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I have a question. If they are not getting Federal funds, who is funding their nationwide operation ?
"Right now a woman named Bertha Louis is in charge, she's out of New York City. How does ACORN get money? Congressman John Boehner says ACORN affiliates in just eleven states have received, are you ready, more than $31 million in taxpayer money. At least $11 million last year alone.” Oh, well, right-wing Boehner, otherwise known as “Mr. No.” – a real credible Fair and Balanced source there. Getting a little tired of this, O'Reilly, doing all your research for you. But what is true – and unreported by O'Reilly – is that most of those funds went to ACORN Housing Corporation, an arm of ACORN that helps first-time home buyers and offers foreclosure prevention counseling. ACORN Housing is one of many HUD certified housing counselors eligible to receive funds from the housing bill signed into law by Bush in July 2008. I mean, while you're so busy quoting Boehner, you might have mentioned the fact of the HUD money that ACORN Housing Corporation received (and which Boehner strenuously objected to) . . . over $31 million, to be exact.
“Also, a variety of ACORN affiliates like the American Institute for Social Justice give money directly to the parent organization. Social Justice, for example, has given ACORN more than $7 million in grants. The far left SEIU, the service workers' union, pays ACORN on a regular basis. Recently ACORN mounted a campaign against Wal-Mart, the SEIU paid them $500,000 to do that.” Well, now there's a scoop, except the part about the half a mil. It's no secret that ACORN has had a long-standing relationship – since 1972, in fact – with the American Institute for Social Justice, and a relationship almost as long with Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Locals 100 and 880. Social Justice's function is grants management, and ACORN carries out the programs which Social Justice funds with grant money. The SEIU, in partnership with ACORN, has worked on many projects, including WARN (Wal-Mart Alliance for Reform Now), which is a program designed to encourage Wal-Mart to act more responsibly within its communities, including successful lobbying for wage increases for Wal-Mart employees. Other allied organizations with ACORN are listed on its website here.
http://www.examiner.com/x-7109-Chicago-Law-and-Politics-Examiner~y2009m5d24-ACORN-in-the-crosshairs--again----this-time-via-Bill-OReilly
But what exactly is ACORN? Actually, it’s many, many things. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now has dozens of affiliated entities, from a home-buying assistance corporation to community radio stations to liberal research and training institutes. The giant web of ACORN organizations, primarily based in Louisiana, has been funded by a mix of labor union money, government grants (which really drive conservatives crazy) and charitable contributions from large foundations. See below for a breakdown of funding sources.
Plus, Project Vote—the voter mobilization organization that works closely with and draws its leadership from ACORN—paid ACORN and an affiliate $5.4 million in 2006. But where does Project Vote get its money? Normally it’s hard to tell, but we obtained a 2006 tax return showing the nonprofit’s funders, including: $4.5 million from the charitable trust of the investment management firm Vanguard; $425,000 from the Bauman Family Foundation, which also gives to the League of Conservation Voters and People for the American Way; and $396,000 from the liberal phone company Working Assets.
Union Money
ACORN’s biggest union backer, the Service Employees International Union, gave more than $4 million to the community organization and its affiliates from 2006-07, according to Dept. of Labor filings. One SEIU local union, the Illinois Homecare Workers and Home Childcare Providers, sprouted from ACORN’s organizing efforts and pays rent to ACORN.
ACORN’s affiliates also pick up money from the Change to Win labor federation, the Food and Commercial Workers Union and the United Federation of Teachers, among others.
Government Grants
Much to the dismay of conservatives, the Department of Housing and Urban Development gave ACORN Housing Corp. $8.2 million from 2003 to 2006, according to USAspending.gov. ACORN Housing provides counseling, classes, and access to special loans to low-income homebuyers. HUD has given another $1.6 million to other ACORN affiliates since 2003.
The Environmental Protection Agency also chipped in, with $100,000 for ACORN’s Louisiana Environmental Justice Project in 2004, for a program to rid homes of lead. The Republican National Committee wants a federal probe of ACORN. But the Justice Department has liked ACORN enough to give a New York ACORN affiliate $138,000 in 2005, for a juvenile delinquency prevention program.
Foundations
The foundations that give to ACORN & Co. vary widely. There are some classically liberal ones: The Bauman Family Foundation gave $350,000 to ACORN’s American Institute for Social Justice. George Soros’ Open Society Institute gave $300,000 to that institute and $250,000 to ACORN proper. The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation gave the institute $1.8 million.
But some of the biggest donors are mainstream foundations of big corporations, according to data from the Foundation Center. The JPMorgan Chase Foundation gave $2.4 million to ACORN Housing and the Bank of America Charitable Foundation gave $1.4 million. Citigroup’s foundation gave $1.5 million to the social justice institute.
Other major donors include the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which gave $1.4 million for an education reform campaign. The Ford Foundation has given $1.3 million, including $257,000 this year for “public education and technical assistance to grassroots groups working to expand access to the Earned Income Tax Credit, living wage ordinances and paid sick days.” Foundations affiliated with the late founder of the United Parcel Service gave a combined $6.4 million.
Individuals
The 527 organization Fund for America was set up last year by top liberal donors and operatives to help fund pro-Democratic organizations this election season, but it ended up folding. The Fund, itself bankrolled by George Soros and others, gave $200,000 to ACORN.
ACORN has also had its own affiliated 527s. Communities Voting Together, for example, was founded to “educate and mobilize low income voters in key communities in key battleground states in the run-up to the 2004 presidential elections, focusing on Latino and African-American neighborhoods.” The group received $125,000 from film producer Jeanne Levy-Hinte; $100,000 from environmentalist donor John R. Hunting, whose wealth comes from the Steelcase office furniture company; $80,000 from the president of Working Assets, and $70,000 from Linda Pritzker of the Hyatt fortune.
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20081015_acorns_money_tree_has_many_branches/
Two sources... dunno how true they are
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