Open Society Institute

The Open Society Institute is a George Soros project that works to build "vibrant and tolerant democracies" by trying to shape public policies.

On a local level, OSI tries advance justice, education, public health, and independent media while also building alliances across borders and continents on issues such as corruption and freedom of information.

Grants distributed

Unions

Grant recipient	Purpose	Amount	Year	Term
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc.	General support	$250,000	2004	1-year
	Reproductive Freedom Project	$100,000	2004	1-year
	Second year of the Aryeh Neier fellowship prog.	$75,000	2004	1-year
Union of Concerned Scientists, Inc.	Scientific Integrity Program	$400,000	2006	2-year
Consumers Union of United States, Inc.	Democratic Pluralism in Media project	$150,000	2004	1-year
	Grassroots organizations and media	$200,000	2005	2-year
New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation	Protecting Protest project	$150,000	2004	1-year
	Completion of the Protecting Protest project	$48,000	2005	1-year
Union for Reform Judaism	Religious Action Center's Deborah Campaign	$35,000	2006	1-year
	Religious Action Center's Deborah Campaign	$75,000	2005	1-year
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Maryland, Inc.	Fundraising and management capacity	$29,500	2004	1-year
	Public school reform through advocacy, monitoring and public information activities	$130,000	2006	2-year
	Advocacy, litigation, public education and mobilization activities to secure adequate funding for public education in Maryland and effective reform in the Baltimore City Public School System	$100,000	2004	2-year
Union Memorial Hospital	Improve health and drug addiction treatment outcomes for heroin addicted patients transitioning from Baltimore hospitals to the community	$50,100	2004	28-month
Open Society Institute Budapest Foundation	Teaching and special projects exclusively to alumni of the Edmund S. Muskie/FREEDOM Support Act Graduate Fellowship Program in the 15 countries of the former Soviet Union	$306,643	2004	1-year

To individuals

Grant recipient location	Purpose	Amount	Year	Term
Yaounde, Cameroon	Attend the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Conference and the Treatment Action Group's Community Workshop in Paris, October 30th to November 6th, 2006	$2,199	2006	1- month
Astana, Kazakhstan	Professional development of junior faculty from former Soviet Union countries	$15,000	2006	4-month
Telavi, Georgia	Professional development of junior faculty from former Soviet Union countries	$15,000	2006	4-month
Jalalabat, Kyrgyzstan	Professional development of junior faculty from former Soviet Union countries	$15,000	2006	4-month
Telavi, Georgia	Professional development of junior faculty from former Soviet Union countries	$15,000	2006	5-month
Astana, Kazakhstan	Professional development of junior faculty from former Soviet Union countries	$15,000	2006	4-month
Tbilisi, Georgia	Professional development of junior faculty from former Soviet Union countries	$15,000	2004	10-month

In 2006 for a 15-month term, the Open Society Institute awarded a $100,000 grant to the SEIU Support and Education Fund to support the [ Since Sliced Bread] project.

External links

• Open Society Institute website