A fiscally-sponsored project of a major left-wing nonprofit organized an effort to blockade a port with the Seattle chapter of an organization allegedly tied to a U.S.-designated terrorist group.
The Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC), a fiscally-sponsored project of the Tides Center, and Samidoun Seattle used their social media accounts to rally people in the Seattle area to block road access to the port of Tacoma, Washington. The groups intended to prevent workers from boarding a cargo ship they believed to be carrying weapons and equipment to Israel, though it is unclear if the vessel was actually carrying military aid, according to the Seattle Times.
Fiscal sponsorship is an arrangement where an established nonprofit processes tax-deductible donations and sometimes provides administrative services for another group, without that group having to register as a nonprofit with the IRS, according to the American Bar Association. The Tides Center fiscally sponsors numerous left-wing organizations engaged in various forms of advocacy, and is closely linked with the Tides Foundation, a major left-wing organization funding a host of liberal causes. (RELATED: Pro-Palestinian…
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