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Every year, the Open Society Foundations give grants to a diverse array of groups and individuals who promote our values?through a unique network that is guided by local voices and global expertise.
Over the past three decades, our giving has focused on supporting people who are trying to make their communities fairer, freer, and more harmonious.
Our decentralized and bottom-up approach allows us to focus on long-term strategies while also remaining nimble and flexible enough to respond to sudden crises.
Our grants?ranging from a few thousand to hundreds of thousands of dollars?are awarded to organizations and activists in over 120 countries.
The Open Society Foundations are active in more than 120 countries around the world, using grant-giving, research, advocacy, impact investment, and strategic litigation to support the growth of inclusive and vibrant democracies.
George Soros began his philanthropic work in Africa in 1979. Today, Open Society?Africa works on democratic governance, economic advancement, and a host of other issues across the continent.
The Open Society Foundations have been expanding and deepening work in Asia since the 1990s?engaging in a region of great political diversity where democratic governance remains strongly contested.
Against the background of the regional upheaval caused by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, Open Society continues to support open and inclusive societies and to invest in those who seek to reinvent and revitalize democracy.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, the Open Society Foundations seek to bolster democratic change by transforming growing public concern about inequality, corruption, violence, and the climate crisis into powerful initiatives and alliances to build an open and safe society.
The Open Society Foundations’ work in the Middle East and North Africa seeks to promote democratic governance and to protect human rights amid entrenched regional conflicts and political restrictions.
In the United States, the Open Society Foundations work with organizations and individuals who seek to address profound racial, economic, and political inequalities, while funding efforts to prepare for the policy challenges of the future.
George Soros is the founder of the Open Society Foundations. He has given away more than $32 billion of his personal fortune to fund the Open Society Foundations’ work around the world.