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Posted on 01/02/2026 7:03:53 AM PST by DFG
Minnesota-based organizations that receive government grants are also raising money through ActBlue, the same platform synonymous with Democratic campaign fundraising. These donations are run through ActBlue Charities, the platform’s 501(c)(3) “charitable giving” arm. But these groups are still tapping the ActBlue infrastructure, branding, and donor rails while simultaneously drawing down taxpayer funds.
This revelation comes as authorities have started investigating troves of financial fraud plaguing Minnesota-based NGOs and daycare centers run by Somali migrants. The newfound ActBlue ties adds a political dimension to this scandal.
The following Minnesota groups are listed on ActBlue’s directory:
Sabathani Community Center
Isuroon
Alight
African Career Education & Resources
Al-Maa’uun
Let’s dive deeper.
Sabathani Community Center: ActBlue fundraising + major government-backed “green economy” buildout
Sabathani is not merely “in the directory.” Its ActBlue donation page is live: “Donate to Sabathani Community Center,” processed through ActBlue Charities.
On the taxpayer side, Sabathani publicly touts major public funding for its “Community Energy Project,” including a statement that it secured $6 million in EPA funding and also references $6 million in Minnesota Legislature appropriations for the geothermal project.
The City of Minneapolis also has a public record approving a $547,978.26 forgivable loan to Sabathani Community Center (or a related entity) for building improvements.
So you have a single Minnesota nonprofit simultaneously positioned inside three lanes at once: federal funding, state appropriations, local forgivable financing—and a donation pipe running through ActBlue Charities.
Isuroon: Somali women advocacy + a $3 million appropriation + ActBlue Charities fundraising
Isuroon’s own language is not ambiguous about who it exists to serve: it describes its mission as seeing the world “through the eyes of Somali women” and removing barriers faced by Somali and other ethnic women.
Minnesota lawmakers then wrote that mission directly into the public record. Legislative text shows a $3,000,000 grant to Isuroon tied to a property project in Minneapolis, explicitly “to carry out the mission of the organization to support immigrant women and provide mental health counseling.”
At the same time, Isuroon’s ActBlue donation page is live—“Donate to Isuroon”—and the contribution rules section again states the donations are processed by ActBlue Charities.
That means Isuroon sits at the intersection of state-directed cash and a national progressive fundraising infrastructure while branding itself as an empowerment organization for Somali women in Minnesota.
Alight: refugee infrastructure + federal refugee career pathways funding + ActBlue Charities
Alight’s identity is refugee work. The organization states it provides humanitarian support for “refugees and other displaced communities.”
But the key detail for Minnesota is not its overseas footprint—it’s the federal funding tied to Minnesota-based refugee programming. HHS TAGGS lists an award titled “STAR: Strengthening Refugee Talent, Advancement, and Retention in Minnesota,” and the award description frames it as part of the Refugee Career Pathways program.
Then there’s the fundraising channel: Alight has an ActBlue donation page (the URL even references its prior name, “American Refugee Committee”), and the page again states donations are processed by ActBlue Charities.
So while federal refugee workforce dollars flow through one pipeline, ActBlue Charities donations flow through another—and they meet on the same balance sheet.
African Career Education & Resources: immigrant workforce pipeline + DEED grant + ActBlue fundraising
ACER positions itself as a community-based organization focused on access to jobs, housing, and wealth-building, and its ActBlue donation page includes that self-description directly on the form.
On the public money side, Minnesota reporting and DEED communications identify a $350,000 DEED award to ACER for workforce development and explicitly describe its work connecting African immigrants to employment opportunities.
This is the same core architecture repeated again: immigrant workforce programming funded by taxpayer dollars, while the organization also operates a donation channel through ActBlue Charities.
Al-Maa’uun: “New Americans” CNA training in Somali + DHS grants + ActBlue Charities
Al-Maa’uun’s government-funded work is spelled out by the Minnesota Department of Human Services itself.
DHS lists Al-Maa’uun as a recipient of $277,025 under its “Supporting New Americans in the Long-Term Care Workforce” grant—and DHS’s description states that the funded activities include CNA training designed for “Somali, Hmong, and Spanish-speaking New Americans.”
Separately, DHS documentation for a Home and Community-Based Services connector grant describes Al-Maa’uun distributing materials in Somali, Arabic, and Spanish and doing community outreach to connect residents with services.
And yes, Al-Maa’uun also has an ActBlue donation page: “Donate to Al-Maa’uun,” again processed through ActBlue Charities.
This is as direct as it gets: state taxpayer funds underwriting programs explicitly designed around Somali-language access and “New American” pipelines, while ActBlue Charities processes the group’s outside fundraising.
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Looks like you beat Red Badger by 1 minute. I will wait to see who gets bumped by the mods.
I posted 21 seconds before Red Badger.
This is my shocked face.
My mother gave money to ActBlue. She gets about 1000 texts a day begging for money . They don’t have a way to make them stop. But I enjoy it anyway. She has cancelled my vote out and supports every marxist feelz policy so at least she can be annoyed by them.
So this is what motivates white Dem politcos to eat Somali (dog) food and pretend to like it
Im 100% convinced the only way left wing idealogy still exists is the billions stolen from citizens to propagate and support it.
“””Im 100% convinced the only way left wing idealogy still exists is the billions stolen from citizens to propagate and support it.””””
“””Lake Wobegon is a fictional town featured in the radio show “A Prairie Home Companion,” created and hosted by Garrison Keillor. The show, which aired from 1974 to 2016, included a popular segment called “The News from Lake Wobegon,” where Keillor shared humorous stories about the town and its quirky residents.”””
Bring back the good old days when we were entertained each Saturday with Garrison Keiller’s humorous news about life in Minnesota.
Why would they be any different from BLM thugs? BLM raised hundreds of millions and funneled it to the DNC thru ActBlue. That was the purpose of the 2020 riots and the elevation of an otherwise ordinary commie trash, racist pack of thugs to MSM darlings.
Of course they did. While Somalis engaged in the fraud, the fraud is much, much bigger than Somalis. The Somalis are a cog in the wheel of liberal corruption. There are plenty of Americans who set up non-profits and NGOs to funnel money to Dem political activist groups. The whole system needs to be burned down.
“””While Somalis engaged in the fraud, the fraud is much, much bigger than Somalis. The Somalis are a cog in the wheel of liberal corruption. There are plenty of Americans who set up non-profits and NGOs to funnel money to Dem political activist groups.”””
I agree.
Even with this exposure of massive fraud, we need to ask ourselves: “Are we better off today, Jan 2, 2026, than we were Jan 2, 2025?”
1. We have pretty much totally stopped the illegal invasion.
2. We have pretty much totally stopped USAID grants to NGOs who helped create these frauds.
None of the above and a myriad of other things would not have happened if Kamala had been elected.
What we are seeing today is the 2026 job plans that are a high priority to fix by Jan 2, 2027.
Any group the Dems have been pandering to is bound to have the same scheme going, though perhaps not be as in-your-face obvious about it as Somalis.
“STRENGTHENING SOMALI TALENT”
THAT IS A ONE PAGE-—HALF PRINTED DOCUMENT
“Please let us steal your taxpayer money in peace.” LOL
https://x.com/papitrumpo/status/2007148061198573598?s=46
I KNEW this all had to be tied back to DNC fundraising! Kickbacks galore!
Our tax dollars fund the democrat party which is dismantling and draining the life out of our country. They should all be in Gitmo for the rest of their lives for betraying this country.
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