won pulitzer. people are afraid to report on this. bill: i do know they bought the house for twice the price. $6 million. 2.7 million jump he in evaluation of a house in a week and that s why the california a.g. wants to look into the financials of black lives matter the organization and this real estate transaction is what exposed them. also they have not filed the i.r.s. form 990. it is not boring. that s charitable organizations have to disclose where the money is going. where has $90 million gone is? four homes were bought for 4 million dollars. dana: great to have you. johnny depp and amber heard and the witnesses continue. which celebrities are backing which side? purchase loan,ro down he
purchasing a swanky $6 million mansion using donations. senior national correspondent has more in los angeles. william, nobody is a fan of the i.r.s., but this is taking it to a new level. every year all of us file a tax return showing our income and deductions. for a non-profit it is the i.r.s. form 990. so, here is one filed by blm founder, patrice colors for 2020, even though she founded blm years ago and was told by the i.r.s. the 990 was required, she said recently she had only recently heard of a 990 and donors did not care. i don t know what 990s are before this happened. part of the opportunity is to educate our folks. like something weaponized against us that people don t know and honestly don t care about. well, actually many people do. groups monitoring saying they have no paper trail, no
bought the mansion. they are getting $20 to the entity think it s going to help benefit them and people in the community and instead it s going to buy mansions. talking about the donors, of course. the purchase renewed calls from critics for an i.r.s. investigation, especially since the group failed to file the i.r.s. form 990 that spells out how it spent $90 million it raised in 2020. blm has been silent about that cash, even as chapters around the country began leaving blm and several states have suspended their fundraising because of a lack of accountability. yesterday on twitter blm said this, despite past efforts blm global network foundation recognizes there is more work to do to increase transparency and ensure transitions in leadership that are clear. we know narratives like this can cause harm to organizers doing brilliant work across the
that is to be reported on their tax returns and rarely is. the nea does not report political activity irs form 990 but they are supposed to. the point is you are trying to also show not only are they not reporting all the amenities of the general operating funds thereby violating the attack status, what else? these expenditures demonstrate tax-exempt resources to support political activity and shows the nea final to state affiliates use those in support of political activity. look for this. they have to report every nickel for political purposes. they are very sloppy. they are very arrogant on the website and press release they tell you about all these political things. get copies of that information and compare that to their tax return. we should create community committees they may have a
is. nea does not report, we recorded political activity in irs form 990. they are supposed to, it goes on. what else? these expenditures demonstrate nea s use of tax exempt resources: you can look for this. they have to reporter plug nickel, they are sloppy. they are arrogant. the other thing on the web sites and press releases, they tell you about all these political things they are doing, get copies of that, compare to their tax returns. i have said said we should create community committees. in the committees maybe a local account or a lawyer, or just have people who are ernest and