Open Society mourns the death of George Floyd and too many other African Americans who have suffered police brutality at the hands of those whose job it is to protect and serve our communities, not murder its members.
Turkey’s decision to bring criminal charges against the former head of Open Society’s local Turkish foundation and others signals an intensification of Ankara’s campaign against independent civil society groups.
Eight newly appointed leaders of nonprofit organizations, in countries ranging from the Mexico to South Africa, have been awarded grants to help implement their vision of change.
Open Society Foundations announce increased support for Dejusticia, a Bogotá-based advocacy and legal research think tank which focuses on upholding the rule of law and defending human rights.
The Foundations have appointed social justice scholar, educator, advocate, and author Alethia E. Jones as director of the Open Society Fellowship Program.
The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce a celebration to honor our South Africa foundation’s 25 years of remarkable, historic work.
Faced with an increasingly hostile political environment and a number of baseless accusations, the Open Society Foundation in Turkey has decided to cease its operations in Turkey.
In an open letter to Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, Open Society Foundations President Patrick Gaspard decries the social media giant’s newly exposed misinformation campaign.
The Open Society Foundations have learned of fraudulent offers for scholarships and grants advertised online that have misappropriated the name of George Soros and the Open Society Foundations.
An End to Manels II, the second of a two-part series on closing the gender gap at Europe’s high-level policy events, finds a still-prevalent and acute gender imbalance.
The Foundations announced a deepening commitment in the U.S., starting with new leadership: the appointment of Tom Perriello as executive director of their U.S. Programs and Cecilia Muñoz as the program’s board chair.
An application before the European Court of Human Rights argues that recent legislation threatens Hungarians’ basic freedoms.
In order to connect Puerto Rico’s future leaders with the resources and experience they’ll need as they rebuild their homeland, the Open Society Foundations are proud to announce the Puerto Rico Youth Fellowship program.
Beginning September 4, Ayisha Osori, a renowned expert on international development and celebrated communications strategist, will become executive director for the Open Society Initiative for West Africa.
Starting on September 25, Kavita N. Ramdas, the former CEO of Global Fund for Women and strategic advisor for the Ford Foundations, will begin serving as the Foundations’ Women’s Rights Program’s new director.
The second cohort of the Soros Equality Fellows work across a wide variety of fields and share a common commitment to racial justice, ideas for moving the country forward on issues that divide us, and the desire to lead.
Writers, lawyers, activists, and artists number among the 16 awardees, whose work will keep U.S. criminal justice reform front and center in the public’s consciousness.
The Open Society Foundations do not provide financial support for the search and rescue operations conducted in the Mediterranean by various NGOs, although we commend these humanitarian efforts.
While the Foundations have never funded the operation of search and rescue vessels in the Mediterranean, we do recognize and highly value the efforts of civil society to save human lives.
The Open Society Foundations condemn the Hungarian parliament’s passage of a law that threatens to impose criminal penalties for those offering support to refugees and migrants.