# Open Society Foundations

> Open Society Foundations is a VC fund in New York backing Non Profit and Music. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/open-society-foundations
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/opensociety
- Website: https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/opensocietyfoundations

Open Society Foundations is a VC fund in New York focused on Non Profit and Music. The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant societies .

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Open Society Foundations. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Open Society Foundations. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/open-society-foundations?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Grant | $1.1M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Non Profit | 2 | 40% |
| Music | 1 | 20% |
| Education | 1 | 20% |
| Consulting | 1 | 20% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 20% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 4 | 80% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ghana | 1 | 20% |
| Mauritius | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carles Massot Cardona | Senior Program Operations Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carles-massot-cardona |
| George Soros | Founder | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-soros |
| Mary Fitzgerald | Director, Information Democracy | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mary-fitzgerald |
| Premesh Chandran | Asia Pacific Regional Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/premesh-chandran |
| Rosemarie Howard | Global Head of Applications and Knowledge Management | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rosemarie-howard |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Climate Policy Radar | Climate Policy Radar is a nonprofit organization that offers machine learning, climate legislation, and digital ecosystem services. | $6.8M | Seed | Feb 20, 2024 |  |
| Climate Policy Radar | Climate Policy Radar is a nonprofit organization that offers machine learning, climate legislation, and digital ecosystem services. | $6.8M | Grant | Feb 20, 2024 |  |
| Afrobarometer | Afrobarometer is a non-profit, pan-African, and non-partisan survey research network that has been conducting public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, the economy, and society. It provides reliable, timely data on the views of ordinary Africans to inform development and policy decision-making. | $1.1M | Grant | Dec 05, 2022 |  |
| Bard College | For well over 100 years, Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, has offered a progressive education that combines intellectual rigor with creative pursuits, civic involvement and unique interdisciplinary opportunities.In their first semesters at Bard, all students undertake theme-based courses that examine a particular idea through thelens of various disciplines. Students then undertake a major area of study, which could be chosen from some of the following: * Art History * Film and Video Production * Physics * Religious StudiesAdditional Interdivisional majors allow students to focus on a topic from the perspective of different disciplines.Graduate degrees also feature Interdisciplinary studies, such as the MFA, which combines such artistic disciplines as: * Music * Painting * Photography * WritingCivic involvement is a large part of the Bard experience, and includes student internships and community involvement in a variety of capacities.Bard’s college life features a strong creative arts component. Bard’s Performing Arts Center, for example, attracts world-class dance, music and theatre performers and attracts audiences from throughout the greater Hudson Valley region.Undergraduate admissions takes various factors into account, including GPA (usually 3.5 or higher), high school courses taken, recommendation letters, extracurricular activities and the admissions essay. SAT scores are optional.Bard has a number of financial aid options. Students in the music and science programs may apply for a full tuition scholarship, which covers all four years of school. A limited number of additional scholarships are awarded to first-generation students with a strong academic record.Additionally, students may apply for need-based aid like Pell grants and work-study. Federal loans may be used supplement other types of aid. | $50M | Grant | Sep 28, 2022 |  |
| Alitheia IDF | Alitheia IDF Fund is a pioneering private equity fund that identifies, invests in and grows SMEs led by gender-diverse teams to achieve solid financial returns and tangible social impact for communities in Africa. They invest in sectors that engage a significant percentage of women, either as entrepreneurs, producers, distributors or consumers.Some of these sectors are: Agribusiness, Consumer Goods, Creative Industries, and Financial Services. | $10M | Grant | May 18, 2020 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Open Society Foundations invest in?

Open Society Foundations invests primarily in Non Profit, Music and Education startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ghana. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Open Society Foundations's check size?

Open Society Foundations typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$50M at Grant. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Open Society Foundations participates in.

### How do I contact Open Society Foundations?

Public channels for Open Society Foundations include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Open Society Foundations?

The team at Open Society Foundations includes Carles Massot Cardona (Senior Program Operations Officer), George Soros (Founder) and Mary Fitzgerald (Director, Information Democracy). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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