EIN 52-2028955

Open Society Action Fund

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(4)
Num. employees
0
Year formed
1997
Most recent tax filings
2023-12-01
Description
Open Society Policy Center promotes social justice and human rights through advocacy, coalition-building, and grantmaking on international and domestic policy areas. In 2022, ospc focused on various global policy areas such as drug policy, health policy, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Eurasia. They also worked on domestic policy issues such as justice assistance, corporate concentration, transparency and accountability, and human rights.
Also known as...
Open Society Policy Center
Total revenues
$257,005,378
2023
Total expenses
$246,246,513
2023
Total assets
$52,865,786
2023
Num. employees
0
2023

Program areas at Open Society Action Fund

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.
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.

Grants made by Open Society Action Fund

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Our American Future ActionTo Support Non-Partisan Policy Advocacy and Civic Engagement$18,055,000
Future Forward USA ActionTo Support Nonpartisan Research and Content Testing on Critical Policy Issues$15,000,000
Sixteen Thirty FundTo Support Underserved Geographies Seeking Technology Investment$5,000,000
...and 212 more grants made totalling $178,744,119

Who funds Open Society Action Fund

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Fund For Policy ReformGeneral Support$257,000,000
Alianza For progressGeneral Operating (Social Welfare)$50,000
Alianza For progressGeneral Operating (Social Welfare)$50,000

Personnel at Open Society Action Fund

NameTitleCompensation
Laleh IspahaniExecutive Director$36,212
Ruth Noemi ColonDirector of Operations and Culture
Behice KindermanPast Treasurer$73

Financials for Open Society Action Fund

RevenuesFYE 12/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$257,000,000
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$5,378
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$257,005,378

Form 990s for Open Society Action Fund

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-122024-11-14990View PDF
2022-122023-11-15990View PDF
2021-122022-11-15990View PDF
2020-122021-12-13990View PDF
2019-122022-03-21990OView PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s

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Majority ForwardWashington, DC$122,588,713
Tides AdvocacyWest Hollywood, CA$65,829,577
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)New York, NY$142,704,104
National Rifle Association (NRA)Fairfax, VA$175,677,097
Fund for Policy Reform / Dan Eule Et Al TteeWilmington, DE$978,123,206
Fund For Policy ReformNew York, NY$329,080,981
League of Conservation VotersWashington, DC$67,539,884
Sierra ClubOakland, CA$173,425,083
Data update history
October 1, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
May 17, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 5 new personnel
January 23, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
January 22, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
January 2, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsSocial advocacy organizationsCivil rights and social justice organizationsHeadquarter / parent organizations
Issues
Public policyCriminal justiceVoting rights
Characteristics
Political advocacyOperates internationallyNo full-time employees
General information
Address
224 W 57th St
New York, NY 10019
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
County
New York County, NY
Website URL
opensocietyactionfund.org/ 
Phone
(212) 548-0600
IRS details
EIN
52-2028955
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1997
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
No
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
R05: Civil Rights, Social Action and Advocacy Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Central organization
California AB-488 details
AB 488 status
Not Operating or In Process of Dissolving
Charity Registration status
Withdrawn
FTB status revoked
Not revoked
AG Registration Number
None yet
FTB Entity ID
2011646
AB 488 data last updated ("as-of") date
2025-03-05
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