BLM tax filings reveal co-founder family members received more money than Trayvon Martin Foundation

livingston · May 30, 2022

BLM tax filings reveal co-founder family members received more money than Trayvon Martin Foundation

The tax filings also showed transfer of funds to co-founder's Canadian wife for purchase of Toronto mansion for BLM headquarters in Canada
Whilst the BLM Global Network Foundation has seen much success, rumblings have surfaced of disputes between different chapters of the organization. BLM10, a break-away chapter, explained in a 2020 open letter that attempts at seeking transparency about BLM financial activities had failed.

Recently released IRS tax documents provide one of the first clear looks at the organization’s financial activities, including real estate purchases in Canada.

According to the documents, a Los Angeles-based company owned by Damon Turner was paid US$969,459 for “live production, design and media.” Turner is the father of BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors’s child.

This is roughly five times the amount that was granted in 2021 to the Trayvon Martin Foundation set up by Martin’s parents following his killing to “provide emotional and financial support to families who have lost a child to gun violence.” They received US$200,000 in donations from BLM.

Paul Cullors, brother of the co-founder, received a large sum of US$840,000 for providing security services to the organization.

The organization also purchased a property in Toronto for US$6.3 million as part of an “out of country” grant. They claimed to be using the mansion, now called the Wildseed Centre for Art and Activism, as their main headquarters in Canada.