BLM Suspends Fundraising as States Question Financial Transparency

BLM Suspends Fundraising as States Question Financial Transparency
People walk down 16th street after volunteers painted "Black Lives Matter" on the street near the White House in Washington on June 5, 2020. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
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The national arm of Black Lives Matter (BLM) on Feb. 2 shut down all of its online fundraising streams, shortly after California’s Department of Justice threatened to hold the organization to account over its “lack of financial transparency,” which includes at least $60 million in undisclosed donations.

California and Washington states had recently prohibited BLM from collecting donations due to transparency issues, but it did not comply with those orders, the Washington Examiner reported.
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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