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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Accountability Counsel
2019$100,000Descriptionto provide project support to strengthen accountability and improve civic engagement at the World Bank Group
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term6 months
RegionGlobal
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Oxford
2019$62,249Descriptionto support the Grantee’s work on building the capacity of Ugandan researchers, university lecturers and young professional to use food systems conceptual frameworks and develop a food systems curriculum for local universities
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term11 months
RegionAfrica
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Data Protection Support & Management Ltd.
2019$57,135DescriptionTo produce a substantive research report analysing the global push for new national and international digital ID systems by international organisations, donors and technology providers, with specific reference to the absence of corresponding human rights standards.
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term1 year
RegionGlobal
Institute for the Future of Work
2019$100,000Descriptionto support the Institute for the Future of Work (IFOW) to develop four thematic areas of work in its response to future of work challenges. IFOW will trial innovative methods to strengthen the voices of low-income workers in the UK in decision and policy-making in order to ensure that any analysis on future trends or future propositions, focuses on the welfare of the most vulnerable workers in the UK
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term18 months
RegionEurope
Inter-American Dialogue
2019$80,385Descriptionto design and generate consensus on policies and mechanisms for repatriating Venezuelan assets
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term17 months
RegionLatin America and The Caribbean
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Lattice Aguaculture Ltd
2019$80,000Descriptionto carry out a feasibility study to identify the key critical elements required to develop a scalable, sustainable and commercially viable smallholder fish farming business which will maximize incomes for the small-scale fish farmers and bridge the food security and nutrition gap. The deliverable of the feasibility study is a bankable business plan and an effective governance structure for the project that balances the risks and rewards for the investors.
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term10 months
RegionAfrica
New America Foundation
2019$100,000Descriptionto continue building a constituency of civil society organizations working on progressive trade governance and international economic policies in the United States
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term19 months
RegionGlobal
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
New York University
2019$60,000Descriptionto provide support for research on topics of shared capital and digitalization that addresses inequality and exclusion, for dissemination to policymakers and governments participating in the Grand Challenge on Inequality and Exclusion
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term8 months
RegionAfrica
Asia Pacific
Europe
Latin America and The Caribbean
Middle East and North Africa
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Rio Fish Ltd
2019$80,000Descriptionto enhance the capacity of Rio fish to successfully implement Lake Victoria Aquaculture Development programme aimed at Women and Youth Empowerment for Food Security, Income and Livelihood Improvement
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term6 months
RegionAfrica
Rutgers University Foundation
2019$83,000Descriptionto support the Grantee's Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing work on a conference, educational programming and research on worker ownership and unions
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term15 months
RegionUnited States
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
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