Americans who were moved to fight for racial justice after George Floyd’s killing by police donated millions of dollars to the wrong Black Lives Matter foundation — a cautionary tale for anyone who gives money to charity.
But as its founder explained to BuzzFeed, despite the similar names, the Black Lives Matter Foundation has no affiliation with the Black Lives Matter social justice movement founded in 2013 by three community organizers. Watch out for sound-alike names There have been attempts to trademark the phrase “Black Lives Matter,” but no one owns it, which means it can end up in the hands of people who aren’t affiliated with the official group, a decentralized global movement with 22 chapters across the country.
“Many social justice organizations choose not to incorporate or otherwise adopt more traditional leadership structures,” said Fuchs, who is also co-chief of the New York State Office of the Attorney General’s charities bureau enforcement section. “We understand the desire to run a movement in an innovative, non-hierarchical way, but this does leave the door open for fraudsters or other opportunists to claim popular names and may limit protections that are available to the legitimate entity.
If donors to the Black Lives Matter Foundation had typed its name into the California Attorney General’s charity verification tool, they would have seen that state authorities had issued a cease and desist letter to the foundation because it had not registered with the attorney general’s office, yet was soliciting donations, said Tania Ibanez, senior assistant attorney general in charge of the charitable trust section of the California Attorney General’s Office.
“My general counsel would be to slow down and take time to look at a website — and the mission statement in particular — and, if possible, check the list of donors on the website,” said Phil Buchanan, president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy and author of “Giving Done Right: Effective Philanthropy and Making Every Dollar Count.” A charity’s website should clearly explain its mission and accomplishments. You can also look to see who is on the group’s board of directors.
There’s no national database of complaints against charities. But donors can do a little digging by Googling the group’s name with words like “fraud,” “lawsuits,” or “complaints” to see if any news stories come up. Don’t forget to click past the first page of results.Ask the organization what it will do with your money A nonprofit should be able to say what it does with donations. If it can’t, that’s a red flag.
they donated to joe Biden 😂😂😂
How about our lives same way
The real BLM organization is a Marxist-anarchist, racist organization.
Trump’s charitable foundation was a fraud. Got caught, fined, closed down and ordered to pay the intended charities. The trump family also had to go to school regarding running a foundation. All of them. LOLOL
Haha like Washington state funding a Nigerian prince. Idiots
BLM = a group of anarchist whose main goal is to keep black people upset and white people apologizing and donating to black causes. It's one big scam that thrives on the uneducated!
Research 👏 before 👏 giving 👏 to 👏 any 👏 'charities' 👏
Culture also matters to Employers & Employees either Western or Eastern.e.g. An Employee needs a day off; A Westerner would say 'I have an urgent business'. An Easterner would say 'I am not well.' Why? A Westerner can get compassionate leave but Easterner can only get sick leave.
Who gives a shit!!!
Is there really a “right” BLM foundation 🤔
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