ACORN affiliate listed as federally approved charity

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | October 27, 2009 | Chelsea Schilling

[Man50D]

The federal government has listed an ACORN affiliate in its catalog of approved charities – allowing federal employees to set up payroll deductions and donate a portion of paychecks directly to the group.

The ACORN Institute, an affiliate of the national umbrella organization of ACORN, is featured in the Office of Personnel Management's 2009 CFC list of participating national and international organizations.

The government's annual workplace charity campaign allows federal employees to contribute to qualified charities with cash, checks or payroll deductions.

According to a Washington Post report, ACORN transferred millions of dollars in charitable contributions meant for the poor to arms of ACORN that have political and even profit-making missions in 2006. Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, released a report warning, charities "are being used to raise monies which are then funneled to other charities or to other organizations for purposes other than what the donor may have intended. . . . Dollars raised for charitable [purposes] appear to be used for impermissible lobbing and political activity."

Grassley asked that the ACORN Institute and other ACORN affiliates be taken off the list of approved charities.

[Venturer]

The tentacles of this outfit seem to reach into every scam there is. Cut one off, another grows.

[Thrownatbirth]

That means the ACORN Institute gets a cut of any undesignated donations, which I believe comprises the majority of all CFC contributions.

[Jet Jaguar]

ACORN Ping!

FReep mail me if you want on/off the list.

[RU88]

“The tentacles of this outfit seem to reach into every scam there is. Cut one off, another grows.”

La Cosa Nostra has got nothing on ACORN. They should be taken down with RICO statutes. The problem is while they may be criminals they're Zero's criminals who do his dirty work. Despite his denials he's up to his eyebrows with this scum. Holder will treat them with kid gloves for this reason.

[b4its2late]

They don’t friggin’ get it in DC, do they!?!

[wastoute]

What is worse is that the CFC can decide that even though you designated the NRA as the recipient of you donation since The Brady antigun group or the National Violence Policy Center or ACORN didn't get "enough" or "their share" or whatever, they can divert your donation to these other groups without your consent. I don't work for the Fed any more (thank God) but it makes more sense to me to give to the NRA directly. If they bug you to "make it "100%" for the unit, give a buck.

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[stephenjohnbanker]

They don’t care......there are a lot of electins coming up to “fix”