California Assemblyman Dr. Corey Jackson (D-Moreno Valley), who received his Masters in Social Work, founded and directs the nonprofit Center Against Racism and Trauma (CART), which has been tax-exempt since February 2022.
“California quietly boosted taxpayer funding for a nonprofit founded by a sitting Assemblyman from $250,000 to $6 MILLION—a 2,300% increase. Its latest IRS return reports zero employees, zero volunteers and only $57,667 in annual expenses,” White House Correspondent and War Room co-host Natalie Winters claimed Thursday on X.
Assemblyman Jackson currently chairs the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services, and has chaired and served on other Human Services committees overseeing the state social-services agency handling the $6 million allocation. He named CART his district’s “Nonprofit of the Year” three weeks before the $6M appeared in the budget, then voted YES on the measure. The identity of the earmark’s requester has not been made public.
Jackson founded the Center Against Racism and Trauma Inc. in 2020 (during Covid), whose web address is www.destroyracism.org, and he serves as its founder and director.
In that role at the group’s first “Inland Empire Anti-racist Summit,” Jackson declared the region a “no hate zone” according to CART’s website.
The organization focuses on anti-racism education, youth programs, community organizing, and addressing trauma from racism in the Inland Empire.
Jackson chairs the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services. This subcommittee oversees the state social-services agency and budget. CART’s most recent available IRS Form 990 for fiscal year June 2024, shows approximately $258,501 in revenue, $57,667 in expenses, a surplus, and net assets around $234,000.
Filings indicate no paid employees or volunteers beyond key officers in the summary data. Natalie Winters’ investigation reports that a California budget earmark for CART rose from $250,000 to $6 million, placed under immigration services and vulnerable populations language, available through 2028, with limited public detail on deliverables, metrics, or the requester.
Winters reported that Assemblyman Jackson named CART his own legislative district’s “Nonprofit of the Year” about three weeks before the $6 million amount appeared, and then voted yes on the measure.
https://californiaglobe.com/fl/report-california-assemblyman-steers-6-million-to-his-own-nonprofit/