We also know is that by looking at ActBlue’s expenditures for the 2020 election cycle, the organization has allegedly given over $550 million in donations to six democrat presidential candidates. That's misleading to some: ActBlue didn't give candidates that money, individual donors did.

Contributions or gifts to ActBlue are not deductible as charitable contributions for Federal income tax purposes. Social media posts falsely claim donations made on the Black Lives Matter website go "directly" to the Democratic party, because the group uses ActBlue Charities -- an online fundraising platform. ... ActBlue Charities is not responsible for any political content on this page.

Disclaimer language at the bottom of BlackLivesMatter.org’s ActBlue donation page indicates that funds are processed through ActBlue Charities, the 501(c)(3) arm, so donations are tax-deductible. Now, one of the reasons ActBlue gets so much credit is that it’s a conduit PAC. ... Campaigns, including Sanders’ presidential effort, have also used ActBlue to raise money for charities … Glenn Beck has done a lot of videos on the Tides Foundation and Frances Fox Piven. Actblue Charities Inc. is currently unrated by Charity Navigator. ActBlue Charities is a registered charitable organization formed to democratize charitable giving. The ActBlue site itself acknowledges it takes a 3.95% fee off the top of each contribution and as mentioned above, if it meets specific criteria, ActBlue reserves the right to redirect the funds to ActBlue Charities. NOTE: All the numbers on this page are for the 2020 election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data released electronically on June 21, 2020. Paid for by ActBlue (actblue.com) and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

According to its official website, ActBlue Charities is a qualified 501(c)(3) ... On 10 June, The Gateway Pundit's Joe Hoft revealed that when one researches the expenditures of ActBlue, one finds out that their contributions appear to go directly to top DNC campaigns. Its goal is to “empower small-dollar donors.” We took a closer look into their 2020 expenditures to examine exactly where most of the funds raised actually go.

Let’s be clear, though, ActBlue didn’t … Paid for by ActBlue ( actblue.com ) and not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee. ActBlue told us in an email that it passes along contributions from its fundraising platform directly to the 501(c)(3) charities or 501(c)(4) nonprofits that asked for them.

Black Lives Matter describes itself on its “BlackLivesMatter.com” website as a global organization:. Nice try, but the situation couldn’t be any clearer.

Similarly, left-wing advocacy groups such as Demand Justice fundraise through ActBlue Civics, the 501(c)(4) arm, while Democratic PACs and campaigns fundraise through the ActBlue PAC.

Feel free to distribute or cite this material, but please credit the Center for Responsive Politics. With money flowing to candidates, bail funds and charities, the Democrats’ online donor platform processed over $60 million between Friday and Monday, a sign of strength for the party. A Thousand Currents has to do with global effort in regard to climate change and immigration. TRENDING: Radical Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant Vows to Overthrow the United States and Replace with "a Socialist World" ActBlue has several entities under the overarching name ActBlue.