Overview

• Open Society Foundations, led by Alex Soros, has pledged $50 million to boost civic engagement among women and young people over the next three years.
• The funding aims to support democracy in the U.S. and will be directed towards nonprofits working on issues such as reproductive justice, climate change, voting, and gun safety.
• The new commitment is in addition to previous funding commitments made by Open Society Foundations to U.S.-based organizations since 2020, including $220 million for Black-led organizations working for racial justice, $100 million to Latino organizations for civic engagement and immigrants’ rights, and $52.6 million for organizations working in Indigenous and Asian communities.
• The funds will be granted between 2024 and 2026 and will include a mix of funding for nonprofit organizations and advocacy groups, which are allowed to do more work campaigning directly around issues.
• The funding is explicitly not timed to influence the 2024 presidential election and is nonpartisan, according to Laleh Ispahani, the executive director of Open Society-U.S.