Proetica is an anti-corruption organization founded in 2002 as the Peruvian chapter of Transparency International, an international anti-corruption organization that has a presence in more than 100 countries around the world. ^{1 2}

The organization receives funding from institutions in the Soros Network, including the Open Society Foundations, Foundation to Promote Open Society, and the Open Society Policy Center. ³

Background

Proetica is a left-of-center anti-corruption advocacy organization founded in 2002 as the Peruvian chapter of Transparency International, an international anti-corruption organization that has a presence in more than 100 countries around the world. Transparency International is funded by government agencies, multilateral institutions, and left-of-center private grantmaking foundations including the Open Society Foundations, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Sigrid Rausing Trust. ^{4 5 6}

Proetica is comprised of four institutions: the Andean Commission of Jurists (CAJ), the Press and Society Institute (IPYS), the Transparency Civil Association (ACT), and the Association of Exporters (ADEX). The organization has a general assembly comprised of two members of each of these institutions, and the board of directors contains a representative of each of the institutions. ⁷

Funding

As Proetica is based in Peru, there is little public financial information on the organization, although it is known that it has received funding from the Open Society Foundations and two associated institutions in the Soros Network. ⁸

The Open Society Foundations (OSF; formally Open Society Institute) is a private grantmaking foundation created and funded by billionaire financier and liberal philanthropist George Soros. It is the main hub of a Soros-funded network of more than 20 national and regional foundations, making it one of the largest political philanthropies in the world. ⁹

According to the OSF’s grant database, Proetica received $150,000 in 2016 for “strengthening civil society in the fight against corruption in Peru,” and another grant of $200,075 in 2017, the description of which states only “transnational dimensions of corruption.” ¹⁰

In OSF’s grant database, two other institutions were listed as providing Proetica with grants.

The Foundation to Promote Open Society (FPOS) is one of two major grantmaking foundations funded by Soros and is closely affiliated with OSF. FPOS granted a total of $70,500 to Proetica in 2017, “to present an analysis of the impact of drug policies on the justice system to educate policymakers as well as sensitize public opinion and propose alternative solutions from a human rights perspective.” ¹¹

The Open Society Policy Center (OSPC) is a lobbying group associated with the Open Society Network and OSF. The organization granted Proetica $22,575 in 2018 to “support the Grantee’s work on the transnational dimensions of corruption.” ¹²

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11. “Grant Database – Proetica.” Open Society Foundations. Accessed October 10, 2022. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/past?grant_id=OR2017-35574.
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