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Jennifer Siebel Newsom drew headlines last month when she scolded reporters at her husband’s Planned Parenthood press conference, insisting they weren’t asking enough about what she called a “war on women.”

Now the California first partner is facing uncomfortable questions of her own.

IRS filings reviewed by the Daily Mail show Siebel Newsom has paid herself and her company, Girls Club LLC, a sizable cut of the annual revenue from her nonprofit, The Representation Project, in some years close to a third of what the charity brought in. Over roughly the past decade, the payments total more than $3.7 million, the report said.

Siebel Newsom, 51, runs The Representation Project, a nonprofit that says it fights “intersectional gender stereotypes” and “harmful gender norms.” Financial records show the charity typically pulls in between about $1 million and $1.7 million a year in grants and donations, while roughly $300,000 in recent years went to Siebel Newsom and her company, according to the report.

The most recent filings, through March 2024, list a $150,000 salary for Siebel Newsom and another $150,000 paid to Girls Club LLC. The filings describe the LLC payments as a “writer/director/producer fee,” and note that the company owns the copyright to Siebel Newsom’s documentary Miss Representation and licensed the film to the nonprofit for at least seven years for distribution and public performance rights.

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Charity watchdogs flagged the compensation as unusually high for an organization of that size, the report said, with one conservative transparency group warning it could raise eyebrows as Gov. Gavin Newsom continues building a national profile.

“As Governor Newsom continues his national rebrand tour, the fact that he and his wife put one third of their “charity” revenues into their own pockets will undoubtedly raise red flags in the eyes of middle class Americans,” Caitlin Sutherland, executive director of Americans for Public Trust, told the Daily Mail.

The Daily Mail’s analysis said there are roughly 23,000 nonprofits in the IRS database with revenues between $1 million and $2 million, and fewer than 5% pay their executives more than The Representation Project when Siebel Newsom’s salary and the LLC payments are included.

The report also cited additional salaries listed in the nonprofit’s filings, including a $150,000 salary for executive director Caroline Heldman and $131,942 for CFO Debra Garber. The charity’s total compensation costs for the year ending March 2024 were just under $1 million, with $153,691 spent on fundraising.

Gov. Newsom is required to list spousal income on annual ethics disclosures, but the report said he recorded income from The Representation Project and from Girls Club LLC within broad ranges.

Izzy Gardon, Newsom’s communications director, told the Daily Mail the disclosures are consistent with California rules, noting the governor “is required to report only his 50% portion of spousal income.” Gardon said the filings are “accurate and consistent with California law.”

The report also revived older ethics questions about corporate donations to the nonprofit from companies that later received large sums in California state contracts, a criticism that has followed the Newsoms for years.

Neither Siebel Newsom nor her nonprofit responded to the Daily Mail’s request for comment.

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