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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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 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
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
Association Green Alternative
2019$50,000Descriptionto review the planned and ongoing development, infrastructure, and investment projects in the energy, transport, and mining sectors of Georgia in order to highlight risks of corruption and noncompliance with EU environmental standards and empower and strengthen the capacities of local communities and civil society groups to protect their social, land, and environmental rights
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Human Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term1 year
RegionEurasia
Bank Information Center
2019$20,000Descriptionto support the Grantee’s work on the third-party facilitation of asset restitution
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term13 months
RegionEurasia
FunderOpen Society Policy Center Inc.
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
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