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{{Short description|Grantmaking network founded by George Soros}} {{For|the type of society|Open society}} {{pp-semi-indef|small=yes}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox organization | type = | leader_title = Chair | leader_name = [[Alexander Soros]] | leader_title2 = President | leader_name2 = [[Binaifer Nowrojee]] | name = Open Society Foundations | logo = Open_Society_Foundations_Logo.svg | abbreviation = OSF | founded_date = {{start date and age|1993|4}} | founder = [[George Soros]] | location = [[224 West 57th Street|224]] [[57th Street (Manhattan)|West 57th Street]]<br>[[New York City|New York]], [[New York (state)|NY]] 10019<br>U.S. | origins = | area_served = | focus = | method = | revenue = $436 million<ref name=budget>{{cite web |title=Open Society Institute - Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/137029285 |website=ProPublica |access-date=26 March 2025 |language=en |date=9 May 2013}}</ref> | revenue_year = 2023 | endowment = $5.27 billion<ref name=budget/> | endowment_year = 2023 | num_employees = | num_members = | owner = | dissolved = | homepage = {{Official URL}} | formerly = Open Society Institute }} '''Open Society Foundations''' ('''OSF'''), formerly the '''Open Society Institute''', is an American [[Grant (money)|grantmaking]] network founded by business magnate [[George Soros]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Duszak |first=Alexandra |date=December 21, 2012 |title=Donor profile: George Soros |publisher=Center for Public Integrity |url=http://www.publicintegrity.org/2012/12/21/11975/donor-profile-george-soros |access-date=May 18, 2015}}</ref> Open Society Foundations financially supports civil society groups around the world, with the stated aim of advancing justice, education, public health and independent media.<ref name="sage">{{Cite book |last=Harvey |first=Kerric |title=Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics |date=2013 |publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=9781483389004 |page=919}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=OSI |date=September 6, 2012 |url=http://www.soros.org/about/mission-values |contribution=Open Society Foundations mission and values |publisher=Soros}}.</ref> The group's name was inspired by [[Karl Popper]]'s 1945 book ''[[The Open Society and Its Enemies]]''.<ref name="organization">{{Citation |last1=de Cock |first1=Christian |title=Liberalist Fantasies: Žižek and the Impossibility of the Open Society |journal=Organization |volume=14 |issue=6 |pages=815–836 |year=2007 |doi=10.1177/1350508407082264 |last2=Böhm |first2=Steffen |s2cid=15695686}}.</ref> As of 2015, the OSF had branches in 37 countries,<ref name="callahan">{{Cite news |last=Callahan |first=David |date=September 14, 2015 |title=Philanthropy vs. Tyranny: Inside the Open Society Foundations' Biggest Battle Yet |publisher=Inside Philanthropy |url=http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2015/9/14/philanthropy-vs-tyranny-inside-the-open-society-foundations.html |access-date=September 17, 2015 }}</ref> encompassing a group of country and regional foundations, such as the [[Open Society Initiative for West Africa]], and the [[Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa]]. The organization's [[headquarters]] is located at [[224 West 57th Street|224]] [[57th Street (Manhattan)|West 57th Street]] in [[Midtown Manhattan|Midtown]] [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]]. In 2018, OSF announced it was closing its European office in [[Budapest]] and moving to [[Berlin]], in response to legislation passed by the Hungarian government targeting the foundation's activities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Open Society Foundations to Close International Operations in Budapest|date=May 15, 2018 |url=https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/press-releases/open-society-foundations-close-international-operations-budapest |access-date=May 15, 2018 |website=Open Society Foundations |language=en}}</ref> As of 2025, OSF has reported expenditures in excess of US$23 billion since its establishment in 1993.<ref name="expend">{{Cite web |title=Financials |url=https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/who-we-are/financials |access-date=20 January 2021 |website=Open Society Foundations}}</ref>
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