Defeat by Tweet is currently crowdsourcing funds from US donors for every POTUS tweet and donating them to Black led and grassroots organizations working at the intersection of electoral politics and justice reform in key swing states. It has currently amassed over $1.4M from donors. (defeatbytweet.org)
This project is a collaboration between Xander Schultz and the following organizations:
|→ Ford Foundation and Open Society Foundations are some of its clients
|→ Founder, Michael Skolnik, serves on the board for the Trayvon Martin association (since 2012)
|→ Founder's brother, Max Skolnik, was Strategic Program Consultant for Obama Foundation in 2017 for 6 months)
|→ Works with United Nations Foundations
Xander Schultz
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Son of Dave Schultz, a former Olympic wrestler and coach
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Lived on the Foxcatcher Farm, a Du Pont estate
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Dave Schultz coached John du Pont. Du Pont shot him one day.
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Xander works with Mike Novogratz
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Volunteer for BLM NY since 2018
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Co-founder of One for Democracy (Nick Chedli Carter of the Resilient Democracy Fund sits on the Advisory Board, who has worked for Planned Parenthood, Hillary for America, and Bernie 2016)
Mike Novogratz
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Ex-hedge fund manager. Current CEO of Galaxy Investment Partners, a crypto investment fund.
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Sister is Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO and founder of Acumen Fund (more below)
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Brother-in-law is Chris Anderson, current CEO of TED
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One of the funders of Xander's One Democracy Fund
Some notable individuals who sit on the Board of Acumen Fund:
https://docsend.com/view/888ddqp43xqp3uus (Advisory board of One Democracy Fund)
https://defeatbytweet.org/justice-fund
https://defeatbytweet.org/faq
https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-du-pont-dave-schultz