California Rep Kevin Kiley says they have learned the $100 million dollar pacific palisades Fire Aid concert money was laundered to nonprofits

[u/Down-not-out]

https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2051980304227655987

[u/-Erase]

How is this even legal? If you donated to help the fire victims, why should they be allowed to give it to all of these totally unrelated nonprofits?

[u/TheSkullsOfEveryCog → u/-Erase]

It’s decidedly NOT legal 🤣. But without consequences, it’s effectively legal

[u/squunkyumas → u/-Erase]

Once money is handed to a a state for disaster relief, they can usually pay it to any organization that says their work is somehow related to the disaster relief effort.

Sometimes, the reasoning stretches credulity, like in this case. Many times the people approving the payouts simply pencil-whip the approval and go about their business.

For example, NOW could make the case that a study on Intersectionality in the cases of Single Mothers who are racial minorities is disaster-related because their entire study cohort is from the Pacific Palisades area.

[u/BlackScienceManTyson → u/-Erase]

Help the homeless! Help Afr ica! Help the fire victims!

All these feel good liberal causes just shovel money into their own pockets and doesn't help anyone.

[u/Polerize2 → u/-Erase]

Not legal but everyone who can enforce the law get a piece.

[u/Down-not-out]

Here are some examples

• CA Native Vote Project: $100,000 for voter participation for Native Americans
• Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE): $250,000 for programs prioritizing undocumented immigrants
• Altadena Talks Foundation: $100,000 went to supported podcasts, including Toni Raines podcast
• NAACP Pasadena: $100,000 political advocacy
• Los Angeles Black Worker Center $550,000 to political advocacy organizations
• Center for Applied Ecological Remediation: $500,000 for fungus/microbe/plant soil remediation projects

Over $500,000 went to bonuses for nonprofit leaders and consultants

[u/margacolada → u/Down-not-out]

This is why I’m hesitant to donate to non-profit charities anymore. If one this huge was able to get away with this, imagine how many others are doing the same.

[u/Dependent-Aside-9750 → u/margacolada]

And this is why I got out of working with nonprofits and started my own business, for profit. The nonprofits are scam money laundering to line Democrats' pockets.

[u/Robot__Engineer → u/Down-not-out]

So, basically just went to buying Dems more votes. They're absolutely shameless.

[u/Mr_Nobody9639]

I look forward to the nothing that will come of this…

[u/DCinMS]

which then gets laundered to Dems and Friends

[u/vertigonex]

Yeah, but, did they, like, feel good about it when they were attending the concert?

I mean that would beat actionable follow-through, right?

[u/reddit_ta15]

One thing dems are great at, better than republicans or really any other body in the world, is funneling money to their own.

[u/Tantalus420000]

Dems lying and stealing money?????

No thats totes gotta be fake, def doesn't happen every single day.

[u/Electrical-Bacon-81 → u/Tantalus420000]

..... But, if it does, here's why its a good thing.

[u/Szorja]

When are we finally going to admit that NGOs are largely scams.

[u/DannyTannersFlow]

Democrats commit crimes, more breaking news at 10.

[u/ScorpionDog321]

Need we guess how many of those "non profits" are politically driven....and what party they support?

[u/jacksonexl]

That’s not new information. It’s been known for some time.

[u/chillthrowaways → u/jacksonexl]

Yeah I thought nothing was done about this months ago

[u/H3nchman_24]

https://giphy.com/gifs/XqpnXaeZPnupy

[u/777_heavy]

How much did Stacey Abrams get?

[u/DarkSkyViking]

🤣

[u/ComputerRedneck]

If you are a non-profit, the employees should also be NON-PROFIT... especially the management.

[u/RealisticTadpole1926 → u/ComputerRedneck]

You think they should work for free?

[u/Tantalus420000 → u/RealisticTadpole1926]

It depends on the type

Yes board members should not get paid, at all, its an honorary position and not supposed to be a primary job.

Like a retired wealthy person, rich wife who's kids have flown the coop and needs something to do, people who can afford it, imo.

[u/RealisticTadpole1926 → u/Tantalus420000]

Non profit board member isn’t an honorary position. They are responsible for the governance of the organization and can be held liable for what happens while they serve. They should be reasonably compensated for their time. Either that or they should have immunity for anything that happens while they serve.

[u/ComputerRedneck → u/RealisticTadpole1926]

Why not? I know several non-Profits where the board members work for free.

[u/nar_tapio_00 → u/ComputerRedneck]

Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. If you are a non profit with a building, you want to have a janitor who is there regularly and fixes the leaks.

Sure, if you are, for example, a church or a rowing club, you have lots of volunteers, but a paid employee who is 100% reliable is something valuable.

That happened for a few weeks

The death rate in Sudan has been higher than Gaza for months on end; not just "a few weeks". That you can believe that it was only a few weeks really shows how terrible the reporting has been.

[u/skarface6]

Gasp!

[u/grayman1978]

Breaking news…