A socialist megadonor is under federal investigation in New York for possible violations of tax and foreign agent laws, with investigators looking into whether his nonprofits unlawfully funneled money and lied about it.

Neville Roy Singham, a major financier to radical left-wing causes and the nonprofit People’s Forum, is under investigation by a grand jury, Fox News reported. The investigation comes after Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche authorized the grand jury to issue subpoenas as part of an investigation into Singham and his financial network. The investigation was launched by U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton for the Southern District of New York.

CBS News also reported that “multiple sources with knowledge of the matter” confirmed to the outlet the existence of the grand jury investigation. An SDNY spokesman did not respond to a Just the News inquiry prior to press time.

The grand jury probe also follows a Just the News investigation into People’s Forum, published late last month. At the time, the Center to Advance Security in America (CASA) had filed a complaint with the IRS seeking a probe of the organization’s finances.

“People’s Forum Inc. is the tax-exempt fiscal sponsor of many progressive and radical organizations, including the Venceremos Brigade, which engage in demonstrations often crossing the threshold from protected speech into illegal activity, including many which have resulted in arrests, violence against police officers, and interference in federal immigration enforcement,” CASA Director James Fitzpatrick told Just the News at the time. “We believe the many potentially illegal activities that People’s Forum has engaged in are grounds for a potential revocation of their tax-exempt charitable status. An immediate and full IRS investigation is appropriate to make this determination.”

Singham, an American who is worth nearly a billion dollars, currently lives in Shanghai, China, and is married to Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans. The New York Times previously detailed the couple’s financial ties to the Chinese Communist Party. CASA’s complaint alleges that People’s Forum takes an active role in coordinating unrest in America, including the pro-Hamas encampments on college campuses following the Oct. 7, 2023, murder and rape spree against Israelis and joining about 100 organizations to oppose a bill that would remove tax-exempt status from any nonprofits that supported terrorist organizations.

“Through their financial and logistical support of the nationwide protests and riots, in which participants regularly engage in violence, destroy property, and resist arrest, the People’s Forum may be engaging in illegal activity in violation of several federal and state laws, and are certainly increasing the governmental burden of law enforcement,” CASA’s complaint says.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently held a press conference to discuss left-wing violence, stating: “More than 80% of radical violence is now driven by far-left and anarchist actors.”

Congressional Republicans have also eyed the People’s Forum’s tax-exempt status. In April 2025, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, as chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel and then-Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting an investigation into whether People’s Forum violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) by not registering as a foreign agent based on its alleged connections to China.

“It appears that The People’s Forum’s values are heavily influenced by Singham’s money and China’s propaganda,” Grassley wrote at the time.

Adam Sohn, an intelligence expert, recently told Fox News that many of the organizations tied to Singham would “have no reason for existence” without his money. “I think Americans are seeing what this ecosystem looks like in the streets of our country. These aren’t protests, it’s coordinated chaos and attacks on infrastructure,” Sohn told the outlet.

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