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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Acción Andina
2019$50,040Descriptionto provide and implement alternatives to reduce the harms of prohibitionist drug policies affecting communities of drug users and coca growers in Bolivia
Referring ProgramGlobal Drug Policy Program
Term1 year
RegionLatin America and The Caribbean
Accion Semilla
2019$96,000Descriptionto provide organizational support
Referring ProgramGlobal Drug Policy Program
Term18 months
RegionLatin America and The Caribbean
FunderOpen Society Policy Center Inc.
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
2019$50,000Descriptionto support the Grantee's mission to become a national center of expertise on drugs and development
Referring ProgramGlobal Drug Policy Program
Term1 year
RegionMiddle East and North Africa
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa
2019$99,620Descriptionto support the Grantee’s final steps in developing the capacity of Southern African People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) organizations
Referring ProgramGlobal Drug Policy Program
Term2 years
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
Andean Information Network
2019$70,000Descriptionto provide general support
Referring ProgramGlobal Drug Policy Program
Term1 year
RegionLatin America and The Caribbean
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
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
Asia Catalyst Inc.
2019$10,000Descriptionto build human rights documentation and advocacy capacity among at least ten opium farmers in Shan State, Myanmar to claim their human rights and request development assistance in civic space
Referring ProgramGlobal Drug Policy Program
Term9 months
RegionAsia Pacific
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
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