It was originally located mostly in Prague, but because of "political and financial conflict between its founder and Czech government," represented by then premier minister Vaclav Klaus, it was moved to Budapest.
Pôvodne boli jej hlavné aktivity v Prahe, ale kvôli politickému a finančnému konfliktu medzi Sorosom a českou vládou, ktorej predsedom v tom čase bol Václav Klaus, bolo hlavné sídlo presťahované do Budapešti.