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Posted on 10/01/2009 3:01:14 PM PDT by Drango
October 1, 2009
ACORN, the troubled anti-poverty group, is fighting to survive in the aftermath of an undercover video scandal. Its government funding is threatened, and so is the money it receives from foundations and other donors.
ACORN is fighting back, but that is also draining resources.
ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis earlier this week made a simple plea in a letter to donors: "We need your help to survive."
Lewis said in an interview that she thinks her 40-year-old organization will survive, but she's worried about what fighting the charges that ACORN is a corrupt organization will do to resources for its other programs — such as helping low- and moderate-income people fight home foreclosures.
"And so we need different funding, some extra funding, in order to fight back," Lewis says. "Because, you know, they try to bury you with paper and answering one inquiry after another."
And the inquiries are mounting. Lawmakers have asked the Government Accountability Office, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service — just to name a few — to investigate ACORN. That's after undercover videos showed some of its workers advising a couple posing as a pimp and a prostitute on how to evade the law. ACORN has fired the workers and says it's cleaning up its act, but support continues to erode.
Several major funders told NPR that they've ended or are reassessing their ties with ACORN and its affiliates. The Ford Foundation gave almost $2 million in recent years, but says it has suspended ACORN funding because of concerns about inadequate financial controls.
The Marguerite Casey Foundation gave ACORN more than $4 million from 2003 to 2007. But spokeswoman Kathleen Baca says the grants are not being renewed, even though the foundation thinks ACORN has done some outstanding work for the poor.
"Part of our funding criteria is fiscal responsibility and a strong management structure. At this time, there are too many questions surrounding the management of ACORN and its finances for us to fund them," Baca says.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Bank of America and JPMorgan also say they've ceased making grants to ACORN and its affiliates.
But at least one foundation is bucking the tide.
The California Endowment says it's on the verge of approving a new $500,000 grant to ACORN to help low-income families access health care and other benefits.
"We feel pretty solid in our relationship with them, for one really specific reason — which is the standards that we've held all of our grantees to, ACORN has met," says Robert Phillips, the endowment's director of health and human services.
But it's unclear whether that will be enough.
Congress is also trying to stop millions of dollars in federal grants from going to ACORN and its affiliates — although that effort has run into its own set of problems. The Senate has approved a measure that specifically targets ACORN, which the Congressional Research Service says could violate the Constitution's prohibition against bills of attainder. The House has approved a broader ban, one that could have an unintended effect: It could block funding for many groups other than ACORN.
The House bill would prohibit funds for any organization that "has filed a fraudulent form with any federal or state regulatory agency." Danielle Brian, executive director of the watchdog group Project on Government Oversight, says that means the ban could affect just about every major defense contractor in the nation.
"In some weird way, we think this could be fabulous, because they're all suddenly going to be swept into serious accountability, which is what we've been trying for years to accomplish," Brian says.
Brian says she thinks many of these defense contractors have done a lot worse than ACORN has. Still, it's ACORN that's on the chopping block right now.
ACORN hopes an independent review of its operations — to be completed this month — will be the first step in winning back some crucial support.
Casey believes that ACORN Housing Corporation has used the grants appropriately and has done good work by effectively counseling victims and potential victims of predatory lending and refinancing practices. The Casey Foundation ceased its grant making to ACORN in early 2009.
- The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Until we are satisfied that all issues have been resolved, we are suspending current commitments to ACORN Housing and will not enter into any further agreements with ACORN or any of its affiliates.
- Bank of America
Neither [ACORN’s] American Institute for Social Justice nor any of its affiliates are current grantees of the Mott Foundation. At this time, we do not have plans for future support to these organizations.
- C.S. Mott Foundation
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“ACORN, the troubled anti-poverty group...”
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My behind.
“ACORN, the well-funded racist, election-stealing, criminal,Democrat political-operative outfit.....”
I look for ACORN and its staff to emerge under another name when the heat dies down.
these sorry groups are what has held neighborhoods back for decades...
Sick perverts...
Why do they care about donations when taxpayers gave them 4.8 billion bucks recently.
“ACORN, the well-funded racist, election-stealing, criminal,Democrat political-operative outfit.....”
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Exactly — they can run, but they cannot hide.
Polanski and all of his insufferable Hollywood pervert-supporters could easily return ACORN to solvency. Yeah, Harrison Ford, I'm calling YOU a child-rapist-by-proxy!
Board of Directors for The California Endowment
http://www.calendow.org/Article.aspx?id=138
Daniel Boggan
Chair of the Board
Biography
Retired, Senior Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Alameda County
Tessie Guillermo
Vice Chair of the Board
Biography
President and Chief Executive Officer
ZeroDivide
San Francisco County
Robert K. Ross, M.D.
Biography
President and CEO
The California Endowment
Los Angeles County
Susan V. Berresford
Biography
Past President
Ford Foundation
Humboldt County
John E. Bryson
Biography
Chairman, President and CEO
Edison International
Los Angeles County
Jesse Casso Jr.
Biography
Casmar Capital Partners
Los Angeles County
Arthur Chen, M.D.
Biography
Chief Medical Officer
Alameda Alliance for Health
Alameda County
Stephen DeBerry
Biography
Chief Investment Officer
Kapor Capital
San Mateo County
Dean Germano
Biography
Chief Executive Officer
Shasta Community Health
Center
Shasta County
James Lewis Kyle II, M.D.
Biography
Vice President, Medical Affairs
St. Mary Medical Center
San Bernardino County
Maurice Lim Miller
Biography
Founder
The Family Independence Initiative
Alameda County
Hugo Morales
Biography
Founder and Executive Director
Radio Bilingue, Inc.
Fresno County
Rita Scardaci
Biography
Director
Sonoma County Department of Health Services
Sonoma County
Cynthia Ann Telles, Ph.D.
Biography
Director of the Spanish-Speaking Psychosocial Clinic of the Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital at the
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles County
Fernando M. Torres-Gil, Ph.D.
Biography
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
UCLA School of Public Affairs Faculty, Public Policy and Social Welfare
Los Angeles County
Maria Tripp
Biography
Board Chair
United Indian Health Services, Inc.
Humboldt County
Winnie O. Willis, Sc.D.
Biography
Professor Emeritus
San Diego State University
School of Public Health
San Diego County
Time to drip, drip, drop some more videos. Choke them totally off.
ACORN, the troubled anti-poverty group
Yeah acorn is anti-poverty. Just anti poverty for themselves as they try to seperate hard working Americans from their money and tax dollars to fill their own pockets...
The California Endowment
1000 North Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Tel: (800) 449-4149
What’s that? An 800#.....OK I’ll give ‘em a call
Dear Bertha Lewis, we don’t want you to survive.... eat cake.
“anti-poverty” organization?? my rear end!
LOL. Marked. Maybe I’ll make a ‘concerned’ call too. ;^)
Drain the Swamp!!!
wow
ACORN - how the Left spells RICO.
ACORN has more than three hundred front groups identified by Rep. Issa’s committee, so they will continue to rake monies in and funnel them through Wade and Dale ...
>The Marguerite Casey Foundation gave ACORN more than $4 million from 2003 to 2007....the foundation thinks ACORN has done some outstanding work for the poor.
Yeah, they made them and us poorer with their shady deals allowing people to get mortgages way over their heads. Idiots.
>NPR wrote this (seriously) The United Way is also one of ACORN’s biggest funders.
When I boycotted UW for their Boy Scout crap long ago...I just wish I could do more to boycott them.
The local United Way has a commercial running, and they say toward the end, Yes We Can. They are done in my book.
Good job. I think many should call them.
“Anti-poverty” group
Repeat a lie often enough, it soon becomes fact.
You poor thing.
Who “endowed” the California Endowment? How does it get its money?
I thought I read somewhere today that CA AG Brown was starting an investigation of ACORN.
Other programs? ...you mean programs other than voter fraud and child prostitution?
Thanks. I pulled the cord on my United Way donations decades ago.
Isn’t that NPU, not NPR?
| 01/10/02 |
Los Angeles ACORN | Welfare Advocacy for Child Care Providers | $248,200.00 | ||
| 03/11/03 |
Acorn Community Enterprises | Rural Shasta Health Care Employment Initiative-Planning/Design Phase | $50,000.00 | ||
| 03/11/03 |
San Diego ACORN | Encanto Canyon Clean-Up Project | $50,000.00 | ||
| 03/11/03 |
San Jose ACORN | Healthy Homes Project | $50,000.00 | ||
| 11/02/04 |
Contra Costa County ACORN | Richmond Health and Safety Campaign | $50,000.00 | ||
| 11/02/04 |
San Francisco ACORN | Health Access Capacity-Building Project | $43,737.00 | ||
| 11/07/05 |
Oakland ACORN | Campaign for a Mold Free Oakland | $40,000.00 | ||
| 03/29/06 |
Los Angeles ACORN | Environmental Contamination Organizing Project | $15,000.00 | ||
| 01/18/07 |
San Mateo County ACORN | Health Access Project | $105,222.00 | ||
| 06/19/07 |
California ACORN | Healthy Communities Project | $200,000.00 | ||
| 12/01/07 |
Los Angeles ACORN | Healthy Neighborhood Organizing Campaign | $152,992.00 | ||
| 12/01/07 |
San Francisco ACORN | Southeast Community Empowerment Project | $160,000.00 | ||
| 12/20/07 |
Oakland ACORN | Campaign for a Safe and Healthy Oakland | $100,320.00 | ||
Hopefully the over 300 affiliated groups stop getting money too.....
The following 361 entities compose the ACORN COUNCIL
1. Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (“ACORN”)
2. ACORN National Office: Brooklyn, NY
3. ACORN Bronx, NY
4. ACORN Brooklyn, NY
5. ACORN Buffalo, NY
6. ACORN Hempstead, NY
7. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Brooklyn, NY
8. PROJECT VOTE Brooklyn, NY
9. MHANY Brooklyn, NY
10. ACORN National Office: Washington, D.C.
11. ACORN Washington, DC
12. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Washington, DC
13. ACORN Political 1334 G St, NW Suite B Washington, DC 20005
14. AISJ Washington, DC
15. ACORN National Office: Little Rock, AR
16. ACORN Pine Bluff, AR
17. ACORN Housing Corporation Little Rock, AR
18. ACHC Little Rock, AR
19. ANP Little Rock, AR
20. PROJECT VOTE Little Rock, AR
21. KABF Little Rock, AR
22. SEIU LOCAL 100 Little Rock, AR 72206
23. ACORN National Office: Phoenix, AZ
24. ACORN Glendale, AZ
25. ACORN Mesa, AZ
26. ACORN Tucson, AZ
27. ACORN Housing Corporation Phoenix, AZ
28. ACORN National Office: Dallas, TX
29. ACORN Arlington, TX
30. ACORN Dallas, TX
31. ACORN El Paso, TX
32. ACORN Ft. Worth, TX
33. ACORN Houston, TX
34. ACORN Irving, TX
35. ACORN San Antonio, TX
36. ACORN Research Dallas, TX
37. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Dallas, TX
38. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Houston, TX
39. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION San Antonio, TX
40. AGAPE Dallas, TX
41. SEIU LOCAL 100 Corpus Christi, TX
42. SEIU LOCAL 100 Dallas, TX
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43. SEIU LOCAL 100 Houston, TX
44. SEIU LOCAL 100 San Antonio, TX
45. ACORN National Office: Boston, MA
46. ACORN Boston, MA
47. ACORN Brockton, MA
48. ACORN Springfield, MA
49. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Boston, MA
50. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Springfield, MA
51. ACORN National Office: New Orleans, LA
52. ACORN Baton Rouge, LA
53. ACORN Lake Charles, LA
54. ACORN New Orleans, LA
55. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION New Orleans, LA
56. Louisiana ACORN Fair Housing Organization New Orleans, LA
57. ALERT New Orleans, LA
58. AISJ New Orleans, LA
59. SEIU LOCAL 100 Baton Rouge, LA
60. SEIU LOCAL 100 Lake Charles, LA
61. SEIU LOCAL 100 New Orleans, LA
62. SEIU LOCAL 100 Shreveport, LA
63. HOTROC New Orleans, LA
64. ACORN Bay Point, CA
65. ACORN Fresno, CA
66. ACORN Los Angeles, CA
67. ACORN Oakland, CA
68. ACORN Sacramento, CA
69. ACORN San Bernardino, CA
70. ACORN San Diego, CA
71. ACORN San Francisco, CA
72. ACORN San Jose, CA
73. ACORN Santa Ana, CA
74. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Fresno, CA
75. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Los Angeles, CA
76. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Oakland, CA
77. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Sacramento, CA
78. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION San Diego, CA
79. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION San Jose, CA
80. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Santa Ana, CA
81. ACORN Aurora, CO
82. ACORN Denver, CO
83. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Denver, CO
84. ACORN Bridgeport, CT
85. ACORN Hartford, CT
86. ACORN Waterbury, CT
87. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Bridgeport, CT
88. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION New Haven, CT
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89. ACORN 408 East 8th St. Wilmington, DE
90. ACORN Ft. Lauderdale, FL
91. ACORN Hialeah, FL
92. ACORN Jacksonville, FL
93. ACORN Lake Worth, FL
94. ACORN Miami, FL
95. ACORN Orlando, FL
96. ACORN St. Petersburg, FL
97. ACORN c/o the Progressive Center Tallahassee, FL
98. ACORN Tampa, FL
99. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Miami, FL
100. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Orlando, FL
101. Floridians For All Miami, FL
102. ACORN Atlanta, GA
103. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Atlanta, GA
104. ACORN Honolulu, HI
105. ACORN Chicago, IL
106. ACORN Springfield, IL
107. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Chicago, IL
108. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION of IL
109. SEIU LOCAL 880 Chicago, IL
110. SEIU LOCAL 880 East St. Louis, IL
111. SEIU LOCAL 880 Harvey, IL
112. SEIU LOCAL 880 Peoria, IL
113. SEIU LOCAL 880 Rock Island, IL
114. SEIU LOCAL 880 Springfield, IL
115. ACORN Indianapolis, IN
116. ACORN IA
117. Peace and Social Justice Center of South Central Kansas Wichita, KS
118. ACORN Louisville, KY
119. ACORN Baltimore, MD
120. ACORN Hyattsville, MD
121. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Baltimore, MD
122. ACORN Detroit, MI
123. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Detroit, MI
124. Edison Neighborhood Center Kalamazoo, MI
125. ACORN St. Paul, MN
126. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION St. Paul, MN
127. ACORN Financial Justice Center St. Paul, MN
128. ACORN Kansas City, MO
129. ACORN St. Louis, MO
130. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Kansas City, MO
131. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION St. Louis, MO
132. SEIU LOCAL 880 East St. Louis, MO
133. SEIU LOCAL 880 St. Louis, MO
134. ACORN Jersey City, NJ
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135. ACORN Newark, NJ
136. ACORN Paterson, NJ
137. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Jersey City, NJ
138. ACORN Albuquerque, NM
139. ACORN Las Cruces, NM
140. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Albuquerque, NM
141. ACORN Charlotte, NC
142. ACORN Cincinnati, OH
143. ACORN Cleveland, OH
144. ACORN Columbus, OH
145. ACORN Toledo, OH
146. Lagrange Village Council Toledo, OH
147. ACORN Portland, OR
148. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Portland, OR
149. ACORN Allentown, PA
150. ACORN Harrisburg, PA
151. ACORN Philadelphia, PA
152. ACORN Pittsburgh, PA
153. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Philadelphia, PA
154. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Philadelphia, PA
155. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Pittsburgh, PA
156. ACORN Providence, RI
157. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Providence, RI
158. ACORN Memphis, TN 38104
159. ACORN Norfolk, VA
160. ACORN Richmond, VA
161. ACORN Burien, WA
162. ACORN Milwaukee, WI
163. ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION Milwaukee, WI
164. ACORN Beverly, L.L.C.
165. ACORN Center for Housing, Inc.
166. Arkansas Community Housing Corporation
167. ACORN Community Land Association, Inc.
168. ACORN Community Land Association Albuquerque NM
169. ACORN Community Land Association of Louisiana Baltimore MD
170. ACORN Community Land Association of Louisiana New Orleans LA
171. ACORN Community Land Association of Pennsylvania, Inc.
172. ACORN Community Land Association of IL.
173. ACORN Community Labor Organizing Center, Inc.
174. ACORN Fair Housing, A Project Of American Institute Washington DC
175. Arkansas ACORN Fair Housing, Inc.
176. New Mexico ACORN Fair Housing Albuquerque NM
177. ACORN Fair Housing Washington DC
178. ACORN Housing 1 Associates, LP (limited partnership)
179. ACORN Housing 2 Associates, LP (limited partnership)
180. ACORN Housing 2, Inc.
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181. ACORN Housing Affordable Loans, LLC
182. ACORN Housing Corporation, Inc.
183. Desert Rose Homes, L.L.C.
184. Franklin ACORN Housing, Inc.
185. Mott Haven ACORN Housing Development Fund
186. Mutual Housing Association of New York, Inc.
187. New Orleans Community Housing Organization, Inc.
188. ACORN Community Land Association of Illinois
189. Massachusetts ACORN Housing Corporation
190. Broad Street Corporation
191. Elysian Fields Corporation
192. ACORN 2004 Housing Development Fund Corporation
193. ACORN 2005 Housing Development FUND CORPORATION
194. ACORN Dumont-Snediker Housing Development Fund Corporation
195. Dumont Avenue Housing Development Fund
196. Elysian Fields Partnership
197. Fifteenth Street Corporation
198. New York ACORN Housing Company Inc
199. Development Fund Corporation
200. New York Organizing and Support Center, Inc
201. Baltimore Organizing and Support Center, Inc.
202. Chicago Organizing and Support Center, Inc.
203. Houston Organizing and Support Center, Inc.
204. 5301 McDougall Corporation
205. New Mexico Organizing and Support Center, Inc.
206. New York Organizing and Support Center, Inc.
207. Phoenix Organizing and Support Center, Inc.
208. 385 Palmetto Street Housing Development Fund Corporation
209. Sixth Avenue Corporation
210. 4415 San Jacinto Street Corporation
211. St. Louis Organizing and Support Center, Inc.
212. St. Louis Tax Reform Group, Inc.
213. Greenwell Springs Corporation
214. Austin Organizing and Support Center, Inc.
215. Boston Organizing and Support Center, Inc.
216. American Home Day Care Workers Association, Inc.
217. American Workers Association
218. Baton Rouge Association of School Employees, Inc.
219. Hospitality Hotel and Restaurant Organizing Council
220. Illinois Home Child Care Workers Association, Inc.
221. Labor Link, Inc.
222. Labor Neighbor Research and Training Center, Inc.
223. Missouri Home Child Care Workers Association, Inc.
224. Middle South Home Day Care Workers Association, Inc.
225. Wal-Mart Alliance for Reform Now, Inc.
226. Wal-Mart Association for Reform Now
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227. Working Families Association, Inc.
228. Wal-Mart Workers Association, Inc.
229. People Organizing Workfare Workers/ACORN/CWA, Inc.
Workers/ACORN/CWA, Inc.
230. Texas United City-County Employees, Inc.
231. Texas United School Employees, Inc.
232. United Labor Foundation of Greater New Orleans, Inc.
233. United Security Workers of America
234. Orleans Criminal Sheriffs
235. SEIU Local 100
236. SEIU Local 880
237. Arkansas Broadcasting Foundation, Inc.
238. Agape Broadcasting Foundation, Inc.
239. Affiliated Media Foundation Movement, Inc.
240. Allied Media Projects, Inc.
241. ACORN National Broadcasting Network, Inc.
242. Alabama Radio Movement, Inc. (Dissolved)
243. ACORN Television in Action for Communities, Inc.
244. California Community Television Network
245. Flagstaff Broadcasting Foundation, Inc.
246. Iowa ACORN Broadcasting Corporation
247. Maricopa Community Television Project, Inc.
248. Montana Radio Network, Inc.
249. Radio New Mexico, Inc.
250. Shreveport Community Television, Inc.
251. Crescent City Broadcasting Corporation
252. KABF Radio
253. KNON Radio
254. ACORN Institute, Inc.
255. ACORN Institute Inc. Washington DC
256. ACORN Institute Dallas TX
257. ACORN Institute Inc. New Orleans LA
258. American Institute for Social Justice, Inc.
259. Association for Rights of Citizens, Inc.
260. New York Agency for Community Affairs, Inc.
261. Pennsylvania Institute for Community Affairs, Inc.
262. Project Vote/Voting for America, Inc.
263. ACORN Tenant Union Training & Organizing Project, Inc.
264. ACORN Law for Education Representation & Training, Inc.
265. American Environmental Justice Project, Inc.
266. ACORN International, Inc.
267. Environmental Justice Training Project, Inc.
268. Movement for Economic Justice, Education & Training Center, Inc.
269. Missouri Tax Justice Research Project, Inc.
270. ACORN Beneficial Association, Inc.
271. ACORN Canada
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272. ACORN Children’s Beneficial Association, Inc.
273. ACORN Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage, Inc.
274. ACORN Cultural Trust, Inc.
275. ACORN Dual Language Community Academy
276. ACORN Fund, Inc.
277. ACORN Foster Parents, Inc.
278. ACORN Institute Canada
279. ACORN Political Action Committee, Inc.
280. ACORN Tenants’ Union, Inc.
281. Community Training for Environmental Justice, Inc.
282. Connecticut Working Families
283. Democracy for America
284. Hammurabi Fund, Inc.
285. McLellan Multi-Family Corporation
286. Metro Technical Institute, Inc.
287. New Party National Committee, Inc.
288. Volunteers for America, Inc.
289. Volunteers for California, Inc.
290. Volunteers for Missouri, Inc.
291. ACORN Management Corporation
292. Associated Regional Maintenance Systems
293. ACORN Associates, Inc.
294. ACORN Associates Inc. Albuquerque NM
295. ACORN Campaign Services, Inc.
296. ACORN Services, Inc.
297. Citizens Consulting, Inc.
298. Chief Organizer Fund, Inc.
299. Citizens Services, Inc.
300. People’s Equipment Resource Corporation, Inc.
301. National Center for Jobs & Justice
302. Service Workers Action Team
303. Living Wage Resource Center
304. American Home Childcare Providers Association
305. Association for the Rights of Citizens Inc
306. California Community Network
307. Child Care Providers for Action Franklin
308. Citizens Action Research Project
309. Citizens Campaign for Work, Living Wage & Labor Peace
310. Citizens for Future Progress
311. Citizens Campaign for Finance Reform
312. Floridians for All PAC
313. Greenville Community Charter School Inc
314. Student Minimum Wage Action Campaign
315. Site Fighters
316. Social Policy
317. Southern Training Center
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318. ACORN Votes
319. Communities Voting Together
320. Arkansas ACORN Political Action Committee
321. Arkansas New Party
322. California APAC
323. Citizens for April Troope
324. Colorado Organizing and Support Center, Inc.
325. Citizens Campaign for Fair Work
326. Citizens Services Society, Inc.
327. Clean Government APAC
328. Community Voices Together
329. Community Real Estate Processing, Inc.
330. Council Beneficial Association
331. Council Health Plan
332. Desert Rose Homeowners’ Association
333. District of Columbia APAC
334. Friends of Wendy Foy
335. Illinois APAC
336. Illinois New Party
337. Institute for Worker Education
338. Jefferson Area Public Employees
339. Jefferson Area School Employees
340. Local 100 Health & Welfare Fund
341. Local 100 Political Action Committee
342. Local 100 Retirement Fund
343. Local 880 PAC
344. Local 880 Political PAC
345. Louisiana APAC
346. Maryland APAC
347. Massachusetts APAC
348. Missouri APAC
349. Mutual Housing Association of New York Neighborhood Restore
350. Neighbors for Arthelia Ray
351. Neighbors for Maria Torres
352. Neighbors for Ted Thomas
353. New Mexico APAC
354. New Orleans Campaign for Living Wage Committee
355. New York APAC
356. Oregon APAC
357. Orleans Criminal Sheriffs Workers Organization, Inc.
358. Pennsylvania APAC
359. Progressive Houston
360. Progressive St. Louis
361. Rhode Island APAC
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The California Endowment is a private, statewide health foundation that was created in 1996 as a result of Blue Cross of California’s creation of WellPoint Health Networks, a for-profit corporation. This conversion set the groundwork for our mission
“troubled anti-poverty group”
Dear NPR,
Shove it.
Sincerely,
We’ve all had enough of your cr**.
Show me the people who are STILL donating to ACORN!
LOL!.....I have some time.
RICO is the answer to ACORN’s problems. The answer and the end.
What says “I care about you” more than a brothel in your neighborhood?
ACORN will probably change their name, lay low for about a year, then launch a big marketing campaign and start over. America BEWARE!
Big surprise.
I wonder which shadow orgs behind ACORN are receiving those funds now.
I also bet there is not one of their top people who personally is making personal donations to help the poor. They just leave it to the taxpayers, and our money. Like the Obamas whose charitable contributions were practically nil considering their earnings over the past years. These people are good at making others give, but do little themselves. I would love to see the report on this.
When Brown ran for mayor of Oakland he did not have the support of ACORN. The leadership was split. He undoubtedly remembers that.
I see New Party there...
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