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Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation
The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGN or BLMGNF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to promoting the Black Lives Matter movement. The organization is often mistaken for other organizations within the Black Lives Matter movement because it often solely employs the phrase "Black Lives Matter" as its name and it also owns the domain name "blacklivesmatter.com" as its official website. In 2015, BLMGN was the largest and most well-funded organization within the broader Black Lives Matter social movement, and it claims to speak on behalf of the movement. Efforts which were started in late 2020 by its then executive director Patrisse Cullors began to centralize its operations.
The organization was founded in 2013 by three female activists. International but largely based in the United States, the organization advocates for the eradication of systemic racism and the prevention of police violence. Among its core beliefs is that the entire US legal system, mainstream media, and society is inherently white supremacist; and that "policing at-large is an irredeemable institution" and should be defunded.
The organization has been criticized for its statements in support of Marxism, its handling of its finances, and for using its influence with media platforms to suppress negative stories about itself and investigating journalists who publish such stories. The BLMGNF has also been accused of long-term financial mismanagement such as the purchase of mansions, providing lucrative contracts to companies owned by relatives of its founders and a lack of transparency in their fundraisers.
The organization exists as a decentralized network of local-based chapters. According to its website as of August 2022[update], there are over 40 chapters. Each local chapter is expected to embrace the set principles of the BLMGN, but it is allowed to internally organize itself in any way it pleases. Each chapter can form its own agenda, so some chapters are more radical than others. Local chapters are mostly funded via direct donations, but they can also apply for more funding from the BLMGN.
BLMGN was initially created by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi in 2013. Garza and Tometi have since left the organization, but still speak at events and keep in contact with Cullors.
On October 9, 2020, the establishment of two new BLM organizations was announced to the public: the Black Lives Matter Political Action Committee (BLM PAC), and BLM Grassroots. Under this new organizational structure, the BLMGN is supposed to serve as the "fundraising body, the grantmaking entity, the amplifier, and the action-oriented think tank of the movement," while BLM Grassroots will continue to perform the actions of its chapters and the BLM PAC will push for political change. In November 2020, Patrisse Cullors, the sole BLMGN board member, was appointed executive director of the BLMGN.
Before handling donations directly, BLMGN was previously funded by donations and grants which it received from the Black Lives Matter Support Fund, which was hosted on the donation platform Tides as of July 2, 2020. According to Tides, the BLMGN made the move after its previous fiscal sponsor, Thousand Currents, decided to discontinue its fiscal sponsorships in order to focus on its core grantmaking work.
The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is a member of the coalition organization Movement for Black Lives.
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Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation
The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGN or BLMGNF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to promoting the Black Lives Matter movement. The organization is often mistaken for other organizations within the Black Lives Matter movement because it often solely employs the phrase "Black Lives Matter" as its name and it also owns the domain name "blacklivesmatter.com" as its official website. In 2015, BLMGN was the largest and most well-funded organization within the broader Black Lives Matter social movement, and it claims to speak on behalf of the movement. Efforts which were started in late 2020 by its then executive director Patrisse Cullors began to centralize its operations.
The organization was founded in 2013 by three female activists. International but largely based in the United States, the organization advocates for the eradication of systemic racism and the prevention of police violence. Among its core beliefs is that the entire US legal system, mainstream media, and society is inherently white supremacist; and that "policing at-large is an irredeemable institution" and should be defunded.
The organization has been criticized for its statements in support of Marxism, its handling of its finances, and for using its influence with media platforms to suppress negative stories about itself and investigating journalists who publish such stories. The BLMGNF has also been accused of long-term financial mismanagement such as the purchase of mansions, providing lucrative contracts to companies owned by relatives of its founders and a lack of transparency in their fundraisers.
The organization exists as a decentralized network of local-based chapters. According to its website as of August 2022[update], there are over 40 chapters. Each local chapter is expected to embrace the set principles of the BLMGN, but it is allowed to internally organize itself in any way it pleases. Each chapter can form its own agenda, so some chapters are more radical than others. Local chapters are mostly funded via direct donations, but they can also apply for more funding from the BLMGN.
BLMGN was initially created by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi in 2013. Garza and Tometi have since left the organization, but still speak at events and keep in contact with Cullors.
On October 9, 2020, the establishment of two new BLM organizations was announced to the public: the Black Lives Matter Political Action Committee (BLM PAC), and BLM Grassroots. Under this new organizational structure, the BLMGN is supposed to serve as the "fundraising body, the grantmaking entity, the amplifier, and the action-oriented think tank of the movement," while BLM Grassroots will continue to perform the actions of its chapters and the BLM PAC will push for political change. In November 2020, Patrisse Cullors, the sole BLMGN board member, was appointed executive director of the BLMGN.
Before handling donations directly, BLMGN was previously funded by donations and grants which it received from the Black Lives Matter Support Fund, which was hosted on the donation platform Tides as of July 2, 2020. According to Tides, the BLMGN made the move after its previous fiscal sponsor, Thousand Currents, decided to discontinue its fiscal sponsorships in order to focus on its core grantmaking work.
The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is a member of the coalition organization Movement for Black Lives.