Person

Jennifer Ann Allan Soros

Nationality:

American

Parents:

Ronald Allan

Ann Howard

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Jennifer Ann Allan Soros is the wife of Jonathan Soros, the third child of liberal finance billionaire George Soros and his first wife, Annaliese Witschak. Jennifer and her husband have given millions of dollars to left-of-center causes, Democratic Party candidates, and the abortion provider Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA).  Jennifer’s mother was a former director for Planned Parenthood of Medina-Summit-Portage Counties in Akron, Ohio from 1988-1990; since 2008, Allan-Soros has personally given $1,455,000 to PPFA and its affiliated organizations while also serving as a director of the PPFA in 2012 and board of director member in 2013-14. 1 2

Jennifer has been an active member of the Soros family’s multiple organizations and is the president of the Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Foundation (JJASF). From 2010 to 2015 the JJSAF has dispersed $22,090,788 to 40 left-liberal groups such as the Open Society Institute, left-of-center funding vehicles, liberal think tanks, groups involved in left-progressive judicial policy, liberal-leaning “transparency” groups, labor union-aligned activist groups, and pro-abortion advocates. In 2016 Jennifer helped found Give Lively Foundation Inc, a private professional fundraiser destination that provides non-profits with a free application to accept donations and make grants. 3

Early Life

Jennifer Ann Allan was born in 1970 to Ann Howard and Ronald Allan of Akron, Ohio. Her father Ronald Allan was a U.S. Navy officer and lawyer at Buckingham, Doolittle, and Burroughs in Akron, Ohio, where he spent most of his life. 4 Jennifer’s mother, Ann G. Allan, is an associate professor emeritus of library science at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. 5 She is also a former board director Planned Parenthood of Medina-Summit-Portage Counties, Akron from 1988-1990. 2

Jennifer graduated from the all-women’s Mount Holyoke College in 1992 with a B.A. in political science and government and completed a master’s degree in social work from Boston University in 1997. 6

Marriage

Jennifer Ann Allan met Jonathan Soros while they both worked on Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign and married in 1997 while both were in graduate school in the Boston area. 6 After their marriage, she started taking part in the Soros family’s left-of-center advocacy organizations; in 2009, she and Jonathan founded their own private foundation, the Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Foundation.

Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Foundation (JJSAF)

Also, see Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Foundation (Nonprofit)

Jennifer Ann Allan Soros is the president of the JJSAF and has been since the organization’s founding in 2009. The foundation has dispersed $22,090,788 to 40 left-liberal groups from 2010 to 2015. 7 The JJSAF received a personal loan from Jennifer, her husband Jonathan, and several private firms linked to the Soros family. The funding priorities of the JJSAF reflect the policy preferences of the couple, including support for pro-abortion advocates, the Open Society Institute of Jonathan’s father George Soros, other left-of-center funding vehicles, liberal think tanks, groups involved in left-progressive judicial policy, liberal-leaning “transparency” groups, and labor union-aligned activist groups. 7

Chamberlain Project

In May 2021, controversy erupted over Swarthmore College’s participation in the Chamberlain Project, a veterans career development program which helps fast-track former military officers into teaching positions at participating colleges and universities. 8 9 The Chamberlain Project is funded by the Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Foundation (JJASF), and according to the project’s director, Vivien Labaton, Jonathan Soros is the only other person directly involved in its operations. 10 Students and faculty at Swarthmore College opposed the college’s affiliation with the Chamberlain Project because of the project’s ties to the United States military. Swarthmore College was founded by Quakers and has “been committed to peace,” according to professor of linguistics and social justice, Dr. Donna Jo Napoli. 8 Swarthmore faculty held a meeting to vote about the Chamberlain Project and ask administration to end Swarthmore’s participation in the project. Of the 251 faculty currently employed at Swarthmore, only 150 attended. 8 Of the attending faculty, 83 voted in favor of terminating the project. 8 Swarthmore has not ended its participation with the Chamberlain Project.

Give Lively LLC

Give Lively Foundation is a private professional fundraiser founded by Jonathan Soros and Jennifer Ann Allan Soros in 2016 to provide non-profits with a free application to accept donations and make grants. 3 The company offers a free platform to allow small donors to give to multiple organizations, groups, and campaigns. 11

Personal Political Contributions

Jennifer Ann Allan Soros has personally given over $2,418,840.64 to left-of-center groups, abortion advocacy groups, and Democratic candidates according to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) website since 1990.  Since attending a Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA) summer internship in the early 1990s, when her mother was a board member of an Akron, Ohio PPFA branch, she has been a significant donor and supporter of the abortion provider. 12 From 2013-2014 she served as a director for PPFA and PPFA’s Action Fund as a member of the board of directors. 13 Beginning in 2008 Jennifer contributed at least $1,455,000 of her own money to PPFA and its affiliated organizations. 1 The JJSAF, under Jennifer’s direction as president, also granted PPFA $788,000 from 2012-2015. 14

Jennifer and Jonathan as a couple gave significant funds to left-of-center and Democratic candidates with $1,192,467 in 2012 and $1,737,760 in 2016. 15 16 Jennifer has contributed $964,840.64 of her wealth to Democratic candidates and groups since 1998, according to the FEC. 1

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Cranley For Congress20001000
Cranley For Congress20001000
Elaine Bloom For Congress20001000
Gore/Lieberman General Election Legal And Accounting Compliance Fund20001000
Gore/Lieberman General Election Legal And Accounting Compliance Fund20001000
Lauren Beth Gash For Congress20001000
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Linda Chapin For Congress20001000
Mike Ross For Congress Committee20001000
Stabenow For Us Senate20001000
Hillary Rodham Clinton For Us Senate Committee Inc20001000
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions200112500
Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence - Voter Education Fund20015000
Kidspac20015000
America Works Committee20012500
Dcccc Non-Federal Account #7200225000
Pennsylvania Democratic Party20025000
Anne Sumers For Congress20021000
Bradbury For Us Senate20021000
Chapman For Congress20021000
Chellie Pingree For Us Senate20021000
Clark For Congress20021000
Friends Of Congressman Tim Holden20021000
Herrera For Congress20021000
Herseth For Congress20021000
It'S Time For Ann Hutchinson20021000
Jean Carnahan For Missouri Committee20021000
Joe Turnham For Congress20021000
Julie Thomas For Congress Campaign Committee20021000
Luther For Congress Volunteer Committee20021000
Michaud For Congress20021000
Richard Romero For Congress20021000
Richardson For Congress20021000
Ron Kirk For U S Senate20021000
Shaheen For Senate Committee20021000
Wofford For Congress20021000
Chris Bell For Congress Committee2002500
Committee To Elect Ed O'Brien2002500
Committee To Elect George Cordova To Congress2002500
Feeley For Congress2002500
Jill Long Thompson Committee2002500
Katrina Swett For Congress Committee2002500
Dean For America20032000
Friends Of Schumer20031000
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee200425000
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee200425000
Obama For Illinois Inc200412000
A Lot Of People Supporting Tom Daschle Inc20042000
Brad Carson For Senate20042000
Campaign For Florida'S Future Fka Betty Castor For U S Senate20042000
Erskine Bowles For Us Senate20042000
Erskine Bowles For Us Senate20042000
Herseth For Congress20042000
Inez Tenenbaum For Us Senate20042000
John Kerry For President, Inc20042000
Salazar For Senate20042000
Tony Knowles For Us Senate20042000
California Victory 0420041000
Friends Of Barbara Boxer20041000
People For Patty Murray U S Senate Campaign20041000
America Coming Together2004245.65
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee200520000
Bob Casey For Pennsylvania Committee20052100
Bob Casey For Pennsylvania Committee20052100
Cranley For Congress20052100
Cranley For Congress20052100
Friends Of Sherrod Brown20052100
Friends Of Sherrod Brown20052100
Dnc Services Corporation/Democratic National Committee200610000
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee20065000
Dnc Services Corporation/Democratic National Committee20065000
Gillibrand For Congress20061700
James Webb For Us Senate20061500
Montanans For Tester20061500
Kidspac20061400
Arcuri For Congress20061000
Carney For Congress20061000
Committee To Elect Chris Murphy20061000
Courtney For Congress20061000
Friends Of Tammy Duckworth20061000
Giffords For Congress20061000
Kilroy For Congress20061000
Klein For Congress20061000
Patrick Murphy For Congress20061000
Sestak For Congress20061000
Braley For Congress2006750
Committee To Bring Back Baron2006750
Darcy Burner For Congress2006750
Ellsworth For Congress Committee2006750
Harry Mitchell For Congress2006750
Heath Shuler For Congress2006750
Joe Donnelly For Congress2006750
Lois Murphy For Congress2006750
Madrid For Congress2006750
Perlmutter For Congress2006750
Wetterling '062006750
Zack Space For Congress Committee2006750
Dnc Services Corporation/Democratic National Committee200721600
Jeanne Shaheen For Senate20071000
Hillary Clinton For President20072300
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee200820000
Obama Victory Fund200810000
Dnc Services Corporation/Democratic National Committee20087700
Obama For America20082300
Obama For America20082300
Obama For America20082300
Alaskans For Begich20082000
Friends Of Mary Landrieu Inc20082000
Hagan Senate Committee Inc20082000
Jeff Merkley For Oregon20082000
Martin For Senate Inc20082000
Udall For Colorado20082000
Boccieri For Congress20081000
Ia Vets For Congress20081000
Jeanne Shaheen For Senate20081000
Moveon.Org Political Action20081000
Moveon.Org Political Action20081000
Perriello For Congress20081000
Votevets20081000
Darcy Burner For Congress2008500
Driehaus For Congress2008500
Friends Of Tracey Brooks2008500
Kryzan For Congress2008500
Boccieri For Congress2008333.33
Madia For U S Congress2008333.33
Votevets2008333.33
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee201017500
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee201017500
League Of Conservation Voters Action Fund20105000
Pac To The Future20105000
Progressive Change Campaign Committee20105000
Feingold Senate Committee20102400
Fisher For Ohio20102400
Friends Of Barbara Boxer20102400
Gillibrand For Senate20102400
Robin Carnahan For Senate20102400
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee20101250
Betty Sutton For Congress20101000
Boccieri For Congress20101000
Carol Shea-Porter For Congress20101000
Dina Titus For Congress20101000
Kilroy For Congress20101000
Marcia Fudge For Congress20101000
Markey For Congress20101000
Nita Lowey For Congress20101000
Paula Brooks For Congress20101000
Reshma For Congress20101000
Elizabeth For Ma Inc20112500
Friends Of Sherrod Brown20112000
Mccaskill For Missouri20111000
Obama Victory Fund 2012201235800
Dnc Services Corporation/Democratic National Committee201230800
Bera For Congress20122500
Betty Sutton For Congress20122500
Carmona For Arizona20122500
Carmona For Arizona20122500
Christie Vilsack For Iowa20122500
Dr. Raul Ruiz For Congress20122500
Friends Of Pete Gallego20122500
Friends Of Sherrod Brown20122500
Joe Garcia For Congress20122500
Kuster For Congress, Inc.20122500
Montanans For Tester20122500
Obama For America20122500
Obama For America20122500
Sean Patrick Maloney For Congress20122500
Mccaskill For Missouri20121500
Joe Kennedy For Congress20121000
Mccaskill For Missouri20121000
Nebraskans For Kerrey2012500
Pac To The Future20135000
Nancy Pelosi For Congress20132600
Sean Eldridge For Congress20132600
Nancy Pelosi For Congress20132400
Dnc Services Corporation/Democratic National Committee20132100
Shaheen For Senate20131000
Nita Lowey For Congress2013500
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee201415000
Americans For Responsible Solutions-Pac20145000
Ami Bera For Congress20142600
Appel For Iowa, Inc.20142600
Cain For Congress20142600
Friends Of Mary Landrieu, Inc.20142600
Hagan For Us Senate Inc20142600
Julia Brownley For Congress20142600
Kathleen Rice For Congress20142600
Kirkpatrick For Arizona20142600
Kirkpatrick For Arizona20142600
Kuster For Congress, Inc.20142600
Kuster For Congress, Inc.20142600
Nunn For Senate Inc20142600
Peters For Michigan20142600
Peters For Michigan20142600
Romanoff For Congress20142600
Sean Patrick Maloney For Congress20142600
Udall For Colorado20142600
Carol Shea-Porter For Congress20142500
Carol Shea-Porter For Congress20142500
Shaheen For Senate20141600
New York Choice Pac Ii2014500
Americans For Responsible Solutions-Pac20155000
Nevada New Hampshire Victory Fund20165400
Russ For Wisconsin20165400
Catherine Cortez Masto For Senate20162700
Jamie Raskin For Congress20162700
Katie Mcginty For Senate20162700
Kirkpatrick For Senate20162700
Maggie For Nh20162700
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Russ For Wisconsin20162700
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People For Patty Murray20161000
Diana Degette For Congress2016500
New York Choice Pac Ii2016500
Actblue2016100
Actblue20165
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Hillary For America20162700
Hillary For America20161000
Hillary For America20161700
Angie Craig For Congress20172700
Chrissy Houlahan For Congress20172700
Debbie For Congress20172700
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Finkenauer For Congress20172700
Kirkpatrick For Congress20172700
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Bill Nelson For Us Senate20172430
Donnelly For Indiana20172430
Friends Of Sherrod Brown20172430
Heidi For Senate20172430
Montanans For Tester20172430
Montanans For Tester20172430
Rosen For Nevada20172430
Sinema For Arizona20172430
Stabenow For Us Senate20172430
Tammy Baldwin For Senate20172430
Missouri-Montana Fund20171000
Actblue2017500
Katie Wilson For Congress2017500
Montanans For Tester2017500
Raybould For Us Senate2017500
Raybould For Us Senate2017500
Bill Nelson For Us Senate2017270
Bob Casey For Senate Inc2017270
Bob Casey For Senate Inc2017270
Donnelly For Indiana2017270
Friends Of Sherrod Brown2017270
Heidi For Senate2017270
Montanans For Tester2017270
Montanans For Tester2017270
Rosen For Nevada2017270
Sinema For Arizona2017270
Stabenow For Us Senate2017270
Tammy Baldwin For Senate2017270
Win Justice2018100000
Aftab For Ohio20182700
Baria For Mississippi20182700
Beto For Texas20182700
Betsy Dirksen Londrigan For Congress20182700
Bill Nelson For Us Senate20182700
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Cindy Axne For Congress20182700
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Kaine For Virginia20182700
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  1. Author’s calculations based on the total contributions from 11 years of FEC filings. “Browse Individual Contributions.” FEC.gov. Accessed August 14, 2019. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=Jennifer Soros&min_date=01/01/1990&max_date=01/01/2019.
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  7. Author’s calculations based on the total contributions from five years of 990-PF. 990-PF:  Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Foundation, Return of a Private Foundation (Form 990-PF), 2010, 2011. 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, Part XV – Grants and Contributions Paid During the Year, Attachment 12, https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/800464952
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  14. Author’s calculations based on the total contributions of the total contributions from five years of 990-PF. 990-PF:  Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Foundation, Return of a Private Foundation (Form 990-PF), 2010, 2011. 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, Part XV – Grants and Contributions Paid During the Year, Attachment 2, https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/800464952
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