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Charles Martel Society

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Charles Martel Society
Named afterCharles Martel
Formation2001 (23 years ago) (2001)
FounderWilliam Regnery II
Typenonprofit
36-4397594
Legal status501(c)(3)
Purposecivil policy advocacy
Headquarters
President
James Edwards[a][1]
Chairman
James Edwards[b][1]
Key people
  • Martin Kenneth O'Toole
    former President
    former Chairman
    Trustee
  • Sam Dickson
    Trustee
Revenue (2019)
$78,662[c]
Expenses (2019)$100,296[c]

The Charles Martel Society is an American white nationalist organization that publishes The Occidental Quarterly, a prominent scientific racist publication formatted to look like a peer-reviewed journal. It also publishes the Occidental Observer, which the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) notes as a prominent online outlet for antisemitism.[2] The Society also runs the book-publishing house the Occidental Press.[3] The Society was founded in 2001 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.[4] It is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.[5] The ADL has also classified it as being white supremacist.[6]

History

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The Charles Martel Society was founded as a nonprofit organization in 2001 by William Regnery II, an heir to the Regnery Publishing fortune. The organization is named after Charles Martel, who successfully defended Francia against an army of Muslim invaders at the Battle of Tours.[5] It formed the basis for the National Policy Institute, which was founded by Regnery and some of his associates in 2005.[7]

Martin Kenneth O'Toole was both the president and chairman of the board of trustees from 2015 through 2021. [8] He has been succeeded in 2022 (as both president and chairman) by James Edwards.[8] [1] O'Toole remains as a trustee of the organization.

Notes

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  1. ^ Edwards became president in 2022
  2. ^ Edwards became chairman in 2022
  3. ^ a b IRS Form-990 yr2019

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Charles Martel Society - IRS Form-990 yr2022". ProPublica - Nonprofit Explorer. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  2. ^ "The Occidental Observer: Online Anti-Semitism's New Voice". Anti-Defamation League. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. ^ "William H. Regnery II". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Charles Martel Society". Nonprofit Explorer. ProPublica. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Occidental Quarterly". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  6. ^ "William Regnery | Center on Extremism". extremismterms.adl.org. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  7. ^ "He Spent Almost 20 Years Funding The Racist Right. It Finally Paid Off". BuzzFeed News. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Charles Martel Society - tax filings". ProPublica - Nonprofit Explorer. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
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