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
Aman Saulyk public foundation
2019$24,712Descriptionto advocate for implementation of the Istanbul Protocol standards on documenting torture and ill-treatment by medical institutions in Kazakhstan and address Covid-19 challenges related to activists protection
ThemeHuman Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term8 months
RegionEurasia
Amnesty International Limited
2019$540,000Descriptionto support the Grantee to engage and empower rights-holders in and from the global south and Central Asia to hold East Asia countries’ activities in their regions accountable, through research, community awareness raising and education
ThemeHuman Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramAsia Pacific Regional Office
Eurasia Program
Term2 years
RegionAsia Pacific
Eurasia
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Anti-corruption Research and Education Centre
2019$55,000Descriptionto support a certification program on corruption studies, and organize a regional workshop on cooperation between universities that host similar anti-corruption academic courses
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term1 year
RegionEurope
Anti-Discrimination Center Memorial Brussels
2019$200,000Descriptionto oppose discrimination through litigation, mentoring and by exchange of experience in successful legal cases combined with advocacy action.
ThemeHuman Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term25 months
RegionEurasia
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
Association Green Alternative
2019$50,000Descriptionto review the planned and ongoing development, infrastructure, and investment projects in the energy, transport, and mining sectors of Georgia in order to highlight risks of corruption and noncompliance with EU environmental standards and empower and strengthen the capacities of local communities and civil society groups to protect their social, land, and environmental rights
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Human Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term1 year
RegionEurasia
Bank Information Center
2019$20,000Descriptionto support the Grantee’s work on the third-party facilitation of asset restitution
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term13 months
RegionEurasia
FunderOpen Society Policy Center Inc.
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
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