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Theme Climate and Inclusive Development
We work at the intersection of climate and inclusive, equitable, and sustainable development and democracy, supporting vulnerable and excluded communities who are most at risk.
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Theme Independent Media
Since 1995, the Soros Economic Development Fund has invested in critical media companies to foster their growth and safeguard their editorial independence.
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Theme Gender Equity
Theme Economic and Financial Inclusion
Theme Justice and Human Rights
We support companies squarely focused on human rights issues, defending and advancing human rights and justice in places where they are most under threat.
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Press release New Social Enterprise Seeks to Expand Affordable Global Access to Health Care
Philanthropic funders and investors led by the Open Society Foundations, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, have set up a new “social enterprise” business to expand affordable, global access to medical technology.
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Press release Open Society Fund Invests in Global Access to Biologics
Open Society’s initial investment will support the removal of existing manufacturing bottlenecks in the production of COVID-19 vaccines.
Press release Soros Economic Development Fund Invests in Race and Gender Equity
Through the Soros Economic Development Fund, its impact investing arm, Open Society is supporting efforts to reduce bias against businesses owned by women and people of color.
Press release Open Society Foundations Commit $15 Million to Gender Equality in Africa
Through its Soros Economic Development Fund, Open Society will support women-led investment funds that advance economic and gender equity across Southern and Western Africa.
Press release Open Society Foundations Support Smallholder Farmers Facing Climate Risk
As part of a broad drive to mitigate the harms of climate change, Open Society’s impact investing arm is committing $10 million to the InsuResilience Investment Fund.
Press release Soros Economic Development Fund Joins Ethiopia Investment Fund
Open Society’s impact investing arm will join several leading regional and national development funds in a new $100 million investment fund, supporting business development and job creation.
Press release Soros Economic Development Fund Sells Controlling Stake in Aspada to LGT Lightstone
The Soros Economic Development Fund has sold a controlling interest in Aspada, its India-focused impact investment fund subsidiary, to LGT, the international private banking and asset management group.
Press release Open Society Announces Investment to Improve Labor Rights for Domestic Workers in Latin America
Aiming to improve labor rights, Open Society’s Soros Economic Development Fund is investing $1.75 million in Symplifica, which simplifies the process for households to employ domestic workers legally.
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Press release Soros Economic Development Fund Provides $100M Guarantee to Boost Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines
A new risk-sharing initiative seeks to expand the supply of affordable COVID-19 vaccines to the world’s poorest countries.
Press release Open Society Invests in Innovative Litigation Financing Venture to Drive Positive Social Change
Open Society’s Soros Economic Development Fund is investing £5 million in Aristata Capital—the first litigation-financing fund focused on positive social and environmental change.
Press release Open Society Joins Partners to Support New Initiative on Global Education Funding
Open Society and philanthropic funders are backing the International Financing Facility for Education—which seeks to boost concessional lending by Multilateral Development Banks.
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Press release Open Society Supports a $20 Million Expansion of a Medical Oxygen Producer in Kenya
The Soros Economic Development Fund will invest $4 million to improve access to medical oxygen in Kenya.
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Press release Soros Economic Development Fund Invests $15M in Forest-Friendly Amazon Businesses
Open Society’s impact investment arm is one of the backers of a new $60 million Brazil-based fund dedicated to financing sustainable businesses in Brazil’s Amazon region that create jobs and preserve standing forests.
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Press release Open Society Supports an Innovative Model to Make Naloxone Easier to Access Amidst the U.S. Overdose Crisis
A new $1 million investment into the non-profit Remedy Alliance by the Soros Economic Development Fund will expand access to low-cost naloxone to combat the U.S. overdose crisis.
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