The federal agency tasked with granting foreign aid has allocated more than $27 million to an activist group that also supports legal defense efforts for left-wing protesters in the United States.

The State Department and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have awarded funds to several President Nj’s left wing Tides Foundation and Tides Centers. Expense Record show. Conservative organisations and politicians are scrutinizing how institutions spend taxpayer money after President Donald Trump released a review of foreign aid projects and shut down USAID.

“If a fund recommended by conservative donors like Donor Strast has raised a million dollar grants from the government sector, the media will be anger and hysterical,” Capital Research Center investigator One Parker Thayer told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “The tide is as wisely left-wing as the donor is [fund] No business will receive a penny of federal grants, no matter what the cause.

The State Department and USAID allocated funds to groups under Tides Label in 2014 to promote anti-political, anti-Israel activities. The award’s objectives include, according to the official description, “civil society organizations” and “humanitarian activities” that support both foreign and domestic projects. The government has so far paid 72% of the grant to the Tides group.

The Tides Foundation did not respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.

USAID and foreign aid advocates have Discussed Trump restrictions are possible It’s weakened America’s quest Progress “Democracy” all over the world. But millions of USAID and State Department dollars Headed towards Islamic terrorists But the organisations that shape domestic politics also boost overall financial resources. (Related: Biden administrators filled terrorist funding with more than $1,300,000,000 before Trump destroyed the ball to foreign aid)

The majority of funds marked by the State Department and USAID to the TIDES organization were distributed under the first Trump administration. maximum All grants were for the Tides Center as part of USAID’s “Civil Society Innovation Initiative” under USAID’s “Foreign Aid Program.”

The program aims to “support long-term and equitable economic growth and promote US foreign policy goals by supporting economic growth, agriculture and trade. Global Health; and democracy , conflict prevention, humanitarian assistance,” federal spending records stated.

Across all presidents, the two agencies have set a tide of dealing with “corruption” in foreign governments, promoting “cultural exchanges,” promoting “humanitarian activities,” and “supporting civil society organizations (CSOs).” Sponsored.

An additional $4.06 million was made in the form of subgrants and subcontractors with government funding given them to the Tide Centre and notifying the government. The funds were awarded to a Catholic nonprofit organization and two research organizations that passed it to the Tides Centre with government approval.

Among other charitable programs, the Tides Center and Tides Foundation Fund Fund left-leaning group provides lawyer representatives or other legal assistance to those accused of illegal conduct in the protest. In some cases, sponsor groups have supported activists during federal investigations. – Meaning, the US government has funded a movement to undermine its own law enforcement.

The tide is a Financial sponsors Organizations that provide for Palestinian Regal Legal defense and advice To anti-Israel activists facing “oppression” from universities and law enforcement. A senior lawyer at Palestinian Legal said: Left wing magazine In January, the group “represented or advised hundreds of students” when the Israel-Hamas War began on October 7, 2023.

The group sued Columbia University in March 2024 Pause An anti-Israel campus organization that staged illicit class “strike” protests. There is also Condemned Since 2023, the university has adopted stricter protest policies in response to illegal camps, violence, harassment of Jewish students and other turmoil that have swallowed university campuses with anti-Israel demonstrations.

The other two current-funded organizations, the National Lawyers Guild and the Constitutional Rights Centre, have a history of supporting anti-political protesters related to black life issues and anti-China movements.

National Lawyer Guild Provides Legal Expression For activists send “Legal observers” monitor alleged police misconduct against protesters. Some legal observers have been obtained Arrest With them.

group Be proud of 2021 It helped fight “federal prosecutors and large ju investigations” and “organized legal representatives” of approximately 20,000 arrests throughout 2020. I agree $13 million will be paid to a mob who clashes with law enforcement to settle the guild lawsuit of state lawyers.

Similarly, the Constitutional Rights Center came to the defense of a mob related to Antifa, who allegedly attacked law enforcement in 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.

“We work closely with our local and national partners Challenge Labeling activists’ law enforcement agencies that protest Cop City as terrorists and “domestic violent extremists” and provide resources and support to local communities fighting to ensure that Cop City is never built.” I wrote it August 2023. The group too Lobbying activities Authorities that do not do so Appeal Antifa agitators on domestic terrorism accusations.

It is available at Tides Foundation Donation Since 2018, more than $170,000 has been tax returns presented to the Constitutional Rights Center. He also awarded the Centre a two-year grant in 2025, funding an ambitious “social justice” lawyer fellowship. Foundation website. National Lawyers Guild and Its Sponsored Foundation I have it I received it Over $1 million from the Tides Foundation.

Furthermore, the Tides Foundation and Tides Center It gave millions of dollars to the Alliance for Global Justice. Financial sponsors According to the currently deleted page of “Palestinian Legal Defense” as of 2023 Website. Payment processing company has stopped business with the Alliance for Global Justice tie To Palestinian terrorists, Washington Examiner reported.

The Alliance for Global Justice has also been a financial sponsor of Samidoun, a group that organized anti-Israel protests across the United States and is under terrorism sanctions.

Palestine Legal, the National Guild of Lawyers, the Alliance for Global Judiciary, and the Centre for Constitutional Rights did not respond to requests for comment from the DCNF.

The State Department’s press did not respond to an investigation into whether they would follow the pledged funds to the Tides network.

USAID could not be reached because of that Website It was shut down as of Wednesday. Trump also closed the agency’s headquarters and moved to fire most of his staff, but the judges It’s blocked Friday layoff. Secretary of State Marco Rubio currently leads both the State Department and the USAID.

Elon Musk, who leads Trump’s new government efficiency (DOGE), is trying to eliminate USAID for what he calls wasted spending. Mask did not respond to requests for comment.

Republican lawmakers such as Jason Smith, chairman of the Houseways and Misson Committee in Missouri, have Requested IRS Investigate The Tides Foundation may remove its tax-free status to fund “anti-Semitic” protesters. The Israel-based think tank also says the Trump administration should take a closer look at the money trail of the Tides movement.

“The federal government must implement strict screening mechanisms to ensure that US-funded organizations are promoted and advanced with US interests and values,” the group says. Ta.

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