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Foundation to Promote Open Society

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$482M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
738
Grants FY2024
861
Organizations funded FY2023
37%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$260,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$44,927,239
Organizations funded a year
765 to 965
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
26
Total assets, FY2024
$10.8B
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 37% of the organizations Foundation to Promote Open Society funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $161M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
InternationalCivil RightsEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving506$429M29%
FY2023861$678M37%
FY2022765$427M32%
FY2021947$2.3B30%
FY2020965$511Mn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$2.1BInternational$530MCivil Rights$451MPublic Benefit$432MEducation$277MCommunity Improvement$189MArts & Culture$143MCrime & Legal$113MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Open Society Institute$1,800,000,0001n/a
Soros Economic Development Fund$103,487,301478%
The Central European University$100,051,579525%
Bard College$48,730,48758%
Alliance for Open Society Int'L Inc$32,730,966479%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$28,244,78546%
Borealis Philanthropy$21,500,000517%
The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City$21,220,000227%
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace$16,066,728510%
Equis Institute$15,108,000267%
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All grantees of Foundation to Promote Open Society by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Open Society Institute$1,800,000,0001n/a
Soros Economic Development Fund$103,487,301478%
The Central European University$100,051,579525%
Bard College$48,730,48758%
Alliance for Open Society Int'L Inc$32,730,966479%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$28,244,78546%
Borealis Philanthropy$21,500,000517%
The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City$21,220,000227%
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace$16,066,728510%
Equis Institute$15,108,000267%
Voter Registration Project$12,965,000426%
Oxfam-America Inc$12,348,08954%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$11,250,00044%
Color of Changeorg Education Fund$11,230,000535%
Namati Inc$10,870,000431%
Human Rights Watch Inc$10,125,000214%
Natural Resource Governance Institute$9,650,000544%
Center for American Progress$9,250,000510%
Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc$8,700,000420%
Avina Americas Inc$8,648,176560%
Open Government Partnership Secretariat$7,816,000528%
Fund for Global Human Rights Inc$6,638,275512%
New America Foundation$6,460,00059%
Possibility Labs$6,450,000226%
National Trust for Local News$6,387,708114%
The American Austrian Foundation Inc$6,120,000593%
Sundance Institute$6,000,00054%
The Asia Society$5,964,00059%
New York University$5,802,80950%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$5,762,26544%
The ONE Campaign$5,750,000322%
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc$5,639,04035%
Global Fund for Women Inc$5,275,000410%
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law$5,200,000412%
Pen American Center Inc$5,027,500511%
Equal Justice Initiative$4,750,00043%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$4,700,00016%
Center for Constitutional Rights$4,697,000513%
Immigrant Legal Resource Center$4,565,00048%
Highlander Research & Education Center Inc$4,550,00054%
Policylink$4,500,00033%
The African American Policy Forum Inc$4,500,000445%
Ethiopia Education Initiatives Inc$4,500,000355%
Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote$4,450,000338%
Trustees of Boston University$4,413,16040%
Brac USA Inc$4,304,59525%
Repairers of the Breach$4,250,000339%
Fund for Educational Excellence Inc$4,216,80049%
Asian Law Caucus$4,062,500512%
Chinese Progressive Association$4,025,00047%
Southerners on New Ground Inc$4,000,000379%
BYP100 Education Fund$3,814,900538%
Physicians for Human Rights Inc$3,777,500430%
Freedom House$3,750,00023%
Transparentem Ltd$3,750,000358%
Way to Rise$3,750,000211%
Jobs with Justice Education Fund$3,690,000415%
Women Win Foundation Inc$3,612,000526%
Civic Nation$3,560,000316%
International Refugee Assistance Project Inc$3,544,089510%
The German Marshall Fund of the United States$3,496,03754%
Allied Media Projects Inc$3,475,00053%
Washington Office on Latin America$3,416,125533%
Media Development Investment Fund Inc$3,406,025324%
International Rescue Committee INC$3,368,17440%
Msi US$3,300,00024%
The Brookings Institution$3,250,00051%
More in Common Inc$3,100,000556%
Outright International$3,082,50058%
State Voices$3,050,000310%
The New School$3,015,86950%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$3,000,00011%
Human Rights First$2,975,000411%
United Nations Foundation Inc$2,964,32041%
Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd$2,850,000315%
The Roosevelt Institute$2,800,00056%
Migration Policy Institute$2,785,442518%
Center for International Policy Inc$2,715,000349%
Fusion Partnership Inc$2,679,30047%
Center for Civilians in Conflict$2,660,000318%
International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region$2,660,00027%
Constitutional Accountability Center$2,600,000329%
National Employment Law Project$2,590,00039%
Rockwood Leadership Institute$2,570,00057%
Magnum Cultural Foundation$2,543,000370%
The Howard University$2,500,00010%
Vow for Girls Inc$2,500,000523%
American University$2,450,02350%
Firelight Media Inc$2,450,000515%
Hmong American Womens Association Inc$2,384,796349%
The Sikh Coalition$2,365,000439%
The Foundation for City College$2,250,00032%
The Studio Museum in Harlem$2,250,00037%
Bold Training Institute Inc$2,250,000228%
Third Sector New England Inc$2,250,00041%
Seattle International Foundation$2,223,625416%
Johns Hopkins University$2,210,00040%
Bank Information Center$2,152,000344%
Progeorgia State Table Inc$2,150,000112%
Atlantic Council of the United States Inc$2,100,00032%
Duke University$2,080,00020%
The George Washington University$2,038,52340%
Aspiration Aspirationtechorg$2,030,000411%
Choose Love Inc$2,025,00048%
Georgetown University$2,014,05140%
Panorama Global$2,009,97052%
Solidago Foundation$2,000,000240%
The Africa-America Institute$2,000,000246%
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc$2,000,00032%
Women Enabled International$1,965,894521%
Pillars Fund$1,950,000525%
United Nations Development Corporation$1,950,00014%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$1,930,00033%
Race Forward$1,930,00034%
Ipas$1,925,00032%
Make the Road New York$1,900,00033%
Women's Link Worldwide$1,868,000319%
Ndn Collective Inc$1,814,00042%
Advancement Project Education Fund$1,800,000124%
National Urban Indian Family Coalition$1,800,000527%
International Center for Not-For-Profit Law Inc$1,770,000310%
Rutgers University Foundation$1,760,64030%
American Constitution Society for Law & Policy$1,750,000216%
Fair Count Inc$1,750,000212%
Austin Justice Coalition$1,730,000256%
Resource Impact$1,712,000343%
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf$1,690,00033%
National Day Laborer Organizing Network$1,675,000312%
International Labor Rights Forum$1,675,000414%
Working America Education Fund$1,647,50028%
Disability Rights Fund Inc$1,630,000219%
The Engine Room Inc$1,620,000456%
Southern Vision Alliance$1,600,000220%
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities$1,600,00032%
Accelerate Change Inc$1,600,000214%
United States Fund for Unicef$1,596,42530%
Center for Death Penalty Litigation$1,580,000427%
Emgage Foundation Inc$1,550,000417%
Cristosal Inc$1,544,200234%
Coda Media Inc$1,535,000448%
Asylum Access$1,530,85049%
The Aspen Institute Inc$1,525,28450%
Res Publica US Inc$1,500,000170%
Thousand Currents$1,500,00027%
Igarape Inc$1,500,000336%
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative$1,500,000119%
Blueprint North Carolina$1,500,000210%
Center for Responsible Lending$1,500,000212%
Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy$1,480,242369%
National Immigration Law Center$1,475,50027%
Access Now$1,465,00044%
Escr-Net International$1,450,000343%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$1,449,80040%
Global Health Council$1,444,500439%
Faith in Action Network$1,425,00039%
People's Action Institute$1,406,25034%
American University of Beirut$1,403,49650%
State Democracy Project$1,400,00035%
Voice of the Experienced Vote$1,400,000313%
Creating Resources for Empowerment and Action Inc$1,390,000420%
Church World Service Inc$1,387,73031%
State Innovation Exchange$1,375,00039%
A New Way of Life Reentry Project$1,375,00034%
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs$1,353,70031%
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc$1,350,000219%
Center for US Global Leadership$1,350,000312%
Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership for Justice$1,333,500317%
Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees$1,325,00039%
The Carter Center Inc$1,324,00050%
University of Chicago$1,300,00050%
Open Markets Institute$1,300,000316%
Local Progress Policy Institute$1,300,00037%
Harmony Labs Inc$1,300,00049%
El-Hibri Foundation$1,300,000512%
The Due Process of Law Foundation$1,280,000252%
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre$1,255,00038%
American University Central Asia Foundation$1,250,000191%
The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women & Girls$1,250,000311%
Native American Rights Fund Inc$1,250,00043%
Legal Action Center of the City of New York Inc$1,227,500310%
Accountability Counsel$1,225,000318%
National Religious Campaign Against Torture$1,220,000424%
As You Sow$1,200,00028%
Fund for Constitutional Government$1,198,83847%
Foundation for Middle East Peace$1,195,000225%
New Orleans African American Museum of Art Culture and History$1,195,000360%
Human Rights Activists$1,185,000561%
The Leadership Conference Education Fund Inc$1,177,50034%
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars$1,175,42443%
Justice Policy Institute$1,175,000330%
African Center for Economic Transformation$1,165,000310%
New American Leaders Inc$1,150,000319%
Welcoming America Inc$1,150,000219%
Native Americans in Philanthropy$1,150,00039%
The Project on Middle East Democracy Inc$1,125,000242%
US Biennial Inc$1,120,000357%
The Praxis Project Inc$1,120,00033%
Eurasianet Inc$1,117,670532%
Cambridge in America$1,077,72522%
The Center for Victims of Torture$1,055,00042%
Life Camps Incorporated$1,050,000234%
Justice Action Center$1,050,000216%
Security Council Report Inc$1,050,000140%
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice$1,050,000215%
Voter Formation Project$1,050,000229%
Center for Law and Human Values Inc$1,050,000315%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$1,050,00031%
Public Citizen Foundation Inc$1,025,33342%
Center for Strategic and International Studies$1,020,68731%
Kind Inc$1,015,00022%
Institute for Policy Studies$1,015,00037%
US Middle East Project Inc$1,010,000536%
Refugees International Inc$1,010,000219%
Initiative for Medicines Access & Knowledge (I-Mak) Inc$1,002,625224%
Center for Humane Technology$1,000,000214%
Fund for Southern Communities Inc$1,000,000225%
Global Poverty Project Inc$1,000,00012%
Black Women Forward$1,000,0001100%
Third Way Institute$1,000,00023%
Translash Media Inc$1,000,000316%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$1,000,00041%
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Inc$1,000,00027%
The Resurrection Project$1,000,00013%
The Brooklyn College Foundation Inc$1,000,00024%
The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc$1,000,00011%
John E Fetzer Institute Inc$1,000,00014%
Circle for Justice Innovations Inc$1,000,000144%
When We All Vote$1,000,00014%
Trustafrica$1,000,000112%
Climate Analytics Inc$990,000393%
Just Vision Inc$975,000320%
Fwdus Education Fund Inc$975,00045%
Truman Center for National Policy$974,979330%
Protect Democracy Project$950,00022%
Groundswell Fund$950,00022%
Wisconsin Voices Inc$950,00019%
Designing Justice Designing Spaces$950,000322%
Situ Studio LLC$945,0003n/a
Partnership for Public Service Inc$940,00022%
National Security Archive Fund Inc$935,000319%
Women's Refugee Commission Inc$932,54236%
Relief International Inc$928,50412%
Fund for Public Health in New York Inc$925,00021%
Ploughshares Fund Inc$925,00038%
Institute for Local Self Reliance$925,00039%
Public Religion Research Institute Inc$925,000412%
Upturn Inc$900,000325%
Atlanta Fulton County Prearrest Diversion Initiative Inc$900,000215%
Community Partners$900,00011%
Middle East Democracy Center$900,000278%
Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services$875,01939%
Community Voices Heard Inc$875,000129%
Hispanic Federation Inc$875,00022%
Data & Society Research Institute Inc$875,00035%
Community Initiatives$869,00041%
The Henry L Stimson Center$860,00044%
Majorityaction$850,000225%
Visual Arts Research and Resource Center Relating$850,000227%
Black Alliance for Just Immigration$830,000210%
Philadelphia City Fund Inc$825,00020%
United for Respect Education Fund$825,000210%
Alliance for a Just Society$825,00047%
Equalhealth Inc$816,250352%
Center for a New American Security Inc$805,11542%
Association for Promotion of Jewish Secularism Inc$800,000478%
State Power Fund$800,00024%
Women Deliver Inc$800,00015%
Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc$800,00026%
Creative Time Inc$800,000311%
National Women's Health Network$800,000222%
Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation$800,000211%
Haleakala Inc$800,000120%
Faith Roots Reproductive Action$800,0001n/a
Justice for Migrant Women$800,00027%
Global Exchange$785,000418%
Path$783,75640%
Jubilee USA Network$781,000240%
Southern Center for Human Rights$780,00029%
Rocky Mountain Institute$775,07630%
The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth$775,000311%
Reset Tech$775,000248%
Knowledge Ecology International$775,000253%
Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc$772,03238%
Institute for Nonprofit News$765,34154%
Fractured Atlas Inc$752,02522%
Forward Together New Orleans$750,000134%
Free Press$750,000212%
The New Press Inc$750,00048%
Florida Rising Together Inc$750,00033%
Accelerator for America$750,000115%
Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation$750,000121%
Imagine North Carolina First$750,000117%
Code for Science & Society Inc$750,00014%
Center for Engagement and Advocacy in the Americas$747,500263%
Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation$735,00017%
Inter-American Dialogue$735,000312%
Democracy for the Arab World Now Inc$725,000326%
Online News Association$725,000210%
Public Justice Center Inc$722,500310%
Gynuity Health Projects Inc$715,000227%
Yashrut North America$710,000390%
Alianza Americas$710,000313%
Faith in Public Life Inc$706,14329%
Newark Community Street Team Inc$700,50036%
Madre Inc$700,00043%
International Senior Lawyers'Corporation$700,000240%
Global Integrity$700,000211%
Neighborhood Funders Group$700,00029%
University of Denver$700,00030%
National Center for Civic Innovation In$700,00023%
University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc$699,99820%
Good Old Lower East Side Inc$690,000235%
Institute for Women's Policy Research$688,000214%
Health Global Access Project Incorporated$677,000227%
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide$675,00036%
Pennsylvania Voice$675,000110%
One Arizona$672,00018%
Monument Lab Inc$670,90525%
Truth for Justice Rights in Iran$666,666242%
Advocates for Youth$650,00023%
The Online Progressive Engagement Network Inc$650,000149%
The Center for Media Justice DBA MediaJustice$650,00029%
Yale University$650,0002n/a
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft$650,000216%
Journalism Development Network Inc$640,00018%
The International Legal Foundation Ltd$635,80439%
ReThink Media$635,000213%
Heartland Initiative Inc$635,000361%
Upwardly Global$629,00031%
Project on Organizing Development Education and Research Ltd$625,0003n/a
Video Volunteers$625,000316%
The Sentencing Project$625,000216%
Prism Reports Inc$622,000137%
Unrwa USA National Committee Inc$620,00023%
Next Harm Reduction Inc$619,000352%
Glasswing International USA Inc$614,99934%
Center for Economic and Policy Research$605,09337%
National Harm Reduction Coalition$605,00033%
Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund$600,00026%
Advance Democracy Inc$600,000210%
Common Justice Inc$600,00028%
China Digital Times Inc$600,000411%
Middle East Children's Alliance$600,000212%
Los Angeles Lgbt Center$600,00030%
350org$600,00031%
Resource Media$600,00016%
Alternate RootsInc$600,00025%
Safe & Just Michigan$600,000218%
Pathways International US$600,000134%
Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance$600,000110%
Ohio Justice and Policy Center$600,000220%
Center for Democracy and Technology$600,00033%
Purpose Dignity Action$595,00012%
Surveillance Technology Oversight Project Inc$595,000249%
Insight Crime Incorporated$590,000315%
Arab American Institute Foundation$587,500320%
If Not Now Education Fund$583,888339%
The Century Foundation Inc$567,00034%
Global Friends in Action$563,417365%
Parliamentarians for Global Action$562,000321%
B Team Headquarters Inc$560,00036%
Repower Fund$560,00036%
Muslims for Progressive Values$550,000340%
Education For Just Peace in Middle East$550,000318%
Haitian Bridge Alliance$550,000215%
Rf Catalytic Capital Inc$548,90010%
Center for Artistic Activism Inc$544,075341%
Parami University Inc$541,860249%
Soros Fund Charitable Foundation$538,833110%
Youth Justice Coalition Inc$537,500318%
Citizens for Integrity Inc$536,000353%
Advocates for Children & Youth Inc$530,000228%
American Friends of Jamaica Inc$530,000221%
Center on Policy Initiatives$525,000136%
The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc$525,00024%
National Legal Aid and Defender Association$525,000210%
Autistic Self Advocacy Network Inc$512,000216%
Asia Catalyst Inc$502,272216%
Annunciation House Inc$500,0001n/a
New Consensus$500,0001n/a
Democracy Works Inc$500,00013%
Keep Our Republic Charitable Fund$500,000127%
Abortion Care Network$500,00014%
Witness Inc$500,00018%
Urge Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity$500,00018%
The Center for Jewish History Inc$500,00023%
Sunnyside Unified School District Foundation$500,0001n/a
The Richardson Center for Global Engagement$500,000150%
American Economic Liberties Project$500,000115%
The Participatory Budgeting Project Inc$500,000220%
Virginia New Majority Education Fund$500,00017%
Ifwhenhow$500,00013%
Western Pennsylvania Fund for Choic$500,0001n/a
Health Resources in Action Inc$500,00020%
Campaign for Human Rights Inc Dba the Center for Human Rights$500,000145%
Sojourners Inc$500,00017%
Casa San Jose$500,000129%
Government Accountability Project$500,00028%
Creative Justice Initiative Inc$500,000299%
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice Dba Curyj$500,000113%
National College Players Association$500,000269%
The American Independent Foundation$500,00012%
The Munathara Initiative$500,000217%
Mi Familia En Accion$500,00017%
Global Whole Being Fund$500,00013%
The Underground Museum Inc$500,000127%
Immigration Equality$491,867124%
Just Associates Inc$485,00029%
OUT For JUSTICE INC$480,000342%
Refugepoint Inc$480,00022%
Center for Justice and International Law$478,000229%
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund$475,00029%
Arab Watch Coalition$472,839347%
Global Americans Inc$472,000357%
Guernica Centre for InternationalJustice$470,000316%
Scholars at Risk Inc$462,500121%
Edge Funders Alliance$455,000418%
Accountability Lab Inc$453,50036%
Saferworld USA Inc$450,665221%
Pregnancy Justice Inc$450,000212%
Nash$450,00029%
Corporate Accountability Lab$450,000231%
Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center Inc$450,000122%
Partnership for Safety and Justice$450,000313%
Software Freedom Law Center Inc$450,000175%
Artemis Endeavor Inc$450,000292%
International Women's Health Coalition$450,00016%
Detention Watch Network$450,00026%
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund$450,00021%
Friends of Cne Inc$450,0001100%
Public Knowledge$450,00027%
Project on Government Oversight Inc$450,00024%
National Women's Law Center$450,00021%
Centro de Los Derechos del Migrante Inc$450,000211%
Ohio Voice$450,000220%
The Marshall Project Inc$450,00022%
Vote Mama Foundation Inc$450,000245%
Center for Third World Organizing$450,00023%
Articulate Foundation INC$448,500237%
Law Enforcement Action Partnership Inc$445,000318%
Texas Defender Service$445,000148%
Emerging Markets Investors Alliance Inc$445,000248%
Yale University$444,0001n/a
Ted Foundation Inc$443,00010%
Democracy 21 Education Fund$430,000319%
Clooney Foundation for Justice$430,00034%
Partnership for a New American Economy Research Fund$427,585214%
Baltimore Civic Fund Inc$420,00030%
Judson Memorial Church Inc$412,5002n/a
Haiti Cultural Exchange Inc$410,000248%
The Kaleidoscope Institute$405,220265%
The Center for Advanced Defense Studies$401,55113%
Center for Global Development$400,36812%
Talent Beyond Boundaries Inc$400,00019%
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated$400,00027%
Guardianorg Foundation$400,00018%
Hesperian Health Guides$400,000210%
Center for Transnational Environmental Accountability Inc$400,000148%
Inter Tribal Council of Arizona Inc$400,00031%
University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc$400,00011%
Girls for Gender Equity Inc$400,000112%
Equal Justice USA Inc$400,00025%
Baltimore Corps Inc$400,00014%
For the People$400,00017%
Workers Center For Racial Just NFP$400,000216%
Right to the City Alliance$400,00022%
Social Security Works Education Fund$400,000222%
Institute for Multi-Stakeholder Initiati$400,000265%
We Can Create Change$400,0001n/a
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition Inc$400,00023%
Jobs to Move America$400,00022%
The Bridgespan Group Inc$400,00010%
Institute for Freedoms Inc$400,000113%
Center for Health and Gender Equity Inc$400,000218%
Cec Artslink Inc$395,000222%
Community Catalyst Inc$390,00021%
Western States Center$385,00035%
Radio Ambulante Studios Inc$380,000310%
Friends of the American University of Afghanistan$379,550267%
Techsoup Global$375,00030%
Open Buffalo Inc$375,000140%
Institute for Strategic Dialogue-Us$375,000214%
Fair Share Housing Center Inc$375,00028%
Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans$375,00034%
Common Cause Education Fund$375,00022%
Global Network Foundation Inc$371,71539%
Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security Wcaps$365,000230%
Cornell University$363,35030%
Americas Society Inc$360,00044%
Trustees of Tufts College$358,78020%
The Denis & Lenora Foretia Foundation Inc$355,5722n/a
Artistic Freedom Initiative Inc$354,120116%
Harm Reduction Ohio$354,095326%
Women's International League for Peace & Freedom Uno Inc$350,000117%
The Miaan Group Inc$350,000319%
Include-The Mental Health Initiative$350,0001n/a
NC Survivors Union Inc$350,000339%
Center for European Policy Analysis$350,00016%
Every Campus a Refuge$350,000182%
Casa Inc$350,00031%
All Voting Is Local$350,00012%
People's Parity Project Inc$350,000380%
Pro Publica Inc$350,00020%
Catholics for Choice$350,00026%
Alianza Nacional de Campesinas Inc$350,000227%
Public Advocates Inc$350,00023%
National Partnership for New Americans$350,00027%
Community Renewal Society$350,0002n/a
Equal Justice Society$350,000217%
In Our Own Voice National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda$350,00015%
South Asian Americans Leading Together$350,000223%
Define American Inc$350,00028%
Ashoka$350,00020%
Investigative Reporters & Editors Inc$350,00027%
United States Artists Inc$345,00025%
Washington Brazil Office$344,727180%
Maryland Philanthropy Network$342,50033%
Interact Inc$340,000227%
International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care Inc$334,500243%
National Conference on Citizenship$334,05015%
Culturetrust Greater Philadelphia$329,09523%
Voice of San Diego$325,00027%
National Fair Housing Alliance$325,00023%
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines North America Corp$325,000260%
Sembramedia$320,000211%
Identity2020 Systems Inc$315,500227%
Center for Public Representation Inc$315,00027%
Pilnet$312,500120%
New York Focus Inc$310,000223%
Pact Inc$300,01810%
Global Philanthropy Project Inc$300,0001n/a
International Budget Partnership$300,00014%
Pacific Council on International Policy$300,00027%
The Renew Democracy Initiative Inc$300,00015%
Global Action on Gun Violence Inc$300,000126%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence$300,00013%
New Disabled South Inc$300,000114%
Cultural Survival Inc$300,00012%
The Center for Cultural Power$300,00022%
Type Media Center Inc$300,00024%
Mobility International USA$300,000114%
Power Inside Inc$300,000345%
The Markup News Inc$300,00022%
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights$300,00024%
American Impact Capital Foundation Inc$300,0001n/a
Refugee Council USA$300,000223%
Fight for the Future Education Fund$300,000225%
The Niskanen Center Inc$300,00013%
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc$300,00021%
Stockholm Environment Institute US Inc$300,00015%
Just Futures Law Inc$300,000113%
The Leadership Center for Attorney General Studies$300,000234%
Texas Low-Income Housing Information Service$300,000216%
Opensecrets$300,000210%
Kinfolk Tech Foundation$300,000230%
Array Alliance Inc$300,00012%
Philanthropy New York Inc$300,00017%
Candid$300,00011%
Abortion Fund of Maryland Inc$300,00018%
Sivio Institute$300,000225%
Nollie Jenkins Family Center Incorporated$300,000144%
Village Enterprise Fund$298,88326%
Regents of the University of Michigan$297,8262n/a
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Inc$280,00021%
Forward Justice$280,00023%
The Institute for Middle East Understanding$275,00028%
Center for Inclusive Policy$275,000232%
Shriver Center on Poverty Law$275,00022%
Dawn Foundation Inc$275,0001n/a
Witness Change Inc$273,000259%
Behavioral Health Leadership Institute Inc$270,00028%
Asian Pacific Amer InstitCongressional$270,00024%
World Justice Project$269,70131%
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale$268,0222n/a
Rainforest Foundation Inc$268,00022%
Light of Truth Center Inc$260,000337%
Morehouse College$256,45710%
Global Action for Trans Equality Inc$255,000126%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida Inc$250,30114%
Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition Inc$250,000129%
Internet Archive$250,00011%
Interfaith America$250,00012%
Techcongress Foundation$250,00015%
Afterimage Public Media$250,000132%
Compact Institute of Ideas Inc$250,000166%
Save The Children Federation Inc$250,00010%
Pennsylvania Stands Up Institute$250,00017%
Ayuda Inc$250,00014%
Center for Countering Digital Hate Inc$250,00016%
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum$250,00013%
America's Voice Education Fund$250,000112%
Judaism and Democracy Action Alliance of North America Inc$250,0001n/a
The 19th News$250,00011%
Jews United for Justice Inc$250,00026%
The Desert Biennial Dba Desert X$250,000115%
Alliance for Global Justice Corp$250,00014%
Partnership For the Public Good Inc$250,000137%
New Media Advocacy Project Inc$250,000218%
City of Charlottesville$250,0001n/a
The Center for Independent Documentary Inc$250,00013%
Mandala Enterprise Corporation$250,0002100%
Poder in Action$250,00028%
The Arsenault Family Foundation Inc$250,000147%
Afl-Cio Working for America Institute$250,00016%
Campaign for Accountability Inc$250,00019%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc$250,00022%
The Urban Institute$250,00010%
American Immigration Council$250,00013%
Global Investigative Journalism Network Inc$250,000114%
Results for Development Institute Inc$250,00011%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$250,00021%
One Voice$250,00015%
Charm City Care Connection Inc$250,000112%
Jewish Council for Public Affairs Inc$250,000112%
Coleman Children and Youth Services dba Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth$250,000110%
Transgender Law Center$250,00012%
National Partnership for Women and Families$250,00013%
Cubalex$250,000169%
American Rescue Project$250,000112%
Latin America Working Group Education Fund$250,000152%
Disinformation Index Inc$250,00018%
The Inclusivity Project Inc$250,000136%
Pay Our Interns Inc$250,000178%
The Clara Lionel Foundation$250,00020%
Earthrights International Inc$250,00014%
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting$250,00012%
The Gathering for Justice Inc$250,000114%
Vera Institute of Justice Inc$250,00010%
Sozo Impact Inc$250,000111%
Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia Inc$250,00017%
Alliance of Families for Justice Inc$250,00029%
Equimundo Center for Masculinities and Social Jus$247,04425%
Freedom Now Inc$245,950237%
The Center For Nuleadership On Urban Solutions Inc$245,000212%
Action Center on Race & the Economy Institute$245,00023%
Holistic Life Foundation Inc$245,00029%
Crude Accountability Incorporated$239,340150%
African Civic Leadership Program$238,000272%
North Carolina Council of Churches$233,3332n/a
Doctors of the World USA Inc$225,00522%
Better Markets Inc$225,00016%
A Jewish Voice for Peace$225,00016%
Poverty and Race Research Action Council$225,000112%
Me Too International Inc$225,00018%
Community Capacity Development Inc$225,000157%
CatchLight$225,00017%
Job Opportunities Task Force Inc$220,000212%
Population Action International$220,00012%
The Arc of the United States$217,50021%
Wide Angle Youth Media Inc$215,000211%
Powerswitch Action$215,00012%
Sex Workers Outreach Project$212,500216%
African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies Inc$210,000322%
First Look Institute Inc$207,00011%
The Democracy Collaborative Foundation Inc$201,92517%
Youth as Resources Inc$200,000236%
Metcalfe Park Community Bridges Inc$200,000212%
Asian AmericansPacific Islanders in Philanthropy Inc$200,00012%
Institute for Palestine Studies (Usa) Inc$200,000211%
Storyline Inc$200,000135%
Movement Alliance Project$200,00021%
Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc$200,00021%
Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense$200,000175%
New Jersey Together Inc$200,000223%
ScholarCHIPS Inc$200,000181%
Integrity First for America Inc$200,00014%
Prep4all Inc$200,0001n/a
Metro Iaf Inc$200,00015%
Worker Rights Consortium Inc$200,00017%
Business Capacity Development Alliance Inc$200,000120%
Baltimore Action Legal Team Inc$200,000112%
International Foundation for Electoral Systems$200,00020%
J Street Education Fund Inc$200,00012%
Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc$200,00012%
The Campaign Legal Center Inc$200,00011%
H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences Online$200,000129%
National Immigration Forum$200,00022%
Mekong Inc$200,000112%
On Point NYC Inc$200,00011%
Pan American Development Foundation$200,00010%
The Resolution Project Inc$200,0001n/a
Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism$200,00011%
Resilience Force$200,00017%
National Academy of Sciences$200,00010%
Mental Health Association of Maryland Inc$200,00024%
Long Island University$200,00010%
Moleskine Foundation Inc$200,000153%
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Inc$200,00015%
New York Taxi Workers Alliance$200,00027%
Connecticut Harm Reduction Alliance Inc$200,000110%
Taslimi Foundation$200,000210%
Fordham University$200,00020%
T'Ruah$200,00033%
Pennsylvania State University$200,0001n/a
Mobilisation Lab Inc$200,0001n/a
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement$200,00018%
National Consumer Law Center Inc$200,00012%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$200,00020%
The Tor Project Inc$195,00022%
Drug Policy Alliance$190,00012%
Foreign Policy For America Foundation$184,000125%
Alliance for Youth Organizing$180,00021%
The Boma Project Inc$180,00023%
Hudson Institute Inc$179,26711%
Collective Action for Safe Spaces$175,000223%
Aeon America Inc$175,000120%
Hilltown Commons Inc$175,00018%
Georgia Alliance Education Fund Inc$175,000135%
Federation of American Scientists$175,00023%
Skylight Engagement Inc$175,000135%
Maysles Institute Inc$172,040210%
Maine Access Points$170,000314%
Hispanics in Philanthropy$165,00021%
Utah Film Center$163,37021%
Medical Education Cooperation With Cuba$160,000140%
Shebuilds Foundation$160,0001n/a
Apoyo Legal Al Emprendimiento Comunitario Inc$156,0001n/a
Southern Coalition for Social Justice$155,00022%
Baffler Foundation Inc$153,05424%
Churches for Middle East Peace$150,000116%
Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center Inc$150,00018%
AIDS United$150,00013%
The Education Trust Inc$150,00020%
Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Education Fund Inc$150,000129%
Democracy a Journal of Ideas Inc$150,000215%
Culturingua$150,000120%
Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference Inc$150,000118%
Refugee Investment Network Inc$150,000112%
Goodnation Foundation Inc$150,00013%
United We Dream Network Inc$150,00011%
Puerto Rican Cultural Center$150,00012%
Acumen Fund Inc$150,00010%
Power to Decide$150,00012%
National Hispanic Media Coalition$150,00026%
City of Tulsa$150,0001n/a
Solutions in Hometown Connections$150,000133%
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc$150,00011%
The Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering Inc$150,000122%
W Haywood Burns Institute$150,00012%
Disability Rights Maryland Inc dba Maryland Disability Law Center Inc$150,00014%
Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice$150,00015%
Cato Institute$150,00010%
Miami Valley Fair Housing Center Inc$150,00029%
Northeastern University$150,00010%
The Tolerance Project Inc$150,000340%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta Inc$150,00011%
Grassroots International Inc$150,00011%
Horizontal$150,000235%
Harlem Stage Inc$150,00013%
Physicians For Reproductive Health$150,00023%
International Center for Research on Women$150,00012%
Women for Afghan Women Inc$150,00012%
Pallium India Inc$150,000152%
Musicians for Overdose Prevention Inc$144,845218%
Health Equity Alliance$141,28623%
Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund Inc$140,90021%
Localization Lab Inc$140,00024%
Actionaid USA$140,00013%
University of Puerto Rico Foundation Inc$140,000124%
Maine People's Resource Center$140,00023%
National Center for Lgbtq Rights Fka National Center for Lesbian Rights$135,00012%
Parole Preparation Project Inc$135,000118%
Funders Concerned About AIDS Inc$135,000117%
The Eyebeam Atelier Inc$132,00014%
Montclair State University Foundation Inc$130,00011%
Inclusive Development International$130,00018%
National Urban League Inc$130,00010%
The Eurasia Foundation$130,00011%
People's Harm Reduction Alliance$125,000111%
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Foundation$125,00016%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 1,183 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4B), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Foundation to Promote Open Society supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 170 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSoros Economic Development Fund: $103,487,301 over 4y, 78% of budgetThe Central European University: $100,051,579 over 5y, 25% of budgetBard College: $48,730,487 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetAlliance for Open Society Int'L Inc: $32,730,966 over 4y, 79% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $28,244,785 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetBorealis Philanthropy: $21,500,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetThe Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City: $21,220,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetCarnegie Endowment for International Peace: $16,066,728 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetEquis Institute: $15,108,000 over 2y, 67% of budgetVoter Registration Project: $12,965,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetOxfam-America Inc: $12,348,089 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $11,250,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetColor of Changeorg Education Fund: $11,230,000 over 5y, 35% of budgetNamati Inc: $10,870,000 over 4y, 31% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $10,125,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetNatural Resource Governance Institute: $9,650,000 over 5y, 44% of budgetCenter for American Progress: $9,250,000 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetBvm Capacity Building Institute Inc: $8,700,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetAvina Americas Inc: $8,648,176 over 5y, 60% of budgetOpen Government Partnership Secretariat: $7,816,000 over 5y, 28% of budgetFund for Global Human Rights Inc: $6,638,275 over 5y, 12% of budgetNew America Foundation: $6,460,000 over 5y, 8.7% of budgetPossibility Labs: $6,450,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetNational Trust for Local News: $6,387,708 over 1y, 14% of budgetThe American Austrian Foundation Inc: $6,120,000 over 5y, 93% of budgetSundance Institute: $6,000,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetThe Asia Society: $5,964,000 over 5y, 8.8% of budgetNew York University: $5,802,809 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSocial and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc: $5,762,265 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetThe ONE Campaign: $5,750,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetC40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc: $5,639,040 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetGlobal Fund for Women Inc: $5,275,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $5,200,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetPen American Center Inc: $5,027,500 over 5y, 11% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $4,750,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $4,700,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetCenter for Constitutional Rights: $4,697,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetImmigrant Legal Resource Center: $4,565,000 over 4y, 7.9% of budgetHighlander Research & Education Center Inc: $4,550,000 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetPolicylink: $4,500,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetThe African American Policy Forum Inc: $4,500,000 over 4y, 45% of budgetEthiopia Education Initiatives Inc: $4,500,000 over 3y, 55% of budgetAsian & Pacific Islander American Vote: $4,450,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $4,413,160 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBrac USA Inc: $4,304,595 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetRepairers of the Breach: $4,250,000 over 3y, 39% of budgetFund for Educational Excellence Inc: $4,216,800 over 4y, 8.8% of budgetAsian Law Caucus: $4,062,500 over 5y, 12% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNY157.9× affinity155 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Open Society Institute · The Ford Foundation · Democracy Fund Inc · Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Wallace Global Fund II · Alliance for Open Society Int'L Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Proteus Fund Inc · Omidyar Network Fund Inc · New Venture Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to Foundation to Promote Open Society through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Foundation to Promote Open Society

How much does Foundation to Promote Open Society give?
Foundation to Promote Open Society reported 738 grants totaling $481,525,362 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 765 and 965 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Foundation to Promote Open Society fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (44%), International (11%), Civil Rights (10%).
Who are Foundation to Promote Open Society's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Open Society Institute ($1.8B), Soros Economic Development Fund ($103M), The Central European University ($100M).
Does Foundation to Promote Open Society fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Foundation to Promote Open Society accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Foundation to Promote Open Society?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc, Open Society Institute, The Ford Foundation.
Where is Foundation to Promote Open Society based?
Foundation to Promote Open Society is based in NY.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 2000 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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