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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American Jewish World Service, Inc.
2019$200,000Descriptionto support promoting economic justice in Thailand with a special focus on the promotion and defense of land & natural resource rights for local communities
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramAsia Pacific Regional Office
Term2 years
RegionAsia Pacific
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
American University
2019$40,000DescriptionTo encourage cross-sector collaborative relationships between the comedy and social justice sectors
ThemeHealth & Rights
Referring ProgramInternational Migration Initiative
Public Health Program
Term15 months
RegionUnited States
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Amnesty International Ireland
2019$69,950Descriptionto host and coordinate a three-day summit in Cork, Ireland in November 2019 to assist, inspire, and provide support to facilitate the development of community sponsorship programs across the world
Referring ProgramInternational Migration Initiative
Term3 months
RegionGlobal
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
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
Amnesty International Limited
2019$199,996Descriptionto improve state regulation and corporate accountability for recruitment abuses against migrant workers in Asia and the Middle East
Referring ProgramInternational Migration Initiative
Term2 years
Region
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Amnesty International USA, Inc.
2019$150,000Descriptionto build upon community sponsorship efforts undertaken by the Grantee in 2018 to educate the American public and engage communities in welcoming refugees through community sponsorship
Referring ProgramInternational Migration Initiative
Term15 months
RegionGlobal
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Anti-Racism Movement
2019$218,280Descriptionto support the Grantee's Migrant Community Centers to grow in size and scope, improve the quality and effectiveness of their services, and to support capacity-building for the Grantee's staff
Referring ProgramInternational Migration Initiative
Middle East and North Africa Program
Term2 years
RegionMiddle East and North Africa
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights
2019$266,338Descriptionto provide organizational support to the grantee
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Referring ProgramAsia Pacific Regional Office
Term3 years
RegionAsia Pacific
FunderOpen Society Policy Center Inc.
ASEAN Youth Forum
2019$150,000Descriptionto provide organizational support
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Referring ProgramAsia Pacific Regional Office
Term2 years
RegionAsia Pacific
FunderOpen Society Policy Center Inc.
Asia Catalyst Inc.
2019$200,000Descriptionto support an online training platform to increase the capacity of human rights advocates, and to help build the Grantee's expansion of training and advocacy work in Southeast Asia
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Referring ProgramAsia Pacific Regional Office
Term2 years
RegionAsia Pacific
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
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