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Open Society Institute

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$147M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
559
Grants FY2024
434
Organizations funded FY2023
38%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$38,025,318
Organizations funded a year
434 to 694
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
27
Total assets, FY2024
$5.4B
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Open Society Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementOther
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 arriving309$135M61%
FY2023434$254M38%
FY2022527$218M36%
FY2021694$307M52%
FY2020583$126M37%
FY2019536$27M39%
FY2018510$20M40%
FY2017442$25Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$603MInternational$126MCivil Rights$86MSocial Science$82MArts & Culture$41MPublic Benefit$40MPhilanthropy$38MCrime & Legal$26MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 419 grantees
All grantees of Open Society Institute by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Central European University$323,184,706784%
Bard College$211,410,836818%
The Institute for New Economic Thinking Inc$65,631,3465n/a
Media Development Investment Fund Inc$19,300,000451%
The Fund for Public Schools Inc$15,000,000133%
The Barack Obama Foundation$15,000,00052%
International Budget Partnership$8,795,000267%
Fund for Global Human Rights Inc$7,314,000410%
Human Rights Watch Inc$6,168,00053%
Journalism Development Network Inc$5,273,522411%
Brac USA Inc$5,000,75067%
Natural Resource Governance Institute$5,000,000229%
Alliance for Open Society Int'L Inc$4,484,235648%
Global Poverty Project Inc$3,750,00034%
Aspiration Aspirationtechorg$3,400,000319%
Freedom House$3,350,15035%
New York University$3,206,00050%
Access Now$3,050,00037%
Center for Civilians in Conflict$3,014,550514%
International Labor Rights Forum$2,609,890653%
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc$2,479,95079%
Earthrights International Inc$2,375,000412%
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre$2,156,050822%
Center for Global Development$2,114,370113%
Uplift Afghanistan Fund$2,072,987369%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$2,001,83630%
Transparentem Ltd$2,000,000271%
Asian University for Women (Auw) Support Foundation$2,000,000124%
Reset Tech$2,000,000118%
Worker Rights Consortium Inc$1,850,000238%
Scholars at Risk Inc$1,703,000323%
International Center for Not-For-Profit Law Inc$1,400,00026%
Global Investigative Journalism Network Inc$1,375,000240%
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting$1,332,00027%
Hope International Development Agency$1,241,60034%
Actionaid USA$1,170,000410%
Oxfam-America Inc$1,143,62161%
American University$1,137,64050%
Human Rights Campaign Foundation$1,103,50063%
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Foundation$1,000,000170%
The ONE Campaign$1,000,00023%
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace$981,32831%
Sisterhood Is Global Institute Inc$950,000226%
Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation$950,00044%
Institute for Strategic Dialogue-Us$945,000114%
The Carter Center Inc$910,13611%
The Jain Family Institute$900,000115%
Witness Inc$900,000211%
Escr-Net International$900,000243%
The Richardson Center for Global Engagement$873,201277%
International Civil Society Action Network Inc$820,146310%
United States Fund for Unicef$777,33650%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$776,68031%
Asylum Access$775,00025%
The New School$760,00040%
Physicians for Human Rights Inc$753,000211%
The Online Progressive Engagement Network Inc$750,0001n/a
Migration Policy Institute$720,000212%
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility$700,0002n/a
The Industrial Commons$695,000213%
The Asia Society$688,75022%
Madre Inc$679,75058%
Ceres Inc$675,00031%
Cristosal Inc$656,60048%
United Nations Development Corporation$630,00011%
The Leadership Conference Education Fund Inc$600,00323%
Third Sector New England Inc$600,00030%
The Democracy Collaborative Foundation Inc$600,000222%
Campaign for Accountability Inc$600,000219%
Center for American Progress$580,00011%
Peri Support Fund Inc$560,000271%
Pilnet$550,000226%
Panorama Global$511,96731%
Community Initiatives$506,17821%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$504,95050%
International Rescue Committee INC$503,45050%
National Conference on Citizenship$500,00024%
Media Matters for America$500,00013%
The Museum for African Art D/B/A the Africa Center$500,00015%
Code for Science & Society Inc$500,00017%
As You Sow$500,00014%
The Aspen Institute Inc$500,00010%
Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism$500,000266%
Yale University$465,7503n/a
Community Voices Heard Inc$460,000114%
Anti-Defamation League$450,75030%
Zebras Unite$450,000214%
Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund Inc$450,00016%
Creative Commons Corporation$450,00023%
Church World Service Inc$450,00010%
International Rivers Network$442,500411%
Haitian Education and Leadership Program$434,150511%
New America Foundation$401,25051%
International Refugee Assistance Project Inc$400,15022%
Blue Rose Compass Inc$400,0001100%
Data & Society Research Institute Inc$400,00017%
Democracy at Work Institute$400,00028%
The Shareholder Commons$400,000138%
Working America Education Fund$400,00014%
Shift Project Ltd$390,00027%
Myanmar Policy Institute$385,000157%
Rutgers University Foundation$371,35040%
Women's Refugee Commission Inc$356,64114%
Fractured Atlas Inc$352,60031%
Fordham University$349,12040%
Edge Funders Alliance$347,000214%
Eurasianet Inc$340,000123%
The German Marshall Fund of the United States$340,00021%
Global Fund for Burma Inc$330,500199%
Public Citizen Foundation Inc$330,00331%
Guernica Centre for InternationalJustice$328,800327%
International Accountability Project$320,000429%
The Center For Nuleadership On Urban Solutions Inc$316,65047%
Development Initiatives Poverty Research America Inc$300,0111n/a
Conservation International Foundation$300,00020%
Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights$300,00021%
East-West Management Institute Inc$300,00011%
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale$300,0001n/a
The International Legal Foundation Ltd$295,600211%
Igarape Inc$283,00018%
Tabernacle of Praise$281,5417n/a
Accountability Counsel$280,00017%
Yashrut North America$260,000171%
Global Action for Trans Equality Inc$250,000125%
Internet Archive$250,00011%
Center for Community Alternatives Inc$250,00021%
Global Financial Integrity$250,000116%
International Women's Media Foundation$250,00016%
Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc$235,32351%
Center for Justice & Accountability$230,00017%
Freshed Inc$225,000270%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$221,11522%
350org$208,85051%
The Signals Network Inc$206,00029%
Institute for State Effectiveness$200,000110%
Coda Media Inc$200,000117%
Localization Lab Inc$200,000221%
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide$200,00012%
The Jed Foundation$200,00012%
Voice Vietnamese Overseas Initiative Conscience Empowerment$200,000135%
Dalberg Catalyst$200,00013%
Sustainable Food Laboratory Inc$200,00024%
Progres Foundation Corporation$185,000139%
The Peaceworks Network Foundation$183,00017%
Eye & I Inc$175,500518%
Hilltown Commons Inc$175,00029%
Mongabay Org Corp$170,00012%
Parent Teacher Association of Ps145$168,900355%
The Brookings Institution$160,00010%
Center for Third World Organizing$159,10526%
Korean American Food for the Hungry International Inc$156,00064%
Just Vision Inc$150,00016%
Parliamentarians for Global Action$150,00016%
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs$150,00010%
Opencollective Foundation$150,00011%
Village Enterprise Fund$150,00013%
Public Art Fund Inc$150,00014%
The International Refugee Rights Initiative$150,000189%
Good Old Lower East Side Inc$150,00018%
Disinformation Index Inc$150,00015%
Stichting Womens Initiatives for Gender Justice$150,000182%
Accountability Lab Inc$150,00026%
Community Partners$150,00010%
Global Integrity$149,76815%
Life Camps Incorporated$145,00023%
Allied Productions Inc$144,675357%
Zion Deliverance Center Inc$144,059520%
Foundation for Middle East Peace$140,00019%
The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc$135,00030%
Ujamaa Community Development Corp$135,000517%
Atifa D B a Masjidi Hazarat-I- Abubakr Immigrants of Afghanistan$135,0003n/a
Oversea Chinese Mission$135,0004n/a
Hispanics in Philanthropy$135,00011%
Immigration Equality$134,50882%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$130,09070%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$130,00020%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$127,10021%
The George Washington University$127,00010%
Yale University$125,0001n/a
Guardianorg Foundation$125,00013%
J Street Education Fund Inc$122,25060%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$120,64840%
The Shakespeare Forum Inc$120,450748%
Cornell University$119,27980%
Wesleyan University$109,00050%
The Ivy League School Foundation Inc$108,570358%
Mayan Spring Incorporated$105,000355%
German School Brooklyn$102,00041%
Living Arts International Inc$100,00027%
Video Volunteers$100,000116%
The Malala Fund$100,00010%
Atlantic Council of the United States Inc$100,00010%
Alianza Americas$100,00017%
Comparative and International Education Society Inc$95,54025%
Washington Office on Latin America$94,31351%
Afghan Literacy Foundation$93,990427%
American Symphony Orchestra$90,84061%
Roundabout Theatre Company Inc$90,00020%
Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice$87,75054%
PJ Raval LLC$83,9551n/a
Kingston College Old Boys Association USA Inc$82,735812%
The Engine Room Inc$82,00018%
Environmental Advocates Ny Inc$79,50042%
Northern New Jersey Huaxia Chinese School Inc$79,250619%
New York Taxi Workers Alliance$75,00015%
Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center Inc$75,00016%
Toledo Muslim Community Center$75,00026%
Criterion Institute$75,00016%
Life City Church International$74,8021n/a
Guyana United Youth Development Assoc$74,3882n/a
Stone Room Concerts$73,3355n/a
Morris Cty Corrections PBA Local 298$73,00029%
Land is Life Inc$70,00011%
Bread for the World Institute$70,00011%
Fortify Inc$70,00012%
Hispanic Federation Inc$66,17540%
Singh Foundation Inc$66,00057%
Guild of Future Architects Foundation$65,00014%
We Are Family Senior Outreach Network Inc$64,50038%
Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International$62,25063%
Life Christian Church$60,2342n/a
Development Gateway Inc$60,00012%
Mukono Foundation Inc$60,0002n/a
Refugee Health Alliance$59,62537%
Richmond Conexiones$55,8002n/a
Good Counsel Services Inc$54,886118%
Pisgah Legal Services$54,60160%
A Jewish Voice for Peace$54,00012%
The Project on Middle East Democracy Inc$52,64613%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50,85060%
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc$50,00011%
The Trust for the Americas$50,00011%
B Team Headquarters Inc$50,00011%
Babseacle Inc$50,00019%
University of Rochester$49,50060%
Hillsong NYC LLC$49,1853n/a
The Alliance For Media Arts Culture Inc$46,200210%
Kings Cross Church$45,1502n/a
Trustees of Tufts College$45,09320%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California$45,00240%
Friends of Seva Mandir Inc$45,000116%
Build Up Inc$45,0001n/a
Kids for Kids Foundation Inc$45,00015%
The Family Restored$45,000310%
Global Policy Forum Inc$45,000121%
Islamic Relief USA$45,00010%
Geva Theatre Center Inc$44,70021%
International Center for Transitional Justice Inc$43,00010%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$42,40030%
Dreams Indeed International$42,30035%
Playhouse Inc$42,25032%
A Wider Circle Inc$42,00030%
Meadows-Livingstone School$42,0002n/a
International Partners Cassie Stern Memorial Inc$40,500110%
Human Rights Advocates Inc$40,5004n/a
National Lgbtq Task Force$39,90150%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$39,82450%
Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence Inc$39,62550%
Fair Elections Center$39,00021%
Coalition for the Homeless Inc$38,79960%
Denison University$37,50010%
Bank Information Center$37,00012%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$36,85550%
City Harvest Inc$36,33640%
Jubilee House Community$36,00052%
St Croix Falls Festival Theatre Inc$36,00028%
Eglise Baptiste Bethesda D Expression Francaise Inc$36,000213%
Friends of Fafg Inc$35,70031%
Friends of the University of Sussex$34,75018%
Mountain Laurel Learning Cooperative$34,575311%
Sunnyside Community Services Inc$34,52570%
Chinese for Affirmative Action$33,72040%
The Tulsa Initiative Inc$33,513337%
Back on My Feet$32,89950%
Living Faith Community Church$32,6252n/a
Westchester Hockey Organization Inc$32,400352%
New York Shakespeare Festival$32,32570%
Appalachian Therapeutic Riding Cent$31,50057%
Highland Support Project$30,60026%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$30,48030%
Make the Road New York$30,38370%
Milton Academy$30,00020%
Share a Smile a Nj Nonprofit Corporation$30,000120%
Crude Accountability Incorporated$30,00015%
Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center$30,00017%
Theater for Personal Growth Inc$30,000111%
Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte$30,00010%
Fund for Public Health in New York Inc$30,00020%
Great Small Works Inc$30,00028%
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research Inc$29,92561%
ACADEMY OF MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES INC DBA RaisingHealth Partners$29,75062%
Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership for Justice$29,40060%
Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc$28,20020%
Oberlin College$27,75050%
Friends of the Salomon Klein Orphanage$26,88758%
All Angels Episcopal Church$26,7004n/a
Nurturing Minds Inc$25,50030%
National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction Inc$25,50021%
Chess-In-The-Schools Inc$25,00011%
Association for Asian Studies Inc$25,00011%
The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics$25,00017%
University Enterprises Inc$24,97210%
The Institute of Music for Children Inc$24,45071%
Manhattan Country School Inc$24,37520%
PTA John Tyler Elementary DC$24,0003n/a
The Brearley School$24,00030%
Compassion & Choices$24,00010%
Little Flock Church$23,7813n/a
Outright International$23,62541%
New DramatistsInc$23,61370%
Futures Ignite Inc$23,58022%
Riverside Park Conservancy Inc$23,25030%
Parents of Ps 334 Inc$23,22661%
Center for Constitutional Rights$23,05040%
The Young People's Chorus of New York City Inc$22,51520%
Workforce Professionals Training Institute$22,50011%
Expanded Schools Inc$22,50030%
Fund for Ps 84 Inc$22,50014%
Little Red School House Inc$22,42540%
Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter Barcs$22,42550%
Center for Food Action in New Jersey$22,35030%
New York Dominican Officers Organization$22,0001n/a
Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc$21,90020%
Project Healthy Children Inc$21,75020%
Initiative for Medicines Access & Knowledge (I-Mak) Inc$21,75020%
The Women's Law Center of Md Inc$21,75060%
Community Action Service Center Dba Rise$21,49941%
Garden of Hope Inc$21,00060%
DRUM Desis Rising Up and Moving Inc$20,86540%
Anjiro Initiative$19,9754n/a
Jackson-Reed Crew Booster Club$19,50033%
TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc$19,50030%
Stomping Ground Camp Inc$19,50043%
Equal Justice Initiative$18,93670%
Young Men's Christian Association of Rye New York$18,75030%
Coro New York Leadership Center$18,75020%
Givedirectly Inc$18,75010%
British Schools & Universities Foundation Inc$18,75010%
Ps 39 Parent Association Inc$18,52551%
Journeys of Solutions Inc$18,49563%
Food Allergy Research & Education Inc$18,15020%
Hope for Home Ministries$18,00012%
Storycorps Inc$18,00030%
Students for a Free Tibet Inc$18,00032%
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah$17,8895n/a
Redeemer Presbyterian Church of New York$17,7301n/a
Georgetown University$17,40040%
Friends Seminary$17,2503n/a
Remnant Westside Church Inc$16,8002n/a
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$16,65040%
Muslim Community and Health$16,65022%
Choose Love Inc$16,57520%
St Johns Foundation Inc$16,5002n/a
Metropolitan Opera Association Inc$16,35160%
Endowment for Equal Justice$16,35011%
Urban Justice Center$16,20040%
Mount St Michael Academy$15,6002n/a
Barnard College$15,19230%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$15,15050%
Angels For Angels$15,01510%
Civil Rights Corps$15,00010%
Peace Of Mind Yogic Center Inc$15,000128%
Islamic Center of Merrillville Northwest$15,0001n/a
New Horizon School Pasadena$15,00010%
Lunar NYC Inc$15,0001n/a
Rosedale Community Youth Center$15,00046%
Center for Consumer Recovery Inc$15,0001n/a
North American Family Institute Inc$15,00010%
Columbia Legal Services$15,00020%
Muslim Wellness Foundation$15,0001n/a
Ner Mordechai$15,0001n/a
Downeast Coastal Conservancy$15,00014%
Cool Culture Inc$15,00011%
Foundation for Social Impact$15,000115%
The Disability Fund Inc$15,00020%
Salzburg Global Seminar Inc$15,00010%
Capilla Evangelica$15,0001n/a
Bloomingdalefamilyprograminc$15,00020%
The James C Ferrer Educational Fundinc (Formerly Shinnecock Hills Educational )$14,9551n/a
Vera Institute of Justice Inc$14,70040%
National Immigration Law Center$14,70030%
Archipelago Books Inc$14,47531%
Romanians of DC$14,253135%
Some Inc$13,80040%
Friends of William Alexander Middle School 51 Inc$13,7402n/a
Yonkers Partners in Education Inc$13,24220%
Razom Inc$13,23830%
Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc$13,05350%
Trinity Grace Church Crown Heights$12,5803n/a
Heifer Project International$12,30130%
Martha's Table Inc$12,30040%
Carleton College$12,15030%
Ice Foundation Inc$12,15044%
San Carlos Foundation$12,000114%
Thousand Currents$12,00020%
Urban Word NYC Inc$12,0001n/a
Partners For Learning Across Cultures$12,000116%
Ethical Culture Fieldston School$12,00010%
SMYAL Inc$12,00060%
PTA Association of Bard High School Early College Inc$12,00015%
Northern Manhattan Coalition For Immigrant Rights$11,55040%
Transgender Law Center$11,25010%
Trailhead Institute$11,25020%
Als United Greater New York Inc$11,13060%
New York Public Radio$11,10480%
Pro Publica Inc$10,66550%
Oyster School Community Council Inc$10,65040%
The Maryland Spca Inc$10,65040%
The Arab-American Family Support Center Inc$10,65020%
Resist Inc$10,54530%
Hudson West Fest Inc$10,5001n/a
lowernineorg$10,50041%
Hunger Free America Inc$10,41640%
African Cultural and Religious Society of Washington DC$10,3652n/a
The Peddie School$10,20040%
Association for Indias Development Inc$10,20030%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$10,09530%
Food Bank for New York City$10,06760%
Loggerhead Marinelife Center Inc$10,05030%

Plus 1,557 recipients with no EIN on record ($301M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Open Society Institute supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 41 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Central European University: $323,184,706 over 7y, 84% of budgetBard College: $211,410,836 over 8y, 18% of budgetMedia Development Investment Fund Inc: $19,300,000 over 4y, 51% of budgetThe Fund for Public Schools Inc: $15,000,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetThe Barack Obama Foundation: $15,000,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetInternational Budget Partnership: $8,795,000 over 2y, 67% of budgetFund for Global Human Rights Inc: $7,314,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $6,168,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetJournalism Development Network Inc: $5,273,522 over 4y, 11% of budgetBrac USA Inc: $5,000,750 over 6y, 6.7% of budgetNatural Resource Governance Institute: $5,000,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetAlliance for Open Society Int'L Inc: $4,484,235 over 6y, 48% of budgetGlobal Poverty Project Inc: $3,750,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetAspiration Aspirationtechorg: $3,400,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetFreedom House: $3,350,150 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetNew York University: $3,206,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAccess Now: $3,050,000 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetCenter for Civilians in Conflict: $3,014,550 over 5y, 14% of budgetInternational Labor Rights Forum: $2,609,890 over 6y, 53% of budgetCommittee to Protect Journalists Inc: $2,479,950 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetEarthrights International Inc: $2,375,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetBusiness and Human Rights Resource Centre: $2,156,050 over 8y, 22% of budgetCenter for Global Development: $2,114,370 over 1y, 13% of budgetUplift Afghanistan Fund: $2,072,987 over 3y, 69% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $2,001,836 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTransparentem Ltd: $2,000,000 over 2y, 71% of budgetAsian University for Women (Auw) Support Foundation: $2,000,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetReset Tech: $2,000,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetWorker Rights Consortium Inc: $1,850,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetScholars at Risk Inc: $1,703,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetInternational Center for Not-For-Profit Law Inc: $1,400,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetGlobal Investigative Journalism Network Inc: $1,375,000 over 2y, 40% of budgetPulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting: $1,332,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetHope International Development Agency: $1,241,600 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetActionaid USA: $1,170,000 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetOxfam-America Inc: $1,143,621 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican University: $1,137,640 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHuman Rights Campaign Foundation: $1,103,500 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetEllen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Foundation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 70% of budgetThe ONE Campaign: $1,000,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetCarnegie Endowment for International Peace: $981,328 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSisterhood Is Global Institute Inc: $950,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetCivicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation: $950,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetInstitute for Strategic Dialogue-Us: $945,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetThe Carter Center Inc: $910,136 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Jain Family Institute: $900,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetWitness Inc: $900,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetEscr-Net International: $900,000 over 2y, 43% of budget

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

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.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNY117.8× affinity157 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Open Society Institute 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 Open Society Institute

How much does Open Society Institute give?
Open Society Institute reported 559 grants totaling $146,889,147 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 434 and 694 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Open Society Institute fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (52%), International (11%), Civil Rights (7%).
Who are Open Society Institute's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Central European University ($323M), Bard College ($211M), The Institute for New Economic Thinking Inc ($66M).
Does Open Society Institute fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Open Society Institute accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Open Society Institute?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation to Promote Open Society, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc, The Ford Foundation.
Where is Open Society Institute based?
Open Society Institute 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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