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Jennifer Siebel Newsom‘s gender-focused film nonprofit is burning through cash with revenues drying up — a potentially concerning pattern for the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who isreportedly the subject of a federal tax investigation.
Federal authorities have not publicly disclosedwhat prompted the probes into the Newsom and his spouse, which came to light last week, but a source with knowledge of the matter confirmed to The California Post thatinvestigators have been examining Siebel Newsom’s taxes.
An examination of the last five years of IRS filings for The Representation Project — the nonprofit Siebel Newsom founded to distribute her documentaries and promote gender equity initiatives — shows an organization increasingly dependent on donations while continuing to opaquely spend large sums of money to distribute Siebel Newsom’s films.
Tax experts contacted by The Post were befuddled on what to make of the expenses and salary the first partner receives for reportedly 40 hours a week of work.
“It’s very difficult to know how effectively the money is being spent,” said Gary Krausz, an audit partner atGursey Schneider LLPwho reviewed the filings for The Post.
“They could be paying [Siebel Newsom] $150K and she could be sitting onInstagramposting stories all day.”
Officials for the governor, Siebel Newsom and The Representation Project did not respond to requests for comment.
For the last fiscal year ending in March 2025, The Representation Project reported paying Siebel Newsom $161,250 as the nonprofit’s founder and chief creative officer. That was a raise from the $150,000 she received in prior years, according to the nonprofit’s Form 990 filings with the IRS.
The payments appear to have been directed to Girls Club Entertainment LLC, Siebel Newsom’s for-profit film company, which has a history offailing to file legally required paperwork in a timely manner.
Source: California Post – Breaking California News, Photos & Videos
