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Surdna Foundation, Inc., 330 Madison Ave., 30th Fl. New York, NY 10017-5001 Telephone: (212) 557-0010 Contact: Phillip Henderson, Pres. Fax: (212) 557-0003 E-mail: questions@surdna.org URL: www.surdna.org | Surdna Foundation, Inc., 330 Madison Ave., 30th Fl. New York, NY 10017-5001 Telephone: (212) 557-0010 Contact: Phillip Henderson, Pres. Fax: (212) 557-0003 E-mail: questions@surdna.org URL: www.surdna.org | ||
=== Donor Organization: [http://www.soros.org/initiatives/mena/news/mena_20090304:/ Open Society Institute] === | === Donor Organization: [http://www.soros.org/initiatives/mena/news/mena_20090304:/ Open Society Institute MENA Grant] === | ||
Grantmaker’s Background and Mission: | Grantmaker’s Background and Mission: | ||
Founded by George Soros, a financial speculator, philanthropist and international political activist. He is the founder and Chairman of Soros Fund Management and the co-founder of the Quantum Fund. The Open Society Institute (OSI), a private operating and grantmaking foundation, aims to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform. On a local level, OSI implements a range of initiatives to support the rule of law, education, public health, and independent media. At the same time, OSI works to build alliances across borders and continents on issues such as combating corruption and rights abuses. OSI was created in 1993 by investor and philanthropist George Soros to support his foundations in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Those foundations were established, starting in 1984, to help countries make the transition from communism. OSI has expanded the activities of the Soros foundations network to other areas of the world where the transition to democracy is of particular concern. The Soros foundations network encompasses foundations, offices, initiatives, and grantees in more than 60 countries and regions including: Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and Caucasus, Latin America and the Caribbean Central and South Eastern Europe, Africa, the Baltics, and North America. | Founded by George Soros, a financial speculator, philanthropist and international political activist. He is the founder and Chairman of Soros Fund Management and the co-founder of the Quantum Fund. The Open Society Institute (OSI), a private operating and grantmaking foundation, aims to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform. On a local level, OSI implements a range of initiatives to support the rule of law, education, public health, and independent media. At the same time, OSI works to build alliances across borders and continents on issues such as combating corruption and rights abuses. OSI was created in 1993 by investor and philanthropist George Soros to support his foundations in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Those foundations were established, starting in 1984, to help countries make the transition from communism. OSI has expanded the activities of the Soros foundations network to other areas of the world where the transition to democracy is of particular concern. The Soros foundations network encompasses foundations, offices, initiatives, and grantees in more than 60 countries and regions including: Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and Caucasus, Latin America and the Caribbean Central and South Eastern Europe, Africa, the Baltics, and North America. | ||