What public databases and tax filings list Open Society Foundations’ grant recipients and amounts?

1. The primary public source: OSF’s own searchable grantee database

The clearest, most authoritative public record of Open Society grant recipients and amounts is the organization’s own “Awarded Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships” database, which the foundation markets as a searchable archive of grants it has made ^{[1] [6]}. OSF itself states that the public grantee database “includes grants awarded from 2016 through 2023,” and explains that it intends to present a complete picture of grantmaking while also omitting items when disclosure would run afoul of privacy laws or endanger grantees ^[2]. The foundation directs readers to search that database for details on funder, recipient, amounts and descriptions and to consult national and regional foundation websites for grants those entities manage separately ^{[2] [7]}.

2. Third‑party trackers and profiles that aggregate or analyze OSF grants

Philanthropy research outlets and watchdogs maintain profiles that aggregate OSF grant data and add context: Inside Philanthropy notes that the foundations “maintain a searchable grants database that dates back to 2016,” and uses that material to analyze giving patterns ^[4]. OpenSecrets hosts an OSF organization profile that lists recipients and candidate-related recipients for political cycles, providing another avenue to find grant targets in some contexts ^[3]. These third‑party services typically rely on OSF disclosures and public documents to create searchable interfaces and summaries ^{[4] [3]}.

3. What the public sources say about historical totals and scale

Public-facing summaries and encyclopedia entries provide high‑level figures about OSF’s spending: a Wikipedia entry compiled from public reporting states that OSF has reported cumulative expenditures in excess of $24.2 billion since 1993 and that in particular years the network has reported large annual budgets, though the granular line‑by‑line grant lists are supplied by OSF’s database rather than those encyclopedia summaries ^[5]. Inside Philanthropy likewise contextualizes the scale and range of OSF grants, noting reported typical grant sizes and the global breadth of recipients ^[4].

4. Limitations and important caveats in the public record

OSF warns that its grantee database omits certain grants or modifies descriptions when necessary to comply with personal data protection laws or to avoid endangering grantees, and that national and regional OSF foundations may manage grants in local systems not reflected in the global database ^[2]. The sources provided do not explicitly identify which tax filings (for example, specific national tax returns or U.S. IRS Form 990 schedules) list recipient names and amounts for each legal entity in the OSF network; therefore this analysis cannot assert which public tax filings contain full line‑item recipient and dollar detail for the entire OSF network based on the supplied material ^{[2] [3]}.

5. Practical next steps implied by the record

For researchers seeking recipient names and award amounts, the most direct public route shown in the sources is to query OSF’s searchable grantee database (2016–2023) and supplement that with national and regional OSF websites that may post additional local grant information ^{[1] [2] [7]}. To cross‑check or to capture historical filings outside that 2016–2023 window, the sources point to third‑party aggregators such as Inside Philanthropy and OpenSecrets as useful complements, but the supplied reporting does not confirm whether publicly filed tax forms containing granular recipient line items are uniformly available for every OSF legal entity ^{[4] [3] [5]}.