Open Society Foundations

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1	Jan 4, '25	Congratulations to our founder, George Soros, on being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States.	39.3×	670k	2.6k	451	125
2	May 28, '20	@RealCandaceO Hi Candace, Mr. Soros and the Open Society Foundations oppose all violence and do not pay people to protest. We lament the effort, through baseless allegations, to di	24.9×	0	1.4k	192	22
3	Sep 25, '25	Our statement in response to reporting that the Trump Administration is directing investigations without evidence into our operations.	14.3×	244k	1k	403	99
4	May 17, '22	We welcome @lauraabcarvalho, our first global director of Equity, who will lead our work to address structural and economic inequalities worldwide.	11.1×	0	1.9k	82	20
5	Apr 11, '22	Russia’s war in Ukraine “breaks rules that we thought were no longer breakable,” says Open Society President Mark @malloch_brown. Learn how we have stepped up support for Ukrainian	9.2×	0	824	184	60
6	Jul 16, '24	To develop green industrial policies that contribute to economic growth in the Global South and address the climate emergency, we’re committing $400 million over eight years, a sig	9.1×	155k	180	53	27
7	Aug 27, '25	The Open Society Foundations, founded by George Soros and chaired by Alex Soros, do not support or fund violent protests. Allegations to the contrary are false, and the threats aga	8.2×	140k	2.1k	720	109
8	Oct 5, '18	@realDonaldTrump President Trump: Your tweet is incorrect—Mr. Soros does not pay people to protest—and insulting to the many women making their voices heard. We support the right t	8.0×	0	565	238	1
9	Nov 15, '18	Open Society President @patrickgaspard's letter to @facebook's @sherylsandberg about their smear campaign against George Soros & us as reported by @nytimes: "Your methods threa	6.2×	0	429	290	10
10	Nov 1, '21	“The Earth is speaking: she tells us we have no more time.” - Txai Suruí @walela15 at #COP26	6.1×	0	735	193	12
11	Jun 1, '20	We do not pay protesters. Neither does our founder George Soros. Claims that we do serve to delegitimize those who are exercising their Constitutionally-protected right to protest	4.9×	0	170	62	6
12	Jul 14, '24	We strongly condemn the attack on former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania. Political violence has no place in our society, and we denounce any actions that harm individuals a	4.3×	74k	175	44	16
13	Feb 23, '22	Ukraine does not present any military threat to Russia, which manufactured this crisis to deprive Ukraine of its right to self-determination and to undermine European security and	4.3×	0	316	122	18
14	Oct 18, '18	@RepMattGaetz We can save you the trouble, Congressman: Neither Mr. Soros nor Open Society are funding this effort. We do support the historic U.S. commitment to welcoming people f	4.2×	0	282	59	5
15	May 19, '23	Our founder George Soros’s firsthand experience with ethnic and political intolerance has led to a lifetime of work devoted to democracy, freedom of expression, and respect for hum	4.0×	68k	228	58	14
16	Nov 14, '19	Although @SteveKingIA has deleted his tweet that attempted to falsely portray our deputy chair Alexander Soros as the whistleblower, his continued attempts to intimidate and harass	3.8×	0	454	134	3
17	Oct 21, '22	Bringing her experience growing up in one of the most unequal countries and her economics expertise, our Director of #Equity @lauraabcarvalho leads our work to tackle global #inequ	3.8×	0	547	65	24
18	Apr 26, '24	The @nypost continues its practice of mixing distortion and unsubstantiated insinuations in attacking George and Alex Soros and the Open Society Foundations. We have a long history	3.7×	62k	156	46	36
19	Aug 12, '24	Today, August 12, our founder George Soros turns 94 years old. Born in Hungary in 1930, Soros survived under Nazi occupation and Communist repression—experiences that shaped his de	3.5×	60k	329	68	34
20	May 29, '18	@therealroseanne @ChelseaClinton Hi Roseanne, Mr. Soros did not work with the Nazis. When he was a teen, he and his family resisted the Nazi occupation of Hungary: . Some more fact	3.5×	0	372	67	2
21	Jan 4, '25	Today our founder George Soros was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom—the highest civilian honor in the United States—in recognition of his lifelong commitment to defending	3.5×	59k	742	171	54
22	Oct 23, '18	@johnston_kelly Mr. Johnston, neither Mr. Soros nor Open Society is funding this effort. We are surprised to see a @CampbellSoupCo executive spreading false stories. We do support	3.3×	0	313	113	0
23	Aug 13, '21	The Taliban’s rapid gains have put many Afghan civilians—especially journalists and rights defenders—in imminent danger. Our $10 million Afghanistan emergency fund will help addres	3.2×	0	278	135	4
24	Jan 23, '20	Today our founder George Soros announced the Open Society University Network (OSUN) with a $1 billion endowment to better prepare students for current and future global challenges.	3.2×	0	276	135	6
25	Oct 23, '18	Open Society urges an end to violent rhetoric after an explosive device was sent to our founder and chair George Soros.	3.1×	0	241	153	1
26	Jan 31, '18	Freedom of expression, assembly, association, and movement. Equal justice. Transparency. The right to health care. The right to clean water and air. People holding their government	3.1×	0	216	146	2
27	Jan 4, '25	President Biden is recognizing Soros for his lifelong commitment to advancing more just societies and promoting human rights around the world. A survivor of Nazi-occupied Hungary a	2.7×	46k	197	51	19
28	Jun 17, '19	The government of Turkey is launching a bogus sham trial in order to intimidate critics and silence dissent. This travesty of justice is an attack on freedom itself. #GeziPark16	2.6×	0	159	161	4
29	Jul 14, '15	Slavery in the United States did not end in 1865, it evolved. #SlaveryEvolved via @eji_org	2.6×	0	166	177	0
30	Dec 5, '21	After being ousted from Google for speaking up for more ethical AI research and about the company’s diversity issues, @TimnitGebru has launched @DAIRInstitute—with our support—to e	2.5×	0	291	85	8
31	Oct 25, '19	George Soros: hero of our time. “I’m very proud of the enemies I have...It’s a perfect way to tell a dictator or a would-be dictator if he identifies me as an enemy,” says our foun	2.5×	0	240	96	5
32	Nov 2, '19	When media are free and democratic institutions are strong, open society flourishes. George Soros’s commitment to these ideals is what makes him so dangerous to authoritarians arou	2.5×	0	218	81	7
33	Mar 4, '22	We're committing $25 million to the new Ukraine Democracy Fund to support Ukrainian civil society, international solidarity with Ukraine, and the dignity of those displaced and aff	2.5×	0	208	92	3
34	Jan 20, '19	The demonization of our founder and chair, George Soros, started as a political strategy in Hungary. It's now a defining feature of contemporary global politics and made up largely	2.4×	0	174	119	6
35	May 17, '18	Ahelyett, hogy befektetne a gazdaságba, az egészségügybe és az oktatásba, Magyarország kormánya tízmilliókat költ egy civil társadalom ellenes kampányra. Ez a kampány amely propaga	2.3×	0	242	74	1
36	Jan 13, '16	Why the space for civic engagement is shrinking:	2.2×	0	112	147	0
37	Jul 19, '20	Sudan has abolished the death penalty for apostasy and banned female genital mutilation as the country liberalizes after 30 years under Omar al-Bashir.	2.2×	0	208	101	4
38	Mar 27, '24	We welcome today’s news that Thailand’s parliament passed a landmark marriage equality bill, paving the way for the country to become the first in Southeast Asia to legalize same-s	2.2×	37k	103	36	2
39	May 31, '20	Our statement on the death of George Floyd	2.1×	0	182	70	3
40	Nov 7, '20	With Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s election, we can now begin the hard work to repair the damage done to the rule of law and to the norms and values that have guided the republic f	2.1×	0	148	51	4
41	Sep 22, '22	Inspired and led by brave women, #Iranian people have courageously taken to the streets to demand freedom and an end to government repression. The protests are inspiring in their s	2.1×	0	101	41	7
42	Nov 5, '18	The vilification of our founder and chair, George Soros, has been pushed "from the dark corners of the internet and talk radio to the very center of the political debate." via @NYT	2.1×	0	162	108	3
43	Aug 19, '22	We call on the international community to condemn recent raids by Israeli armed forces on the offices of internationally respected Palestinian civil society groups, including our g	2.0×	0	108	56	2
44	Oct 17, '17	George Soros has transferred the bulk of his wealth to his Open Society Foundations. via @WSJ	2.0×	0	144	107	0
45	Sep 26, '19	We stand in solidarity with brave youth climate activists advocating for immediate action on the global climate crisis. George Soros and the Open Society Foundations have not funde	1.9×	0	192	61	5
46	Dec 29, '19	For indigenous communities in Colombia, coca is nothing to be ashamed of and is part of a deeply held culture and tradition. It's time for policy to reflect that. Learn more:	1.9×	0	168	98	6
47	Nov 14, '19	.@SteveKingIA is circulating false information, claiming Alexander Soros, our deputy chair, is the whistleblower. He is not. Attempts to out the whistleblower violate protections p	1.9×	0	187	73	2
48	Apr 27, '22	We are proud to support Ariana Grande’s effort to help organizations advocating for trans youth as well as those providing direct services. Learn more about the fund and see the li	1.8×	0	240	59	4
49	Mar 12, '18	For 50 years, the "war on drugs" has held science back. Enough is enough. #CND61	1.8×	0	139	94	1
50	Jan 29, '23	“Black people suffer the most from the legacy of slavery, but most Americans suffer from it to some degree.” - @nhannahjones of our grantee @1619FSchool on her new documentary seri	1.8×	31k	172	51	6
51	Nov 14, '18	"@Facebook employed a Republican opposition-research firm to discredit activist protesters, in part by linking them to the liberal financier George Soros." Why did FB pay to lie ab	1.8×	0	154	95	1
52	Nov 1, '24	This year’s Nobel-winning economists Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and Jim Robinson have overlooked the role of colonial exploitation in Western prosperity and dismisses successfu	1.7×	30k	122	35	60
53	Dec 25, '19	Since George Soros began his philanthropy in 1979, we've been working to advance freedom, justice and human rights worldwide.	1.6×	0	175	54	8
54	Dec 22, '18	George Soros, our founder and chair, has invested the majority of his wealth in promoting democracy and accountability for over three decades. @BBCRadio4's @alittl looks at the har	1.6×	0	151	77	4
55	Dec 29, '16	We seek activists aged 18–25 with their own human rights project in underserved U.S. communities. Apply by Jan 10:	1.6×	0	124	94	0
56	Sep 5, '20	George Soros does not fund #Antifa. But he is opposed to fascism. We do fund groups working for racial justice in the United States.	1.6×	0	150	42	7
57	Nov 8, '23	“Hamas must be demilitarized, neutralized as a military force,” Open Society President @malloch_brown tells @BBCNewsnight. The only durable solution is a political one that guarant	1.6×	28k	69	36	4
58	May 3, '22	Speaking freely. Holding up a protest sign. Voting. Or maybe just choosing who we want to dance with. To autocrats like Putin, that makes us the enemy. So let’s #BeTheEnemy. Learn	1.6×	0	115	61	4
59	Jun 30, '21	We will invest more than $100 million over the next five years to strengthen a range of feminist-led movements and increase their leadership across a broad range of sectors from po	1.6×	0	147	64	3
60	Apr 25, '20	Authoritarians regularly use disasters and crises to tighten their grip on power and crack down on rights and liberties. The COVID-19 pandemic is no different. Open Society Preside	1.6×	0	124	68	5
61	Mar 4, '16	“Torture only breeds more crime and more terrorism.” –Juan Mendez #TortureFreeWorld	1.6×	0	114	101	0
62	Sep 19, '21	Congratulations to @Sifill_LDF of our grantee @NAACP_LDP for being named one of 2021's #Time100 Most Influential People. She has led vital progress on voting rights, stopping polic	1.6×	0	234	39	0
63	Aug 26, '18	"The US prison system, now home to over 2 million Americans, runs like an economy unto itself." via @thenation	1.6×	0	109	96	4
64	Aug 12, '20	There’s a lot of lies about our founder and chair George Soros out there. Here’s the truth about the top five most pernicious myths about him.	1.5×	0	131	60	9
65	Oct 6, '19	Adelyn and her mother moved to Colorado from Maine so that Adelyn could get access to cannabis oil that has been effective at controlling her chronic seizures.	1.5×	0	203	46	1
66	Nov 4, '22	President Lula’s election in Brazil is a watershed moment in the fight against authoritarian populism in Latin America. #Brazil’s renewed commitment to democracy raises the stakes	1.5×	0	150	40	5
67	Sep 20, '21	Congratulations to @nhannahjones for being one of 2021's #Time100 Most Influential People. Her @1619FSchool—a free, community-based after-school literacy program supported by us—ce	1.5×	0	225	35	3
68	Oct 28, '19	"If you really have principles that you believe in, then you have to fight for them—win or lose." Our founder and chair George Soros on @npratc:	1.5×	0	152	56	4
69	Feb 9, '22	We’re proud to honor and celebrate the recipients of the Open Society #JusticeRisingAwards—16 visionary Black leaders whose courage, creativity, and tenacity has advanced racial ju	1.5×	0	136	51	9
70	Nov 13, '16	A Kurdish Yezidi soldier. Many women now fighting in her "Sun Force Battalion'" were abducted by ISIS 2 years ago.	1.5×	0	91	93	0
71	Sep 23, '19	In Nigeria, people can spend months or even years in pretrial detention—even on minor charges. Now, a team of volunteer lawyers is delivering free legal aid to detainees to counter	1.5×	0	115	75	2
72	Jan 27, '25	Our founder George Soros is a Holocaust survivor who had to hide his Jewish identity to survive under Nazi occupation in his native Hungary. This experience with intolerance inspir	1.4×	25k	154	44	20
73	Jul 13, '20	For decades, our founder George Soros and we at Open Society have supported the movement against systemic racism. Today, we build on this history by announcing $220 million to buil	1.4×	0	134	45	3
74	Jul 3, '19	A new foreign policy think tank in DC—with funding from our founder George Soros and Charles Koch—will promote diplomacy and restraint over threats, sanctions, and bombing. via @Bo	1.4×	0	104	59	3
75	Aug 4, '19	Congratulations to Open Society President @PatrickGaspard for being honored with the @NAACP's prestigious Spingarn Medal in recognition of his lifelong commitment to equality and c	1.4×	0	150	50	0
76	Sep 2, '20	Decriminalization—the removal of criminal penalties for buying and selling sex—is key to protecting sex workers from abuse and exploitation, particularly during the COVID-19 pandem	1.4×	0	114	63	6
77	Jul 29, '18	“Quiet Skies” is disquieting. In this new @TSA program, federal air marshals follow the movements and behavior of ordinary U.S. citizens not suspected of a crime or on any terroris	1.4×	0	87	66	2
78	Jun 18, '19	"His contributions to campaigns to end police brutality, improve access to affordable health care, and increase dignity for working families is unparalleled." - @DerrickNAACP Our P	1.3×	0	153	43	1
79	Jun 26, '18	After Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001, its drug fatalities fell to one of the lowest levels in Europe. Learn more about its example and the benefits of decriminalizing dr	1.3×	0	95	77	4
80	Apr 16, '20	Our investment of more than $130 million to counter the COVID-19 pandemic seeks fair access to treatment and care; helps low-income, informal, and gig workers; protects refugees an	1.3×	0	114	62	1
81	Feb 25, '23	When Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began a year ago, there was no other option for Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina than to fight for justice and freedom.	1.3×	22k	190	61	9
82	Apr 11, '21	Governments worldwide are using the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to roll back basic rights and have failed to respond to its challenges, as @AgnesCallamard of our grantee @Amnest	1.3×	0	113	67	0
83	Jan 27, '19	On this #HolocaustMemorialDay, we must never forget what can happen when the politics of exclusion and hatred are left unchecked. Two Roma survivors of the “Forgotten Holocaust” te	1.2×	0	113	65	2
84	Aug 22, '20	The algorithm “was prone to fast-tracking applicants from predominantly white countries and sorting people from other nations into a longer and more onerous review process.” @JCWI_	1.2×	0	103	64	4
85	Apr 19, '19	Our founder and chair George Soros has received the Ridenhour Courage Prize for being “a penetrating thinker, creative philanthropist, and visionary whose four decades of courageou	1.2×	0	120	46	2
86	May 13, '19	"Continued criminalization of sex work and sex workers is a form of violence by governments and contributes to the high level of stigma and discrimination." - @drtlaleng in @teenvo	1.2×	0	104	59	3
87	Dec 11, '21	Climate justice is critical to the future of open societies. To lead our work in this vital area, @YDagnet will take on the newly created role of director of Climate Justice.	1.2×	0	152	14	1
88	May 18, '19	“It's easy to think, now that we have our human rights, they will be there forever. They cannot be taken away. But they're like the air you breathe. You don't think about it until	1.2×	0	110	56	2
89	May 14, '20	Nobody should be denied a COVID-19 vaccine because of where they live or how much they make. #PeoplesVaccine	1.2×	0	112	51	3
90	Aug 14, '22	Our founder George Soros recently turned 92 years old. His firsthand experience with ethnic and political intolerance has led to a lifetime of work devoted to democracy, freedom of	1.1×	0	121	30	1
91	Feb 23, '18	Actually, George Soros spent more than $5 million to provide free breakfasts for tens of thousands of elementary school kids in Hungary. Insects were not on the menu:	1.1×	0	102	56	0
92	Aug 18, '22	Israeli forces have raided, damaged, and closed the offices of six Palestinian civil society organizations, including our grantee @alhaq_org—a leading human rights organization. #S	1.1×	0	104	45	3
93	Sep 25, '24	We welcome the announcement from the foreign ministers of Germany, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands that they will start a legal effort to call the Taliban regime to account	1.1×	18k	192	73	8
94	Nov 30, '21	Congratulations to the 2021 Soros Equality Fellows, whose projects range from documenting the U.S. caregiving crisis to establishing a think tank for Black women in the U.S. and Br	1.0×	0	97	25	4
95	Apr 20, '21	While we applaud the guilty verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, America will never know true equality until structural racism is eradicated.	1.0×	0	120	38	2
96	Feb 12, '25	The claims that the Open Society Foundations, founded by George Soros, receive funding from USAID or direct the funding of a multibillion-dollar U.S. government agency are manifest	1.0×	17k	155	55	11
97	Jan 19, '21	George Soros has taken firsthand experience with ethnic and political intolerance to build the Open Society Foundations and a lifetime of work devoted to democratic governance, fre	1.0×	0	112	30	3
98	Dec 25, '19	Happy holidays from the Open Society Foundations! We're looking forward to another year of working together towards a freer, more tolerant, and more democratic world.	1.0×	0	112	36	0
99	Apr 11, '19	Sex workers should have the same right to safe working environments as all other workers.	0.9×	0	93	37	3
100	Jan 3, '20	George Soros, our founder and chair, is “a philanthropist taking a resolute political stand, helping local organizations that don’t fear fighting the enemies of an open society, wh	0.9×	0	98	23	1

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