United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Ownership as documented
US government agency.
Conflicting records. The research disagrees; every version is shown and none has been chosen as correct.
- Ownership
- US government agency.From the research record · cites:
- USAID Justice for All (JFA), Albania (opens in a new tab)EWMI · 2016 · ngo · EN
- Obama State Dept used taxpayer dollars to fund George Soros group's political activities in Albania, watchdog group says (opens in a new tab)Fox News (reporting Judicial Watch FOIA claim) · Apr 2018 · journalism · EN
- US government.From the research record · cites:
- Soros and son as middlemen between Obama and Rama (opens in a new tab)New Greek TV · 9 Nov 2018 · journalism · EN
- US government agency.From the research record · cites:
- Source label
- VERIFIEDFrom the research record · cites:
- USAID Justice for All (JFA), Albania (opens in a new tab)EWMI · 2016 · ngo · EN
- Obama State Dept used taxpayer dollars to fund George Soros group's political activities in Albania, watchdog group says (opens in a new tab)Fox News (reporting Judicial Watch FOIA claim) · Apr 2018 · journalism · EN
- UNDER_INVESTIGATIONFrom the research record · cites:
- Soros and son as middlemen between Obama and Rama (opens in a new tab)New Greek TV · 9 Nov 2018 · journalism · EN
- VERIFIEDFrom the research record · cites:
Description
US government aid agency that funded the Justice for All project in Albania (about USD 9 million, 2016-2021). Judicial Watch (2018) said about USD 9 million passed to a Soros-linked group in Albania. A USAID official told Fox News that USAID gave no grants to the Open Society Foundation in Albania. The agency's 2017-2025 and later Albanian justice funding is not covered here.
Other accounts in the research (1 field worded differently)
This record appears in more than one research record. The main text above comes from one; the other versions are kept here unedited.
- Description
- US government aid agency that funded the Justice for All project in Albania (about USD 9 million, 2016-2021). Judicial Watch (2018) said about USD 9 million passed to a Soros-linked group in Albania. A USAID official told Fox News that USAID gave no grants to the Open Society Foundation in Albania. The agency's 2017-2025 and later Albanian justice funding is not covered here.From the research record
- US government development agency. Critics cite USAID money in the Albanian justice sector. The sums and the routing to Soros-linked groups are claims from advocacy reports and were not verified here.From the research record
Contracts and money
USAID funds EWMI Justice for All
Evidence: EWMI page: USAID-funded Justice for All project, 2016-2021, implemented by EWMI.
Figures recorded for the cases linked to this organisation. A figure here is not necessarily paid to or by this organisation; check payer and payee.
OSFA 2016 project funding (all programmes)
No amount recorded
paymentSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: USD 2.2 million, per OSF 2017 fact sheet. The currency is USD, so the EUR field is left null.
Date: 2016 · Payer: Open Society Foundations · Payee: OSFA grantees and programmes
- Open Society Foundations in Albania: a brief history (fact sheet, English) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · 15 May 2017 · ngo · EN
OSFA total funding in Albania since 1992
No amount recorded
paymentSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: USD 131 million, per OSF 2017 fact sheet ('since 1992'). The ECLJ article gives the same USD 131 million for 1992-2020; the period differs, so this may be a reused figure. Do not treat as a verified 2020 total.
Date: 2017 · Payer: Open Society Foundations · Payee: Albania programmes
- Open Society Foundations in Albania: a brief history (fact sheet, English) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · 15 May 2017 · ngo · EN
- Influence of the Open Society Foundation: the Typical Case of Albania (opens in a new tab)ECLJ · unknown · ngo · EN
OSFA justice reform earmark (expert panel, outreach, website, conferences)
No amount recorded
paymentSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: USD 600,000, per OSF fact sheets (2017 English, 2021 Albanian). The 2017 sheet says 20 experts and the 2021 sheet says 60; spending breakdown not published.
Date: 2015 · Payer: Open Society Foundation for Albania · Payee: Justice reform expert panel, outreach, website, conferences
- Open Society Foundations in Albania: a brief history (fact sheet, English) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · 15 May 2017 · ngo · EN
- Open Society in Albania fact sheet (Albanian, 2021) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · Mar 2021 · ngo · SQ
OSFA total Albania budget, 2020
No amount recorded
paymentSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: USD 2 million for 2020 (Albania), per OSF 2021 fact sheet. Europe total for 2020: USD 92.9 million. The fact sheet gives no breakdown figures that could be read reliably.
Date: 2020 · Payer: Open Society Foundations · Payee: OSFA Albania programmes
- Open Society in Albania fact sheet (Albanian, 2021) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · Mar 2021 · ngo · SQ
USAID Justice for All project (implemented by EWMI)
No amount recorded
contractSource label: VerifiedStated definition: About USD 9 million (Top Channel, May 2016; Judicial Watch, 2018); Fox News gives USD 8.8 million for 2016. The period is 2016-2021. USAID denies that it gave grants to OSFA. This is not an OSFA financial record.
Date: 2016 · Payer: USAID · Payee: East-West Management Institute (implementer)
- USAID presents 9 million USD project for justice reform (opens in a new tab)Top Channel · May 2016 · journalism · EN
- USAID Justice for All (JFA), Albania (opens in a new tab)EWMI · 2016 · ngo · EN
- Obama State Dept used taxpayer dollars to fund George Soros group's political activities in Albania, watchdog group says (opens in a new tab)Fox News (reporting Judicial Watch) · Apr 2018 · journalism · EN
OSFA funding for BIRN Albania anti-corruption programme
No amount recorded
paymentSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: Amount not published in sources reviewed. BIRN was among the top four OSFA grant recipients in 2016 (OSF 2017 fact sheet).
Date: 2016 · Payer: Open Society Foundation for Albania · Payee: BIRN Albania
- The Open Society Foundation Albania (donor page) (opens in a new tab)BIRN · 5 Jun 2017 · journalism · EN
- Open Society Foundations in Albania: a brief history (fact sheet, English) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · 15 May 2017 · ngo · EN
OSF spending on schools and kindergartens in the 1990s
No amount recorded
paymentSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: More than USD 57 million, per OSF fact sheets, for 275 schools and kindergartens. OSF's claim; not independently checked.
Date: 1990 · Payer: Open Society Foundations · Payee: Albanian schools and kindergartens
- Open Society Foundations in Albania: a brief history (fact sheet, English) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · 15 May 2017 · ngo · EN
OSF total funding in Albania since 1992 (cumulative claim)
No amount recorded
paymentSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: USD 131 million, as printed in the OSF 2017 fact sheets (English and Albanian). Cumulative and self-reported by OSF, not an audited figure. Not a single payment.
Date: 1992-2017 · Payer: Open Society Foundations · Payee: Albania programmes (all)
- Open Society Foundations in Albania: a brief history (fact sheet, English) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · 15 May 2017 · ngo · EN
- Open Society Foundations in Albania (fact sheet, Albanian, 2017) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · 26 May 2017 · ngo · SQ
OSF spending on 275 schools and kindergartens, 1990s
No amount recorded
paymentSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: More than USD 57 million, as printed in the OSF 2017 and 2021 fact sheets. OSF's own claim; not independently checked here.
Date: 1990s · Payer: Open Society Foundations · Payee: Albanian schools and kindergartens
- Open Society Foundations in Albania: a brief history (fact sheet, English) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · 15 May 2017 · ngo · EN
- Open Society in Albania: 9 facts (fact sheet, English, March 2021) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · Mar 2021 · ngo · EN
OSF/OSFA project funding in Albania, 2016 (total of all grants)
No amount recorded
paymentSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: USD 2.2 million for 2016, as printed in the OSF 2017 fact sheets. Only the top four 2016 recipients are named (Res Publica, BIRN Albania, Children are the Future, Youth Roma and Egyptian Movement); no per-recipient amounts are printed.
Date: 2016 · Payer: Open Society Foundations · Payee: OSFA grantees (top four named)
- Open Society Foundations in Albania: a brief history (fact sheet, English) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · 15 May 2017 · ngo · EN
- Open Society Foundations in Albania (fact sheet, Albanian, 2017) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · 26 May 2017 · ngo · SQ
OSFA earmark for justice reform (expert panel, outreach, website, conferences), 2015
No amount recorded
paymentSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: USD 600,000, as printed in the OSF 2017 and 2021 fact sheets. Expert panel size printed as 20 (2017 English and 2021 English) and as 60 (2021 Albanian). No spending breakdown published in these sheets.
Date: 2015 · Payer: Open Society Foundation for Albania · Payee: Justice reform expert panel, outreach, website, conferences
- Open Society Foundations in Albania: a brief history (fact sheet, English) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · 15 May 2017 · ngo · EN
- Open Society in Albania: 9 facts (fact sheet, English, March 2021) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · Mar 2021 · ngo · EN
- Open Society in Albania: fact sheet (Albanian, March 2021) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · Mar 2021 · ngo · SQ
OSF budget for Albania, 2020 (budget, not a single payment)
No amount recorded
otherSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: USD 2 million total budget for Albania in 2020, as printed in the OSF March 2021 fact sheets (English and Albanian). Europe-wide 2020 budget USD 92.9 million on the same sheet. Budget, not a recorded payment.
Date: 2020 · Payer: Open Society Foundations · Payee: OSFA Albania programmes
- Open Society in Albania: 9 facts (fact sheet, English, March 2021) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · Mar 2021 · ngo · EN
- Open Society in Albania: fact sheet (Albanian, March 2021) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · Mar 2021 · ngo · SQ
OSFA funds BIRN Albania anti-corruption programme
No amount recorded
paymentSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: Amount not published. BIRN's donor page gives no amount; the OSF 2017 fact sheet lists BIRN Albania among the top four 2016 recipients without a figure.
Date: 2016-2017 · Payer: Open Society Foundation for Albania · Payee: BIRN Albania
- The Open Society Foundation Albania (BIRN donor page) (opens in a new tab)BIRN (Balkan Investigative Reporting Network) · 5 Jun 2017 · journalism · EN
- Open Society Foundations in Albania: a brief history (fact sheet, English) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · 15 May 2017 · ngo · EN
OSFA listed as a main donor to the Albanian Helsinki Committee
No amount recorded
paymentSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: Amount not published. The AHC page lists OSFA among main donors 'in the last three years', without amounts or years per donor.
Date: undated (last three years per page) · Payer: Open Society Foundation Albania (OSFA) · Payee: Albanian Helsinki Committee
- Albanian Helsinki Committee: Partners, Network and Donors (opens in a new tab)Albanian Helsinki Committee · undated · ngo · EN
OSF funds supported Res Publica's Gerdec compensation work
No amount recorded
paymentSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: Amount not published. The 2017 and 2021 fact sheets say OSF funds supported Res Publica's efforts to win compensation for families of the 2008 Gerdec ammunition factory explosions (26 killed). No amount given.
Date: 2017 (fact sheet date; work period not stated) · Payer: Open Society Foundations · Payee: Res Publica Center
- Open Society Foundations in Albania: a brief history (fact sheet, English) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · 15 May 2017 · ngo · EN
- Open Society in Albania: 9 facts (fact sheet, English, March 2021) (opens in a new tab)Open Society Foundations · Mar 2021 · ngo · EN
Officials and people linked
No person is linked to this organisation in the research.
Investigations and cases
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
From 2013
Allegations that Open Society influenced the 2016 Albanian justice reform and the government
Opposition politicians, some commentators and several conservative US outlets say that Open Society Foundation Albania (OSFA) and wider Soros-linked funding shaped the 2016 constitutional justice…
Status: Unresolved. Allegations are made by partisan actors and advocacy groups. No court, prosecutor or official body has found that OSF directed the reform.
From 2014
Open Society Foundation Albania and the 2014-2016 justice reform
The Open Society Foundation for Albania (OSFA) says it financed and supported Albania's justice reform, including a 2015 earmark of USD 600,000 for an expert panel, public outreach, a website and…
Status: Contested. No court finding of wrongdoing was found. The funding amounts from OSFA's own documents are published; claims about drafting and political influence…
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 4 sources.
Source label: VerifiedVerified · 4 sources
- Publisher
- EWMI
- Date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fox News (reporting Judicial Watch FOIA claim)
- Date
- Apr 2018
- Publisher
- New Greek TV
- Date
- 9 Nov 2018
- Publisher
- Journalism Fund
- Date
- unknown
Other connections
Justice for All technical support at founding (2018)
Evidence: Faktoje profile: established May 2018 with full technical support from the USAID-funded Justice for All project implemented by EWMI.