{"id":2008450,"date":"2023-08-22T17:24:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T21:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-van-jones-forced-out-of-criminal-justice-nonprofit-he-founded-amid-leadership-struggle-questions-about-fiscal-stewardship\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T17:27:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T21:27:04","slug":"cnns-van-jones-forced-out-of-criminal-justice-nonprofit-he-founded-amid-leadership-struggle-questions-about-fiscal-stewardship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-van-jones-forced-out-of-criminal-justice-nonprofit-he-founded-amid-leadership-struggle-questions-about-fiscal-stewardship\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Jones, founder of a criminal justice nonprofit, ousted due to leadership conflict and concerns over financial management."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnns-van-jones-forced-out-of-criminal-justice-nonprofit-he-founded-amid-leadership-struggle-questions-about-fiscal-stewardship%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2008450&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>In\u200b one of his worst financial decisions since buying The Washington \u200bPost, Amazon founder and \u2063billionaire Jeff Bezos once gave $100 million to a\u200d radical leftist activist and commentator for charitable causes. He\u200c could probably have found a better cause.<\/h2>\n<p>This radical activist, Van Jones, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/profiles\/van-jones-profile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN talking head<\/a> who has been \u200da leader in leftist activism since his\u200b 2009 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2009\/09\/van-jones-resigns-amid-controversy-026797\">resignation<\/a> from his\u2064 post as \u201cgreen\u2062 jobs \u2062czar\u201d in \u2063the Barack Obama White House\u2062 after coming under fire for a \u200drange of leftist\u2063 behavior, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-van-jones-forced-out-of-criminal-justice-nonprofit-he-founded-amid-leadership-struggle-questions-about-fiscal-stewardship\/\" title=\"Van Jones, founder of a criminal justice nonprofit, ousted due to leadership conflict and concerns over financial management.\">including defending convicted cop killer<\/a> and ex-Black Panther\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kaepernick-calls-release-cop-killing-ex-black-panther\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mumia Abu Jamal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the influence that should be expected from the \u200cmassive gift\u200d from Bezos in 2021, Jones has been forced out of a non-profit group he \u2064founded eight years ago amid\u2063 questions of direction and \u201cfiscal stewardship,\u201d according to \u2063The Daily Beast.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Van Jones ousted from his\u200b woke nonprofit amid \u2063fiscal woes: report <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/leVCcKjZ0h\">https:\/\/t.co\/leVCcKjZ0h<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/americanwire_?\">@americanwire_<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bo Snerdley\u200d (@BoSnerdley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoSnerdley\/status\/1693631262487953794?\">August 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The\u2062 Daily Beast reported Saturday that Jones\u2019 relationship with <a href=\"https:\/\/dream.org\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dream.org<\/a> \u2014 the organization he started to support leftist causes like \u201cending mass \u2063incarceration\u201d and\u200c battling \u201cclimate change\u201d \u2014 ended \u2064in June.<\/h3>\n<p>And it ended \u2063badly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis summer, Jones left the\u2062 board \u200bof \u200cone of his\u2062 principal nonprofits, Dream.org, after \u200btussling with the group\u2019s leadership over its direction, multiple sources with ties to the organization told The \u2063Daily Beast,\u201d the liberal outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to a person\u200c with direct\u2062 knowledge of the \u200csituation, he did not leave by choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the \u2064Daily Beast report, former Dream.org director of government affairs CeCe\u200d Grant, summed up the \u200bstatus of the group she left in April:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuite a few people have questions \u200dabout the fiscal \u2062stewardship that Dream.org has had,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Jones has used very little\u2062 of the $100 million for Dream.org, in fact, he appears not to have\u2063 used much of it for any charity,\u200c according to The Daily Beast.<\/p>\n<p>However, according\u200b to\u2063 the Daily Beast, in 2020, Bezos\u2019 \u200bclimate charity,\u2062 Earth Fund, came up with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenmatters.com\/p\/bezos-earth-fund-grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">separate, three-year grant<\/a> of $10 million for a subsidiary \u200bof Dream.org \u2062called Green For\u2064 All \u2014 an environmental group, naturally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u2063 group tore through that money with little to \u200bshow for it, several ex-employees said,\u201d The Daily \u200cBeast reported.<\/p>\n<p>That grant has not been renewed, the\u2064 Daily Beast reported.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d Daily Beast quoted two former employees of Dream.org who were critical of Jones\u2019 record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe can\u2019t stay at anything for longer than a few years before \u2063passing it off,\u201d one said.<\/p>\n<p>The other said Jones has a record of \u201cmoving on to the next thing,\u2062 and possibly not creating the best infrastructure \u200cbefore he leaves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As if to confirm this quote, The Daily Beast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/van-jones-jeff-bezos-dollar100m-man-pushed-out-of-his-non-profit?ref=home?ref=home\">also reported<\/a> this statement from Jones\u2019 representative:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVan continues\u200b to work with Dream.org in the justice innovation space\u200c and beyond,\u201d the representative said. \u201cHe is a proud \u200dsupporter of their work at every level. With Dream.org\u2019s support, he is working to launch a new,\u200b complementary initiative, which will be\u2062 announced soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063\u201cwork\u201d of\u200c Dream.org is broadly stated on its website:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omar-reveals-the-conservative-politician-she-finds-inspiring\/\" title=\"Ilhan Omar Reveals The Conservative Politician She Finds \u2018Inspiring\u2019\">ending mass incarceration<\/a>, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-activists-get-themselves-arrested-in-front-of-white-house\/\" title=\"Climate Activists Get Themselves Arrested In Front Of White House\">stopping climate change<\/a>, to \u200dcreating new economic opportunities in overlooked communities, the only durable solutions are the ones that lots of people create together. \u200bCommon ground is often found in uncommon places. We will \u200bwork with\u2062 anyone \u200bwho is willing \u2063to be a part of the solution, even if we disagree on \u2064many things. Our communities deserve nothing\u2064 less.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlready, this approach has won bipartisan criminal justice \u2062reform that brought 18,000+ people home\u200c from behind bars, earned $70,000 starting salaries for \u200bour tech\u2064 cohort graduates, and drove $78.5 billion \u2062in federal funding \u2064for green\u200b investments \u200clike public transportation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/easy-being-green-bidens-clean-energy-fundraisers-reap-white-house-rewards\/\" title=\"Easy Being Green: Biden\u2019s Clean Energy Fundraisers Reap White House Rewards\">electric vehicle charging<\/a>, and clean school buses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The conservative New York Post brutally roasted Jones over the Daily Beast report.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/21\/jeff-bezos-should-have-given-100-million-to-the-poor-not-van-jones\/\">editorial<\/a> published Monday \u200btitled, \u201cJeff Bezos should have\u200c given $100 million to the poor, not Van\u200d Jones,\u201d the Post called Jones\u2019 work part of \u201cthe \u200dwoke grift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The editorial \u200cnot only tried to make the case that Jones had wasted or sat on Bezos\u2019 donation, but cheekily praised the debacle: \u200c\u201cGiven the laundry list of lefty policy disasters Jones is dedicated to backing \u2014\u200c everything from climate insanity to \u2018ending \u200cmass incarceration,\u2019 per\u2064 Dream.org\u2019s \u200cwebsite \u2014 such financial \u2062fumblings have only benefited society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hilariously, Jones \u2063spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/cnns-van-jones-investing-100-million-in-miracle-money-from-bezos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Us Weekly<\/a> \u2062in a story published Friday\u2062 about how he is \u201cinvesting\u201d\u2064 the $100 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying to do path-breaking stuff maybe nobody else \u2064would be willing to take a chance on,\u201d Jones said. \u201cWe want every \u2062penny to make a miracle if we can. We\u2019re really trying to do stuff that, \u2018if this works, it could create a whole different system.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dream.org\u2019s \u2063board of \u2063directors clearly \u2064didn\u2019t the miracle happening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am \u2063in \u200dthe\u2062 camp that Van Jones is a \u2064brilliant visionary,\u201d Grant, \u2064the former Dream.org \u200cgovernment affairs director, told The Daily\u2064 Beast. \u201cIs he a brilliant executioner\u2064 of that vision? I do \u200cnot know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jones remains\u2062 a political \u200ccommentator at CNN, where he can \u2064continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MA9aSvHzEIU\">dispense<\/a> the wisdom with which he has led Dream.org and \u2063managed\u2062 the $100\u2064 million Bezos gave\u2062 him two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>And Bezos still owns <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jeff-bezos-washington-post-set-lose-100-million-year-40-250-million-paid-decade-ago-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>, a \u200bcompany that, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/22\/business\/media\/jeff-bezos-washington-post.html?searchResultPosition=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>, is on a\u200b pace to lose\u2064 $100 million on its own \u2063in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnns-van-jones-forced-criminal-justice-nonprofit-founded-amid-leadership-struggle-questions-fiscal-stewardship\/\">CNN&#8217;s Van Jones Forced Out of\u200d Criminal\u2064 Justice Nonprofit He\u200c Founded Amid Leadership Struggle, \u200d&#8217;Questions About Fiscal Stewardship&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on\u200c <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a questionable financial move, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, known for his ownership of The Washington Post, donated $100 million to radical leftist activist and commentator Van Jones. Many argue that Bezos could have chosen a more deserving cause, considering Jones&#8217; role as a CNN talking head and controversial figure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2151,"featured_media":2008451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2008450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2008451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}