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
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
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
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
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
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