George Soros, through his Open Society Foundations (OSF) funding radicals and anti-american factions by Graham Healy

looks legit but we know Evil lurks behind the facade Graham Healy Sun 12 July 26

**George Soros, through his Open Society Foundations (OSF) and personal/family political donations, has directed billions into U.S. causes focused on criminal justice reform, racial equity, immigration, voting, and progressive advocacy.** Critics argue these efforts undermine law enforcement, border security, democratic norms, and traditional American institutions by prioritizing ideological goals over public safety and sovereignty.

### Funding Mechanisms

Soros built his fortune via **Soros Fund Management** (hedge funds like Quantum). He shifted ~$18 billion to OSF in 2017-2018, with total giving exceeding $32 billion. OSF operates as a grantmaking network with endowments and annual expenditures (e.g., $1.2 billion in 2024).

- **OSF grants**: Tax-advantaged philanthropy to nonprofits, universities, advocacy groups. Often multi-year, to intermediaries like Tides Foundation, New Venture Fund, or Sixteen Thirty Fund (dark money pass-throughs). These support "nonpartisan" work like civic engagement, litigation, and policy but effectively advance left-leaning priorities.

- **Personal/family PACs**: Direct hard money and super PAC contributions (e.g., Democracy PAC, Safety and Justice PACs). Family members (including son Alexander) have poured tens to hundreds of millions into elections. In one cycle, ~$170M+ personally.

- **Indirect channels**: 501(c)(4)s, donor-advised funds, and state-level PACs. This allows influence without direct candidate control while complying with (or stretching) rules.

OSF claims independence and focus on "justice, equity, human rights." Critics see a coordinated machine for reshaping society from the top down.

### Key U.S. Areas and Groups Funded

**Criminal Justice / Progressive Prosecutors** (most criticized as "anti-American" for eroding rule of law):

- Soros spent $40M–$50M+ since ~2015 electing "reform" DAs via Safety and Justice PACs and allies like Color of Change. Targets: Philadelphia (Larry Krasner — ~$1.7M+), San Francisco (Chesa Boudin, George Gascón), Chicago (Kim Foxx), Los Angeles, etc. Dozens of jurisdictions covering tens of millions of people.

- Policies often included reduced prosecutions for theft/low-level crimes, bail reform, declining certain charges. Outcomes in some cities: drops in felony prosecutions, spikes in homicides/shootings (e.g., Philadelphia data cited by critics). Many such DAs faced recalls, resignations, or defeats.

- Support for groups like Fair and Just Prosecution (training DAs).

**Racial Justice / BLM-Related**:

- Post-2020: $220M pledged, including $150M to Black-led groups (Black Voters Matter, Equal Justice Initiative, Repairers of the Breach, Circle for Justice Innovations). Earlier grants to organizations tied to protests after Ferguson, etc. (e.g., Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment). Not direct creation of BLM but funding aligned ecosystem for "systemic racism" advocacy and reform.

**Other Progressive/Left Advocacy**:

- Voting/civic engagement: America Votes, Equis Labs (Latino voting), Indivisible (anti-Trump organizing, including protests).

- Immigration/migration: Groups pushing pathways to citizenship, refugee support, opposition to strict enforcement.

- Media/think tanks: Media Matters, New America, Tides network.

- Broader: Demand Justice (judicial), Sixteen Thirty Fund (progressive infrastructure).

These are framed by OSF as advancing equity and democracy. Detractors call them anti-American for allegedly weakening policing, promoting open borders, fueling division, and using philanthropy to bypass voters in core governance areas like prosecution and elections.

### Scale and Continuity

Funding began ramping up in the 2000s (anti-Bush) and accelerated with DA focus ~2015 onward. It persists via family control (Alexander Soros) and new pledges (e.g., $300M for U.S. democracy/rule of law). Annual grants continue through OSF's network.

**Counterpoints**: Many grants go to legitimate causes (e.g., early anti-apartheid, post-communist aid, public health). Not every recipient is radical; correlation ≠ total causation for crime trends (pandemic effects cited by defenders). Direct "control" claims over protests or outcomes are often overstated—Soros funds ideas and infrastructure, not day-to-day operations.

Soros's operations are legal, disclosed in tax filings and FEC reports, but illustrate billionaire leverage in a polarized system. Whether "evil" depends on one's view of open-borders globalism, criminal justice philosophy, and national identity vs. universal progressivism. Public scrutiny of all large donors (left or right) is healthy for transparency.