“Donors can only make non-binding recommendations” from their fund, according to JCF’s fund policies, and “they cannot control when and how the Federation will make grants nor control decisions about which grantees will receive funding.” While the donations from these funds aren’t direct, donor-advised funds still have the power to vet contributions. We have not received a grant request for this organization since 2017.” We conducted due diligence prior to approving the grant to ensure the grantee was a qualified 501(c)(3). Of the Tea Party Patriots donation, the Federation said in a statement, “This was a grant made in 2017 by the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund to support a donor’s philanthropy. In a now-deleted tweet, Charlie Kirk, leader and founder of Turning Point USA, claimed that Turning Point Action would be sending more than 80 buses “full of patriots” to the Washington rally. The Jewish Community Federation, which also functions as a donor-advised fund, previously contributed $15,000 to Turning Point USA.
The Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund was among the biggest donors on the Tea Party Patriots list, giving the group a total of $100,000. (DonorsTrust did not respond to requests for comment.) Wealthy conservatives use these tax-exempt charities and similar organizations - known as “donor-advised funds” - as a go-between to pump money into controversial groups and causes since they can direct their donations without legal obligations to name their donors. DonorsTrust has bankrolled a range of causes in the conservative movement, from climate change denial to the right’s attacks on organized labor. There was no available contact information for the Will Moose Fund or the John 3:16 FDN.ĭonorsTrust, a little-known organization that has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars into right-wing causes over the years and given wealthy contributors the ability to do so anonymously, donated to the Tea Party Patriots a total of $103,000, according to the filing. The form lists a person named Lewis Stahl and a man by that name is in prison for tax evasion. The Intercept sought to reach out to people listed on the form. One of the reasons we revere our Constitution is that it created a framework that allows for the resolution of political conflict in a peaceful manner.” We are shocked, outraged, and saddened at the turn of events on January 6. In a statement, Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin said her group did not fund the rally and denounced the violence that followed it. “Neither Tea Party Patriots Foundation, Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund, nor Tea Party Patriots Action spent any money on the rally,” Martin said. The Tea Party Patriots’ tax filing was obtained by Eli Clifton, the a senior adviser at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, who shared it with The Intercept.
The rally culminated in a mob attack on the Capitol that left five people dead. Supporters of President Donald Trump gathered for a mass event outside the Capitol last week, aiming to coincide with challenges to Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory. The March to Save America website is down, but archived versions list several participating organizations. The right-wing organization was listed on the March to Save America website alongside groups like Stop the Steal, Turning Point Action (an affiliate of Turning Point USA), and Women for America First, according to a report last week from Documented, a watchdog group that investigates corporate influence. Capitol, include the Jewish Community Federation and late billionaire Republican donor Sanford Diller, according to a 990 form submitted to the IRS by the tax-exempt nonprofit in 2019. Donors to the Tea Party Patriots Foundation, one of the groups that helped organize the January 6 rally preceding the deadly attack on the U.S.
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