The family and friends of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors reaped millions in lucrative contracts and payments from the charity after it received a windfall of cash amid nationwide protests in the summer of 2020.
Damon Turner, the father of Cullors's only child, raked in $969,459 from the embattled charity through his art firm, Trap Heals, BLM's Form 990 disclosure shows. An LLC run by Cullors's brother, Paul Cullors, received $840,993 for"professional security services." Shalomyah Bowers, a member of the BLM board of directors and a close associate to Cullors, pulled in $2,167,894 to his company for consulting and management services.
"Kailee Scales did not serve during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021," BLM reported in its Form 990."However, she did receive a severance payment for calendar year 2020 in the amount of $139,625. The terms and conditions of the arrangement are confidential." BLM also reported spending $5,923,811 on its mansion in Los Angeles, which was purchased with donor cash in October 2020.
BLM also granted nearly $26 million to local BLM chapters and other social justice groups across the country. Notable recipients include the Trayvon Martin Foundation, which received $200,000 from BLM, and the George Floyd Memorial Foundation, which also received $200,000. BLM did not disclose how much money it has raised and spent from the Tides Foundation's"Black Lives Matter Support Fund" from the time it was launched in July 2020.Bowers, who currently serves on BLM's board of directors, told the Associated Press there was"no conflict of interest" with BLM's payments to Cullors's immediate family members and close associates.
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