ORLANDO, Fla. – On Monday, Orlando city commissioners voted to move ahead with the construction of a permanent memorial to the 49 victims of the 2016 Pulse shooting.
The vote, along with the recent controversy over the state painting over the rainbow crosswalk near the Pulse site , has led to a question from many readers and viewers: What happened to all the money that was spent on the original Pulse memorial?
News 6 has covered this story from the beginning , and using previous reporting and tax filings for the now-dissolved organization that originally handled the project, we can break it down for you.
All of the tax documents can be viewed on Propublica’s Nonprofit Explorer.
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