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Taxpayer Philanthropy: Nonprofit pays Michelle Obama aide $700k

  • Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, a former policy director for First Lady Michelle Obama, leads Baltimore-based Global Refuge, a faith-based nonprofit.
  • Global Refuge received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants from the State and Health and Human Services departments since 2021.
  • Vignarajah’s total compensation was $686,000 in 2025, down from $699,000 the previous year.
  • Global Refuge’s revenue fell 44%, from $304.3 million in 2024 to $170.4 million in 2025.
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Taxpayer Philanthropy: Nonprofit pays Michelle Obama aide $700k

(The Center Square)— A former policy director for First Lady Michelle Obama was paid nearly $700,000 in total compensation last year despite revenue to the taxpayer-funded refugee resettlement organization plummeting by nearly $130 million, an investigation by The Center Square…

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Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer broke the news on Tuesday, October 20, 2026.
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