 In August 2009, Soros donated $35 million to the state of New York to be earmarked for underprivileged children and given to parents who had benefit cards at the rate of $200 per child aged 3 through 17, with no limit as to the number of children that qualified.An additional $140 million was put into the fund by the state of New York from money they had received from the 2009 federal recovery act.Soros was an initial donor to the Center for American Progress, and he continues to support the organization through the Open Society Foundations.