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transferred millions of dollars to a Canadian charity run by the wife of co-founder Patrisse Cullors, according to a report, which was used to buy a $6.3 million Toronto mansion to house an arts center.
News of the transfer of money to the Canadian group has raised further questions about transparency and accountability within Black Lives Matter - coming days after auditors said an inquiry into the handling of BLM's $60 million war chest was necessary, and less than a year after Cullors was forced to stand down amid questions about her own property empire. 
islandmix.comBLM announced in July 2021 that they had recently purchased a three story Victorian mansion in the Baldwin Village area of Toronto, close to downtown. The imposing red brick house was previously the headquarters of the Communist Party.
On Saturday, reported that the funds to purchase the property came from Black Lives Matter, and were transferred from the global network to M4BJ - a Toronto-based non-profit set up by Janaya Khan and other Canadian activists.
Khan is the spouse of BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors.
The Victorian red brick mansion, which was previously home to the Communist Party, was bought by BLM over the summer and is being turned in to the Wildseed arts center
Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of BLM (left) is married to Janaya Khan (right), a Canadian activist. Khan was reportedly transferred the cash from BLM to buy the Toronto mansion used to house the arts center 
Khan, born in Toronto, is described on a speakers' website as 'a black, queer, gender-nonconforming activist (pronouns: they, them, theirs), staunch Afrofuturist and social-justice educator who presents an enlightening point of view on police brutality and systemic racism.' 
Khan is one of Canada's most high-profile activists
Khan and Cullors married in 2016, and have two children. 
Cullors stepped down as executive director of the Black Lives Matter Global Network in May 2021, amid scrutiny of her $3.2 million property empire.
It was unclear whether the money was transferred from BLMGN to M4BJ before or after Cullors stepped down, and why the money went to M4BJ rather than directly to BLM's Canada affiliate.
Neither BLM Canada nor Khan have responded to DailyMail.com's request for comment.
The property, at 24 Cecil Street, is home to the Wildseed Centre for Art and Activism. 
Khan is not listed



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Wildseed describes itself as 'a vessel that seeks to nurture Black radical creation in Canada.' 
The website states: 'Wildseed was birthed by Black Lives Matter activists who recognized the need to build an enduring space that could cultivate the most radical ideas from Toronto's diverse Black communities. 
'Through opportunities for space booking, collaborations and art fellowships, our hope is that Wildseed will be the kind of space that our hope is that it will be the kind of space that we wished we had when we began the agitations that so fundamentally shifted this city.'
Khan founded the M4BJ charity, which purchased the house used to create the arts center
The city of Toronto has provided the Wildseed Centre with $250,000 CAN ($195,000) for capital upgrades, said Councillor Mike Layton, who represents the district in which the mansion sits.   
Sandy Hudson, the co-founder of BLM Canada, told in the summer that the center was vital for their work.
'Having a space like this that has a level of permanence, that is large, that allows for different types of organizations to come together and create community. It's going to be a really, really big shift for Black Canada and Black Toronto,' she said. 
Yet the news of the financing for the center comes at a difficult time for BLM. 
Last week, charity auditors expressed alarm at the management of 's $60 million in donations, after it emerged that people announced as leading the organization never took up the role, and no one seemed able to say who was handling the finances.
The most recent tax filing for the charity, from 2019, gives an address in that does not exist, and the two remaining BLM directors identified by were not able to assist - with one even scrubbing BLM associations from his social media after he was contacted by the paper. 
They are yet to file a 2020 return, a Form 990, as required - which could see BLM fined by the IRS. 
Laurie Styron, executive director of CharityWatch, said the findings were deeply troubling, and said they should have filed their 2020 form by now. 
'Like a giant ghost ship full of treasure drifting in the night with no captain, no discernible crew, and no clear direction,' she said.
Paul Kamenar, counsel for conservative watchdog group the National Legal and Policy Center, told the paper a full audit was needed, describing the situation as 'grossly irregular'. 
Cullors (pictured) co-founded BLM in July 2013 with Opal Tometi and Alicia Garza. She left the group in May 2021
Cullors, Garza and Tometi (left to right) co-founded the group, but Garza and Tometi left, leaving Cullors in charge as executive director 
Black Lives Matter has grown into a global organization. Protesters are seen in Leeds, England, on June 21, 2020









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