Foreign-Backed Protest Movements Surface in NOKings Campaign

Recent investigations have revealed significant financial and logistical support behind the NOKings protests erupting in major U.S. cities. While the movement has been presented publicly as grassroots, a new interactive investigation shows that a significant portion of its funding is tied to federal grants and opaque nonprofit pathways.

According to a report by DataRepublican (source), an independent watchdog project has released an open-source map tracing U.S. taxpayer-funded grants that ultimately support protest-linked organizations. The investigation highlights:

• Federal grants were found to flow—often through Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs)—into several nonprofits participating in or organizing elements of the NOKings protest network.

• While DAFs are legally sanctioned, they are commonly referred to as “the black box of nonprofit finance” due to their lack of public transparency.

• The map allows users to visually trace grant money from federal agencies through various intermediaries to their final nonprofit recipients—many of which are linked to organizing or promoting NOKings.

  

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“Let’s shine a light on influence laundering,” wrote @DataRepublican, emphasizing the need to scrutinize how public dollars are being indirectly funneled into political activism without public consent.

The database is continuously being updated as more EINs (Employer Identification Numbers) are matched to recipient organizations. Visual flowcharts and exportable SVG graphics are available for public review.

The revelations raise broader questions about oversight, political influence through tax-funded grants, and how protest movements can be amplified by organizations whose financial origins are anything but grassroots.