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 Lab
2017$75,000Descriptionto support the grantee's efforts to better learn from its good governance, accountability, and youth engagement work
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term15 months
RegionGlobal
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
American University
2017$150,000Descriptionto enhance the generation of research on Transparency, Participation, and Accountability (TPA)
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term1 year
RegionGlobal
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Data & Society Research Institute
2017$140,000Descriptionto support charitable and educational activities of Identification Technologies, Migrants & Refugees
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Human Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Open Society Initiative for Europe
Term17 months
RegionEurope
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
European Network on Debt and Development
2017$200,000Descriptionto support Tax Justice Europe, a fiscally-sponsored project of the Grantee, to strengthen tax and transparency policies and practices in Europe to prevent the tax evasion and tax abuse that costs developing countries billions of dollars every year, and to ensure Europe becomes a strong advocate for such reform at international level
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term2 years
RegionEurope
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
2017$300,000Descriptionto provide general support
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term2 years
RegionUnited States
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
FUNDAR, Centro de Analisis e Investigacion, A.C.
2017$980,000Descriptionto provide general support to Fundar as it promotes structural changes, public policies and reforms to strengthen democracy and human rights in Mexico
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Economic Equity & Justice
Equality & Antidiscrimination
Human Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Human Rights Initiative
International Migration Initiative
Latin America Program
Term2 years
RegionLatin America and The Caribbean
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
GiveDirectly, Inc.
2017$1,500,000DescriptionGiveDirectly Universal Basic Income Pilot--Kenya
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term3 years
RegionAfrica
Global Integrity
2017$158,416Descriptionto support progress towards increased open fiscal governance at the subnational level in Mexico, as well as learning from the experience for the broader fiscal accountability field in Mexico and around the world
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term18 months
RegionLatin America and The Caribbean
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Global Witness
2017$2,665,000Descriptionto provide general support
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term1 year
RegionGlobal
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
IMPACT Transforming Natural Resource Management
2017$185,086DescriptionPolicy advocacy on ownership transparency
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term27 months
RegionNorth America
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