Open Society Policy Center Inc
Revenue
$157.2m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$178.7m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$13.6m
$7.3m liabilities
Net assets
$6.3m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
4
4.7 years on average
Staff
0
3 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
8
named in Part VII
Open Society Policy Center Inc's network
4 people2 organisationsi4 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
4 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 4 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Soros | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Andrea E Soros | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Gara Lamarche | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Laleh Ispahani | Director, Executive Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
8 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Behice Kinderman | Treasurer (Thru 9/14/23) | since 2020 |
| Caroline Chambers | Deputy Director(Until 2/12/20) | 2020 |
| Deborah Fine | Company secretary | since 2020 |
| Hannah Zlotnick | Assistant Secretary (End 4/1/22) | since 2020 |
| Laleh Ispahani | Interim Deputy Director | since 2020 |
| Maija Arbolino | Treasurer (Eff 9/20/23) | since 2023 |
| Micaela Fernandez Allen | Deputy Director (Eff 9/20/23) | since 2023 |
| Ruth Noemi Colon | Dir. of Ops & Cult. (Until 12/31/24) | since 2023 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laleh Ispahani | Director, Executive Director | 13.74 | $152k | $290k | $125k |
| Micaela Fernandez Allen | Deputy Director | 12.21 | $89k | $204k | $100k |
| Maija Arbolino | Treasurer | 0.47 | $5k | $448k | $123k |
| Ruth Noemi Colon | Dir. of Ops & Cult. (Until 12/31/24) | 0.54 | $3k | $244k | $102k |
| Debbie Fine | Secretary | 0.02 | $308 | $550k | $103k |
| Gara Lamarche | Director | 0.02 | $0 | ||
| Alexander Soros | Director | 0.02 | $0 | ||
| Andrea E Soros | Director | 0.02 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Open Society Policy Center Inc
- EIN
- 522028955
- Address
- 224 West 57th Street, New York, NY, 10019-3212
- State
- New York
- Mission
- To promote social justice and human rights through domestic and foreign policy advocacy. (as filed on the Form 990)
- IRS classification
- 501(c)04 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1997
- Principal officer
- Laleh Ispahani (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 June 1997
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 4, latest 2024
Most connected
Related organisations (Schedule R)
RelatedCHARITABLEFoundation to Promote Open SocietyRelatedCHARITABLEAlliance for Open Society InternationalRelatedCHARITABLEOpen Society Fund IncRelatedCHARITABLESoros Economic Development Fund
Longest observed on the filings
≥6years on the filingsAlexander Soros
≥6years on the filingsGara Lamarche
≥3years on the filingsLaleh Ispahani
≥2years on the filingsAndrea E Soros
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $13.6m
- Total liabilities
- $7.3m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $6.3m
- Contributions and grants received
- $157.1m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $170.8m
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 3
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $157.2m | $178.7m | Deficit $21.5m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
25+ listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Our American Future Action | To support non-partisan policy advocacy and civic engagement | $16.4m |
| America Votes | To support nonpartisan civic engagement | $9m |
| American Civil Liberties Union Inc | To support the grantee's social welfare activities | $5.6m |
| Drug Policy Action | To support the grantee's non-partisan social welfare activities | $5m |
| Equis Labs | To support its social welfare activities to further latinx participation in democracy | $5m |
| Workmoney Inc | To support the grantee's social welfare activities | $5m |
| Accelerate Action Inc | To support nonpartisan civic engagement | $4.2m |
| Floridians Protecting Freedom | To support nonpartisan policy advocacy in florida | $4m |
| Future Forward USA Action | To provide messaging support to nonpartisan advocacy efforts to protect rights and freedoms | $3m |
| Tides Advocacy | To support the social welfare activities of the electoral justice project | $3m |
| Black Progressive Action Coalition | To support the grantees non-partisan social welfare activities | $2.5m |
| Way to Win Action Fund | To support the social welfare activities on latinx rights and empowerment of the grantee's valiente fund, a project of the grantee that work | $2.3m |
| Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc | To support certain nonpartisan policy advocacy | $2m |
| State Democracy Defenders Action | To support nonpartisan policy advocacy on election integrity | $2m |
| State Democracy Defenders Action | To support an independent, nonpartisan hub to combat complex and targeted attacks against actors in the pro-democracy and civil rights ecosy | $2m |
| Arizona for Abortion Access | To support nonpartisan policy advocacy in arizona | $2m |
| Deliver the American Dream | To support nonpartisan advocacy around state-level diversity measures | $1.9m |
| Forward Action Fund | To support somos votantes, a project of the grantee, in their nonpartisan policy advocacy and civic engagement | $1.5m |
| National Security Action | To support the grantee's social welfare activities | $1.5m |
| One Action | To support the grantee's programmatic work on development policy and financing for the global south | $1.5m |
| Sixteen Thirty Fund | To support nonpartisan policy advocacy in support of the asian american and pacific islander community | $1.5m |
| Vera Action Inc | To support nonpartisan advocacy and education related to public safety narrative development | $1.5m |
| Working Families Organization | To support policy advocacy and nonpartisan civic engagement | $1.5m |
| Colorofchangeorg | To support the grantee's social welfare activities | $1.4m |
| The Pipeline Fund | To support the grantee's social welfare activities | $1.4m |