Soros money fuels ‘No Kings’ protest joined by Schumer, millions more

FIRST ON FOX: George SorosThe foundation is funding the “No Kings” protests in which Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and tens of thousands of demonstrators will participate Saturday.

Soros, a billionaire and notorious investor Democratic Party donor, is founder of the Open Society Foundation.

In 2023, the foundation, through the Open Society Action Fund, awarded a two-year, $3 million grant to the Indivisible organization. The grant was intended to “support the recipient’s social activities,” according to the Open Society Foundation website.

Indivisible is “managing data and participant communications” for the “No Kings” protests taking place in Washington and across the country.

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The financial trail of George Soros’ Open Society Foundation dates back to the “No Kings” protests. (Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg via Getty Images / DAVID PASHAEE/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

According to the Open Society Foundation websiteSoros “donated more than $32 billion of his personal fortune” to the foundation. His son Alex is chairman of the board.

According to the Website of the Indivisible organizationEzra Levin is the group’s co-executive director. Leah Greenberg, Levin’s wife, is the other co-executive director.

Greenberg previously served as Tom Perriello’s political director for Governor of Virginia campaign. Perriello served as executive director of the Open Society Foundation from October 2018 to July 2023, strengthening ties between Soros and the Indivisible organization.

In 2017, Indivisible received a $350,000 grant from Tides Advocacy, a group affiliated with the Tides Network. The Tides Foundation, also affiliated with the Tides network, has been accused of funding anti-Israel riots on campus.

The 2024 grant report was not available on the IRS or Open Society Foundation websites, although Soros’ foundation has awarded grants to Indivisible every year since the organization’s founding in 2017. In total, the Open Society Foundation has awarded $7.61 million in grants to the group behind the “No Kings” protest.

A map displays proposed and planned locations for Saturday’s “No Kings” protests. (Website/Mapbox Indivisible)

Fox News Digital reached out to Perriello, the Indivisible Group, the Open Society Foundation and the Tides Network, but did not receive responses in time for publication.

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Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, was the first to sound the alarm about Soros’ links to the “No Kings” protest at a rally. interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity Thursday, saying: “There is considerable evidence that George Soros and his network are behind the financing of these rallies, which could well result in riots across the country.”

Cruz introduced the Stopping Harmful Protests and Extremist Riots (STOP FUNDERs) Act in July that would allow the Department of Justice to impose the law on racketeer-influenced and corrupt organizations. (RICO) fees against the individuals behind the financing of “violent” and “extreme” demonstrations.

Sen. Ted Cruz said the “No Kings” protests are “organized by Soros operatives and funded by Soros money.” (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

“This politicized march is organized by Soros operatives and funded by Soros money. No one is denying these basic facts,” Cruz told Fox News Digital. “The Trump administration and the Republican Congress are determined to counter this network of left-wing violence.”

According to the Indivisible website, “on October 18, millions of us are rising up again” to protest in an effort to portray President Donald Trump as a tyrant and authoritarian king.

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Schumer announced Thursday that he would attend the protest, saying he would “join the protesters in celebrating what makes this country so great” and encouraged peaceful protests.

The Communist Party of American Workers also sponsors the “No Kings” protest. (Indivisible)

In addition to funding Soros, the Communist Workers Union of America is also a partner in the “No Kings” protest.

“Protests can be arduous and intense,” reads the “How to Prepare for a Protest” section of Indivisible’s website.

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“They are most effective when we peacefully use our constitutionally protected rights to assembly and expression and prepare properly in advance,” the website continues.

Preston Mizell is a writer for Fox News Digital covering breaking news. Story tips can be sent to Preston.Mizell@fox.com and on X @MizellPreston