Over the last 32 years, the Open Society Foundations had expenditures of almost $12 billion. Much of this spending has been directed at specific priority issues and regions for the Open Society Foundations such as:
- $1.6 billion on democratic development in the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union;
- $737 million for public health issues such as HIV and AIDS, TB, palliative care, harm reduction, and patients’ rights;
- $214 million to fight discrimination and advance the rights of Roma communities in Europe;
- $2.9 billion to defend human rights, particularly the rights of women, ethnic, racial, and religious minorities, and often marginalized groups such as drug users, sex workers, and LGBTQ communities;
- $2.1 billion for education projects ranging from preschool to higher education reform;
- $1.5 billion to promote reform in the United States on issues such as criminal justice, drugs, palliative care, education, immigration, equal rights, and democratic governance.
Issues
| Education and Youth |
$91,736,000 |
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| Governance and Accountability |
$238,030,000 |
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| Health |
$59,983,000 |
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| Media and Information |
$43,750,000 |
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| Rights and Justice |
$277,345,000 |
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| Administration |
$115,972,000 |
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| Total |
$826,816,000 |
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Regions
| Africa |
$97,201,000 |
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| Asia |
$42,459,000 |
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| Eurasia |
$57,193,000 |
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| Europe |
$91,394,000 |
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| Latin America and the Caribbean |
$35,791,000 |
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| Middle East, North Africa, and South West Asia |
$32,180,000 |
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| United States |
$218,470,000 |
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| Multi-Country/Regional |
$136,156,000 |
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| Administration |
$115,972,000 |
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| Total |
$826,816,000 |
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*Multi-Country/Regional activities describes expenditures made by foundations and programs to cover the costs of initiatives that have activities in two or more distinct geographic areas.
*Administration describes expenditures made by foundations and programs to cover the costs of administering our initiatives across the globe.
A breakdown of 2014 Open Society Foundations expenditures across foundations, programs, and various grants can be downloaded here as a PDF.