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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ActionAid USA
2019$40,000Descriptionto support stakeholders in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda to link issues of education finance, tax justice and the growth of private actors in education
ThemeEarly Childhood & Education
Referring ProgramEducation Support Program
Term1 year
RegionGlobal
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Arab Council for the Social Sciences
2019$500,000DescriptionTo incubate a new generation of social scientists capable of, and committed to, conducting research for social change, developing and teaching critical approaches to social issues and building new institutions and infrastructures for knowledge production in the MENA region.
ThemeHigher Education
Referring ProgramHigher Education Support Program
Term30 months
RegionMiddle East and North Africa
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Az emberseg erejevel - CUM VIRTUTE HUMANITATIS - Alapitvany
2019$19,420Descriptionto support children and families who live in segregated, low-income neighborhoods in Pécs by providing support for learning, personality development and strengthening community
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Early Childhood & Education
Referring ProgramEarly Childhood Program
Education Support Program
Open Society Initiative for Europe
Term1 year
RegionEurope
Bagázs Közhasznú Egyesület
2019$14,640Descriptionto support children between the age of 5 and 10 living in two segregated Roma settlements in Pest county in securing their rightful access to quality education
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Early Childhood & Education
Referring ProgramEarly Childhood Program
Education Support Program
Open Society Initiative for Europe
Term1 year
RegionEurope
Bank Information Center
2019$470,000Descriptionto support the Grantee's operations and to support the Grantee's projects that oversee the World Bank Group's policies and recommendations
ThemeEarly Childhood & Education
Economic Equity & Justice
Health & Rights
Referring ProgramEducation Support Program
Public Health Program
Term1 year
RegionGlobal
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Bard College
2019$925,000Descriptionto provide operating support for Al-Quds Bard College for Arts and Sciences in the academic year of 2019-2020
ThemeHigher Education
Referring ProgramHigher Education Support Program
Term1 year
RegionMiddle East and North Africa
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Bard College
2019$925,000Descriptionto provide operating support for Al-Quds Bard College for Arts and Sciences in the academic year of 2018/19
ThemeHigher Education
Referring ProgramHigher Education Support Program
Term10 months
RegionMiddle East and North Africa
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Bard College
2019$250,000Descriptionto support the network of undergraduate partner institutions through the development of liberal arts and civic engagement programs
ThemeHigher Education
Referring ProgramHigher Education Support Program
Term15 months
RegionGlobal
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Bard College Berlin A Liberal Arts University GGMBH
2019$314,218Descriptionto support the Open Learning Initiative (OLIve) at Bard College Berlin
ThemeHigher Education
Referring ProgramHigher Education Support Program
Term2 years
RegionEurope
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Birkbeck College, University of London
2019$25,000DescriptionTo support Birkbeck, University of London in commissioning a documentary film to explore the transformative effect of access to higher education for forced migrants.
ThemeHigher Education
Referring ProgramHigher Education Support Program
Term20 months
RegionGlobal
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