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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by OPEN SOCIETY POLICY CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$257,005,378
Total expenses
$246,246,513
Contributions and grants received
$257,000,000
Grants paid
$239,928,927
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$5,378
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$52,865,786
Total liabilities, end of year
$25,362,190
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$27,503,596
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$243,420,926
Management and general expenses
$2,825,587
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$243,420,926

Program services were 98.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $257,000,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,378 · excluded $5,378

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $186,414,119 · program services $186,414,119

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $53,514,808 · program services $53,514,808

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $359,916 · management and general $359,916

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $58,912 · management and general $58,912

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,765,099 · program services $1,955,085 · management and general $810,014

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $386 · program services $176 · management and general $210

  • 17 · Travel

    total $60,390 · program services $49,577 · management and general $10,813

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $67,337 · program services $65,908 · management and general $1,429

  • 23 · Insurance

    total -$3,044 · program services $2,402 · management and general -$5,446

  • 24a · Other expenses: REIMB TO OPEN SOCIETY I

    total $2,735,107 · program services $1,305,790 · management and general $1,429,317

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP FEES AND DUE

    total $106,947 · program services $51,207 · management and general $55,740

  • 24c · Other expenses: MAGAZINE & OTHER SUBSCR

    total $94,110 · program services $34,558 · management and general $59,552

  • 24d · Other expenses: REIMB TO FPRI

    total $32,811 · program services -$5,571 · management and general $38,382

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $39,615 · program services $32,867 · management and general $6,748

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,527,037 · end of year $472,615

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $31,000,000 · end of year $49,500,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,503,830 · end of year $2,768,722

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $12,000

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $12,000

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $69,500 · end of year $124,449

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $557,181 · end of year $835,139

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $19,389,617 · end of year $24,471,498

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $57,154 · end of year $55,553

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $16,096,415 · end of year $27,503,596

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY ADVOCACY.

  • DOMESTIC: OPEN SOCIETY ACTION FUND (OSAF), FORMERLY KNOWN AS OPEN SOCIETY POLICY CENTER (OSPC), ACHIEVES ITS POLICY GOALS THROUGH ADVOCACY, COALITION-BUILDING AND GRANTMAKING ON A RANGE OF DOMESTIC POLICY AREAS, WHICH IN 2023 INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING: DEMOCRACY DEFENSE, VOTING RIGHTS, ELECTION INTEGRITY, CENSUS, REDISTRICTING, ECONOMIC SECURITY, WORKERS RIGHTS, IMMIGRATION, CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL JUSTICE, GENDER JUSTICE, LGBTQ RIGHTS, REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, COURTS ACCOUNTABILITY AND ETHICS REFORM, COMBATTING MIS- AND DISINFORMATION, TECHNOLOGY AND CIVIL RIGHTS, COMMUNITY SAFETY, CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY, JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, NATIONAL SECURITY AND CIVIL RIGHTS, HOUSING AND HEALTH EQUITY, EDUCATION, AND ADVANCING A NON-MILITARIZED, DIPLOMACY-FIRST U.S. FOREIGN POLICY.

    Expenses $173,081,829 · Grants $170,774,618

  • INTERNATIONAL: OSAF ACHIEVES ITS POLICY GOALS THROUGH ADVOCACY, COALITION-BUILDING AND GRANTMAKING ON A RANGE OF INTERNATIONAL POLICY AREAS, WHICH IN 2023 INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING: AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE AND EURASIA, LATIN AMERICA, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, CLIMATE, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, DEMOCRACY, DIGITAL RIGHTS, DRUG POLICY, ECONOMIC JUSTICE, FINANCE AND DEBT RELIEF, HEALTH, HUMAN RIGHTS, RACIAL, GENDER, AND ETHNIC JUSTICE, AND PEACE AND SECURITY-RELATED ISSUES.

    Expenses $70,339,097 · Grants $69,154,309

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • ANDREA SOROS COLOMBEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.02 + 0.07 related

  • ALEXANDER SOROS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.02 + 0.07 related

  • GARA LAMARCHE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.02

  • TOM PERRIELLO

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 7/14/23)

    Total calculated
    $2,386
    From this org
    $2,386
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.63 + 39.37 related

  • LALEH ISPAHANI

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (EFF 9/20/23)

    Total calculated
    $47,105
    From this org
    $47,105
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.89 + 35.11 related

  • MICAELA FERNANDEZ ALLEN

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR (EFF 9/20/23)

    Total calculated
    $33,267
    From this org
    $33,267
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15.43 + 24.57 related

  • RUTH NOEMI COLON

    DIR. OF OPS & CULT. (EFF 9/20/23)

    Total calculated
    $1,353
    From this org
    $1,353
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.72 + 39.28 related

  • MAIJA ARBOLINO

    TREASURER (EFF 9/20/23)

    Total calculated
    $822
    From this org
    $822
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.24 + 39.76 related

  • BEHICE KINDERMAN

    TREASURER (THRU 9/14/23)

    Total calculated
    $54
    From this org
    $54
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.02 + 39.98 related

  • DEBBIE FINE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $204
    From this org
    $204
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.02 + 39.98 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433199349319003

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