Media Matters Paid Over $100,000 To Consulting Firm Owned By Board Member Tom Perez

Media Matters for America (MMFA) made a six-figure payment to a consulting firm owned by one of its board members in 2022, tax forms show.

MMFA, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded to correct “conservative misinformation in the U.S. media,” paid $105,000 to a firm called ASR LLC in 2022, which it noted was owned by board member Tom Perez, according to tax filings. Perez, who currently works as a senior advisor to President Joe Biden — and previously served as the secretary of labor under President Barack Obama as well as the chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) — is the sole employee and president of ASR LLC, a White House ethics disclosure shows.

MMFA said it paid ASR LCC for “consultant advisory services,” according to tax filings. Perez became a MMFA board member in February 2021 and left the post in June 2023, according to his ethics disclosure. Perez’s ethics disclosure described ASR LCC as a company he set up a month after joining MMFA to house his consulting work.

The ethics disclosure states that the LLC will lie “dormant” while Perez serves in government.

MMFA and Perez did not respond to the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation’s requests for comment.

Payments from nonprofits to organizations affiliated with their board members could raise questions over potential conflicts of interest.