Open Society Institute
New York, NY · EIN 13-7029285. Reported 2,804 grants totalling $927.3M to 1,680 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$15,000median grant
$927.3Mgranted, 2021-2024
1,680organizations funded
22%of grantees funded again the next year
$5.4Bassets, latest filing
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Open Society Institute did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $750 and $200,000; the smallest was $24 and the largest $45.0M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 1,680 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central European University | New York, NY | $303.8M | 35 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bard College | Annandaleonhudson, NY | $170.0M | 50 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute for New Economic Thinking | New York, NY | $28.8M | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Media Development Investment Fund | New York, NY | $19.3M | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | $12.0M | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $8,938,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $8,908,000 | 10 | 3 | 2023 |
| International Budget Partnership | Washington, DC | $8,795,000 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Open Society Foundation for Albania | Tirana | $6,314,399 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Fund for Global Human Rights | Washington, DC | $6,189,000 | 10 | 3 | 2023 |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | New York, NY | $6,075,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| European Council on Foreign Relations | London | $6,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kurawal Foundation | South Jakarta | $5,794,889 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $5,445,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Natural Resource Governance Institute | New York, NY | $5,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Journalism Development Network | Washington, DC | $4,548,522 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| International Consortium of Investigative Journali | Washington, DC | $4,180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brac USA Inc | New York, NY | $4,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Asia Democracy Network | Seoul, Seoul-T'ukpyolsi | $3,826,000 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Global Citizen | New York, NY | $3,750,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| International Crisis Group (washington Office) | Washington, DC | $3,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Aspiration | San Francisco, CA | $3,400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American University of Central Asia | Bishkek | $3,358,018 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Freedom House Inc | Washington, DC | $3,100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Access Now | New York City, NY | $3,050,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Orga | Manchester, Lancashire | $3,005,000 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Civilians in Conflict | Washington, DC | $3,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| International Development Economics Associates | Oxford, Oxfordshire | $2,800,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $2,676,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Labor Rights Forum | Washington, DC | $2,605,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Institute of International Education Inc | New York, NY | $2,576,709 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Foxglove Legal Community Interest Company | London | $2,535,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Swiss Philanthropy Foundation | Geneva | $2,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Asia Democracy Network | Seoul | $2,488,017 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Organisation Mondiale Contre La Torture (omct) | Geneva | $2,464,000 | 6 | 2 | 2022 |
| Earthrights International Inc | Washington, DC | $2,375,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| European Network on Debt and Development | Brussels | $2,365,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Black Equity Organisation | London | $2,250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Business & Human Rights Resource Centre US Ltd | New York, NY | $2,118,550 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Global Development | Washington, DC | $2,114,370 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Uplift Afghanistan Fund | Westlake Village, CA | $2,072,987 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Asian University for Women Support Foundation | Cambridge, MA | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reset Tech | Washington DC, DC | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Transparentem | New York, NY | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Committee to Protect Journalists | New York, NY | $1,975,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Worker Rights Consortium | Washington, DC | $1,850,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lapis Middle East and Africa Fz LLC | Dubai, Dubai | $1,845,135 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Open Society International Inc | New York, NY | $1,803,084 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Privacy International | London | $1,750,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Freedom Voices Network | Paris | $1,700,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Scholars at Risk Inc | New York, NY | $1,700,000 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| Stichting Digital Freedom Fund | Amsterdam | $1,657,855 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural | Paris | $1,625,000 | 6 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the Universit | Oxford, Oxfordshire | $1,599,924 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New Amer | Tempe, AZ | $1,550,375 | 6 | 2 | 2022 |
| Stichting Onderzoek Multinationale Ondernemingen ( | Amsterdam | $1,450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| International Center for Not-for-Profit Law Inc | Washington, DC | $1,400,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Global Investigative Journalism Network | Silver Spring, MD | $1,375,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Media Legal Defence Initiative | London | $1,347,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting | Washington, DC | $1,332,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $1,325,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| We Are Purposeful Ltd | London | $1,283,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sponsorship Association of German Council on Forei | Berlin | $1,275,694 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tax Justice Network-Africa | Nairobi | $1,250,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hope International Development Agency | Chicago, IL | $1,241,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $1,239,073 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Third World Network Berhad | Penang | $1,235,000 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Building and Wood Workers International | Carouge, Geneve | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chatham House | London | $1,200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| International Peace Institute - Internationales Fr | New York, NY | $1,200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Education Fund of the American Center for Internat | Washington, DC | $1,185,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Oxfam-America Inc | Boston, MA | $1,141,725 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| American University | Washington, DC | $1,136,500 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| Clean Clothes Campaign | Amsterdam, Noord-Holland | $1,125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of the Witwatersrand | Johannesburg | $1,088,150 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Front Line the International Foundation for the P | Blackrock Dublin | $1,050,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Step By Step Association | Leiden | $1,046,970 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Actionaid USA | Washington, DC | $1,030,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stichting Lighthouse Reports | Bunnik, Noord-Holland | $1,025,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of | New York, NY | $1,016,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Human Rights Campaign Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,009,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Climate Vulnerable Forum | Accra | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crisis Action Limited | London | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dignity Alliance International | London | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Europaisches Forum Alpbach Gemeinntziger Verein | Vienna | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Foundation | Washington DC, DC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator | Geneva | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ifex | Toronto | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Governing Council of the University of Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The International Federation for Human Rights | Paris | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The One Campaign | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Civil Liberties Union for Europe Ev | Berlin, Berlin | $999,999 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute for Strategic Initiatives | Chisinau | $990,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| International Partnership for Human Rights (iphr) | Brussels | $990,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Global Initiative for Economic Social and Cul | Minneapolis, MN | $965,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sisterhood Is Global Institute Inc | New York, NY | $950,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Institute for Strategic Dialogue | Washington DC, DC | $945,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Minority Rights Group International | London | $924,853 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Proteus Fund Inc | Amherst, MA | $915,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Carter Center Inc | Atlanta, GA | $910,136 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Global Dialogue | London | $910,086 | 7 | 2 | 2022 |
| Transnational Institute (tni) | Amsterdam | $904,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Escr-Net (international Network for Economic Soci | New York, NY | $900,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Schwab Charitable Fund | San Francisco, CA | $900,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Jain Family Institute | New York, NY | $900,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program | Warwick, RI | $900,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Witness Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $900,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Municipality of the Capital City of Budapest | Budapest, Budapest | $891,392 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Civil Rights Defenders | Stockholm | $885,000 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Richardson Center for Global Engagement | Santa Fe, NM | $873,201 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Harm Reduction International | London | $853,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fundacion Karisma | Bogota | $850,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Norwegian Human Rights Fund | Oslo | $850,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Civil Society Action Network Inc | Washington, DC | $820,146 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Iprobono | London | $815,910 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Global Campaign for Education | Johannesburg | $800,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Red En Defensa De Los Derechos Digitales Ac | Mexico City, Distrito Federal | $794,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| United States Fund for Unicef | New York, NY | $775,506 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fund for the City of New York | New York, NY | $775,180 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Asylum Access | Oakland, CA | $775,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Finance Uncovered | London | $771,750 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ong Derechos Digitales | Santiago | $757,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Asociacion Tecnologia Educacion Desarrollo Inve | Asuncion, Asuncion | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Investigative Reporting Project Italy | Rome | $750,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Media Foundation for West Africa | Accra, Greater Accra | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Online Progressive Engagement Network Inc | Middletown, DE | $750,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Everyone | London | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Physicians for Human Rights | New York, NY | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tax Justice Network | Bristol | $750,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| European Network Against Racism (enar) Aisbl | Brussels | $738,350 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| European Digital Rights Aisbl | Brussels | $735,000 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| Clean Clothes Campaign | Amsterdam | $725,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Centrul De Informatii Universitare | Chisinau | $720,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Astraea Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $710,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Agencia Mural De Jornalismo Das Periferias | Sao Paulo | $700,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility | New York, NY | $700,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Asia Society | New York, NY | $688,750 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| European Roma Rights Center Aisbl | Brussels | $680,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Washington, DC | $675,731 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ceres Inc | Boston, MA | $675,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Madre Inc | New York, NY | $674,200 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Amnesty International Limited | London | $670,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The New School | New York, NY | $655,000 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brazilian Institute for Consumers Defense (idec) | Sao Paulo Sp | $650,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Protection International | Brussels | $650,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Global Forum for Media Development Aisbl | Brussels | $641,700 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Nations Development Programme | New York, NY | $630,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Myriad USA | New York, NY | $607,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Leadership Conference Education Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $600,003 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (foru | Bangkok | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Global Alliance for Tax Justice | Brussels | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Investigate Europe Gemeinntzige Sce Mbh | Berlin | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| King Baudouin Foundation United States Inc | New York, NY | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Stichting Nlnet | Amsterdam | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The International Institute for Strategic Studies | London | $600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Industrial Commons | Morganton, NC | $595,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $590,750 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Institute for Public Policy Research | London, Greater London | $590,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Institute for Public Policy Research | London | $590,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Res Publica Inc | New York, NY | $584,999 | 3 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for American Progress | Washington, DC | $580,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Outriders Spolka Not-for-Profit Sp Z Oo | Warsaw, Wielkopolskie | $580,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Migrant Forum in Asia (mfa) | Quezon City | $575,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yayasan Celios Pencerah Bangsa | Kabupaten Bantul, Yogyakarta | $575,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stichting Eiflnet | Nieuwegein | $571,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Balanced Economy Project | Chesham | $570,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Peri Support Fund Inc | Amherst, MA | $560,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pilnet | New York, NY | $550,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Reporters Without Borders | Paris | $550,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Bureau of Investigative Journalism | London, Greater London | $550,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Xavier Project | Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire | $550,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Commission of Jurists | Geneva | $526,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nadace Open Society Fund Praha | Prague | $525,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trend Asia Foundation | Jakarta, Jakarta Raya | $525,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fondation Pour L'institut De Hautes Etudes Interna | Geneve, Geneve | $523,670 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Suara Inisiatif Sdn Bhd (suaram) | Petaling Jaya, Selangor | $520,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New | New York, NY | $516,172 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Panorama Global | Seattle, WA | $511,967 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Initiatives | Oakland, CA | $506,178 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| International Rescue Committee Inc | New York, NY | $501,650 | 8 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Greater Washington Educational Telecommunicati | Arlington, VA | $500,750 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| African Union | Addis Ababa | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alternativ Kozossegek Egyesulete | Debrecen | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| African Union | Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Az Emberseg Erejevel - Cum Virtute Humanitatis - a | Pecs | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism | Grand Rapids, MI | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Code for Science and Society Inc | Portland, OR | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Campaign for Accountability Inc | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Eu Disinfolab | Brussles | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| European Center for Not-for-Profit Law Stichting | The Hague, Zuid-Holland | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foundation Cristosal Inc | Syracuse, NY | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Frida the Young Feminist Fund | Toronto, Ontario | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Inesc-Instituto De Estudos Socioeconomicos | Braslia, Distrito Federal | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Child Rights Center | Seoul | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| International Economic Association | Lons | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Media Matters for America | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Conference on Citizenship | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tax Justice Network | Chesham, Buckinghamshire | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Democracy Collaborative Foundation Inc | Cleveland, OH | $500,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Third Generation Environmentalism Ltd | London | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance | Geneva, Geneve | $499,950 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Financial Investigations for Non-Profit Design Ltd | Crawley | $491,520 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fonds Pour Les Femmes En Mediterranee | Montpellier | $485,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fundacion Para La Educacion Superior Y El Desarrol | Bogota, Cundinamarca | $485,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Civil Kollegium Alapitvany | Kunszentmiklskunbbony, Bacs-Kiskun | $480,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gesellschaft Fr Freiheitsrechte Ev | Berlin | $480,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Access Foundation | San Jose, San Jose | $450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fun | New York, NY | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Association Sherpa | Paris, Ile-De-France | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Church World Service | New York, NY | $450,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Creative Commons Corporation | Mountain View, CA | $450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| It for Change | Edmonton, Alberta | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jubilee South Asia Pacific Movement Inc | Quezon City | $450,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Memeticmedia | Ascuncion | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Slycan Trust Ev | Sinzig | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stichting Impunity Watch | The Hague, Zuid-Holland | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Zebras Unite | Portland, OR | $450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fundacion Nueva Democracia (tribu) | Las Condes Santiago, Region Metropolit | $425,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bard College Berlin a Liberal Arts University Ggmb | Berlin, Berlin | $424,996 | 5 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Israel Fund | New York, NY | $424,490 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Institute for European Policies and Reform | Chisinau | $424,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Centro Latinoamericano De Periodismo Investigativo | Nicoya, Guanacaste | $420,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Nations Relief and Works Agency (unrwa) | Amman | $414,885 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| European University Institute | San Domenico Di Fiesole | $413,900 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Royal Institution of Great Britain | London | $411,080 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Stichting Article 19 | Amsterdam | $405,199 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Refugee Assistance Project | New York, NY | $400,150 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Asociacion Por Los Derechos Civiles (adc) | Buenos Aires | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Blue Rose Compass | New York, NY | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Canadian Shareholder Association for Research and | Vancouver, British Columbia | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Data & Society Research Institute | New York, NY | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Global Solutions Initiative Foundation Ggmbh | Berlin, Berlin | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Institute for Human Sciences | Vienna | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Joffe Charitable Trust Cio | London | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jumpstart Refugee Talent | Toronto | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Justice Without Borders | Washington DC, WA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Latin American Council of Social Sciences | Buenos Aires | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Council for Civil Liberties | London | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| No Peace Without Justice International Committee | Rome | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stichting Victim Advocates International | Amsterdam, Noord-Holland | $400,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Taiwan Equality Campaign | Taipei City, T'ai-Pei | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Terra De Direitos | Curitiba, Parana | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Shareholder Commons | Northampton, MA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Third Sector New England Inc | Boston, MA | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Regents of the University of California at Ber | Berkeley, CA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Working America Education Fund | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chapel & York US Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $399,480 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation | Jakarta Pusat | $390,660 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New America Foundation | Washington, DC | $390,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
426 of 1,680 (25%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 22%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
Plus 586 grants to individuals totalling $21.6M -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Bard College
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT - Central European University
TO SUPPORT THE LAUNCH OF THE OSUN RESEARCH EXCELLENCE HUB AT CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY'S BUDAPEST CAMPUS - Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
TO ADVANCE OPEN SOCIETIES AND INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACIES IN POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE BY HOSTING AND SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WOMEN'S POLITICAL LEADERSHIP FUND, A FISCALLY-SPONSORED PROJECT OF THE GRANTEE - International Crisis Group (washington Office)
to provide general support with a hybrid component, of which $2,000,000 is outright and $1,500,000 is contingent upon a matching criteria of new donors, increased donors, and lapsed donors - New Venture Fund
TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE POOLED FUND ON SPYWARE ACCOUNTABILITY THAT SUPPORTS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS TO INVESTIGATE AND EXPOSE MERCENARY SPYWARE AND HELP BRING ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE GLOBAL CYBER ARMS TRADE - The Barack Obama Foundation
TO SUPPORT THE FOUNDATIONS EFFORTS TO SCALE UP THEIR INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS AND IN PARTICULAR, OBAMA FOUNDATION LEADERS, SCHOLARS AND FELLOWS PROGRAMS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 1,438 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,209 | $310.8M | $30,220 |
| 2022 | 739 | $213.3M | $5,322 |
| 2023 | 502 | $263.3M | $52,176 |
| 2024 | 354 | $139.8M | $3,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Open Society Institute has 314 of them, worth $165.8M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $17.5M |
| Central European University | New York, NY | $16.5M |
| Central European University | New York, NY | $9,209,201 |
| Access Now | New York City, NY | $4,800,000 |
| Dignity Alliance International | London, Greater London | $4,000,000 |
| Climate Vulnerable Forum | Accra | $4,000,000 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $3,200,000 |
| Frida the Young Feminist Fund | Toronto, Ontario | $3,000,000 |
| International Consortium of Investigative Journali | Washington, DC | $3,000,000 |
| International Development Economics Associates | Oxford | $2,500,000 |
| Swiss Philanthropy Foundation | Geneva, - | $2,500,000 |
| Earthrights International Inc | Washington, DC | $2,000,000 |
| Asian University for Women Support Foundation | Cambridge, MA | $2,000,000 |
| Natural Resource Governance Institute | New York, NY | $2,000,000 |
| International Budget Partnership | Washington, DC | $2,000,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 76% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund257 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc220 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc210 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust173 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program173 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation128 shared recipients
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Open Society Institute's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 224 West 57TH Street, New York, NY, 10019. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
EIN 13-7029285 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.
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