Access to Justice
The Access to Justice Program is rooted in the belief that all people should have the ability to enforce their individual and civil rights, resolve disputes, and defend themselves against governmental abuses.

The After Prison Initiative
The After Prison Initiative advances policies and practices that support the successful reentry of people after prison.

Baltimore Justice Programs
OSI's Baltimore office supports a variety of justice-related projects in and around Baltimore, Maryland.

Drug Policy Reform
The Justice Fund focuses on U.S. drug policies from several perspectives.

Gideon Project
The Gideon Project funds initiatives that protect the rights of individuals at all levels of the criminal justice systems.

Judicial Independence Program
The Judicial Independence Program promotes fair and impartial courts through increased public support for an independent judiciary and through reform of judicial selection.

Soros Justice Fellowships
The Soros Justice Fellowships fund outstanding individuals to implement innovative projects that advance efforts to reform the U.S. criminal justice system.

Juvenile Justice
The Justice Fund supports policy advocacy organizations working to reduce the criminalization of young people in the United States.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights
The Open Society Institute's LGBT Rights Program supports litigation, policy advocacy, and public education efforts to combat discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities.

Racial Justice
The Racial Justice Initiative seeks to fund innovative national and grassroots civil rights advocacy efforts that dismantle the root structural conditions of racial discrimination to eliminate systemic barriers of opportunities for historically marginalized racial groups in the United States.

Sentencing & Incarceration Alternatives
The Alternatives Project supports organizations that advance campaigns, research initiatives, and policies aimed at reducing the scale of incarceration in the United States.