The Open Society Foundations are active around the world, using grant giving, research, advocacy, impact investment, and strategic litigation to build a future where everyone can live with rights and dignity. Learn more about what we do

The Open Society Foundations, founded by George Soros, are the world’s largest private funder of independent groups working for rights, equity, and justice.

Amid rapid economic, demographic, and technological changes, and amid the climate emergency, Open Society supports the imagining of our common future, and the search for solutions to human problems that are firmly grounded in equity and justice.

Every year, the Open Society Foundations give grants to groups and individuals that work on the issues we focus on—promoting justice, equity, human rights, and democratic practice. We also engage in impact investing and support strategic litigation, while engaging directly with governments and policymakers through advocacy to advance positive ...

The Open Society Foundations award grants and fellowships throughout the year to organizations and individuals who share Open Society values. We look for grantees who have a vision and whose efforts will lead to lasting social change.

Every year the Open Society Foundations give grants to groups and individuals that work on the issues we care about: promoting democratic practice, advancing rights and human dignity, and working for equitable governance.

Starting in Hungary in the mid-1980s, George Soros used his fortune to build a philanthropic network that became the Open Society Foundations—the name reflecting the influence of the philosopher Karl Popper, whom Soros first encountered as a student at …

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.

In 2016, once Myanmar formalizes a transition toward a more open government, the Open Society Foundations open a foundation to support civil society and groups representing marginalized people to encourage a representative democracy to take root.

En América Latina y el Caribe, Open Society Foundations busca impulsar el cambio democrático transformando la creciente preocupación pública por la desigualdad, la corrupción, la violencia y la crisis climática en poderosas iniciativas y alianzas para …