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  • ACORN Donations Dwindle In Wake Of Videos (NPR)

    10/01/2009 3:01:14 PM PDT · by Drango · 56 replies · 4,065+ views
    NPR ^ | 10/1/09 | Pam Fessler
    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...