Open Society Foundations is launching into the next phase of its reorganization with another round of staff cuts that its board said are aimed at helping the pro-democracy philanthropy “counter the forces currently threatening open and free societies.”
OSF’s board of directors last week approved a series of changes that includes reducing staff globally by at least 40%, Bloomberg was the first to report. The staff cuts are part of an ongoing reorganization first announced in 2021 that the nonprofit has said is necessary for it to respond more quickly to global crises and priority issues such as promoting human rights.
A spokesperson for Open Society Foundations confirmed news of the reduction to Devex but declined to provide further details about which offices and regions would be affected.
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Stephanie Beasley is a Senior Reporter at Devex, where she covers global philanthropy with a focus on regulations and policy. She is an alumna of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and Oberlin College and has a background in Latin American studies. She previously covered transportation security at POLITICO.
