<p>As reported this week by the <em>Daily Caller</em>, major American foundations have donated millions of dollars to terrorist-linked organizations. ; ;</p>
<p>Take Islamic Relief Worldwide, for example, which has received big bucks from George Soros&rsquo; Open Society Foundation (OSF), the GE Foundation, and the Bill &; Melinda Gates Foundation. Islamic Relief Worldwide is banned in multiple countries for alleged ties to Hamas and other terrorist groups.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Researchers with the Middle East Forum, an activist group devoted to promoting American interests abroad, identified the financial stream from American foundations to seven Islamic groups with radical ties,&rdquo; reports the <em>Daily Caller. ;</em></p>
<p><strong>Those seven groups are:</strong></p>
<p>&bull; Islamic Relief Worldwide/Islamic Relief USA ;</p>
<p>&bull; The Islamic Society of North America</p>
<p>&bull; The Muslim American Society ;</p>
<p>&bull; The Muslim Public Affairs Council ;</p>
<p>&bull; The Islamic Circle of North America ;</p>
<p>&bull; The Council on American-Islamic Relations ;</p>
<p>The report identified 64 foundations that combined have donated nearly $6 million to these seven groups since 2000. These groups have been linked to radical groups such as Jamaat-e-Islami (in Pakistan), ;Al-Qaeda, Hamas, and the Muslim Brotherhood.</p>
<p>Members of these organizations have lobbied Congress to remove Hamas and Hezbollah from its list of terrorist organizations, have been arrested for participating in terrorist activities, and have demonstrated anti-Semitic behavior.</p>
<p>George Soros&rsquo; Open Society Foundation has donated over $600,000 to the Islamic Society of North America. When asked for details about its connection to ISNA, the foundation cited ISNA&rsquo;s charitable services, including youth leadership programs.</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s true that the organizations listed above provide charitable services, but that does not mean we should support them. As <em>National Review</em> points out, &ldquo;By providing social services, Islamist terror groups gain political and moral legitimacy among the people under their control as well as among their supporters abroad.&#8221;</p>
<p>As Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has explained, &ldquo;Hezbollah builds bombs. Hezbollah also builds homes&hellip;When you help Hezbollah build homes, you are also helping Hezbollah build bombs.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Another foundation that stands out in terms of donation amount is the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, which gave more than $330,000 to Islamic Relief and CAIR between 2008 and 2015. Lawmakers and researchers have urged SVCF to stop funding these organizations, ;but the foundation has refused. ;</p>