very interdasting old article from 1984:

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/29/us/questions-arise-on-jackson-group-s-finances.html

Archived:

https://archive.is/bw8Kc

QUESTIONS ARISE ON JACKSON GROUP'S FINANCES

The organization the Rev. Jesse Jackson led before entering the Presidential race became a highly visible social movement, opening some people's eyes to injustices and motivating others to improve themselves.

But Federal auditors and state officials have raised questions about the finances and records of his multimillion- dollar conglomerate, People United to Serve Humanity, or PUSH. Public records show accusations of unpaid debts, misspent funds and failures to file required reports.

PUSH has settled many of the disputes. But public records show that it and its affiliates, when challenged, have sometimes declined requests to turn over their records or have withdrawn from federally financed programs.

In addition to receiving government grants, its programs have been financed with the help of grants from corporations and foundations. In one confidential document filed with the Government, the PUSH Foundation, a key fund-raising group for the organization's affiliates, disclosed that it received $100,000 from the Arab League from 1978 to 1981. The confederation of 21 Arab nations was the largest identified donor to the foundation over the last five years.

There is nothing illegal about accepting funds from foreign sources, but the Arab League contribution could harm Mr. Jackson's efforts to improve his relations with Jewish leaders, some of whom are disturbed by his position in favor of a Palestinian homeland and his visits in 1979 with Arab leaders, including the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Yasir Arafat. Mr. Jackson has met recently with Jewish leaders in an attempt to improve the situation.

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Mr. Jackson said today he had not known about the Arab League contribution and said he had no official role in the foundation.

Asked whether Arab contributions to PUSH has been a sensitive matter, Mr. Jackson said, So has white money, and black money, except all of it is the same money and that's the double standard. When asked in an interview whether PUSH had received any other money from foreign sources, Mr. Jackson said, Not to my knowledge, repeating what he has been quoted as telling other reporters in the past. At another point in the interview, Mr. Jackson referred to the Arab League as an American organization.