by Andrew Kerr at Washington Examiner
The national Black Lives Matter group granted $8 million to BLM Canada to purchase a mansion in Toronto that only cost $6.3 million, according to audited financial statements obtained by the Washington Examiner.
BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors was the sole board member of the BLM Global Network Foundation when it granted the funds to BLM Canada, the records show. Cullors’s spouse, Janaya Khan, served on the board of BLM Canada when the transfer was made.
“I have never witnessed a lack of governance on this scale in my nearly 20 years as a charity watchdog,” CharityWatch Executive Director Laurie Styron told the Washington Examiner.
Curiously, BLM Canada disclosed in a recent report that it only requested $5 million from the national BLM group to subsidize its cash purchase of the Wildseed Centre in downtown Toronto. BLM Canada purchased the property outright in July 2021 for 8.1 million Canadian dollars, or the equivalent of $6.3 million, according to records previously reported by the Washington Examiner.
ANGER OVER BLM’S PURCHASE OF $8.1 MILLION TORONTO MANSION AS GROUP’S FINANCES SCRUTINIZED
“This amount covered a majority of costs for the building purchase, and included preliminary restricted funds that were put toward renovation costs,” BLM Canada reported. “Included in the proposal were the following spatial priorities: archiving materials, organizing space, educational space, meeting rooms, co-working space, studio, performance and creation space, office space and gardening space.”
“Our funding request was accepted within the month,” BLM Canada added.
It’s not clear why the national BLM group,…
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