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ALLIANCE FOR OPEN SOCIETY INT'L INC

ALLIANCE FOR OPEN SOCIETY INT'L INC (New York) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,477,614 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($9,000,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$477k
Funders on record
25
Grants received
$27M
Net assets
$4.6M
10/25 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 58%
01What it does

What Alliance for Open Society Int'L Inc does

Mission

Alliance for open society international, inc. ("aosi") seeks to transform closed societies into open societies and to protect and expand the values of existing open societies. Aosi's purposes include: (see sch. O)alliance for open society international, inc. ("aosi") seeks to transform closed societies into open societies and to protect and expand the values of existing open societies. Aosi's purposes include: (a) coordinating, administering, and advising programs both in the united states and abroad on a range of issues, including public health, education, and, more generally, development of civil society; (b) educating the public about issues concerning societies attempting to transform from totalitarian or authoritarian rule to democratic marketeconomies; and (c) promoting the values of open, democratic societies throughout the world.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.

South africa constitutionalism fund program ownership was transferred to new venture fund in 2024 and the afghanistan program was concluded in 2023.

Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).

  1. Eastern europe program-ukraine: in 2022 the ukraine democracy fund was launched with the aim to bring together private and public donors to support civil society in ukraine, in response to russia's assault on ukraine and democracy, to mobilize international support for ukraine as well as respond to the biggest humanitarian crisis in europe in many decades.

    $1,208,966 spentof which $1,208,966 as grants
    56% of program spending
  2. South africa constitutionalism fund: the program has a mandate to support the efforts of civil society organizations to promote and advance constitutionalism in south africa. In addition, emphasis is placed on internal institutional transformation such that key organizations in the field reflect the national demographic. This mandate also extends to the sustainability and transformation of the field more broadly.

    $890,929 spentof which $890,929 as grants
    41% of program spending
  3. Us programs - osi baltimore: baltimore programs restricted to seven core program areas that support place-based work: community fellowships program, strategic communications, criminal and juvenile justice, addiction and health equity, education and youth development, economic justice, and other special projects.

    $42,338 spentof which $292 as grants
    2% of program spending
  4. Others - services provided by grants management in support of aosi-related programs.

    $13,536 spent
    1% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,155,769.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($4.8M) Expenses 100 ($4.3M) Net assets 100 ($25M)2021 Revenue 700 ($34M) Expenses 428 ($18M) Net assets 160 ($39M)2022 Revenue 460 ($22M) Expenses 787 ($34M) Net assets 110 ($27M)2023 Revenue 323 ($16M) Expenses 739 ($32M) Net assets 50 ($12M)2024 Revenue 10 ($477k) Expenses 54 ($2.3M) Net assets 19 ($4.6M)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (10)Expenses (54)Net assets (19)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $35M to $16M (−53%).

$28M
$43M
$35M
$16M
$4.7M
20202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

0% of ALLIANCE FOR OPEN SOCIETY INT'L INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,945 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$579k
’20
$16M
’21
−$11M
’22
−$16M
’23
−$1.8M
’24
24
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

20202021202220232024
Listed1313141211
Joined·+4+1+1+2
No longer listed·4033
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $1.0M → $1.1M.

6 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

Left out of every figure on this page: $37M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Foundation to Promote Open Society). These are real filings, and they are not money ALLIANCE FOR OPEN SOCIETY INT'L INC raised.

From the IRS filings of ALLIANCE FOR OPEN SOCIETY INT'L INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

ALLIANCE FOR OPEN SOCIETY INT'L INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

33%
largest funder
67%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 93% · 2019 95% · 2020 35% · 2021 49% · 2022 39% · 2023 94% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

33% of ALLIANCE FOR OPEN SOCIETY INT'L INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

ALLIANCE FOR OPEN SOCIETY INT'L INC draws 53% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 11 states in all.

ME
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
CA
VA
MD
DE
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ALLIANCE FOR OPEN SOCIETY INT'L INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,524 international nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−386% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve24.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−44% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 7%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
25%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

39%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 2 states

NY
MD

Part of a family of 18 related entities

  • Open Society Institute · exempt
  • Foundation to Promote Open Soceity Institute · exempt
  • Soros Economic Development Fund · exempt
  • Open Society Action Fund Inc · exempt
  • Fund for Policy Reform Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds ALLIANCE FOR OPEN SOCIETY INT'L INC?
ALLIANCE FOR OPEN SOCIETY INT'L INC (New York) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,477,614 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($9,000,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ALLIANCE FOR OPEN SOCIETY INT'L INC have?
IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $27,477,614 in grants to ALLIANCE FOR OPEN SOCIETY INT'L INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ALLIANCE FOR OPEN SOCIETY INT'L INC?
THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $9,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ALLIANCE FOR OPEN SOCIETY INT'L INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 25 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing