Nekima Levy Armstrong — a vocal civil‑rights lawyer and activist who helped spearhead last weekend’s disruption of a church service in St. Paul to protest federal immigration enforcement — received more than $1 million in compensation during her tenure leading a Minneapolis‑area nonprofit.
Armstrong, identified on her professional site as a “scholar‑activist,” was one of the organizers of the protest at Cities Church in St. Paul where demonstrators interrupted worship, claiming one of the pastors was connected to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
According to publicly available IRS filings for the Wayfinder Foundation, where Armstrong served as executive director from 2019 through 2024, she received total compensation of roughly $936,000 over six years, plus about $201,000 in benefits and deferred compensation. During that same period, the foundation awarded about $700,000 in community grants — far less than the cumulative compensation paid to its leader.
In 2024 alone, tax records show Wayfinder awarded just $158,811 in grants — while Armstrong’s salary that year topped $215,000, with another $40,000 in benefits. Similar patterns appear in earlier filings: in 2023 she earned more than $170,000 even as the nonprofit’s grantmaking remained limited.
Financial disclosures also show Wayfinder took in more than $5.2 million in revenue over Armstrong’s six years at the helm, including major donations from the Walton Family Foundation. The organization’s archived materials describe its mission as investing in “activists, organizers, and change agents” focused on systemic change.
In addition to her role with the nonprofit, Armstrong has been involved in broader left‑wing activism, including boycotts targeting corporate diversity policy changes.
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