This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. For non-personal use or to order multiple copies, please contact The Epoch Times Reprints.

The Epoch Times
The Epoch Times
AD
The Epoch Times
US News

BLM Paid Nearly $4 Million to Co-Founder’s Brother, Father of Her Child, Board Secretary: Tax Filings

Google LogoMark Us Preferred on Google
BLM Paid Nearly $4 Million to Co-Founder’s Brother, Father of Her Child, Board Secretary: Tax Filings
Co-founder of Black Lives Matter Patrisse Cullors attends the "Bedlam" Premiere during the 2019 Sundance Film Festival at Egyptian Theatre in Park City, Utah, on Jan. 28, 2019. Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images
Eva Fu
Eva Fu
Reporter
5/18/2022|Updated: 5/20/2022

Black Lives Matter (BLM) Global Network Foundation paid close to $4 million in total to its board secretary, the brother of co-founder Patrisse Cullors, as well as the father of Cullors’s child, new tax forms reveal.

The form prepared on May 12 shows that between July 2020 and June 2021, the group paid nearly $2.17 million in service fees to Bowers Consulting Firm, a company run by BLM board member and secretary Shalomyah Bowers. Bowers also previously served as the foundation’s deputy executive director.

Google LogoMark Us Preferred on Google
Eva Fu
Eva Fu
Reporter
Eva Fu is an award-winning, New York-based journalist for The Epoch Times focusing on U.S. politics, U.S.-China relations, religious freedom, and human rights. Contact Eva at [email protected]
twitter
Author’s Selected Articles
Pentagon Adds Alibaba, Baidu, BYD to Chinese Military Groups Blacklist
Jun 08, 2026
Pentagon Adds Alibaba, Baidu, BYD to Chinese Military Groups Blacklist
Holding Candles Up High, They Denounce Beijing’s Tyranny
Jun 05, 2026
Holding Candles Up High, They Denounce Beijing’s Tyranny
American Journalist Pleads Guilty to Acting as Chinese Agent
Jun 04, 2026
American Journalist Pleads Guilty to Acting as Chinese Agent
US Lawmakers Propose to Change Chinese Embassy Address to Honor Tiananmen Massacre Victims
Jun 04, 2026
US Lawmakers Propose to Change Chinese Embassy Address to Honor Tiananmen Massacre Victims
Related Topics
BLM
Patrisse Cullors
black lives matter
AD
Add to My List
Save
The Epoch Times
Copyright © 2000 - 2026 The Epoch Times Association Inc. All Rights Reserved.