BLMGNF has since retained the high-profile Democratic lawyer Marc Elias and maneuvered to get more time to formally submit data from 2020 by switching from calendar-year to fiscal-year tracking. Like, here it is, here's what's going on. We are entering spaces previously unimaginable., The financial disclosure came amid heightened tensions in the network of activists with group of 10 chapters, called the #BLM10 and including ones in New Jersey and Hudson Valley, splitting in November while publicly ripping the main organization over financial transparency, decision making, and accountability., To the best of our knowledge, most chapters have received little to no financial support from BLMGN since the launch in 2013, the 10-chapters insisted in a public demand for accountability.. Black folks have waited over 400 yearsto be seen, to be heard, to live in a world where their lives are fundamentally valued, the report stated. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. A month later, Kahn-Cullors announced she wasstepping down from leadershipof the organization and handing the reins over to two other activists, Makani Themba and Monifa Bandele. Leaders have attempted to justify the expenseby saying the foundation's protection could not be entrusted to former police professionals who typically run security firms because the BLM movement is known for vehemently protesting law enforcement organizations. Read More: Devale Ellis pens childrens book on #BLM: Its my lifes journey. 'I think there's a difference between transparency and then protecting security culture in organizations,' she said. 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Theyre all indicators that the money may not be going where its supposed to be going, he says. According to the tax filing, Ms. Cullors also paid the organization back for charter travel, saying that she voluntarily reimbursed subsequent to year end. She also repaid the nonprofit for personal use of its real estate, which appeared to refer to a birthday party for her son held at the $6 million house. An all-woman crew wasn't always the plan, with a handful of men picked and "very, very excited" for the flyover before they were abruptly told they were being replaced, an aircrew member told Fox News Digital. This included grants of $2.3 million to the non-profit organization Living Through Giving Foundation, $1.4 million to The Michael O.D. Until then, the foundation had not been transparent with the most devoted BLM organizers, many of whom accused Cullors of shutting them out of decisions about how financial resources would be allocated. Khan separated from Cullors in September 2017 and left BLM shortly after.. It was bought with donations made to the Black Lives Matter Global . I was the victim of a heinous crime in my own home - and it gave me more than a 'flush' of anger! "Your client acknowledges that the riot that occurred on January 6, 2021, caused as of May 17, 2021, approximately $1,495,326.55 damage to the United States Capitol," said a plea agreement signed by defendant Paul Hodgkins, a citizen who took selfies in the Capitol on Jan. 6, and his attorney. Hawk Newsome, the head of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York, is calling for a probe into Cullors' finances. Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, a professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School who specializes in nonprofits, said the details of the houses management deserve closer scrutiny. The lawsuit demands that they return the peoples funds and stop impersonating Black Lives Matter, Mosley said in a statement. BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors received $120,000 for 'consulting fees' andreimbursed BLM $73,523 for a charter flight. The tax filing also shows that nearly $6 million was spent on a Los Angeles-area compound. One conversation from June 2021 after Cullors announced her resignation concerns her assistant confronting a man who had been found snooping around the premises. And in 2020, a tidal wave of contributions in the aftermath of protests over George Floyds murder by Minneapolis police meant the BLM organization needed much more infrastructure. We have written this because our many attempts to bring up concerns were met with denial, gaslighting, and a refusal to acknowledge requests for accountability, the organizers said. In February 2021, BLMGN disclosed it had raised $90 million in donations in 2020. Co-foundersPatrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi, and Alicia Garza are pictured in November 2016, Cullors (pictured April 2022) stepped down as executive director of the organization amid controversy over her $3 million property portfolio. Black Lives Matter has come under a fiscal microscope since 2020, when the group received $90 million in donations amid protests following the murder of George Floyd by police in Minnesota. Board members said they are cooperating with civil investigations in Indiana and Ohio, and they have turned over relevant documents to those authorities. Legal Statement. On the secure-messaging platform Signal, in a text chat named BLM Security Hub, around two dozen participants from BLMGNF, Bowers Consulting, Janaya and Patrisse Consulting, and various other organizations and companies commingle. SOLE BLM-BACKED FEDERAL CANDIDATE CHARGED WITH WIRE FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING CAMPAIGN AND PARTY FUNDS, Patrisse Cullors is one of the three co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement. She could not be immediately reached by The Post at a number listed in the filings. 'Our firm stepped in when Black Lives Matter had no structure and no staff,' he said. In an interview on Tuesday, Shalomyah Bowers, another new member of the board, said the picture painted by the documents shows an organization retooling for the long haul. Prepare to be gobsmacked. Kate Bedingfield, Bidens Translator, Leaves the White House. This 990 tells a story of weak nonprofit governance, he said. ", BLMGNF's board of directors denied the allegations in a lengthy statement posted to their website Thursday. Attorney Walter Mosley, representing the plaintiffs in the case, alleges that Bowers instead engaged in self-dealing, giving grants to his own consultant firm and charging exorbitant fees reaching eight figures. BLMGNF received more than $90million in 2020, the year George Floyd was killed. Despite the hype about Ron DeSantis surging past Donald Trump, both Republicans look unusually strong at this early stage of the presidential race. Some activists are now demanding $20 million from the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, including Michael Brown Sr., whose son Michael Brown Jr., was killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014. A majority of the funds were saved, the report said, with $8.4 million spent on operational. The foundation told AP that it committed $21.7 million in grant funding to official and unofficial BLM chapters, as well as 30 Black-led local organizations. The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation on Tuesday released a 63-page Form 990, covering the fiscal year from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, BLM spent $6million on a Los Angeles mansion, according to the filings, The new filing also revealed paid the foundation $390 over her uses of the 6,500 square-foot Studio City property in Los Angeles for two private events, Cullors has repeatedly denied claims that she took money from BLM for personal matters and has reiterated that all the purchases and transactions - including the lavish 6,500 square-foot Studio City property home - were legitimate. Newly released tax filings reveal that BLM paid a company owned by Damon Turner (left), the father of co-founder Patrisse Cullors' (right) child, nearly $970,000 to help 'produce live events' and provide other 'creative services.' Despite the strength of our movement, this has yet to happen. Who the fuck are you? They have never received payment for any work done for BLM. Theres still work to do.. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. What are we doing with it? She chose one of the whitest places in California. A recent tax filing from the group shows that by the middle of last year, more than half of that money had been granted to smaller organizations or spent on consultants and real estate, leaving the foundation with $42 million in assets. But let me be crystal clear, there was no conflict of interest.'. Any insinuation or assertion to the contrary is categorically false, the spokesperson said. The documents also show that she used charity funds to pay her friends and family large sums for various 'consulting' services, as well as charter a private flight. "They would rather take the same steps of our white oppressors and utilize the criminal legal system which is propped up by white supremacy (the same system they say they want to dismantle) to solve movement disputes," they said. And then there was a flurry around where did the money go, She added: 'I think that part of the issue has been and was that there wasn't a clear sense of how do we talk about this money? Documents, emails, and other communications Ive seen about the luxury propertys purchase and day-to-day operation suggest that it has been handled in ways that blur, or cross, boundaries between the charity and private companies owned by some of its leaders. We were often scraping for money, and this year was the first year where we were resourced in the way we deserved to be.. The organization offered the first official accounting of its finances recently, disclosing a filing to the I.R.S. Read More: Tensions erupt near Minneapolis after police kill 20-year-old Duante Wright. While I was in it, I was in survival mode. She was referring to an April 2021 article in the New York Post that revealed her purchase of four homes for nearly $3 million. 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