Just as the 50 so called “intelligence officers” who signed a letter saying Hunter Biden emails had all the earmarks of Russian disinformation should never be forgotten, so too the corporations that virtue signaled money to BLM.
A Washington Examiner piece titled “BLM’s millions unaccounted for after leaders quietly jumped ship” exposed the truly corrupt BLM organization. It did nothing for black communities, it did nothing for blacks, unless of course you consider the leaders of the movement. As the old saying goes, they came to do good and they did very well indeed.
As noted in the Washington Examiner article:
No one appears to have been in charge at Black Lives Matter for months. The address it lists on tax forms is wrong, and the charity’s two board members won’t say who controls its $60 million bankroll, a investigation has found.
Washington Examiner
“Like a giant ghost ship full of treasure drifting in the night with no captain, no discernible crew, and no clear direction”
CharityWatch Executive Director Laurie Styron
BLM’s bylaws explicitly state that its executive director “shall have charge of all funds and securities of the Corporation.” It appears the director and co-founder Patrisse Cullors did just that as she spent $3.2 million on real estate across the United States. She stepped down supposedly giving control to activists Makani Themba and Monifa Bandele, but they never took the job.
The director of operations changed his LinkedIn profile from working for “An International Social Justice Organization” to working for a “non-profit” right after being contacted by the Washington Examiner.
The IRS granted BLM tax-exempt status in December 2020. Yet a Washington Examiner reporter attempted to request BLM’s 2020 Form 990 in person at the charity’s office in Los Angeles, which the group disclosed as the location its books in previous filings submitted to the IRS, only to be told by a security guard that there has never been a BLM office at the location. An unidentified BLM spokesperson stated the group does not currently maintain a “permanent office.”
If BLM were GLM – Gun Lovers Matter, the full weight of the government would come crashing down on it. Forget Roger Stone, CNN and frogmen canal swimming in the early morning, there would be tanks, helicopters, drones and 2,000 IRS agents. But this isn’t GLM, it is BLM so there likely will be nothing further. The story will drift off into “what ever happened to…” land.
So let us remember those fine, virtuous corporations and their board of directors for acutely watching over operations:
DoorDash, Deckers, Amazon, Gatorade, Microsoft, Glossier, 23andMe, Airbnb, Unilever, Bungie, Nabisco, Dropbox, Fitbit, Devolver Digital, Skillshare, Square Enix, Thatgamecompany, Tinder
Other companies donated to the “movement” but had enough corporate acumen to stay away from BLM.