{"id":2012203,"date":"2023-08-25T15:30:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T19:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-soros-foundations-cuts-in-europe-anger-beneficiaries\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T15:34:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T19:34:43","slug":"george-soros-foundations-cuts-in-europe-anger-beneficiaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-soros-foundations-cuts-in-europe-anger-beneficiaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Beneficiaries angered by George Soros foundation&#8217;s European cuts."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorge-soros-foundations-cuts-in-europe-anger-beneficiaries%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2012203&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Open\u2063 Society Foundations&#8217; Decision to \u200dCut Staff and Spending\u200d in Europe Raises Concerns<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/purdue-university-backtracks-on-mandatory-white-privilege-class-for-music-students-after-outcry\/\" title=\"Purdue University Backtracks On Mandatory \u2018White Privilege\u2019 Class For Music Students After Outcry\">recent announcement<\/a> by Open Society Foundations (OSF) to reduce staff and spending\u200d in Europe has sparked worry among \u2064beneficiaries. Many argue that this \u2062withdrawal of resources could \u200dhave a detrimental impact on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-womens-soccer-team-kneels-for-anthem-wears-black-lives-matter\/\" title=\"US Women's Soccer Team Kneels for Anthem, Wears 'Black Lives Matter'\">human rights<\/a> and the foundation&#8217;s reputation.<\/p>\n<p>The internal email and\u2062 current employees have revealed that \u2062OSF leaders plan to cut staff by 80% in Berlin and 60% in Brussels. Offices\u200c in\u2062 London and Barcelona have already been informed that they will either close or significantly reduce\u2064 their staff, leading to the departure of several\u200d OSF members.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s Next for Trump Following Arrest in Georgia RICO Case?<\/h3>\n<p>These planned cuts\u2062 in Europe\u200b mark a significant departure from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-soros-foundations-cuts-in-europe-anger-beneficiaries\/\" title=\"Beneficiaries angered by George Soros foundation's European cuts.\">long-standing initiative led<\/a> by billionaire and\u2063 founder George Soros, who has \u200dbeen dedicated to supporting education, human rights, and\u200c other important policies. The leadership\u200c of\u200b OSF aims to complete \u200cthe layoffs by January.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Alex Soros, George \u2062Soros&#8217;s son \u200band the new head of \u200bOSF&#8217;s board of directors, announced a\u200d shift to a new \u2064operating model. While emphasizing their commitment to the European project, Alex Soros has shown increasing interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transportation-department-hands-out-1-5-billion-in-grants-for-woke-projects\/\" title=\"Transportation Department Hands Out .5 Billion in Grants for \"Woke\" Projects\">supporting projects<\/a> within the United\u2064 States. This change in\u2063 focus has raised questions\u2062 about \u200cthe connection between the new operating model and the younger Soros&#8217;s attention to U.S. interests.<\/p>\n<p>The internal\u200c email to\u200c OSF&#8217;s Berlin office mentioned that the shift \u2062is partly due to\u200c the European Union providing public funding for human rights and pluralism. OSF intends\u200c to reallocate its resources \u2064to beneficiaries who do not have access to such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-drops-expanded-irs-funding-from-infrastructure-bill\/\" title=\"Senate Drops Expanded IRS Funding From Infrastructure Bill\">funding options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, concerns have \u200bbeen raised by grantees and\u2063 beneficiaries regarding\u2064 the\u2063 strategic mistake of withdrawing \u2063support. They also criticize the lack\u2062 of communication from OSF \u200dabout the new operating model, \u2063which was adopted on June 28.<\/p>\n<p>Under the\u200b new model, the foundations will be reorganized around ambiguous\u2063 &#8220;opportunities&#8221; rather than specific programs.\u2062 These &#8220;opportunities&#8221; are defined as &#8220;bodies of work organized around clear\u200d ambitious goals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This shift\u200c has caused bitterness among OSF staff, as they fear that the absence of concrete priorities may undermine the foundations&#8217; commitment to human rights\u2064 and civil society efforts in European countries.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e1rta Pardavi, co-chairwoman \u2064of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, \u200da human rights \u2064group and longtime\u200b recipient of OSF \u2063funding,\u2064 expressed her confusion, stating, &#8220;Here we are, probably hundreds of\u200d groups around Europe, and\u2063 we have no idea why this decision\u2062 came to \u2062be. When we look at the European Union, we really don&#8217;t see a justification for even decreasing\u2063 support \u200dfor human rights and democracy and for support for marginalized \u2064groups.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other beneficiaries are concerned that the reduction\u200b in OSF programs \u200cwill hinder nonprofit groups from\u2062 receiving flexible and timely funding compared to\u200b project-based\u200d grants that \u2064require lengthy approval\u200c processes. OSF has played a significant \u2062role within \u2064the EU, advocating for \u200bpolicies and engaging decision-makers.<\/p>\n<p>An absence of \u2064OSF \u200dprograms \u2062could also create an opportunity for conservative social movements to gain ground in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Alberto Alemanno, \u200ba professor of law in Paris, warned, &#8220;All \u200dof\u2062 a sudden you will see that there are many more opportunities for different forms of philanthropy to enter into the European space\u200d by basically supporting organizations that at the moment are very marginal, like those pushing anti-abortion \u2064rights or pushing against LGBT rights. Conservative donors will \u2062find much easier access in Europe\u200b because there would be a lack of countervailing forces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Society Foundations&#8217; plan to reduce staff and spending in Europe is causing concern among beneficiaries. They fear that this withdrawal of resources may harm human rights and the foundation&#8217;s reputation. In an internal email, the foundation&#8217;s leaders informed Berlin and Brussels staff of an 80% and 60% staff cut, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2012204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2012204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}