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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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
Associacao Transparencia e Integridade
2019$425,000Descriptionto provide Associacao Transparencia e Integridade with general support for 2 years
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Economic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Latin America Program
Term2 years
RegionLatin America and The Caribbean
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
CommonWise Education Inc.
2019$300,000Descriptionto leverage Bronx assets to build collective ownership and wealth at scale for low-income communities of color
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term18 months
RegionUnited States
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Corporate Europe Observatory
2019$330,000Descriptionto support Corporate Europe Observatory in its work to challenge corporate capture of decision-making at the EU and member State level
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Economic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Open Society Initiative for Europe
Term2 years
RegionEurope
Education Fund of the American Center for International Labor Solidarity
2019$300,000Descriptionto build a collective voice for poor and underprivileged Moroccan workers in the red fruits sector by expanding trade union reach and establishing the building blocks for a trade union strategy to organize, represent and advocate for women rights.
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term25 months
RegionMiddle East and North Africa
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Education Fund of the American Center for International Labor Solidarity
2019$485,000Descriptionto support the Grantee’s work to support worker organizing to improve labor rights and standards in Central America and Mexico, and for the founding conference of the International Lawyers Assisting Workers network
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Economic Equity & Justice
Human Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramAsia Pacific Regional Office
Economic Justice Program
International Migration Initiative
Latin America Program
Open Society Justice Initiative
Open Society-U.S.
Roma Initiatives
Term20 months
RegionGlobal
Latin America and The Caribbean
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Fund for the City of New York
2019$300,000Descriptionto support the Open Contracting Partnership, a project of the Grantee, in its work to establish a new norm of disclosure and broad participation in public contracting
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term3 years
RegionGlobal
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
GeneWatch UK
2019$300,000Descriptionto support the Grantee’s work on human rights protection for DNA databases
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term3 years
RegionGlobal
FunderOpen Society Policy Center Inc.
Georgetown University
2019$300,000Descriptionto support educational initiatives that will promote a re-balanced globalization agenda
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term30 months
RegionGlobal
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Global Integrity
2019$350,000Descriptionto support the Grantee to assist locally led efforts to solve governance and development challenges through capacity building, research, and learning
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term26 months
RegionGlobal
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
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