Economic Security

The World Bank is looking to increase the number of such partnerships — which include a recent effort with the Ford and Open Society foundations — to help reduce global poverty and boost incomes for the bottom 40 percent in developing countries by...

Teams of charities in eight U.S. cities are competing for long-term grants, through the Open Society Foundations' Open Places Initiative, that will be used to help improve opportunities for low-income people and minorities.

Five years ago, the Open Society Foundations created its Campaign for Black Male Achievement to address the economic, political, social and educational exclusion of black men and boys from American society.