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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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
Front Line: The International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
2019$1,425,000Descriptionto provide organizational support
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Human Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramAsia Pacific Regional Office
Eurasia Program
Human Rights Initiative
Middle East and North Africa Program
Term3 years
RegionAsia Pacific
Eurasia
Global
Middle East and North Africa
FunderOpen Society Policy Center Inc.
Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture (OMCT)
2018$855,000Descriptionto provide general support
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Health & Rights
Human Rights Movements & Institutions
Justice Reform & The Rule Of Law
Referring ProgramAsia Pacific Regional Office
Eurasia Program
Human Rights Initiative
Middle East and North Africa Program
Term1 year
RegionAsia Pacific
Eurasia
Global
Middle East and North Africa
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Tides Foundation
2018$500,000Descriptionto support Freedom to Marry Global, a fiscally sponsored project of the Grantee, to strengthen expertise and awareness of strategic communications among LGBTI organizations
ThemeEquality & Antidiscrimination
Referring ProgramAsia Pacific Regional Office
Eurasia Program
Human Rights Initiative
Term2 years
RegionAfrica
Asia Pacific
Eurasia
Europe
Latin America and The Caribbean
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture (OMCT)
2017$690,000Descriptionto provide general support
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Human Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramAsia Pacific Regional Office
Eurasia Program
Human Rights Initiative
Term1 year
RegionAsia Pacific
Eurasia
Global
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
PILnet: The Global Network for Public Interest Law
2017$520,000Descriptionto contribute towards the Grantee's core work to use pro bono lawyers to affect change and provide legal support to marginalised communities to enable them to exercise their rights
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Human Rights Movements & Institutions
Justice Reform & The Rule Of Law
Referring ProgramAsia Pacific Regional Office
Eurasia Program
Human Rights Initiative
Middle East and North Africa Program
Open Society Initiative for Europe
Term1 year
RegionAsia Pacific
Eurasia
Europe
Global
Middle East and North Africa
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Rights Reporter Foundation
2017$178,800Descriptionto support video advocacy work to amplify civil society efforts in raising awareness of the impact of repressive drug policies and of harm reduction funding crisis on access to health services for people who use drugs
ThemeEquality & Antidiscrimination
Health & Rights
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Global Drug Policy Program
Public Health Program
Term18 months
RegionAsia Pacific
Eurasia
Europe
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
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