The Open Society Foundations is turning the page on its massive restructuring effort and has begun announcing funding pledges under its new operating model.
But that new approach has created winners and losers, and OSF’s decision to eliminate programs that supported LGBTQ+ organizations working outside the United States has severed a vital funding lifeline, advocates told Devex. The move to end its global LGBTQ+ grants spells trouble for a sector that was heavily reliant on OSF for years and now faces a future without the foundation’s support.
“Many of our grantees had previously gotten OSF funding. They don’t anymore,” Alli Jernow, vice president at the Arcus Foundation, told Devex.