Soros foundation sent over $80 million to groups tied to terrorism and extremist violence: Report

A new investigation by the Capital Research Center finds that George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, now led by his son Alexander, has directed more than $80 million since 2016 to organizations linked to extremist violence, domestic terrorism, or groups now sanctioned by the U.S. government.

According to CRC’s detailed accounting, the Soros network’s grantmaking “blurs into complicity,” fueling organizations that glorify violent uprisings, train militants, or endorse terrorism.

The findings raise questions for Congress, the Treasury Department, and the Internal Revenue Service about whether OSF and some of its grantees should continue to qualify as tax-exempt charities.

Among the U.S.-based groups cited are the Center for Third World Organizing and its partner, the Ruckus Society, which trained activists in property destruction and sabotage during the 2020 riots. Another recipient, the Sunrise Movement, endorsed the Stop Cop City campaign in Atlanta, a movement associated with Antifa-linked protesters. More than 40 people involved in that campaign have been charged with domestic terrorism, and 60 with racketeering.

CRC also reports that Open Society awarded $18 million to the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition that co-authored a guide glorifying Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2024, attack on Israel and promoting tactics such as using false identification, blocking infrastructure, and disrupting commerce.

Outside the United States, Open Society’s funding reached the West Bank–based NGO Al-Haq, long accused of ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which is a US-designated terrorist organization. Between 2016 and 2023, OSF granted Al-Haq more than $2.3 million, including an $800,000 institutional award. In September, the US State Department sanctioned Al-Haq, citing its role in advancing campaigns that “directly engaged in the [International Criminal Court’s] illegitimate targeting of Israel.”

The investigation points out that these figures are drawn from Open Society’s own grant disclosures, which the foundation acknowledges are “selectively published” and may omit some grants. OSF’s public data notes that certain awards are excluded to protect privacy or the safety of recipients.

CRC’s report argues that these funding decisions may constitute grounds for revoking the tax-exempt status of certain organizations under federal law. Nonprofits, the report notes, cannot claim charitable status if they “intend to commit crimes of any kind,” including “nonviolent direct actions” that interfere with government functions or public order.

While Open Society Foundations describes its mission as promoting democracy, transparency, and justice, CRC concludes that its recent grantmaking has supported networks that “destabilize societies” and “empower groups that glorify violence.”

The full Capital Research Center report, “Soros and the Infrastructure of Extremism,” can be read here.