUnited States
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Drik Picture Library Ltd.
2019$25,000Descriptionto support “Chobi Mela X,” a biennial international festival of photography to educate and engage participants on social justice and human rights issues in South Asia and beyond
Referring ProgramCulture and Art
Term1 month
RegionAsia Pacific
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
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