Black Lives Matter’s national organization opened its books. What do they reveal? Sean_Kev reports
From left, D’Zhane Parker, Cicley Gay, and Shalomyah Bowers. Photo: Brynn Anderson/AP On Monday evening, the most prominent organization in the modern civil-rights movement, the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, held a special meeting on Zoom. In attendance were the three members of a newly installed board, representatives of groups from across America that had received grants from the organization, and other stakeholders.
“My impression is that they’re trying to clean up the transparency and accountability problems they’ve had, but they still have a lot of work to do,” Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, a professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School who specializes in nonprofits, said after reviewing the document.
“The extent the house was used for the personal benefit of those who run the organization raises significant additional legal and tax concerns,” said Jeffrey Tenenbaum, a nonprofit lawyer in Washington, D.C., with nearly three decades of experience. According to 990, Cullors reimbursed the organization $390 for her use of the house.
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