BLM founder paid her baby father $970,000, her brother $840,000...

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Black Lives Matter spent millions on 'consulting services' in 2021

Newly released tax filings revealed that BLM paid $970K to co-founder Patrisse Cullors' baby daddy to help 'produce live events' and provide 'creative services'

The foundation also paid her brother $840K for security services

A consulting firm run by BLM board member Shalomyah Bowers was paid $2.1M for providing the organization with operational support

Bowers said the last BLM board approved the contract with his firm when he was not a board member

The filing also revealed that Cullors reimbursed BLM $73K for a charter flight and paid the foundation $390 for private use of its $6M Los Angeles mansion

Cullors resigned from BLM last year amid a wave of scrutiny surrounding the charity's finances

Controversy surrounding the organization's finances has elicited probes by at least two state attorneys general

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The co-founder's brother, Paul Cullors, received more than $840,000 for providing security services to the foundation. Leaders have attempted to justify the expense by saying the foundation's protection could not be entrusted to former police professionals who typically run security firms because the BLM movement is known for vehemently protesting law enforcement organizations.

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In its latest 990, the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc. revealed that it ended the last fiscal year - from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 - with nearly $42million in net assets. The foundation had an operating budget of about $4million, according to a board member.

Nearly $6million was spent on the Studio City property, which includes a home with six bedrooms and bathrooms, a swimming pool, a soundstage and office space, was intended as a campus for a black artists fellowship and is currently used for that purpose, the board member said.

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Also raising eyebrows was the fact that during the last fiscal year, Cullors was the foundation board's sole voting director and held no board meetings, according to the filing. Although that is permissible under Delaware law, where the foundation is incorporated, that governance structure gives the appearance that Cullors alone decided who to hire and how to spend donations.

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