Baltimore
The Open Society Institute–Baltimore uses an integrated approach to reverse the negative dynamics caused by failing schools, pervasive drug addiction, and a broken criminal justice system.

Black Male Achievement
The Campaign for Black Male Achievement was launched in 2008 as a three-year, cross-program campaign to provide expanded resources to address, and help reverse, the ways in which African American boys and men are stigmatized, criminalized, and excluded from the U.S. economic and political mainstream.

Criminal Justice
Through its programming and grantmaking, the Criminal Justice Fund supports efforts to end the over-reliance on incarceration and harsh punishment in the United States.

Democracy and Power
The Democracy and Power Fund supports organizations that inspire public participation and civic engagement from underrepresented communities, develop new leaders, and generate solutions to address threats to democracy and advance social justice and a more open society.

Equality and Opportunity
The Equality and Opportunity Fund includes grantmaking and other initiatives to ensure justice and equality, to prohibit arbitrary and discriminatory government action, and to lift barriers that prevent people from participating fully in economic, social, and political life.

Fellowships
OSI is committed to offering individual fellowships to support the research and work of open society leaders and visionaries who engage passion, ingenuity, and dynamism to effect change

National Security and Human Rights
OSI's National Security and Human Rights Campaign is designed to help dismantle the flawed paradigms used to justify destructive national security policies, and to promote progressive policies that respect human rights and the rule of law.

Neighborhood Stabilization
The Open Society Institute Neighborhood Stabilization Initiative supports effective and timely responses to the U.S. subprime lending and foreclosure crisis.

New Drug Policy
The Campaign for a New Drug Policy promotes effective alternatives to the U.S. "war on drugs" and seeks to end the harm it causes to individuals, families, and communities.

New Orleans
The Open Society Foundations have been engaged in strengthening civic engagement in New Orleans for more than a decade—work that became even more urgent and nationally relevant after Hurricane Katrina and the floods.

Poverty Alleviation
The Special Fund for Poverty Alleviation leverages public and private money to provide resources and opportunities to benefit underserved communities across the United States.

Strategic Opportunities
The Strategic Opportunities Fund provides rapid flexible funding to respond to new opportunities and urgent situations and also supports grant strategy research and development.

Transparency and Integrity
The Transparency and Integrity Fund supports efforts to ensure transparency and effective government oversight and protect the integrity of government institutions.