Minnesota lawmaker who rode nonprofit fame to House seat gets tax exempt status revoked

Rep. Dawn Gillman, R-Dassel, shot to prominence when she raised over $500,000 for a nonprofit called Let Them Play MN, which sued Gov. Tim Walz twice in an effort to keep high school athletes on the field, court and rink during a pandemic shutdown.

Republican raised half a million for a dumb "non-profit."

The nonprofit, however, has never filed IRS tax forms — known as 990s — and other required financial documents showing how it spent its donations. Let Them Play MN had its tax exempt status revoked by the IRS earlier this year for failing to file financial documents for three consecutive years. The federal government requires all tax exempt, nonprofit organizations to annually submit 990s and other filings for transparency and accountability, as they detail how nonprofits pay their employees and use donations to fulfill their stated mission. Without the documents, it’s unclear how Let Them Play MN spent its purported $500,000 in donations.

(bolding by me) So she got half a million, thought she'd just do her own thing, and didn't realize it would catch up with her?

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Yet another #GOP criminal about to go to #prison for #wirefraud.
Didn't file for three years, organization would have been started in 2020. That would mean forms that were due in 2021, 2022, and 2023. By my math, that means they never filed the required forms.
$5 says they misused the donations for their political campaign.
Rep. Dawn Gillman, R-Dassel, shot to prominence when she raised over $500,000 for a nonprofit called Let Them Play MN, which sued Gov. Tim Walz twice in an effort to keep high school athletes on the field, court and rink during a pandemic shutdown.
Republican raised half a million for a dumb "non-profit."
The nonprofit, however, has never filed IRS tax forms — known as 990s — and other required financial documents showing how it spent its donations. Let Them Play MN had its tax exempt status revoked by the IRS earlier this year for failing to file financial documents for three consecutive years. The federal government requires all tax exempt, nonprofit organizations to annually submit 990s and other filings for transparency and accountability, as they detail how nonprofits pay their employees and use donations to fulfill their stated mission. Without the documents, it’s unclear how Let Them Play MN spent its purported $500,000 in donations.
(bolding by me) So she got half a million, thought she'd just do her own thing, and didn't realize it would catch up with her?