The woke grift continues to unravel: Lefty nonprofit Dream.org founder Van Jones has exited amid worries over mismanagement and transparency.
Jeff Bezos famously wrote Jones a $100 million blank-check philanthropic grant in 2021.
Since then, Jones allegedly has not even handed over all that much of his enormous cash pile to the group he founded.
But a Dream.org subsidiary did get an earlier, separate $10 million Bezos grant, which hasn’t been renewed.
Why? Just ask the rank and file!
“Quite a few people have questions about the fiscal stewardship that Dream.org has had,” said one former employee.
No shock there: Lefty nonprofits are famous for their inner chaos and shady spending habits.
In fairness, Jones doesn’t seem like Patrisse Cullors, the BLM big who funneled donations to pay for mansions and private air travel.
But the Dream.org saga suggests a massive failure on his part to actually do anything meaningful with the huge bags of money he was given.
Frankly, that’s good.
Given the laundry list of lefty policy disasters Jones is dedicated to backing — everything from climate insanity to “ending mass incarceration,” per Dream.org’s website — such financial fumblings have only benefited society.
The last thing the country needs are more well-funded efforts to “reform” criminal justice by letting thugs roam free or provide support for “critical Inflation Reduction Act investments.”
Giving to radical left-wing organizations, like BLM, has been in high fashion since the George Floyd protests.
Likely as a guilt offering. Or insurance against social media attacks and cancellation attempts from group members.
The money sent such groups, oddly enough, somehow never seems to get spent much on directly benefiting the vulnerable.
Indeed, in some cases, it backs policies that directly harm marginalized groups.
Witness the tragic rise in homicide deaths among black Americans unleashed by the “reforms” BLM demanded.
In other words, Bezos would probably have done far more good simply handing out his millions directly to people in need of extra cash.
That the nonprofit-industrial complex has yet again middlemanned the poor is the real tragedy here.