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
American University
2019$200,000DescriptionTo support policy advocacy on copyright reform.
ThemeInformation & Digital Rights
Referring ProgramInformation Program
Term2 years
RegionGlobal
FunderOpen Society Policy Center Inc.
Amnesty International Limited
2019$200,000Descriptionto support the Grantee to play a crucial role in helping to achieve meaningful rights-based regulation of the artificial intelligence and data ecosystem
ThemeInformation & Digital Rights
Referring ProgramInformation Program
Term18 months
RegionGlobal
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Associacao InternetLab de Pequisa em Direito e Tecnologica
2019$100,000Descriptionto support InternetLab advance its Information & Democracy Initiative advocacy strategy – a portfolio of work intended to protect human rights in an era in which Brazilian democracy and society is heavily influenced by social media.
ThemeInformation & Digital Rights
Referring ProgramInformation Program
Term2 years
RegionGlobal
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
AW AlgorithmWatch gGmbH
2019$124,613Descriptionto raise awareness about the use of automated decision-making systems in Europe, to consolidate and strengthen the European Algorithmic Accountability Network, and to further develop and refine AlgorithmWatch’s policy and advocacy strategy.
ThemeInformation & Digital Rights
Referring ProgramInformation Program
Term1 year
RegionGlobal
Black Stripe Foundation NPC
2019$65,000Descriptionto support policy advocacy on copyright reform in South Africa
ThemeInformation & Digital Rights
Referring ProgramInformation Program
Term9 months
RegionGlobal
FunderOpen Society Policy Center Inc.
British Institute of International and Comparative Law
2019$327,170Descriptionto continue work on competitive technology markets and implications for fundamental rights in Europe
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Information & Digital Rights
Referring ProgramInformation Program
Open Society Initiative for Europe
Open Society-U.S.
Term17 months
RegionEurope
Global
Bureau Europeen Des Unions De Consommateurs AISBL
2019$280,000Descriptionto support Bureau Europeen Des Unions De Consommateurs (BEUC) to implement its project “Competition for Fairer Digital Markets”
ThemeInformation & Digital Rights
Referring ProgramInformation Program
Term2 years
RegionGlobal
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