question: Who is the Hungarian-American investor, business magnate, philanthropist, and author who founded the international grant-making network that financially supports civil society groups around the world?
answer: George Soros
context: Title: Open Society Initiative for West Africa
  Passage: The Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) is a West African organization which promotes democratic values.  OSIWA "believes that it best serves by sustaining catalytic and innovative initiatives that add value to the efforts of West Africa's civil society."  OSIWA also believes in the value of cooperation with similarly minded groups and governments.OSIWA covers 18 countries, which include the 15 members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), as well as Cameroon, Chad, and Mauritania.  It supports civil society communities and advocates to governments on issues of governance; law, justice and human rights; public health and development; information, communication technology, and media.
  Title: Habitat International Coalition
  Passage: Habitat International Coalition (HIC) is an independent, nonprofit alliance with hundreds of organizations and individuals, which has been working in housing and human settlements for more than 30 years.  The Coalition comprises social movements, community-based organizations, support groups and academics.  The strength of the Coalition is based on its worldwide membership (it has members in 117 nations in five continents) and on the fact that it brings together a range of civil society groups.  Dedicated to advocacy and support for the poor, solidarity networking, popular mobilization, debate and analysis, HIC works to unite civil society in a shared commitment to ensuring sustainable habitat and a livable planet for all.  Its work focuses on defending and implementing the human rights linked to housing and habitat; i.e., land, housing, clean water, sanitation, a healthy environment, access to public goods and services (e.g., health, education, transport and recreation; access to livelihood and social protection, pluralism and the preservation of social, natural, historic and cultural patrimony.
  Title: World Water Council
  Passage: The World Water Council is an international think tank founded in 1996, with its headquarters in Marseille, France.  It has 341 members (March 2017) which include organizations from the UN and intergovernmental organizations, the private sector (construction, engineering and manufacturing companies), governments and ministries, academic institutions, international organizations, local governments, and civil society groups.  Founders and constituent members of the World Water Council include the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature(IUCN), the International Water Association (IWA), AquaFed (The International Federation of Private Water Operators), Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, the United Nations agencies UNDP and UNESCO, and the World Bank.
  Title: Berlin Civil Society Center
  Passage: The International Civil Society Centre is a global platform for international civil society organisations (ICSOs) to learn from each other, exchange information and initiate collective action.  The Centre was founded in 2007 under the name of Berlin Civil Society Center as a not-for-profit company (GmbH) by Peter Eigen, former Chair of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and founder of Transparency International, and the current Executive Director Burkhard Gnärig, former CEO of Save the Children International, Greenpeace Germany and terre des hommes Germany.  Since then, the Centre has grown from a small start up into a globally renowned meeting platform for ICSOs.  To better reflect the work of the Centre and its international focus, on 1 July 2013 the Centre changed its name to International Civil Society Centre.  The Centre is owned by 15 ICSOs: ADRA International, Amnesty International, CARE International, CBM International, ChildFund Alliance, HelpAge International, Islamic Relief Worldwide, Oxfam International, Plan International, Sightsavers International, SOS Children's Villages, Transparency International, VSO International, World Vision International and WWF International.
  Title: Open Society Foundation for South Africa
  Passage: The Open Society Foundation for South Africa (OSF-SA) is a South African non-profit grant-making organisation that supports the civil society sector.  Its mission is to "promote the values, institutions and practices of an open, non-racial and non-sexist, democratic civil society."  The foundation was established by George Soros in 1993, just prior to the dismatling of apartheid and South Africa's transition to democracy.
  Title: Blogging Ghana
  Passage: Blogging Ghana is the only known non profit organisation of bloggers, online activists and social media users sharing Ghanaian experience.  They are the organisers of blogging and social media awards in Ghana.  The group is also behind Ghana Decides, a nonpartisan elections project which supports inclusiveness and issue-based elections in Ghana and has promoted the penetration of social media among traditional media organisations, government institutions and civil society groups including the Electoral Commission.
  Title: Internet &amp; Jurisdiction Policy Network
  Passage: The Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network, also known as "I&J Policy Network", "Internet & Jurisdiction, or simply "I&J", is the global multistakeholder policy network addressing the tension between the cross-border Internet and national jurisdictions.  It facilitates a global policy process to enable transnational cooperation and preserve the global character of the Internet.  Since 2012, Internet & Jurisdiction has engaged more than 200 key entities from different stakeholder groups around the world, including governments, Internet companies, the technical community, civil society, academia and international organizations.
  Title: Parvez Imroz
  Passage: Parvez Imroz is a Kashmiri human rights lawyer and a civil rights activist in Srinagar, the capital of the Jammu and Kashmir.  He is founder and President of the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) that works to build local alliances between Kashmiri civil society groups, runs advocacy campaigns, documents rights violations and provides legal assistance to victims.
  Title: Open Society Foundations
  Passage: Open Society Foundations (OSF), formerly the Open Society Institute, is an international grantmaking network founded by business magnate George Soros.  Open Society Foundations financially support civil society groups around the world, with a stated aim of advancing justice, education, public health and independent media.
  Title: George Soros
  Passage: George Soros ( or ; Hungarian: "Soros György" , ] ; born György Schwartz, August 12, 1930) is a Hungarian-American investor, business magnate, philanthropist, and author.  Soros is one of the world's most successful investors.  As of May 2017, he had a net worth of $25.2 billion, ranking among the 30 richest people in the world.
citations: George Soros Open Society Foundations