In 1999, George Soros's Open Society Institute gave 2 grants, totalling $393,000, to the Tides Foundation.
All you want to know about Soros here:
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WOW! That was an informative bit of information on Soros!
Thanks for that. I used to think he was scum, now I know he's even worse!