Black Lives Matter Factions Fight Over Money; What Happened to the $9 Million?

Andrew Kerr reports in the Washington Free Beacon:

The left-wing dark money giant Tides Foundation raised more than $33 million on behalf of the national Black Lives Matter group during the George Floyd riots in 2020. Now, Black Lives Matter is suing Tides over its refusal to hand the funds back. There’s just one problem—nearly $9 million of those funds have seemingly disappeared.

 

From 2020 through 2022, Tides transferred $8.7 million from the fund to Black Lives Matter Grassroots, an offshoot of the national Black Lives Matter group led by Melina Abdullah, a longtime activist and professor. But Black Lives Matter Grassroots reported to the IRS that it never received that money, and no one involved in the transactions will say what became of the funds. These discrepancies have left charity watchdogs mystified, while legal experts say they could lead to massive fines and penalties.

Also from the article:

Paul Kamenar, an attorney with the National Legal and Policy Center watchdog group, said Black Lives Matter Grassroots could face IRS fines of up to $60,000 if it doesn’t file its disclosure with the IRS.

As a result of original NLPC research, Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation co-founder Patrisse Cullors (in photo) was forced to resign from the group in 2021. NLPC’s allegations, detailed in a Complaint to the IRS, related to her purchase of four pieces of real estate, and apparent self-dealing and inurement.

The two warring BLM factions do have one thing in common, a fundamental and intense anti-Semitism. Cullors called for individuals to “step up boldly and courageously to end the imperialist project that’s called Israel” at Harvard Law School in 2015. The Chicago chapter of Black Lives Matter Grassroots tweeted an image of a paraglider and a Palestinian flag following the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack.

NLPC was early in reporting about BLM links to anti-Israel groups. In 2016, Carl Horowitz, then a member of the NLPC staff, wrote a website post titled “Black Lives Matter Activists Join Anti-Israel Boycott.”