Wake up, patriots! The radical left is at it again, weaving a web of dark money and dangerous agendas through groups like NARSOL (National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws) and figures like Glenn E. Martin. You might’ve heard whispers of Martin as some “financial advisor” for NARSOL, but let’s set the record straight: he’s not on any financial board, but his shadow looms large in the leftist push to dismantle public safety. With NARSOL’s activist board and shady funding, the left’s game plan is clear—and it’s time to expose it.
Glenn E. Martin: The Left’s Reform Poster Child
In 1994, at the age of 24, Martin was convicted for an armed robbery of a New York City jewelry store and was sentenced to six years in prison. He was detained on Rikers Island for a year and served five additional years in the Wyoming Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, for his role in several armed robberies. It’s indicative of their leaderships goals if there ever was. If you clicked on the link you’ll see how he’s playing victim like them all.
Glenn E. Martin (@glennEmartin) isn’t some number-crunching financial advisor for NARSOL—he’s a progressive rockstar who’s spent two decades building multi-million-dollar nonprofits like JustLeadershipUSA, dedicated to slashing America’s prison population by 2030.
JustLeadershipUSA says they’re fighting for a “fairer, more equitable justice system,” but let’s cut through the noise and look at what they’re really pushing. They want to slash prison populations by 50% and center “decarceration” as the answer to all our problems. Sounds noble, right? But hold on—releasing half the prison population? That’s not reform; that’s opening the floodgates. Who’s making sure the streets stay safe when serious offenders are back out there? They’ll tell you it’s about “justice,” but where’s the justice for victims when recidivism rates are already hovering around 60-75% within five years of release, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics?
So why the confusion? Martin’s fundraising chops and nonprofit empire make him a prime suspect for leftist money-laundering schemes. But don’t be fooled—he’s a visionary, not a bean-counter, and NARSOL’s real financial oversight lies with its activist board.
Clarification and Next Steps
Glen E. Martin founded After serving six years for armed robbery, Martin founded the #CLOSErikers campaign, led The Fortune Society’s policy arm, and co-founded the Education from the Inside Out Coalition.
JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA) — Funding Sources
According to data from InfluenceWatch, JLUSA has received funding and grants from a number of major philanthropic organizations:
- MacArthur Foundation — approximately $1.62 million in grants between 2016–2022 Influence Watch.
- Tow Foundation — around $800,000 spanning 2014–2018 and 2020–2023 Influence Watch.
- Additional donors include:
- https://chanzuckerberg.com/Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
- Ford Foundation
- Brooklyn Community Foundation
- Sills Family Foundation
- Open Philanthropy Project
- Art for Justice Fund
- David Rockefeller Fund
- Google.org Influence Watch.
Further details from other sources:
- MacArthur Foundation specific grants:
- $900,000 over 3 years (2023) for general operating support.
- $2,000,000 for an executive-level training program (2023).
- A $250,000 planning award (2022).
- $600,000 for general operating support (2021).
- $470,000 over nearly 5 years (2019) for Safety and Justice Challenge Network support.
- $300,000 (2016) for similar initiatives MacArthur Foundation.
- Ford Foundation grants:
- $500,000 in June 2024 (July 2024 – June 2026) for core support Ford Foundation.
- $1,500,000 in August 2021 (July 2021 – June 2024) Ford Foundation.
- $500,000 in October 2019 (October 2019 – June 2021) Ford Foundation.
- Earlier support includes $359,090 in August 2016 (April 2016 – March 2017) Ford Foundation, and $202,509 in November 2015 (September 2015 – March 2016) Ford Foundation.
- Open Philanthropy Project:
- $4,000,000 in December 2016 over two years for the #CLOSErikers campaign Open Philanthropy.
- Additional $40,000 in July 2016 for general support Open Philanthropy.
- MacKenzie Scott’s “Yield Giving” facilitated $1,000,000 grants—but to JLUSA alumni-led organizations, not directly to JLUSA itself:
- Women on the Rise Georgia (2022 Leading with Conviction grad) received $1M.
- National Religious Campaign Against Torture (Johnny Perez, 2017 LwC grad) received $1M JustLeadershipUSA.
No official “financial advisory board” exists for NARSOL, but don’t let that fool you—the left loves to operate in the shadows. Enter Glenn E. Martin (@glennEmartin), not “Glenn Marshall,” a mix-up born of sloppy rumors.
Open Society Foundations: Soros’s Globalist Goldmine1. GEMtrainers, LLC
- Founded in April 2018 by Glenn E. Martin as a social justice consultancy focused on nonprofits — providing fundraising, organizational development, branding, and campaign strategy services Wikipedia
2. #CLOSErikers (Campaign to Close Rikers Island)
- This campaign was initiated under JLUSA’s umbrella. Funding sources include the Open Philanthropy Project grant of $4,000,000 in 2016 Open Philanthropy.
- Additional donors overlapped with JLUSA’s general support funders.
Other Advisory Council Members (Excluding Glenn E. Martin)
Professor Ira Ellman: Distinguished Affiliated Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Law and Society; faculty at the Berkeley Center for Child and Youth Policy. Expertise in sex crime statistics, policy, and legal analysis (e.g., critiquing Supreme Court decisions on recidivism myths). Dr. Alissa Ackerman: Professor of criminal justice at California State University, Fullerton; co-founder of Ampersands Restorative Justice. Over 15 years studying sexual abuse policies, restorative justice, and healing approaches; author of books like Healing from Sexual Violence. Dr. Fred Berlin: Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; director of the National Institute for the Study, Prevention and Treatment of Sexual Trauma (a U.S. Department of Justice resource) and the Johns Hopkins Sex and Gender Clinic. Extensive publications on
