A U.S.-born tech tycoon has allegedly funneled $278 million through a sophisticated network of nonprofits to spread Chinese Communist Party propaganda on American soil, prompting congressional investigations into what lawmakers describe as a brazen foreign influence operation disguised as grassroots activism.
The Money Trail Behind the Influence Network
Neville Roy Singham sold his software consultancy Thoughtworks in 2017 for approximately $785 million, then redirected substantial portions of that wealth into a complex web of tax-exempt organizations. Fox News Digital’s investigation, analyzing IRS filings and corporate records, traced $278 million flowing from three Singham-linked funding vehicles into six core U.S. nonprofits between 2017 and 2023. These include BreakThrough News, CodePink, The People’s Forum, People’s Support Foundation, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, and Justice and Education Fund. Those six organizations then redistributed approximately $163 million to dozens of secondary groups across five continents, creating what investigators describe as a five-level funding pipeline designed to obscure the ultimate source and coordination of the money.
$3 BILLION worth of TAXPAYER DOLLARS funneled to protesters and rioters through corrupt front companies and NGOs.
Neville Roy Singham tied to over 2k organizations, with 200 of them solely dedicated to producing anti-American propaganda.pic.twitter.com/XDvG3S0bRH
— The SCIF (@TheSCIF) March 30, 2026
Congressional Alarm Over CCP-Aligned Messaging
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith has led the congressional investigation, citing concerns that the network operates as a vehicle for Chinese Communist Party propaganda under the cover of charitable work. Smith publicly stated that Singham now resides in Shanghai, maintains ties to CCP-linked entities, and collaborates with Chinese propaganda companies. The committee sent formal letters to organizations like Tricontinental, warning that their interlocking ownership and management roles suggest an attempt to embed CCP propaganda under the guise of scholarship and commerce. Congressional hearings on foreign malign influence in the nonprofit sector have featured the Singham network as a central case study, with lawmakers pointing to content that consistently echoes Beijing’s positions on Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Ukraine, and U.S. foreign policy while praising Mao Zedong and aligned authoritarian regimes.
The Revolutionary Base and Its Architect
According to Fox’s investigation, a February 2017 wedding celebration in Jamaica between Singham and left-wing activist Jodie Evans served as the launching point for what participants described as a “transnational revolutionary base.” Evans, co-founder of anti-war group CodePink, sits on the boards of multiple Singham-funded entities including The People’s Forum and People’s Support Foundation. The People’s Forum, a New York City physical hub that received at least $22.4 million in Singham-linked funding, hosts training sessions, protests, and events that advance an explicitly Marxist agenda. Network organizations have promoted events like “Red Book Day” celebrating the Communist Manifesto and consistently frame U.S. policy as imperialist aggression while defending China’s actions in Hong Kong and portraying allegations of Uyghur persecution as Western propaganda. This ideological coherence across dozens of ostensibly independent groups raises red flags about centralized coordination.
Lawmakers raise alarm over Neville Roy Singham's $278M network spreading CCP propaganda in the U.S. https://t.co/fkJLuL244p
— ConservativeLibrarian (@ConserLibrarian) May 14, 2026
Exploitation of Nonprofit Loopholes
The Singham case highlights significant vulnerabilities in U.S. nonprofit regulations that allow substantial donor anonymity and complex pass-through funding arrangements. Current 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) rules permit organizations to obscure their ultimate funding sources through intermediary entities like Mutod LLC, which transferred $160.2 million to People’s Support Foundation in a single 2017 transaction. Foreign Agents Registration Act enforcement has historically been inconsistent, particularly for ideological work that doesn’t involve obvious lobbying. The Justice Department, State Department, and Treasury are now reportedly reviewing whether Singham-linked entities violated foreign agent registration requirements, sanctions compliance, or nonprofit tax laws. For Americans across the political spectrum who believe government has failed to protect national interests from foreign manipulation, this case exemplifies how loopholes allow adversaries to weaponize our own freedoms against us.
Broader Implications for National Security
The alleged Singham network represents a sophisticated evolution of foreign influence operations, moving beyond traditional espionage to what national security professionals call cognitive warfare—systematic efforts to shape public opinion and domestic political debates. The network’s structure mirrors the CCP’s United Front Work Department tactics: funding media outlets and think tanks that appear independent but consistently advance Beijing’s strategic narratives, mobilizing activists around divisive domestic issues, and cultivating sympathetic elites who amplify messages beneficial to Chinese interests. This approach exploits America’s polarized political environment, where foreign-linked actors can blend into existing movements by providing funding and organizational infrastructure. Similar patterns emerged in India, where authorities raided the Singham-linked outlet NewsClick on allegations of receiving foreign funding for pro-China propaganda. Republican lawmakers are using this case to push for stricter nonprofit transparency requirements and foreign funding disclosure rules, arguing that sunlight is the best disinfectant for influence operations hiding behind tax-exempt status.
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Red wealth, dark money: How an American tycoon deploys Mao’s playbook against the West – Fox News