Soros Fund Charitable Foundation

Soros Fund Charitable Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation founded and funded by billionaire George Soros. The foundation is associated with Soros Fund Management, a private investment management firm that Soros founded in 1969. 1 Soros Management Fund manages about $30 billion in assets, with much coming from Soros’s own investments. 2

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3), Private Foundation
Issue Areas: Multi-Issue Advocacy
Formation:

1986 in New York, NY

Tax Exempt Since:

July 1987 3

Formerly:

Soros Fund Charitable Foundation (2000 – Present)

SGM Scholarship Foundation (1995 – 2000)

Fund for Reform and Opening of China, Inc. (1986 – 1995)

Location: New York, NY View on map
Tax ID: 13-3388177
Most Recent Filing: 2025
Budget (2025): Assets: $70,054,909 Revenue: $65,200,663 Expenses: $4,522,241

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    The foundation is closely associated with the Soros Network’s other grantmaking arms, the Open Society Foundations and Foundation to Promote Open Society. It also shares the same New York City address as the other two organizations.

    The Soros Fund Charitable Foundation also awards scholarships for students contributing to the scientific, cultural, or economic development of China and fellowships to individuals involved in the fields of culture, economics, and science. The scholarships and fellowships are used for trips by Chinese nationals to the United States and trips by non-Chinese nationals to China. It also supports international and U.S.-based philanthropic organizations. 4

    Leadership

    George Soros, a billionaire financial trader and left-wing mega-funder, is the main funder of the Soros Fund Charitable Foundation. Soros has an estimated net worth of $8.3 billion as of April 2020. 5

    Maryann Canfield is listed as the president and a director on the foundation’s 2018 tax return. 6

    The board vice president and treasurer is Christopher I. Naunton. 6

    Gail Scovell is the secretary of the board of directors. 6

    Grants and Advocacy

    According to its 2018 tax returns, the Soros Fund Charitable Foundation made a $7,500 grant to the ACLU Foundation, gave $15,000 to Planned Parenthood, and provided $30,000 to the Southern Poverty Law Center. 6

    The Center for Public Integrity, a journalism nonprofit, reported in 2013 that the fund contributed $255,000 to 35 different Christian organizations in 2012, many of which leaned conservative. 1 The more recent tax returns showed smaller grants to religious organizations.

    The Soros Fund Charitable Foundation has also contributed more than $1 million to more than two dozen universities in 2012, according to the Washington Post. These includes $249,150 to Princeton University in New Jersey and $106,350 to Yeshiva University in New York City. 7

    The Soros Fund Charitable Foundation collaborated with the libertarian-conservative leaning Charles Koch Institute, among other groups meant to span the ideological spectrum, to start Communities Overcoming Extremism: The After Charlottesville Project, to start a dialogue to bring sides together after the white nationalist riot in Charlottesville, Virginia in the summer of 2017. 8

    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2025 $70,054,909 $65,200,663 $4,522,241 View
    2024 $68,249,292 $3,491,307 $4,042,103 View
    2023 $66,509,142 $3,255,095 $2,478,266 View
    2022 $64,745,404 $1,940,731 $2,128,547 View
    2021 $70,551,803 $2,693,896 $2,032,908 View
    2020 $62,270,271 $5,142,501 $2,742,013 View

    Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

    Expenses Detail

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $2,106,783
    • Number of Grants: 2
    • Number of Funders: 1

    Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $538,8322020 Foundation to Promote Open Societyto support grantee's matching gift program

    All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $477,528,397
    • Number of Grants: 4,505
    • Number of Recipients: 1,804

    Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $600,0002023 Eule Charitable FoundationCAPITAL ENDOWMENT
    $566,1242025 Charities Aid Foundation of AmericaGeneral Support
    $300,0002025 Eule Charitable FoundationCapital Endowment
    $300,0002025 Museum of Chinese in AmericaGeneral Support
    $300,0002024 Eule Charitable FoundationCAPITAL ENDOWMENT
    $300,0002024 Museum of Chinese in AmericaGeneral Support
    $200,0002023 Eule Charitable FoundationCAPITAL ENDOWMENT
    $200,0002022 Eule Charitable FoundationCapital Endowment
    $200,0002021 Eule Charitable FoundationCapital Endowment
    $200,0002020 Eule Chantabic FoundationGeneral Support
    $190,0002022 Museum of Chinese in AmericaGeneral Support
    $190,0002022 Museum of Chinese in AmericaGeneral Support
    $165,0002024 Museum of Chinese in AmericaGeneral Support
    $150,0002024 Museum of Chinese in AmericaGeneral Support
    $149,7452025 Museum of Chinese in AmericaGeneral Support
    $140,0002020 Museum of Chinese in AmericaGeneral Support
    $120,0002020 Plymouth Church of the PilgrimsGeneral Support
    $110,0002020 Hackley SchoolGeneral Support
    $109,0792024 Community Synagogue of Tenafly and EnglewoodGeneral Support
    $100,0002023 Apex for Youth Apex for YouthGENERAL SUPPORT
    $100,0002023 Museum of Chinese in AmericaGENERAL SUPPORT
    $100,0002021 Atifa D B A Masjidi Hazarat-I- Abubakr Immigrants of AfghanistanGeneral Support
    $100,0002021 The University of Texas at San AntonioGeneral Support
    $100,0002020 Ackerman Institute for The FamilyGeneral Support
    $100,0002020 Apex for Youth Inc.General Support

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    References

    1. Wollner, Adam. “Soros Charitable Foundation Sometimes Leans Right.” Center for Public Integrity. June 17, 2013. Accessed April 24, 2020. https://publicintegrity.org/politics/soros-charitable-foundation-sometimes-leans-right/
    2. George Soros. Celebrity Net Worth. Accessed April 24, 2020. https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-businessmen/richest-billionaires/george-soros-net-worth/
    3. Soros Fund Charitable Foundation. Pro Publica. Accessed April 24, 2020. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/133388177
    4. Soros Fund Charitable Trust. Foundation Directory Online. Accessed April 24, 2020. https://fconline.foundationcenter.org/fdo-grantmaker-profile/?key=FUND027
    5. “George Soros.” Forbes. Forbes Magazine, April 27, 2020. https://www.forbes.com/profile/george-soros/.
    6. Soros Fund Charitable Foundation. Pro Publica. Accessed April 24, 2020. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/133388177/01_2020_prefixes_13-14%2F133388177_201812_990PF_2020011517034064
    7. Levinthal, Dave. “Inside the Koch Brothers’ Campus Crusade.” The Center for Public Integrity. March 27, 2014. https://publicintegrity.org/politics/inside-the-koch-brothers-campus-crusade/
    8. Ruger, Sarah. “Democrats and Republicans Aren’t So Different, After All.” Real Clear Politics. June 26, 2019. Accessed April 24, 2020. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/06/26/democrats_and_republicans_arent_so_different_after_all___140654.html