Posted on 10/11/2008 3:32:10 PM PDT by BigDaddyTX
From ACORN's web site: http://www.acorn.org/index.php?id=12342
ACORN is a non-profit, non-partisan social justice organization with national headquarters in New York, New Orleans and Washington, D.C. To maintain independence, ACORN does not accept government funding and is not tax exempt.
From House/Senate bill and laws search: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c110:5:./temp/~c1109ELV8i:e647497:
H.R.3221
Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate) SEC. 2401. HOUSING COUNSELING RESOURCES.
There are appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2008, for an additional amount for the `Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation—Payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation’ $100,000,000, to remain available until December 31, 2008, for foreclosure mitigation activities under the terms and conditions contained in the second undesignated paragraph (beginning with the phrase `For an additional amount’) under the heading `Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation—Payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation’ of Public Law 110-161.
From Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation web site:
Check out their Grantees!!!!! http://www.nw.org/network/nfmcp/documents/AwardeesbyGrantAmount-FINALforwebstie.pdf
Whois on ACORN.org http://whois.domaintools.com/acorn.org
Domain ID:D907935-LROR Domain Name:ACORN.ORG Created On:08-Dec-1994 05:00:00 UTC Last Updated On:08-Mar-2007 17:10:08 UTC Expiration Date:07-Dec-2010 05:00:00 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:eNom, Inc. (R39-LROR) Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED Registrant ID:UA194-BR Registrant Name:unknown ACORN Registrant Organization:ACORN Registrant Street1:1024 Elysian Fields Avenue Registrant Street2: Registrant Street3: Registrant City:New Orleans Registrant State/Province:LA Registrant Postal Code:70117 Registrant Country:US Registrant Phone:+1.5049435954 Registrant Phone Ext.: Registrant FAX: Registrant FAX Ext.: Registrant Email: ccidirector@acorn.org
Whois on ACORNHousing.org http://whois.domaintools.com/acornhousing.org
Related Sites: acorn.org, iwfr.org, hud.gov, housing.org, credit.org, cccsoc.org, cccs.net, bydesignsolutions.org, azlawhelp.org, livingwagecampaign.org
Domain ID:D21187522-LROR Domain Name:ACORNHOUSING.ORG Created On:02-Mar-2000 22:27:49 UTC Last Updated On:03-Mar-2008 01:21:30 UTC Expiration Date:02-Mar-2009 22:27:49 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:eNom, Inc. (R39-LROR) Status:OK Registrant ID:DR241-BR Registrant Name:Dale Rathke Registrant Organization:Citizens Consulting, Inc. Registrant Street1:1024 Elysian Fields Ave Registrant Street2: Registrant Street3: Registrant City:New Orleans Registrant State/Province:Louisiana Registrant Postal Code:70117 Registrant Country:US Registrant Phone:+1.5049435954 Registrant Phone Ext.: Registrant FAX: Registrant FAX Ext.: Registrant Email: ccidirector@acorn.org
I call BS!
http://www.acorn.org/index.php?id=12342 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c110:5:./temp/~c1109ELV8i:e647497:
http://www.nw.org/network/nfmcp/documents/AwardeesbyGrantAmount-FINALforwebstie.pdf
http://whois.domaintools.com/acorn.org
http://whois.domaintools.com/acornhousing.org
True. It extorts it.
So is the Political BS station.
What a bunch of liars — they go well with Obama.
They may not accept it directly under that name, but it certainly goes to all their myriad off-shoots and local corporations.
ACORN must think Obama is going to win to tell this whopper.
Okay. Who can point me in the right direction to verify this? If this is the case they they don’t, count me as being misinformed here. I feel better knowing my tax dollars don’t go to ACORN, but I have heard too many people say it does.
Anyone have any links to verify this?
BigDaddyTX, your links (Particularly the one at http://www.nw.org/network/nfmcp/documents/AwardeesbyGrantAmount-FINALforwebstie.pdf ) seem to contradict them...
Thanks for posting it. Will investigate later...
So you are sending that information to someplace where it will do some good I hope?
Looks like grounds for a class action suit on behalf of American voters.
It’s wven worse than this, in the fannie and freddie deal they get 4.5 points on each deal.
Congressman Billybob
The Declaration, the Constitution, parts of the Federalist, and America's Owner's Manual, here.
Bet they don't like government investigation much either.
OBAMA CAUGHT SAYING ACORN AND FRIENDS WILL SHAPE HIS PRESIDENTIAL AGENDA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vJcVgJhNaU
Idiots who don’t think Americans are smart enough to check where Congress sends money—sadly they are right about the average American. It sickens me to even pay taxes that go to that group!
The Title of the thread was "ACORN does not accept government funding...".
I think they receive money, in the sense they direct who gets the mortgages, and they get a percent of the deal.
But technically they (ACORN) aren't receiving government funding.
Depends on the meaning of ....
So why were the Republicans calling for the Blocking Of taxpayer funds Yesterday about On Capitol Hill?
John / Billybob
Of course tehy accept it. How stupid do these criminals think we are?
I would be happy to join in a class action suit!
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