Social justice nonprofit founded by Black Lives Matter's Patrisse Cullors failed to disclose major donations: report



Blacks Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors is tied to a social justice nonprofit that failed to disclose hundreds of thousands in donations, according to a new report.

Dignity and Power Now is a self-described "Los Angeles based grassroots organization founded in 2012 that fights for the dignity and power of all incarcerated people, their families, and communities." The nonprofit states: "Dignity and Power Now is founded and chaired by Black Lives Matter Cofounder Patrisse Khan-Cullors."

"Patrisse Cullors decided to create a performance art piece that highlighted her brother's story of being abused in the county jails while dissolving the disconnect between the conditions inside custody and the community outside," the Dignity and Power Now "about" page states. "That piece became STAINED: An Intimate Portrayal of State Violence. After a year of touring the piece around Los Angeles County it became clear that audiences wanted to do more than watch the piece – they wanted to change the county jail system."

The Dignity and Power Now/The Coalition to End Sheriff's Violence project was created in July 2012. The Dignity and Power Now nonprofit was "created to be the principle organization for a multifaceted, trauma informed, healing, motivated movement to end state violence and mass incarceration."

The New York Post reported that Dignity and Power Now group "received at least $225,000 in 2016, but told the IRS that the charity had not made more than $50,000 that year, according to public filings." The report noted that "failing to meet that revenue threshold meant that the group didn't have to file a complete federal return, which would outline all of its spending and donations."

The social justice nonprofit was given $100,000 by the Los Angeles-based Resnick Foundation, public documents reportedly show. The donation is purportedly on the Resnick Foundation's 2015 federal tax filings, which show the group's spending from October 2015 through September 2016.

The donation from the Resnick Foundation, a charity controlled by billionaire couple Stewart and Lynda Resnick. The couple have a reported combined net worth of $7.1 billion. Resnick has been the chairman and president of The Wonderful Company, which owns brands including POM Wonderful, bottled water company FIJI Water, Wonderful Pistachios, and Wonderful Almonds.

Dignity and Power Now also received $125,000 from the California Initiative in 2016, according to records.

According to tax filings, the donations were filtered through Community Partners, a nonprofit that helps administer funds for grassroots charities.

The report claims that DPN also didn't disclose the cash donations in its filings to the California attorney general, who regulates charities in the state.

"Dignity and Power Now registered with the Registry of Charitable Trusts in 2017, informing the registry that they first received funds in July of 2017," a statement from the California attorney general's office reads.

The National Legal and Policy Center, a conservative watchdog group, filed complaints to both the IRS and the AG in California. The group called for an audit of Dignity and Power Now's finances.

"The obvious question is what happened to the money," NLPC chairman Peter Flaherty said. "Given these circumstances, we believe that an audit is in order."
Dignity and Power Now purports to speak in the name of the disadvantaged. The IRS must ensure that no one is taking advantage."

This is the latest controversy surrounding Khan-Cullors.

Last week, Michael Brown's father joined BLM chapters who are demanding more "financial transparency" of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation. The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation raked in more than $90 million in 2020, according to the Associated Press.

Khan-Cullors resigned last month as the leader of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation following scandalous allegations about the co-founder's recent real estate buying binge.

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Facebook is censoring the New York Post — again.

Users on the platform reported Thursday that they weren't able to share the link to a story, published by the Post, that detailed Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors' recent multimillion-dollar "real estate buying binge."

In the story, the Post reported that as protests and riots were carried out last year in the name of Black Lives Matter — and as money poured into the organization's coffers — the group's co-founder snagged four high-end homes worth a total of $3.2 million. The Post article highlighted the irony of a self-proclaimed Marxist like Khan-Cullors cashing in on a grassroots movement.

But when users went to share the story, they were blocked from doing so. TheBlaze can confirm that as of Friday afternoon the article was still restricted from being shared on a personal Facebook page or through the platform's Messenger app.

When attempting to share the link, an alert pops up on screen, saying, "Your post couldn't be shared, because this link goes against our Community Standards."

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Shortly after, the Daily Mail reported that itscoverage of news was also being censored.

In an explanation provided to the Post, Facebook stated, "This content was removed for violating our privacy and personal information policy."

Facebook evidently gave a lengthier explanation to the Daily Mail, saying, "As per our Community Standards: We do not allow people to post personal or confidential information about yourself or of others. We remove content that shares, offers or solicits personally identifiable information or other private information that could lead to physical or financial harm, including financial, residential, and medical information, as well as private information obtained from illegal sources."

In a response to the most recent censorship, the New York Post editorial board wrote: "This decision is so arbitrary as to be laughable. Does Facebook know how many newspapers, magazine and websites highlight the real estate purchases of the rich and famous? The next time People magazine covers Kim Kardashian's latest mansion purchase, will it violate any community standards? How about running a picture of the resort Ted Cruz is staying at?"

"No, this rule has not been and will not be applied in any fair manner," the board added.

But the Post and the Daily Mail were not the only ones penalized by the social media overlords for their coverage of the news. Conservative journalist and sports commentator Jason Whitlock was suspended by Twitter after speaking out in criticism of Khan-Cullors' pricey home-buying spree.

"Black Lives Matter founder buys $1.4 million home in Topanga, which has a black population of 1.4 percent ... She's with her people!" he tweeted on Friday only hours before being suspended from the platform.

Details about Khan-Cullors' purchase of the estate in Topanga Canyon was first reported by Dirt.com.

In their response article, the Post's editorial board noted that its original story didn't include addresses for any of the BLM co-founder's homes, and that all of the information was compiled from public records.

Black Lives Matter co-founder — a 'trained Marxist' who reportedly purchased four homes for $3.2M — says her money is for her 'family members'



Amid scrutiny and controversy over the co-founder of Black Lives Matter reportedly having purchased four homes for $3.2 million — including a $1.4 million property in overwhelmingly white Topanga Canyon, California — "trained Marxist" Patrisse Khan-Cullors said in an interview that she's investing her money in her "family members."

What are the details?

Commentator and activist Marc Lamont Hill interviewed Khan-Cullors for "Black News Tonight" and asked about the problematic optics, specifically from the perspective of "the left."

"If you are a trained Marxist, if we're talking about a certain kind of radical politic, that extravagant homes of any sort, or multiple properties of any sort, is itself contradictory to the ideology that you hold," Hill said. "And so it's not about having money per se ... or about property per se, but it's about being a potential contradiction between your expressed politics and your lived practice."

Khan-Cullors called such a critique "wanting" and asserted that "the way that I live my life is a direct support of black people, including my black family members, first and foremost."

She added that many black people who can "invest" choose to do so with their families, "and that's what I have chosen to do. I have a child, I have a brother that has severe mental illness that I take care of, I support my mother, and I support many other family members of mine. And so I see my money as not my own; I see it as my family's money as well."

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She also noted in the interview the homes she's purchased are specifically for family members.

Khan-Cullors also dismissed accusations that she's taken money from BLM for such purchases, and the BNC News video description indicated she said "her money comes from other various sources but believes that activists should get paid a living wage for their work." Yet the Marxist also asserted that capitalism is harmful to the black community.

Black Lives Matter — which raked in more than $90 million in 2020 alone — has come to Khan-Cullors' defense, saying earlier this week that recent criticism of her is a "right-wing offensive" that "continues a tradition of terror by white supremacists." BLM added that she's a "volunteer" and does not take a salary, having earned only $120,000 through her work there "for duties such as serving as spokesperson and engaging in political education work."

How did folks react to the interview?

Some Twitter observers responding to the segment during which Khan-Cullors said her money is for her family members weren't terribly sympathetic.

"I gotta hand it to Patrisse Cullors, 'my aim is to help Black people, and I am Black, so I decided the person I'd focus on helping is myself' is an impressive defense of being a Marxist while getting rich off of BLM," Noam Blum of Tablet declared.

Others echoed the sentiment:

  • "It's important to invest in the black community...buys house in majority white neighborhood, OK Patrisse," one user quipped.
  • I have to admire the honesty at least," one commenter noted. "I think it speaks to how much control this organization has over it's pawns that they aren't afraid in the slightest to say things like that."
  • "Marxists are just temporary under the radar elitists," another user said. "Seriously. They're all obsessed with power because they resent not having it all. It's really that simple."
  • "The irony is that self-interest is exactly in-line with Marxist reality," another commenter observed.

Anything else?

On the heels of the Khan-Cullors controversy, Hawk Newsome — leader of Black Lives Matter Greater New York City — said there should be an "independent investigation" into Black Lives Matter and its finances.

And conservative black journalist Jason Whitlock said he was suspended from Twitter after criticizing Khan-Cullors and her most recent real estate purchase.

"Black Lives Matter founder buys $1.4 million home in Topanga, which has a black population of 1.4 percent," Whitlock tweeted last Friday. "She's with her people!"

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Black Lives Matter claimed Tuesday that criticism of co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors is a product of a "right-wing offensive" that "continues a tradition of terror by white supremacists."

What is the background?

Khan-Cullors found herself at the center of controversy last week when her latest real estate purchase — a $1.4 million home in Topanga Canyon, California — circulated through the media.

The New York Post then revealed that, actually, Khan-Cullors has purchased four homes in the U.S. over the past five years, three in California and one in Georgia. According to the Post, Khan-Cullors even considered buying property in an exclusive area of the Bahamas where Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake reportedly own property.

The news triggered renewed scrutiny about the finances of Black Lives Matter, which raked in more than $90 million in 2020 alone.

What did BLM say?

The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation said in a statement that Khan-Cullors is a "volunteer" and does not take a salary from her role with the organization, having earned only $120,000 through her work there "for duties such as serving as spokesperson and engaging in political education work."

"Patrisse did not receive any compensation after 2019," the statement read.

Further, the statement said BLM has not used organizational resources for the purpose of purchasing personal property.

The statement went on to dismiss criticisms against Khan-Cullors as racist terrorism meant to silence her.

Patrisse's work for Black people over the years has made her and others who align with the fight for Black liberation targets of racist violence. The narratives being spread about Patrisse have been generated by right-wing forces intent on reducing the support and influence of a movement that is larger than any one organization. This right-wing offensive not only puts Patrisse, her child and her loved ones in harm's way, it also continues a tradition of terror by white supremacists against Black activists. All Black activists know the fear these malicious and serious actions are meant to instill: the fear of being silenced, the trauma of being targeted, the torture of feeling one's family is exposed to danger just for speaking out against unjust systems. We have seen this tactic of terror time and again, but our movement will not be silenced.

But what do critics say?

Most notably, prominent critics who spoke out against Khan-Cullors over the weekend are not white.

For example, Hawk Newsome, leader of Black Lives Matter Greater New York City, said there should be an "independent investigation" into Black Lives Matter and its finances.

"If you go around calling yourself a socialist, you have to ask how much of her own personal money is going to charitable causes," Newsome told the New York Post. "It's really sad because it makes people doubt the validity of the movement and overlook the fact that it's the people that carry this movement."

"We need black firms and black accountants to go in there and find out where the money is going," he added.

Meanwhile, black journalist Jason Whitlock was allegedly suspended from Twitter after criticizing Khan-Cullors and her most recent real estate purchase.

"Black Lives Matter founder buys $1.4 million home in Topanga, which has a black population of 1.4 percent," Whitlock tweeted mockingly last Friday. "She's with her people!"

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Conservative journalist Jason Whitlock was suspended by Twitter after he criticized Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors for her $1.4 million home purchase in "1.4 percent" black Topanga Canyon in Southern California.

But Whitlock insisted Monday he has no intention of bowing to the social media giant in order to get his account unblocked: "I'm not running to go post Twitter bail when I did nothing wrong."

What's the background?

Khan-Cullors was sharply criticized last week over numerous reports that she had purchased the pricey home — particularly given her self-described Marxist ideology. What's more, reports noted that Khan-Cullors had purchased three other homes since 2016 for a grand total of $3.2 million in real estate.

Upon hearing the news, Hawk Newsome — leader of Black Lives Matter Greater New York City — demanded an "independent investigation."

Whitlock joined in on the criticism: "Black Lives Matter founder buys $1.4 million home in Topanga, which has a black population of 1.4 percent," he tweeted Friday. "She's with her people!"

Hours later, however, Whitlock said Twitter suspended him:

.@WhitlockJason tells me Twitter just locked his account over this https://t.co/WPxhi2p1aX
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Twitter told Whitlock that he violated the platform's rules for posting personal information about others without their permission.

He added to the Daily Mail that Twitter "said I needed to remove the tweet that linked the dirt.com story about Cullors buying a house in Topanga."

But the outlet noted that "there was no explanation of how linking to the Dirt.com story revealed personal information as neither the story, nor Whitlock's tweet, listed an address — and the purchase also was discussed widely elsewhere on Twitter and reported throughout the press."

The Daily Mail said Twitter didn't respond to its request for comment.

"I think Twitter has been looking for an excuse to de-platform me," Whitlock added to the outlet.

Whitlock won't back down

In an interview posted Monday to ScoonTV on YouTube, Whitlock told host Curtis Scoon that he refuses to cave to Twitter in order to get his account unblocked.

"I'm still in Twitter jail because I won't post bail," Whitlock said, adding that "I'm not running to go post Twitter bail when I did nothing wrong."

As for Khan-Cullors' expensive home purchase choice in a nearly all-white neighborhood, Whitlock said "I just find it hypocritical" given her position with Black Lives Matter and her Marxist ideology: "There's so much hypocrisy here. She's acting like a capitalist."

In regard to Twitter's ruling, Whitlock said that "they want you to remove the tweet to start your 12-hour sentence ... Why should I remove the tweet when you can't access the tweet? They've made it so you can't get it. The tweet has already been disappeared by Twitter. Why do I have to remove it to start the clock on my jail time? And so literally I sat back and said, 'I'm going to do nothing, and just let's see where this story goes.'"

And lo and behold, Whitlock observed, "the story is going where I thought it would go."

Speaking of Black Lives Matter, Whitlock said that he wants others to realize that "it's all a hustle; they're not promoting anything real."

Since BLM's inception, he asked, "What has been their impact other than people looting stores and getting big-screen TVs? Has there been some incredible police reform all across the country?"

In the end, Whitlock emphasized that his story "is going exactly how I wanted it to go" and that "I'm gonna remain in Twitter jail: I'm gonna wallow in this victimhood like they like to do."

Here's his interview with ScoonTV. (Content warning: Language):

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Hawk Newsome, leader of Black Lives Matter Greater New York City, is demanding an "independent investigation" into the finances of Black Lives Matter.

"If you go around calling yourself a socialist, you have to ask how much of her own personal money is going to charitable causes," Newsome told the New York Post. "It's really sad because it makes people doubt the validity of the movement and overlook the fact that it's the people that carry this movement."

"We need black firms and black accountants to go in there and find out where the money is going," he added.

What are the allegations?

According to the New York Post, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors went on a "real estate-buying binge, snagging four high-end homes for $3.2 million in the US alone" since 2016.

Not only does she own the $1.4 million property in Topanga Canyon that was widely reported on, but she has purchased three other properties in recent years, and even reportedly considered buying property in an exclusive resort in the Bahamas where Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake own property.

The three other properties include, according to the Post:

  • A three-bedroom home in Inglewood, California, that she purchased in 2016 for $510,000, which is now reportedly worth approximately $800,000
  • A four-bedroom home in South Los Angeles that she purchased in 2018 for $590,000, which is now reportedly worth $720,000
  • A three-bedroom property on 3.2 acres in rural Conyers, Georgia, that reportedly has its own private runway that accommodates small airplanes

The average home price in the U.S. stands at around $270,000, according to Zillow, whereas the average home price in California is $635,000.

Anything else?

Black Lives Matter has faced scrutiny over alleged transparency issues with their finances, especially considering the organization has both non-profit and for-profit arms.

From the New York Post:

Founded by Khan-Cullors and another activist, Kailee Scales, the non-profit Oakland, Calif.-based BLM Global Network Foundation was incorporated in 2017 and claims to have chapters throughout the US, UK and Canada, and a mission "to eradicate White supremacy and build power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities." The group does not have a federal tax exemption and donations are filtered through ActBlue Charities and Thousand Currents, two non-profits that manage the cash.

At the same time that the Khan-Cullors incorporated the non-profit, she also set up the similarly named BLM Global Network, a for-profit which is not required to disclose how much it spends or pays its executives.

Neither Khan-Cullors nor Black Lives Matter have responded to the intensifying scrutiny around the group's finances.