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
Accountability Lab
2019$15,000Descriptionto facilitate a two-way learning and ideas exchange across topics including creating a learning culture, communicating impacts, and indicator development
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term15 months
RegionGlobal
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Accountability Lab
2019$25,000Descriptionto provide leadership development for five organizational leaders who oversee the organizational Lab mission of supporting young people who have ideas and initiatives around integrity and accountability to solve social problems in their countries, through the uses of technology, arts, and culture
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term1 year
RegionGlobal
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
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
African Women's Development and Communications Network - FEMNET
2019$180,000Descriptionto provide general support
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term18 months
RegionAfrica
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Aman Saulyk public foundation
2019$24,712Descriptionto advocate for implementation of the Istanbul Protocol standards on documenting torture and ill-treatment by medical institutions in Kazakhstan and address Covid-19 challenges related to activists protection
ThemeHuman Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term8 months
RegionEurasia
Amnesty International Limited
2019$540,000Descriptionto support the Grantee to engage and empower rights-holders in and from the global south and Central Asia to hold East Asia countries’ activities in their regions accountable, through research, community awareness raising and education
ThemeHuman Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramAsia Pacific Regional Office
Eurasia Program
Term2 years
RegionAsia Pacific
Eurasia
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC)
2019$28,000Descriptionto support the Anti-Corruption Action Center on internal leadership development, development of a revenue generation model, and external communications capacity
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term17 months
RegionEurope
FunderOpen Society Policy Center Inc.
Anti-corruption Research and Education Centre
2019$55,000Descriptionto support a certification program on corruption studies, and organize a regional workshop on cooperation between universities that host similar anti-corruption academic courses
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term1 year
RegionEurope
Anti-Discrimination Center Memorial Brussels
2019$200,000Descriptionto oppose discrimination through litigation, mentoring and by exchange of experience in successful legal cases combined with advocacy action.
ThemeHuman Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term25 months
RegionEurasia
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