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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Asociacion Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia
2019$15,000DescriptionTo ensure people with disabilities (PWD) in Argentina are able to realize their right to health by co-developing a pilot online solution with PWD to address access to justice barriers.
Referring ProgramOpen Society Justice Initiative
Term10 months
RegionLatin America and The Caribbean
Associacao Direitos Humanos em Rede
2019$40,200Descriptionto strengthen the human rights movement in Brazil and foster a wider repetoire of action to fight setbacks by convening a learning exchange for Brazilian civil society with activists from other countries undergoing populist authoritarian regimes
Referring ProgramOpen Society Justice Initiative
Term1 year
RegionLatin America and The Caribbean
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Central European University
2019$103,370Descriptionto support the 5th Annual Legal Empowerment Leadership Course that will encourage, support and cultivate a global cadre of government and civil society leaders who have a common understanding of legal empowerment, particularly of the poor.
Referring ProgramMiddle East and North Africa Program
Open Society Justice Initiative
Open Society-U.S.
Public Health Program
Term9 months
RegionGlobal
Education Fund of the American Center for International Labor Solidarity
2019$485,000Descriptionto support the Grantee’s work to support worker organizing to improve labor rights and standards in Central America and Mexico, and for the founding conference of the International Lawyers Assisting Workers network
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Economic Equity & Justice
Human Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramAsia Pacific Regional Office
Economic Justice Program
International Migration Initiative
Latin America Program
Open Society Justice Initiative
Open Society-U.S.
Roma Initiatives
Term20 months
RegionGlobal
Latin America and The Caribbean
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Haki Centre Organization
2019$115,000Descriptionto work with paralegals to support minorities- Nubians in Kibra, Somalis in North Eastern Kenya and the Swahili people at the Kenyan coast
Referring ProgramOpen Society Justice Initiative
Term2 years
RegionAfrica
I(dh)eas Litigio Estratégico en Derechos Humanos
2019$114,875Descriptionto contribute towards accountability processes within the new transitional justice framework in Mexico and to use outreach and communication on this work to reach a broader segment of Mexican society
ThemeHuman Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramHuman Rights Initiative
Open Society Justice Initiative
Term23 months
RegionLatin America and The Caribbean
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Institute for Security Studies Trust
2019$190,509DescriptionTo support policy advocacy on criminal justice reform in South Africa.
Referring ProgramOpen Society Justice Initiative
Term28 months
RegionAfrica
FunderOpen Society Policy Center Inc.
Institute for Security Studies Trust
2019$2,429,490DescriptionBuilding on two prior project support grants, to ensure governmental transparency, prevent corruption, and strengthen the rule of law in South Africa by enhancing the National Prosecuting Authority’s institutional effectiveness generally through continued provision of necessary technical support and, specifically, by helping to build the capacity of the Strategic and Innovations Unit in the office of the National Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
Referring ProgramOpen Society Justice Initiative
Term29 months
RegionAfrica
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Institute for Security Studies Trust
2019$75,000Descriptionto enhance the National Prosecuting Authority’s institutional effectiveness through the provision of technical support for the development and institutionalization of a Strategic Support and Innovation Unit attached to the Office of the National Director of Public Prosecutions
Referring ProgramOpen Society Justice Initiative
Term14 months
RegionAfrica
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Institute for Security Studies Trust
2019$330,000Descriptionto ensure governmental transparency, prevent corruption, and strengthen the rule of law in South Africa by enhancing the National Prosecuting Authority’s institutional effectiveness generally through the provision of necessary technical support and, specifically, by helping to build the capacity of the Strategic and Innovations Unit in the office of the National Directorate of Public Prosecutions
Referring ProgramOpen Society Justice Initiative
Term16 months
RegionAfrica
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
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