Period or event: December 2016 incident; discovered January 2017; disclosed in CY2017 return submitted November 9, 2018 · Reviewed September 12, 2026 · Record sanders-entity-control-ourrev-bec-2017
Our Revolution’s 2017 Schedule O reports that it lost approximately $242,000 in a business-email-compromise scam, discovered in January 2017. It says recovery efforts involving the FBI, counsel and an independent cybersecurity consultant were unsuccessful at the time of reporting.
What the source records
Organization
Our Revolution
EIN
81-3260391
Loss reported by organization
Approximately $242,000Estimate in Schedule O, Part VI line 5; not an exact audited loss amount.
Incident date as reported
December 2016
Discovery date as reported
January 2017
Recovery status as reported
Efforts unsuccessful as of the filing narrativeNo later recovery status independently established.
Safeguards as reported
Additional technical and human security measures, procedures and protocols
Separate reported grant to Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
$242,924Schedule I Part II row (7), stated purpose ENVIRONMENTAL EVENT; this is a separate grant amount, not the loss estimate.
Grant recipient EIN as reported
45-0220519
Prior public reporting
November 29, 2018
Scope & limitations
The source describes the organization as the victim; it does not identify Sanders or an officer as diverting funds.
IRS instructions allow outsider theft to trigger the significant-diversion question. That tax label is not an insider-fraud finding.
No FBI case file, court finding, bank-transfer evidence or independent incident investigation was acquired.
The separately reported Standing Rock grant does not by itself prove the precise relationship to the stolen funds, the source of replacement funds or a dollar-for-dollar remediation sequence.
This is a previously reported historical incident, not a new secret discovery or evidence of present misconduct.
IRS filing via ProPublica · primary-filing-mirror · Document date 2018-11-09 · Checked 2026-09-12
Object 201813139349301631; Form 990 Part VI line 5 explanation
The organization reports being the victim. Source date is submission, not the December 2016 incident or January 2017 discovery. No FBI investigative file or bank records acquired. Original response processed in memory; privacy-minimized derivative retained.
IRS filing via ProPublica · primary-filing-mirror · Document date 2018-11-09 · Checked 2026-09-12
Object 201813139349301631; Part II row (7), columns (b), (d), (h)
A distinct tax-reported grant; not the loss amount. Recipient EIN retained; address omitted. Exact payment date and replacement-fund sequence are not established. Original response processed in memory; privacy-minimized derivative retained.
Internal Revenue Service · official filing instructions · Document date 2018-01-18 · Checked 2026-09-12
Printed page 21; Part VI line 5
The instructions include outsider theft within significant diversion and instruct filers not to name persons alleged to have diverted assets. Original response processed in memory; privacy-minimized derivative retained.
Common Dreams · contemporaneous news report · Document date 2018-11-29 · Checked 2026-09-12
Headline and publication date
Used only to establish prior reporting and prevent an exclusive-discovery claim. The nonprofit filing supports the primary financial statement. Original response processed in memory; privacy-minimized derivative retained.