{"id":2264626,"date":"2024-06-11T07:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T11:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/patagonia-funneled-thousands-to-palestinian-terrorism-linked-group-documents-show\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T07:31:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T11:31:33","slug":"patagonia-funneled-thousands-to-palestinian-terrorism-linked-group-documents-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/patagonia-funneled-thousands-to-palestinian-terrorism-linked-group-documents-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Documents reveal Patagonia directed funds to group linked with Palestinian terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fpatagonia-funneled-thousands-to-palestinian-terrorism-linked-group-documents-show%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=2264626&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--><p>Patagonia, a renowned outdoor apparel brand, has \u2062launched an internal review after revelations that it granted upwards of $139,000 to the Alliance \u2063for \u200dGlobal Justice (AFGJ) since 2016 through its California-based tax-exempt foundation.\u200c The AFGJ is linked to the Popular Front for \u200cthe Liberation of Palestine, designated as\u2064 a terrorist group. The \u200dfunding aimed to\u2062 support environmental and \u200bclimate-focused projects; however, AFGJ&#8217;s connections with terror-linked groups have drawn scrutiny \u2064and led to some donors and payment processors like PayPal severing ties. Patagonia&#8217;s VP of\u2063 environmental activism, \u200cHans Cole,\u200c emphasized the company&#8217;s commitment to \u2062careful philanthropic stewardship,\u2063 despite existing policies against supporting \u2062groups that promote discrimination or violence. The issue \u200dunderscores the\u2062 challenges and potential transparency issues within the fiscal sponsorship\u200b arrangements that\u2062 obscure the flow \u2062of\u200c funds\u2063 in nonprofit sectors, potentially allowing terrorist \u2064organizations to exploit such funding under \u200cthe guise of\u200c legitimate charitable activities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE<\/strong> <strong>\u2014<\/strong> Patagonia, the outdoor apparel brand with offices across the world, granted tens of thousands of dollars to a group connected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Palestinian<\/a> terrorism. Now the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>company<\/a> says it has launched an internal review into the funding.<\/p>\n<p>Through its tax-exempt private foundation in California, Patagonia has sent more than $139,000 since 2016 to Alliance for Global Justice, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/happy-anniversary-lincoln-project-founder-rick-wilson-celebrates-7-years-since-390k-tax-lien\/\" title=\"Happy Anniversary! Lincoln Project Founder Rick Wilson Celebrates 7 Years Since 0K Tax Lien\">tax records show<\/a>. That same progressive Arizona-based organization, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance\/865601\/left-wing-charity-appears-to-fundraise-illegally-for-palestinian-terror-linked-group-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>a<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/729321\/left-wing-charity-faces-legal-complaint-over-fundraiser-for-palestinian-terror-linked-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>recent<\/a> <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2577243\/terror-tied-charity-faces-uncertain-future-as-liberal-donors-and-payment-processors-jump-ship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>investigation<\/a> found, is linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorist group \u2014 a fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2579782\/liberal-ford-foundation-to-stop-funding-palestinian-terror-tied-group-years-of-warnings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>prompted<\/a> donors and payment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2579560\/major-payment-software-no-longer-handling-donations-for-palestinian-terror-linked-ngo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>processors<\/a> such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2581201\/paypal-becomes-third-payment-processor-to-stop-working-with-palestinian-terror-tied-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>PayPal<\/a> to cut ties with AFGJ amid mounting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/142168\/major-payment-processor-works-with-left-wing-charity-tied-to-palestinian-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>scrutiny<\/a> from Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Patagonia\u2019s funding of AFGJ is a window into how major corporations operating in the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance\/843704\/major-corporations-funneled-100000-to-palestinian-terror-linked-group-documents-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>financially boost<\/a> groups taking aim at the Jewish state of Israel, including AFGJ, which has said it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2581201\/paypal-becomes-third-payment-processor-to-stop-working-with-palestinian-terror-tied-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sponsors<\/a> 140 projects and reported holding $11 million in assets on its most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-zuckerberg-attempts-to-dismiss-documentary-exposing-his-400-million-effort-to-elect-biden\/\" title=\"Mark Zuckerberg Attempts to Dismiss Documentary Exposing His 0 Million Effort to Elect Biden\">tax forms filed<\/a> with the IRS. One project under AFGJ is Samidoun, an Israeli-designated terrorist coalition that has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=modNeWMhzMU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>shared staffers<\/a> with the PFLP. AFGJ also fundraised in the past for the France-based Collectif Palestine Vaincra, a <a href=\"https:\/\/palestinevaincra.com\/ressources-et-liens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>partner<\/a> of the PFLP that, along with Samidoun, is protesting in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a> after it killed 1,200 people last year in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a> on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p>Patagonia\u2019s 2023 grants to AFGJ, which totaled $30,000 combined, were to climate-focused projects under the charity working on \u201ccommunity cleanup around a defunct oil refinery site\u201d and \u201cbuilding activism among Black TLGBQIA+ individuals through climate advocacy and community gardening,\u201d Hans Cole, Patagonia\u2019s vice president of environmental activism, said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatagonia remains committed to rigorous stewardship of our philanthropic efforts and is evaluating continued funding of local efforts through AFGJ,\u201d Cole told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Patagonia, however, says in the company\u2019s publicly available grantmaking policies that it does not support groups promoting \u201cdiscrimination based on ethnicity, race, religion, color, sexual orientation,\u201d and other factors. While groups may earmark donations to AFGJ for certain initiatives under the 501(c)(3) public charity, projects under AFGJ are all legally indistinct from the charity. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>A Patagonia store in Pittsburgh on Jan. 12, 2022. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Terrorism financing analyst and attorney Marc Greendorfer said Patagonia has a clear responsibility under the law to not, even indirectly, fund terrorism. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatagonia now knows that it is part of the terror funding apparatus and must take swift action,\u201d Greendorfer, president of Zachor Legal Institute, a think tank that requested the IRS investigate AFGJ\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leah-remini-says-her-16-year-old-daughter-keeps-her-woke\/\" title=\"Leah Remini Says Her 16-Year-Old Daughter Keeps Her \u2018Woke\u2019\">tax-exempt status<\/a>, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cIf Patagonia is truly committed to not sponsoring or otherwise supporting terror, it will carefully assess its relationship with AFGJ, an organization that has done nothing but increase its activities in support of terrorism since the Oct. 7 massacre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The funding also illustrates apparent transparency issues posed by fiscal sponsorship, a legal arrangement allowing charities such as AFGJ to manage projects under no obligation to file separate financial disclosures with the IRS. <\/p>\n<p>Fiscal sponsorship makes it extremely difficult to trace tax-exempt donations and, in the eyes of watchdog groups, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2695620\/democratic-dark-money-giant-behind-anti-israel-protests-has-scored-81m-in-taxpayer-dollars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>\u201cdark money\u201d loophole<\/a> for wealthy philanthropists. The arrangement, Zachor Legal Institute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2444288\/palestinian-terrorists-exploit-loopholes-for-taxpayer-dollars-watchdog-tells-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>argued in a memo<\/a> last year shared with Congress, appears to allow Palestinian terrorist groups to fundraise in the U.S. through unofficial proxies. Republicans in Congress are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2580934\/hamas-tied-charities-under-congressional-investigation-following-terror-attacks-in-israel-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>working to identify<\/a> Hamas-linked charities in the U.S. while eyeing further <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/comer-continues-to-investigate-groups-funding-and-organizing-illegal-encampments-and-pro-hamas-activities-in-the-united-states%EF%BF%BC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>oversight<\/a> into a handful of entities under fire for their anti-Israel activities after Oct. 7, including Students for Justice in Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>On Patagonia\u2019s tax forms filed with the IRS, the private foundation said its grants to AFGJ were \u201cto support environmental projects.\u201d Patagonia\u2019s focus on environmentalism is no anomaly: With the stated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/09\/14\/climate\/patagonia-climate-philanthropy-chouinard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>aim<\/a> of combating climate change, Patagonia underwent an unusual corporate restructuring in 2022, as its founder, Yvon Chouinard, and his family transferred their ownership of Patagonia to a trust and nonprofit group.<\/p>\n<p>Since that time, a network of Patagonia-affiliated nonprofit organizations have doled out more than $71 million to prop up environmental causes, as well as Democratic-aligned groups, the <em>New York Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/30\/climate\/patagonia-holdfast-philanthropy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a>. But the network, some conservatives say, appears to be operating unlawfully. In a February complaint sent to the Federal Election Commission, the right-leaning Americans for Public Trust watchdog group <a href=\"https:\/\/americansforpublictrust.org\/news\/americans-for-public-trust-files-fec-complaint-against-patagonias-dark-money-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>accused<\/a> tax-exempt groups in the network, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/major-outdoor-clothing-company-quietly-operating-liberal-dark-money-group-hit-fec-complaint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>hold<\/a> the vast majority of Patagonia\u2019s nonvoting shares, of illegally misrepresenting donations to Democratic political action committees.<\/p>\n<p>AFGJ, the Patagonia-backed nonprofit organization, is <a href=\"https:\/\/afgj.org\/ways-to-give\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>advising<\/a> donors on its website to mail checks to AFGJ\u2019s office in Tucson, Arizona, a result of payment processors kicking the charity off their digital fundraising platforms. Recent corporate donors to AFGJ have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2577243\/terror-tied-charity-faces-uncertain-future-as-liberal-donors-and-payment-processors-jump-ship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>included<\/a> Pepsi, Lyft, and IAC Holdings, the parent group for the left-wing <em>Daily Beast<\/em> website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), who sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Patagonia is out of line in funding AFGJ.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would hope Americans would stop buying their products,\u201d Burchett told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patagonia, a global outdoor apparel brand, has initiated an internal review after it was revealed that its California-based tax-exempt foundation donated over $139,000 since 2016 to an organization linked to Palestinian terrorism. 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