Anna Donath's Ex-Employer Makes Huge Profit Last Year

Last year, Shelter - Association for Helping Migrants received funding from Washington, Brussels, and Soros. The organization, like the failed president and former MEP of the opposition Momentum party, played a helping role in preparing reports condemning Hungary.

Momentum's President and EP list leader Anna Donath speaks at the party's election results waiting event for the local and European elections at La Vida DUNA Event Hall, in Budapest, on June 10, 2024. (Photo: MTI/Tamas Vasvari)

Against this backdrop, it comes as little surprise that Shelter closely cooperates with various organizations supported by George Soros's Open Society Foundations network, especially the Helsinki Committee, and has served as a basis for EU (click here) and US (click here) reports condemning Hungary for many years.

Looking at the association's 2023 report, it shows—somewhat surprisingly—that a substantial portion of the available funds (HUF 214.2 million) was spent on wages. Statistically, the association's headcount was 32.3, which implies that if the amount was evenly divided among the employees, each would have earned over half a million forints a month.

The largest contribution to support Shelter's work in 2023 came from the UNHCR, amounting to HUF 174 million. In that same year, various EU funds contributed HUF 35 million, while two funds from Soros's network transferred over 47 million forints.

Besides the billionaire speculator, the association's sponsors also include the US Embassy in Budapest (HUF 6.2 million) and several foreign refugee groups.

It's worth noting that Shelter had a budget of "only" HUF 141.1 million in 2020, meaning their coffers have more than doubled in four years. This growth is largely thanks to increased funding from the UN, which has risen by more than seventy percent during this time. Interestingly, Shelter’s report from four years ago did not feature any Open Society donations, making last year’s inclusion particularly notable, especially given reports that the Soros network was preparing to focus its efforts on other parts of the world.