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Open Society Action Fund

Name: Open Society Action Fund grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

582
grants reported: $498.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $350,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

advocacy policy social welfare nonpartisan engagement civic work

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

501(c)(4) civic engagement and voter mobilization in swing states
Reproductive rights ballot measures and abortion access advocacy
Democracy defense: election integrity, redistricting, voting rights
Latinx, Black, AAPI community power-building and representation
Foreign policy, diplomacy, and national security advocacy
Immigration, criminal justice, and worker rights policy campaigns

Typical grant

Median grant is $350,000, with the middle half between $200,000 and $600,000. The largest checks, from $3 million to $16 million, go to national civic engagement infrastructure like Our American Future Action, America Votes, ACLU, and Equis Labs; state ballot measure committees cluster at $1 million to $4 million. Repeat funding is common, and several grantees such as Sixteen Thirty Fund, State Democracy Defenders Action, and Forward Action Fund received multiple grants in the same year for distinct projects.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“nonpartisan policy advocacy”
“the grantee's social welfare activities”
“nonpartisan civic engagement”
“policy advocacy and nonpartisan civic engagement”
“rights and freedoms”

Positioning adjacent work

Lead with advocacy and civic engagement framing, not research; their money moves through 501(c)(4) social welfare vehicles.
Anchor to a named theme: reproductive freedom, election integrity, redistricting, or Latinx/Black/AAPI civic power.
Ask $300,000 to $600,000 for a first project; reserve seven-figure asks for statewide ballot campaigns.
Name the state and the electoral cycle; Arizona, Nevada, Ohio, Florida, and North Carolina recur repeatedly.

Worth knowing: This is the (c)(4) advocacy arm of the Open Society network, so grantees are almost entirely 501(c)(4) organizations and fiscal sponsors like Sixteen Thirty Fund, North Fund, and Tides Advocacy; a pure 501(c)(3) research shop is a poor fit. Giving is heavily concentrated in Washington DC and in 2024 election-cycle work, and a small set of national intermediaries absorbs a large share of the dollars.

4 grants matching “civilians” · $820,000

$300,000
Center for Civilians in Conflict · Washington, DC · 2024
To support policy advocacy on the promotion of human rights in us foreign policy
$200,000
Center for Civilians in Conflict · Washington, DC · 2023
To support policy advocacy on promotion of human rights in us foreign policy
$200,000
Center for Civilians in Conflict · Washington, DC · 2023
To support coalition building and advocacy on u.s. Arms sales accountability
$120,000
Center for Civilians in Conflict · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the grantee's advocacy on civilian protection

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Our American Future Action2 grants · $34.4M
Future Forward USA Action3 grants · $33.2M
Sixteen Thirty Fund13 grants · $27.4M
America Votes5 grants · $26.0M
Way To Win Action Fund4 grants · $17.5M
American Civil Liberties Union3 grants · $15.6M
Drug Policy Action3 grants · $15.0M
Equis Labs3 grants · $15.0M
Workmoney3 grants · $14.5M
Tides Advocacy13 grants · $12.8M

Giving over time

$152.4M

2022

$186.4M

2023

$159.6M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 582 grants.

$18.1M
Our American Future Action · Washington, DC · 2023
To support non-partisan policy advocacy and civic engagement
$16.4M
Our American Future Action · Washington, DC · 2024
To support non-partisan policy advocacy and civic engagement
$15.2M
Future Forward USA Action · Washington, DC · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$15.0M
Future Forward USA Action · Washington, DC · 2023
To support nonpartisan research and content testing on critical policy issues
$12.9M
America Votes · Washington, DC · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$12.8M
Way To Win Action Fund · Walnut, CA · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$9.7M
Sixteen Thirty Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$9.0M
America Votes · Washington, DC · 2024
To support nonpartisan civic engagement
$5.6M
American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2024
To support the grantee's social welfare activities
$5.0M
Drug Policy Action · New York, NY · 2024
To support the grantee's non-partisan social welfare activities
$5.0M
Equis Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support its social welfare activities to further latinx participation in democracy
$5.0M
Workmoney · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support the grantee's social welfare activities
$5.0M
American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2023
To support the grantee's social welfare activities
$5.0M
Drug Policy Action · New York, NY · 2023
To support the social welfare activities of the grantee
$5.0M
Equis Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support its social welfare activities to further latinx participation in democracy
$5.0M
Sixteen Thirty Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To support underserved geographies seeking technology investment
$5.0M
Workmoney · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
To support the grantee's social welfare activities
$5.0M
American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$5.0M
Drug Policy Action · New York, NY · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$5.0M
Equis Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$4.5M
Reproductive Freedom for All Committee · Detroit, MI · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$4.5M
Workmoney · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$4.4M
Tides Advocacy · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$4.3M
Community Change Action · Washington, DC · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$4.2M
Accelerate Action · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
To support nonpartisan civic engagement
$4.2M
Accelerate Action · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
To support nonpartisan civic engagement
$4.2M
Working Families Organization · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To support the grantees social welfare activities
$4.0M
Floridians Protecting Freedom · Miami, FL · 2024
To support nonpartisan policy advocacy in florida
$4.0M
Community Change Action · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the grantee's social welfare activities
$4.0M
Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights Pac · Columbus, OH · 2023
To support nonpartisan policy advocacy on reproductive rights in ohio
$3.8M
Neo Philanthropy Action Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$3.1M
Care in Action · New York City, NY · 2023
To support the grantee's social welfare activities in georgia
$3.0M
Future Forward USA Action · Washington, DC · 2024
To provide messaging support to nonpartisan advocacy efforts to protect rights and freedoms
$3.0M
Tides Advocacy · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support the social welfare activities of the electoral justice project
$3.0M
Indivisible Project · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the grantee's social welfare activities
$3.0M
Planned Parenthood Action Fund · New York, NY · 2023
To support the grantee's social welfare activities
$3.0M
Sixteen Thirty Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To support nonpartisan policy advocacy on election protection
$3.0M
Tides Advocacy · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support the grantees social welfare activities in michigan
$2.8M
America Votes · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the grantee's social welfare activities
$2.7M
State Engagement Fund · Raleigh, NC · 2023
To support non-partisan civic engagement in underrepresented communities
$2.5M
Black Progressive Action Coalition · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the grantees non-partisan social welfare activities
$2.5M
Accelerate Action · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$2.5M
Fair Fight Action · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$2.3M
Way To Win Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the social welfare activities on latinx rights and empowerment of the grantee's valiente fund, a project of the grantee that works to build latinx civic, economic, and cultural power
$2.3M
Sixteen Thirty Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To support nonpartisan civic engagement and policy advocacy
$2.3M
Way To Win Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To support non-partisan civic engagement
$2.1M
State Engagement Fund · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$2.0M
Planned Parenthood Action Fund · New York, NY · 2024
To support certain nonpartisan policy advocacy
$2.0M
State Democracy Defenders Action · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
To support nonpartisan policy advocacy on election integrity
$2.0M
State Democracy Defenders Action · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
To support an independent, nonpartisan hub to combat complex and targeted attacks against actors in the pro-democracy and civil rights ecosystem
$2.0M
Center for American Progress Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the grantee's work on implementation of federal legislation
$2.0M
Georgia Investor Action Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$2.0M
Leadership Conference On Civil and Human Rights in · Washington, DC · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$2.0M
Arizona for Abortion Access · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
To support nonpartisan policy advocacy in arizona
$1.9M
Deliver the American Dream · Washington, DC · 2024
To support nonpartisan advocacy around state-level diversity measures
$1.9M
Colorofchangeorg · Oakland, CA · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$1.9M
Working Families Organization · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$1.8M
Sixteen Thirty Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To support policy advocacy on health care
$1.7M
International Republican Institute (Iri) · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the grantee's work on capacity building for east asia diaspora communities
$1.5M
Forward Action Fund · Concord, NH · 2024
To support somos votantes, a project of the grantee, in their nonpartisan policy advocacy and civic engagement
$1.5M
National Security Action · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the grantee's social welfare activities
$1.5M
One Action · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the grantee's programmatic work on development policy and financing for the global south
$1.5M
Sixteen Thirty Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To support nonpartisan policy advocacy in support of the asian american and pacific islander community
$1.5M
Vera Action · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To support nonpartisan advocacy and education related to public safety narrative development
$1.5M
Working Families Organization · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To support policy advocacy and nonpartisan civic engagement
$1.5M
Black Progressive Action Coalition · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the grantees social welfare activities
$1.5M
Independent Strategic Research Collaborative · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the grantee's nonpartisan research and technical support
$1.5M
Neo Philanthropy Action Fund · New York, NY · 2023
To support nonpartisan policy advocacy in support of the asian american and pacific islander community
$1.5M
One Action · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the grantee's programmatic work on development policy and financing for the global south
$1.5M
Vera Action · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To support nonpartisan advocacy and education related to criminal legal reforms
$1.5M
Working America · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the grantee's work on educating the public on federal programs available to them
$1.4M
Colorofchangeorg · Oakland, CA · 2024
To support the grantee's social welfare activities
$1.4M
The Pipeline Fund · Madison, WI · 2024
To support the grantee's social welfare activities
$1.4M
Colorofchangeorg · Oakland, CA · 2023
To support the grantee's social welfare activities
$1.3M
Promote the Vote 2022 · Lansing, MI · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$1.3M
Care in Action · New York City, NY · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$1.3M
Groundswell Action Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$1.3M
Moveonorg Civic Action · Beaverton, OR · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$1.3M
One Action · Washington, DC · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$1.2M
Community Voices Heard Power · New York, NY · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$1.1M
Sixteen Thirty Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To support nonpartisan policy advocacy in support of the asian american and pacific islander community
$1.1M
Indivisible Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$1.1M
Neo Philanthropy Action Fund · New York, NY · 2024
To support the grantees social welfare activities on latinx rights and empowerment
$1.1M
Neo Philanthropy Action Fund · New York, NY · 2023
To support policy advocacy for the black, arab, african, middle eastern, muslim, and south asian communities in the united states
$1.1M
Center for Civic Action · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$1.0M
Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Support policy advocacy
$1.0M
Alianza for Progress · Orlando, FL · 2024
To support the grantees social welfare activities
$1.0M
Citizens Not Politicians · Columbus, OH · 2024
To support nonpartisan policy advocacy on redistricting in ohio
$1.0M
Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom · Louisville, CO · 2024
To support nonpartisan policy advocacy in colorado
$1.0M
Community Change Action · Washington, DC · 2024
To facilitate cross-movement coherence around shared strategies and learnings, rooted in values of racial, gender, and economic justice
$1.0M
Floridians Protecting Freedom · Miami, FL · 2024
To support nonpartisan policy advocacy on reproductive rights in florida
$1.0M
Missourians for Constitutional Freedom · St Louis, MO · 2024
To support nonpartisan policy advocacy in missouri
$1.0M
Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights · Helena, MT · 2024
To support nonpartisan policy advocacy in montana
$1.0M
Moveonorg Civic Action · Beaverton, OR · 2024
To support non-partisan policy advocacy
$1.0M
National Security Action · Washington, DC · 2024
To support nonpartisan advocacy on foreign policy
$1.0M
Nevada Alliance · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
To support nonpartisan policy advocacy and civic engagement in nevada
$1.0M
Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom · Reno, NV · 2024
To support nonpartisan policy advocacy in nevada
$1.0M
North Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the gender equity action fund, a project of the grantee, in its nonpartisan policy advocacy on gender equity in state supreme courts
$1.0M
Sixteen Thirty Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To support non-partisan policy advocacy on rural engagement
$1.0M
Sixteen Thirty Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To support csme action, a project of the grantee, in nonpartisan mobilization and advocacy for resourcing u.s. Election departments to ensure free, fair, and secure elections

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.