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Chicago native Minyon Moore, chair of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, is on the board of a group receiving part of a $50 million contribution from the Open Society Foundations (OSF).

OSF, which was founded by billionaire investor George Soros and is now headed by George’s son, Alex, has committed $50 million to a host of groups for the purpose of “civic action,” reported the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

The groups receiving funding include Planned Parenthood, the National Women's Law Center, the Alliance for Youth Action, Run for Something, and Power Rising, a group the Chronicle said "led a campaign to support the nomination of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court last year."

Moore, in addition to chairing the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, lists herself as a board member of Power Rising. This, despite the OSF telling the Chronicle that funding for Power Rising, and the other groups, is "explicitly not timed to influence the 2024 presidential election.”

Moore's ties to the national Democratic Party apparatus run deep. 

She worked for Jesse Jackson's 1998 presidential campaign and for Jackson's Operation Push, both headquartered in Chicago, reported the Chicago Sun-Times.

Moore was the CEO of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 2001 to 2002, according to her LinkedIn profile, and worked as the Assistant to the President, Director of Public Liasion and Political Affairs in the Clinton Administration from 1997 to 2001.

Charitable registration statements filed with the New Mexico Attorney General’s office in 2022 listed Moore as a board member of Black Lives Matter, reported the Washington Examiner.  

She co-authored the book, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics,” with former DNC Chair Donna Brazile, who worked as the campaign manager for Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign. 

Also co-authoring that book were authors Yolanda Caraway, a former “At-Large Member” of the DNC, and Leah Daughtry, who was the CEO of the 2016 and 2008 DNC Conventions and served as chief of staff to former DNC Chair Howard Dean.

Moore attended Altgeld Elementary School and Chicago Vocational High School before attending the University of Illinois Chicago, reported the Sun-Times.

The $50 million being given to Moore's group, and others, is in addition "to prior commitments it’s made to U.S.-based organizations since 2020, like $220 million for Black-led organizations working for racial justice, $100 million to Latino organizations to support civic engagement and immigrants’ rights, and $52.6 million for organizations that work in Indigenous and Asian communities," reported the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

OSF is "the main hub of a Soros-funded network of more than 20 national and regional foundations, making it one of the largest political philanthropies in the world," reported Influence Watch.

"Built on Soros’ anti-capitalist, redistributionist political philosophy," wrote Influence Watch,"the organization gives away nearly a billion dollars per year to left-wing organizations around the world to advance his vision of an 'open society.'"