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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Arcus Operating Foundation
2016$687,000Descriptionto provide general support
ThemeEquality & Antidiscrimination
Health & Rights
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Human Rights Initiative
Public Health Program
Term1 year
RegionEurasia
Europe
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
ART INITIATIVES
2016$25,000DescriptionTo support core activities of the STAB collective, an interdisciplinary critical thinking laboratory and public discussion in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term10 months
RegionEurasia
AUCO Fulcrum
2016$24,500DescriptionProtecting rights of LGBT in Ukraine 2015
ThemeEquality & Antidiscrimination
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Human Rights Initiative
Term1 year
RegionEurope
Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
2016$300,000Descriptionto provide general support
ThemeHuman Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Human Rights Initiative
Term1 year
RegionEurasia
Europe
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
CEC ArtsLink, Inc.
2016$200,000Descriptionto support the pilot Platform Art Prospect Eurasia program
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term17 months
RegionEurasia
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Central Eurasian Studies Society, Inc.
2016$53,000Descriptionto provide funding for thirty Eurasian scholars to attend the CESS annual meeting at Princeton University in November 2016
ThemeHuman Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term13 months
RegionEurasia
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Central European University
2016$76,408Descriptionto support a six-day workshop for 17 policy fellows aimed at developing capacity of researchers and think tanks in Moldova, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan in order to help produce individuals better equipped to participate in the exchange of ideas and to contribute to discussion and debate on matters of public interest, whether locally, regionally, or globally
ThemeHuman Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term9 months
RegionEurasia
Europe
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Centre for Civil and Political Rights
2016$24,726DescriptionEnsuring the full implementation of the Human Rights Committee’s recommendations in Kazakhstan (Phase I)
ThemeHuman Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term7 months
RegionEurasia
Centre for European Security Studies
2016$68,050Descriptionto support the re-launch of EU-Central Asia Monitoring (EUCAM), a project of the Grantee, which seeks to strengthen EU policies towards Central Asia through research, advocacy, and networking
ThemeHuman Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term14 months
RegionEurasia
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Civil Initiative on Internet Policy (CIIP) Public Foundation
2016$72,535Descriptionto promote the transparent and accountable process of allocating licenses to mobile operators in Central Asia and Azerbaijan in order to prevent corrupt practices and promote an independent telecommunications sector capable of guarding against censorship and privacy intrusions, thereby preserving the sector as a source of independent information and a platform for public discourse
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term1 year
RegionEurasia
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
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