What a Tangled Web - The Gamaliel Foundation & the Obama Connection

In my two part blog postings about where all the money is going, I had run across the Gamaliel Foundation. Here is what I found:

"All human beings are created equal" ~GAMALIEL FOUNDATION
The Foundation is a huge proponent of Universal Health Care. They also list as one of their issues "Civil Rights of Immigrants" and "Racial Equality."

I haven't asked someone who is not the same "color" as I am, but seriously, what immigrants to this country are denied their civil rights? And I am beginning to wonder that the perpetual racial equality messages don't really do anything but stir up hatred! Because gosh, if we really have achieved equality, people like this won't have anything else to do.

Well, Brietbart.com is reporting more disturbing information about the President. There is video suggesting that people worshipped the man. God forgive them if they know not what they do.

The Foundation is very proud of their connection to the President of the United States:


At this point, it should surprise no one that the Gamaliel Foundation can be found in the non-profit data base Melissadata.com where it states in their "Type of Foundation" that "Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public". They claim assets of $1.7 million and an income of $3.4 million. That's right - your tax dollars at work!

1 Nonprofits match the name of gamaliel foundation
Organization Click for more information	City	State	IRS Subsection	Assets	Income
GAMALIEL FOUNDATION	CHICAGO	IL	03	$1,789,695	$3,486,659

When mapped, here's what this foundation supposedly looks like at 203 N WABASH AVE CHICAGO, IL 60601-2406

View Larger Map

I guess they aren't spending any of that $3.4 million on office improvement!

As I mentioned, Gamaliel is a huge proponent of Obama's health care plan. Right now, they are hiring:
Civil Rights of Immigrants National Field Coordinator

ISAIAH Organizer Position – GRIP St. Cloud

Organizer for WISDOM

I start to poke around these pages and I find www.Idealist.org. That one sounds familiar..At the top right corner, the site says: New! Government Agencies. The colors on the page look familiar, too.

On their welcome page, they say: "We're very happy to welcome government agencies to Idealist.org." I link to their Facebook page, and find an article about social media training. This leads me to "The Case Foundation" where they have their Big Ideas Listed. There, we find "The President's Council on Service and Civic Participation."

As chair of the Council since 2006, Jean Case has led the growth of the President’s Volunteer Service Award program, which has recognized more than 1.3 million people for their commitment to service.

In February 2008, the Council helped launch A Billion + Change, a three-year campaign to reinvigorate America’s workforce and generate $1 billion of skilled expertise to help nonprofits meet social and community needs.

Lo and behold, at the bottom of this page are the all too familiar logos:
Click on the "A Billion + Change" image and it goes straight to SERVE.GOV, as do the other three images.

...to be continued..........

SIGN THIS PETITION!

Sign this Petition Here

Petition for Redress of Grievances

View Cover Letter (Background Info)

To the United States Congress, United States Supreme Court and President of the United States: Whereas, the First Amendment guarantees our right to Petition for Redress of Grievances, and

Whereas, the Senators and Representatives, all executives and judicial officers of the United States are bound by oath or affirmation to support the Constitution, and

Whereas, the Ninth and Tenth Amendments provide that powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people, and

Whereas, the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees equal protection of the laws, and Whereas, Article 1 of the Constitution prohibits both the federal government and the states from passing either bills of attainder or ex post facto laws, and Whereas, the Supreme Court has insisted that "a Bill of Attainder may affect the life of an individual, or may confiscate his property, or may do both”, and

Whereas, “All laws which are repugnant to the constitution are null and void” (Marbury v Madison, 5 US (2Cranch) 137, 174, 176 (1803)) and,

Whereas, We the People, have been betrayed through treachery and breach of allegiance, by those entrusted with the responsibility to safe guard our liberty and the United States Constitution,

We the People, in seeking Redress of Grievances, as is our right under Amendment I of the United States Constitution, ask this question of each branch of Federal Government:

“Where in the Constitution do you find authorization for each and all of the following?”

1. The redistribution of property by force and subterfuge; and the unequal application of tax laws amounting to punitive action against certain groups of American People and providing favored status to other groups
2. A paper money system that is morally and economically equivalent to counterfeiting
3. Willful and purposeful devaluation and destruction of American currency
4. Deploying military to fight undeclared wars [Explanation]
5. Targeting and labeling law-abiding American citizens as domestic terrorists
6. Declarations that disagreeing with policy is unpatriotic or disloyal to our country
7. Intrusions into the privacy of law-abiding American citizens
8. Perpetual massive indebtedness to foreign countries
9. Infringement upon the rights of the People to keep and bear arms through oppressive regulation and taxation designed for the very purpose of infringement
10. Passing laws and taxes without deliberation and without reading the legislation; said action is tantamount to the American People not having any representation
11. Enacting ex post facto laws and Bills of Attainder
12. Granting Constitutional rights and privileges to illegal aliens and prisoners of war 13. Funding mercenary organizations that engage in voter fraud and paid harassment of law abiding American citizens 14. Maintaining and deploying armies in peace time on United States soil
15. Unprecedented and arbitrary federal power, through the United States Treasury, for government intervention into, control of, and confiscation of, private property, private industry including but not limited to banking, insurance, manufacturing, farming and other sectors of the private economy (current and proposed)
16. Requiring involuntary servitude or governmental service other than a draft during a declared war, or pursuant to, or as an alternative to, incarceration after due process of law (proposed) 17. Requiring involuntary servitude or governmental service of persons under the age of 18 other than pursuant to, or as an alternative to, incarceration after due process of law (proposed) 18. Acts regarding religion; further limitations on freedom of political speech; or further limitations on freedom of the press (proposed)

We the People of the United States of America, who cherish liberty, taking into our most serious consideration, the best means of assuring our continued constitutional rights of self governance, as our ancestors in like cases have done, for asserting and vindicating our rights and liberties, declare,

That the citizens of the Unites States of America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the United States Constitution, Supreme Court case law and the Federalist Papers, have the following Rights:

• We are entitled to life, liberty, and property, and we have never ceded to any sovereign power whatever, a right to dispose of these without our consent.
• The three branches of the United States government derive their just powers solely from the consent of the governed.
• We the people have the right and the obligation to alter or abolish any government that becomes destructive of the inalienable rights endowed by our Creator and rights codified in the United States Constitution.
• We have the right peaceably to assemble, consider our grievances, petition the three branches of the Federal Government; and that all prosecutions, prohibitory and proclamations, defamatory declarations, and commitments for the same, are illegal.
• We the People of the United States of America, do claim, demand, and insist on, as our indubitable rights and liberties that the federal government must be answerable and accountable to the people; which cannot be legally taken from us, altered or abridged by any power whatever, without our own consent, and said consent has never been given.

In the course of our inquiry, we find numerous infringements and violations of the foregoing rights; which demonstrate systemic corruption formed to subvert and destroy our constitutional republic and to enslave the American people.

We submit this Petition for Redress of Grievances in an ardent desire that precious liberty be restored to ourselves and preserved for future generations of Americans. This Petition for Redress of Grievances serves as notice and demand by the American People to the federal government, as our agent:

1) To cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of the constitutionally delegated powers;
2) To formally and publicly recognize the natural and Constitutional rights of the American People in a manner appropriate to each branch of government (resolution, proclamation, statement);
3) To answer, point by point the question contained herein;
4) To honor your oaths to support the Constitution or resign immediately from your positions.

SIGN OUR PETITION!!

When People Show You Who They Are, Believe Them

"When People Show You Who They Are, Believe Them" ~ Maya Angelou

"....then you shall know The Truth, and The Truth shall set you free..." ~Jesus Christ

Organizing for America: Where Have All the Dollars Gone?

Part II of my two-part crazy watchdog attempt at following the ACORN/US government trail. Part I is HERE

Charity begins in the home.....
or maybe also at MY CHURCH?!

What is with all the emphasis on ORGANIZING? (Well, technically many of us have been "organizing" in the form of 9-12 groups, tea parties, Constitution book clubs, etc. - but I CHOSE to do this.)

OK, here's my disclaimer right off the bat: I completely support helping out our fellow Americans. I support helping children all over the world. I donate a C-note to my church every month so that they distribute that money to SERVICE and missions they support, and I do this out of choice. And I almost never pass by a corner pan-handler without giving them at least a dollar, and I don't care where they spend it (see Hebrews 13:1-2*).

My "Black Helicopter" theory, supported by these relatively indisputable observations: Our economy is tanking. Unemployment is rising to almost 10%. Our President seems to be taking our country in the opposite direction he promised. Will we all be out of work and in a place that we have no choice but to go to work for these "volunteer organizations"? Are we destined to receive checks from the federal government? What does this do to free-enterprise? What does this do to private industry? What does this do to my husband's paycheck???

I think I have completed the loop in this crazy-goose chase I was on in Part 1 of this two-part blog entry. I have questions:

1. How many 501(c) non-profit groups are there in the United States?
2. How many of them receive funding from the Federal Government (OUR tax dollars)?
3. How many of them promote issues that we would never give permission to promote - not including abortion, because we just don't fund that, right?
4. What is a "Conflict of Interest" regarding federal politicians?

I am not an expert on Non-Profit Organizations by any means.
NonProfitExpert.com
states they are. It's a good site to refer to. I haven't researched it much, but I'm putting this blog post out there for people to read and run with whatever information they gather from Parts I and II of this entry.

In the 9 months the Obama Administration has been placing an incredible amount of emphasis on SERVICE by the American people. This concept is not new in terms of government endorsed civilian service. In fact, it is a little known fact that my grandfather, Glenn S. Callaghan, worked as a State Administrator of the National Youth Administration under Franklin Roosevelt (link to: "My Day" by Eleanor Roosevelt). But that was 1938. Things were different, and lessons from that history, I hope, were learned. Do we still need a National Youth Administration? Do we need CityYear.org? What is City Year?

• Full-Time Youth Service Corps

City Year’s signature program, the City Year youth service corps, unites 1,500 young people age 17-24 for a year of full-time community service, leadership development, and civic engagement. These young leaders come from diverse backgrounds and put their idealism to work by tutoring and mentoring school children, reclaiming public spaces, and organizing after-school programs, school vacation camps, and the Starfish Corps, Young Heroes, and City Heroes programs.

Why is this important? Well, because they are a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity supported by YOUR tax dollars. They have a ton of donors that give them cash too. And, they file a Form 990, which exempts them from income tax.

Now, one more clip to support my alarm in the situation:

"The Plan:" by Rham Emmanuel, White House Chief of Staff:
John Kennedy was right: A nation is defined not by what it does for its citizens but by what it asks of them. If your leaders aren't challenging you to do your part, they aren't doing theirs. We need a real Patriot Act that brings out the patriot in all of us by establishing for the first time an ethic of universal citizen service. All Americans between the ages of 18 and 25 should be asked to serve their country by going through three months of basic civil defense training and community service.

The Federal Government has a website called United We Serve (¡Ahora disponible en el idioma español en www.Servir.gov!). When you want to "volunteer" the website will take you to AmeriCorps. This site will take you to a page where you can hone right in on where you want to work! I'd like to go right to working with the kids. In fact, this site makes it really easy (REALLY EASY, but that's a different subject aside) to find a place to work with kids. So it takes me to CityYear.org, a 501(c) not for profit organization. I said that already. So, ok, let's go to the cool data base site that is Melissadata.com.

From www.Melissadata.com on City Year:

Organization Click for more information	City	State	IRS Subsection	Assets	Income
CITY YEAR INC	BOSTON	MA	03	$47,281,207	$60,730,294

Wow! That's good money!! The words "CITY YEAR INC" is a hyperlink that brings us here:

CITY YEAR INC
Address	287 COLUMBUS AVE BOSTON, MA 02116-5114 MapG MapY MapV
IRS Subsection	501(c)(3) - A religious, educational, charitable, scientific or literary organization.
Type of Foundation	Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public
Type of Organization	Corporation
Deductibility	Contributions are deductible
Tax I.D. Number	222882549
Exempt Since	05-1988
Form 990 Requirement	990 or 990EZ return
Last 990 Form Filed	06-2008
Form 990 Amount	$60,116,509
Activity #1	Community service organization
Classification	Unknown

See the box that says: "Type of Foundation: Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public"

Let's review some of the programs that Serve.gov takes us to. It's almost infinite the places you can serve!!
Including this one! 9/11DayOfService.org, complete with Stories of Survival and Loss. I feel guilty, I better serve soon, but I digress.

In Part I of my blog post I connected some dots with 9/11 Day of Service dot Org. One of the dots was the Center for Community Change.

Here they are on Melissadata:
Center For Community Change -

CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE	WASHINGTON	DC	03	$13,360,511	$12,460,128
FUND FOR THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE	WASHINGTON	DC	03	$9,772,430	$3,348,769

I have by the way checked all of these and addresses match those on the websites. What's funny though is if you go to the map hyperlink, the map points to the middle of a street or a tree. Maybe they're just out of date.

CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE
Address	1536 U ST NW WASHINGTON, DC 20009-3912 MapG MapY MapV
IRS Subsection	501(c)(3) - A religious, educational, charitable, scientific or literary organization.
Type of Foundation	Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public
Type of Organization	Corporation
Deductibility	Contributions are deductible
Tax I.D. Number	520888113
Exempt Since	12-1968
Form 990 Requirement	990 or 990EZ return
Last 990 Form Filed	09-2007
Form 990 Amount	$12,460,128
Activity #1	Scientific research (diseases)
Activity #2	Contact or sponsored scientific research for industry
Activity #3	Other activity aimed at combating community deterioration
Classification	Community Improvement, Capacity Building N.E.C.

FUND FOR THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE
Address	1536 U ST NW WASHINGTON, DC 20009-3912 MapG MapY MapV
IRS Subsection	501(c)(3) - A religious, educational, charitable, scientific or literary organization.
Type of Foundation	Organizations operated solely for the benefit of and in conjunction with organizations described in 10 through 16 above.
Type of Organization	Corporation
Deductibility	Contributions are deductible
Tax I.D. Number	521449690
Exempt Since	06-1986
Form 990 Requirement	990 or 990EZ return
Last 990 Form Filed	09-2007
Form 990 Amount	$700,157
Activity #1	Gifts, grants, or loans to other organizations
Classification	Single Organization Support

Ok, just one more, since it's kinda made the news lately:

93 Nonprofits match the name of acorn
Organization Click for more information	City	State	IRS Subsection	Assets	Income
ACORN 2004 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION	BROOKLYN	NY	03	$6,552,907	$251,780
ACORN 2005 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION	BROOKLYN	NY	03	$0	$0
ACORN A COMMUNITY ORGANIZED TO RESTORE NATURE	ROLLA	MO	03	$0	$0
ACORN A SCHOOL FOR YOUNG CHILDREN	SAN ANTONIO	TX	03	$1,677,754	$879,302
ACORN ACTIVE MEDIA FOUNDATION	URBANA	IL	03	$108,762	$89,037
ACORN ADOPTION AND FAMILY SERVICES INC	BURLINGTON	VT	03	$0	$0
ACORN ADOPTION INC	MANDEVILLE	LA	03	$114,718	$256,670
ACORN ALCINDA FOUNDATION INC	SOUTH WINDSOR	CT	03	$5,036,141	$5,733,464
ACORN ANGELS FOUNDATION	CUPERTINO	CA	03	$1,002	$1,201
ACORN AS MODEL A CLUB INC	CASTRO VALLEU	CA	07	$0	$0
ACORN ASSOCIATION	MAYS LANDING	NJ	07	$0	$0
ACORN CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL	PRESCOTT VLY	AZ	03	$14,548	$232,051
ACORN CHURCH OF GOD INC	GLOVER	MO	03	$0	$0
ACORN CLUB	HAMDEN	CT	03	$0	$0
ACORN CLUB	PHILADELPHIA	PA	07	$2,611,979	$1,770,070
ACORN CLUB	CLARKSTON	MI	07	$0	$0
ACORN CLUB OF SEAFORD INC	SEAFORD	DE	04	$94,175	$63,899
ACORN CLUB OF SWISSVALE INC	PITTSBURGH	PA	07	$42,890	$96,260
ACORN COMMUNITY ENTERPRISES	MONTGOMRY CRK	CA	03	$65,601	$217,290
ACORN COMMUNITY LAND ASSOCIATION	NEW ORLEANS	LA	03	$0	$0
ACORN COMMUNITY LAND ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS	NEW ORLEANS	LA	03	$0	$0
ACORN COMMUNITY LAND ASSOCIATION OF LA	NEW ORLEANS	LA	03	$484,574	$294,977
ACORN COMMUNITY LAND ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA INC	NEW ORLEANS	LA	03	$0	$0
ACORN DEVELOPMENT	BRUSH	CO	03	$0	$0
ACORN DUMONT-SNEDIKER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION	BROOKLYN	NY	03	$2,234,215	$525,288
ACORN EQUALITY FUND	PEORIA	IL	03	$65,134	$47,226
ACORN FOUNDATION	BAYPORT	MN	03	$5,973,061	$7,413,553
ACORN FOUNDATION	CHICAGO	IL	03	$2,582,946	$2,904,728
ACORN FOUNDATION	KENTFIELD	CA	03	$1,636,989	$559,138
ACORN FOUNDATION	WESTON	MA	03	$938,436	$1,289,630
ACORN FOUNDATION	PORTSMOUTH	NH	03	$0	$0
ACORN FOUNDATION	PORT CRANE	NY	03	$0	$0
ACORN FOUNDATION	HOUSTON	TX	03	$1,841,543	$955,741
ACORN FOUNDATION INC	NEW YORK	NY	03	$8,167,644	$3,861,629
ACORN FOUNDATION INC	NEW YORK	NY	03	$1,015,932	$444,175
ACORN FOUNDATION INC	HINGHAM	MA	03	$0	$0
ACORN FOUNDATION INC	CORVALLIS	OR	03	$151,530	$7,777
ACORN FOUNDATION INC	MILWAUKEE	WI	03	$71,978	$5,784
ACORN FOUNDATION LTD	LEAWOOD	KS	03	$4,554	$355
ACORN FUND	NEW HAVEN	CT	03	$1	$0
ACORN FUND INC	THOMASVILLE	GA	03	$1,048,209	$89,602
ACORN HILL SCHOOL INCORPORATED	SILVER SPRING	MD	03	$2,170,450	$696,904
ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION INC	CHICAGO	IL	03	$9,121,760	$13,820,666
ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS INC	CHICAGO	IL	03	$525,549	$309,838
ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION OF MISSOURI INC	CHICAGO	IL	03	$38,585	$0
ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA INC	NEW ORLEANS	LA	03	$438,014	$216,978
ACORN INDEPENDENT LEARNING CENTER	POINT ARENA	CA	03	$7,768	$23,677
ACORN INITIATIVE	DENVER	CO	03	$0	$0
ACORN INSTITUTE INC	NEW ORLEANS	LA	03	$1,283,163	$2,808,968
ACORN INTERNATIONAL INC	NEW ORLEANS	LA	03	$169,705	$421,631
ACORN INVESTING INC	LAKE ZURICH	IL	03	$1,359,853	$563,356
ACORN LAW FOR EDUCATION REPRESENTATION & TRAINING	NEW ORLEANS	LA	03	$18,822	$0
ACORN LEARNING CENTER INC	TWIN FALLS	ID	03	$58,459	$109,284
ACORN MONTESSOR CHARTER SCHOOL INC	PRESCOTT VLY	AZ	03	$3,242,943	$2,394,188
ACORN MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC	LEBANON	NJ	03	$4,369,591	$2,132,312
ACORN MUTUAL FLYING CLUB	LANCASTER	PA	07	$0	$0
ACORN NET	CLINTON	OH	03	$0	$0
ACORN ORGANIZATION	SALT LAKE CTY	UT	03	$0	$0
ACORN PRESCHOOL	MARIPOSA	CA	03	$7,401	$34,510
ACORN PRODUCTIONS	WESTBROOK	ME	03	$11,229	$107,452
ACORN PROJECTS & PARTNERS	ELKHART	IN	03	$0	$0
ACORN RIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH	ROBBINS	NC	03	$0	$0
ACORN ROAD BOAT DOCK ASSOCIATION INC	BASS LAKE	CA	07	$0	$0
ACORN SCHOOL	LOCK HAVEN	PA	03	$9,044	$40,540
ACORN SCHOOL	NEW YORK	NY	03	$1,133,715	$1,184,974
ACORN SCHOOL FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT	BOULDER	CO	03	$652,949	$905,147
ACORN SCHOOL INC	STRATHAM	NH	03	$427,591	$376,257
ACORN TELEVISION IN ACTION FOR COMMUNITIES INC	NEW ORLEANS	LA	03	$44	$0
ACORN TENANT UNION TRAINING AND ORGANZING PROJECT INC	NEW ORLEANS	LA	04	$70,613	$350,631
ACORN TO OAK INTERNATIONAL INC	TAMPA	FL	03	$0	$0
ACORN TO OAKS	TOMBALL	TX	03	$0	$0
ACORN TREE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING COMPANY	NEW YORK	NY	02	$3,155,031	$385,823
ACORN YOKEFELLOW CENTER CHARITABLE TRUST	NEWARK	IL	03	$0	$0
ACORN YOUTH MINISTRIES	OMAHA	NE	03	$0	$0
ACORN YOUTH SERVICES LTD	CHEVY CHASE	MD	03	$0	$0
ARIZONA ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION INC	CHICAGO	IL	03	$2,370,804	$2,129,839
ARKANSAS ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION	NEW ORLEANS	LA	03	$0	$0
BRONX ACORN ELECTRICAL CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC	BRONX	NY	03	$0	$0
CAMP ACORN INC	LODI	NJ	03	$155,716	$302,013
COUNCIL OF ACORN RESIDENTS INCORPORATED--CARI	OAKLAND	CA	03	$3,855	$45,516
MOTT HAVEN ACORN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION	BROOKLYN	NY	03	$6,472,232	$1,257,346
NEW JERSEY ACORN HOUSING INC	BROOKLYN	NY	03	$74,284	$0
NEW YORK ACORN HOUSING COMPANY INC	BROOKLHN	NY	03	$731,839	$1,191,004
OAK AND ACORN INC	LOUISVILLE	KY	03	$0	$0
OAK TREE SCHOOL AND ACORN PRESCHOOL	CORNELIUS	OR	03	$51	$9,947
OAKCREST-ACORN RESIDENT CLUB INC	LARGO	FL	07	$5,448	$7,469
PASO ROBLES ACORN	PASO ROBLES	CA	03	$28,740	$22,133
PLAYMATE-LITTLE ACORN PRESCHOOL INC	BLOOMFIELD	MI	03	$0	$0
PROJECT ACORN INC	MORRISTOWN	NJ	03	$668,352	$589,618
SWISSVALE ACORN SPORTSMENS ASSOC	PITTSBURGH	PA	07	$0	$0
TEXAS ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION INC	CHICAGO	IL	03	$2,858,823	$596,884
THE ACORN RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION	MENA	AR	12	$3,626,872	$323,659
THE ACORN SPORTSMEN CLUB INC C/O WILLIAM JUSCHIK	N ROYALTON	OH	07	$0	$0

Whoa. That's overwhelming. I'll focus on one closer to home:

ACORN FOUNDATION
In Care of Name	EARL E SHELP
Address	701 N POST OAK RD STE 330 HOUSTON, TX 77024-3884 MapG MapY MapV
IRS Subsection	501(c)(3) - A religious, educational, charitable, scientific or literary organization.
Type of Foundation	Organizations operated solely for the benefit of and in conjunction with organizations described in 10 through 16 above.
Type of Organization	Corporation
Deductibility	Contributions are deductible
Tax I.D. Number	760400642
Exempt Since	11-1994
Form 990 Requirement	990 or 990EZ return
Last 990 Form Filed	12-2008
Form 990 Amount	$419,830
Activity #1	Gifts, grants, or loans to other organizations

I don't even know if this all means anything. I just know that there are tax payer dollars involved. And ACORN hasn't exactly had GOOD PRESS lately.

Is there a link to these activities and the Federal Government? Well, the links that are obvious to me are that UnitedWeServe.com leads us to places we can volunteer our service and places we can apply for funding for service projects.

Where does all that money come from? "Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public."

Again, volunteer service is good. As long as the emphasis on "volunteer" is maintained, which I'm not really sure it is here. I'm certain that most of the people involved in all of these organizations are well-intended. But what about going up a level or two? Do they have good intentions?
That, of course, reminds me of another famous quote, which is almost cliche anymore: "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions."


There will probably be a Part III to all this. But for now, my brain is tired. If anyone who actually reads this wants to expound on it all, please be my guest. And let me know what you find at conservative_mom@yahoo.com.

God Bless.
__________________________________________________________
* Hebrews 13:1-2 "Keep on loving each other as brothers.
Do not forget to entertain strangers,
for by so doing some people have
entertained angels without knowing it."

CITIZEN ENERGY CORPS ASSETS

CITIZENS ENERGY CORP	BOSTON	MA	04	$68,158,426	$23,810,541
CITIZENS ENERGY PLAN	WILLMAR	MN	04	$0	$0

CITY YEAR ASSETS

1 Nonprofits match the name of city year
Organization Click for more information	City	State	IRS Subsection	Assets	Income
CITY YEAR INC	BOSTON	MA	03	$47,281,207	$60,730,294

ACORN CLONE ASSETS

COMMON GROUND COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION INC	NEW YORK	NY	03	$36,314,425	$9,628,195
COMMON GROUND COMMUNITY II HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION	NEW YORK	NY	03	$9,811,915	$822,928
COMMON GROUND COMMUNITY III HDFC	NEW YORK	NY	03	$91,450	$149,656

ACORN $$

93 Nonprofits match the name of acorn
Organization Click for more information	City	State	IRS Subsection	Assets	Income
ACORN 2004 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION	BROOKLYN	NY	03	$6,552,907	$251,780
ACORN 2005 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION	BROOKLYN	NY	03	$0	$0
ACORN A COMMUNITY ORGANIZED TO RESTORE NATURE	ROLLA	MO	03	$0	$0
ACORN A SCHOOL FOR YOUNG CHILDREN	SAN ANTONIO	TX	03	$1,677,754	$879,302
ACORN ACTIVE MEDIA FOUNDATION	URBANA	IL	03	$108,762	$89,037
ACORN ADOPTION AND FAMILY SERVICES INC	BURLINGTON	VT	03	$0	$0
ACORN ADOPTION INC	MANDEVILLE	LA	03	$114,718	$256,670
ACORN ALCINDA FOUNDATION INC	SOUTH WINDSOR	CT	03	$5,036,141	$5,733,464
ACORN ANGELS FOUNDATION	CUPERTINO	CA	03	$1,002	$1,201
ACORN AS MODEL A CLUB INC	CASTRO VALLEU	CA	07	$0	$0
ACORN ASSOCIATION	MAYS LANDING	NJ	07	$0	$0
ACORN CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL	PRESCOTT VLY	AZ	03	$14,548	$232,051
ACORN CHURCH OF GOD INC	GLOVER	MO	03	$0	$0
ACORN CLUB	HAMDEN	CT	03	$0	$0
ACORN CLUB	PHILADELPHIA	PA	07	$2,611,979	$1,770,070
ACORN CLUB	CLARKSTON	MI	07	$0	$0
ACORN CLUB OF SEAFORD INC	SEAFORD	DE	04	$94,175	$63,899
ACORN CLUB OF SWISSVALE INC	PITTSBURGH	PA	07	$42,890	$96,260
ACORN COMMUNITY ENTERPRISES	MONTGOMRY CRK	CA	03	$65,601	$217,290
ACORN COMMUNITY LAND ASSOCIATION	NEW ORLEANS	LA	03	$0	$0
ACORN COMMUNITY LAND ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS	NEW ORLEANS	LA	03	$0	$0
ACORN COMMUNITY LAND ASSOCIATION OF LA	NEW ORLEANS	LA	03	$484,574	$294,977
ACORN COMMUNITY LAND ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA INC	NEW ORLEANS	LA	03	$0	$0
ACORN DEVELOPMENT	BRUSH	CO	03	$0	$0
ACORN DUMONT-SNEDIKER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION	BROOKLYN	NY	03	$2,234,215	$525,288
ACORN EQUALITY FUND	PEORIA	IL	03	$65,134	$47,226
ACORN FOUNDATION	CHICAGO	IL	03	$2,582,946	$2,904,728
ACORN FOUNDATION	KENTFIELD	CA	03	$1,636,989	$559,138
ACORN FOUNDATION	PORTSMOUTH	NH	03	$0	$0
ACORN FOUNDATION	WESTON	MA	03	$938,436	$1,289,630
ACORN FOUNDATION	BAYPORT	MN	03	$5,973,061	$7,413,553
ACORN FOUNDATION	PORT CRANE	NY	03	$0	$0
ACORN FOUNDATION	HOUSTON	TX	03	$1,841,543	$955,741
ACORN FOUNDATION INC	NEW YORK	NY	03	$8,167,644	$3,861,629
ACORN FOUNDATION INC	HINGHAM	MA	03	$0	$0
ACORN FOUNDATION INC	NEW YORK	NY	03	$1,015,932	$444,175
ACORN FOUNDATION INC	CORVALLIS	OR	03	$151,530	$7,777
ACORN FOUNDATION INC	MILWAUKEE	WI	03	$71,978	$5,784
ACORN FOUNDATION LTD	LEAWOOD	KS	03	$4,554	$355
ACORN FUND	NEW HAVEN	CT	03	$1	$0
ACORN FUND INC	THOMASVILLE	GA	03	$1,048,209	$89,602
ACORN HILL SCHOOL INCORPORATED	SILVER SPRING	MD	03	$2,170,450	$696,904
ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION INC	CHICAGO	IL	03	$9,121,760	$13,820,666
ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS INC	CHICAGO	IL	03	$525,549	$309,838
ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION OF MISSOURI INC	CHICAGO	IL	03	$38,585	$0
ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA INC	NEW ORLEANS	LA	03	$438,014	$216,978
ACORN INDEPENDENT LEARNING CENTER	POINT ARENA	CA	03	$7,768	$23,677
ACORN INITIATIVE	DENVER	CO	03	$0	$0
ACORN INSTITUTE INC	NEW ORLEANS	LA	03	$1,283,163	$2,808,968
ACORN INTERNATIONAL INC	NEW ORLEANS	LA	03	$169,705	$421,631
ACORN INVESTING INC	LAKE ZURICH	IL	03	$1,359,853	$563,356
ACORN LAW FOR EDUCATION REPRESENTATION & TRAINING	NEW ORLEANS	LA	03	$18,822	$0
ACORN LEARNING CENTER INC	TWIN FALLS	ID	03	$58,459	$109,284
ACORN MONTESSOR CHARTER SCHOOL INC	PRESCOTT VLY	AZ	03	$3,242,943	$2,394,188
ACORN MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC	LEBANON	NJ	03	$4,369,591	$2,132,312
ACORN MUTUAL FLYING CLUB	LANCASTER	PA	07	$0	$0
ACORN NET	CLINTON	OH	03	$0	$0
ACORN ORGANIZATION	SALT LAKE CTY	UT	03	$0	$0
ACORN PRESCHOOL	MARIPOSA	CA	03	$7,401	$34,510
ACORN PRODUCTIONS	WESTBROOK	ME	03	$11,229	$107,452
ACORN PROJECTS & PARTNERS	ELKHART	IN	03	$0	$0
ACORN RIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH	ROBBINS	NC	03	$0	$0
ACORN ROAD BOAT DOCK ASSOCIATION INC	BASS LAKE	CA	07	$0	$0
ACORN SCHOOL	LOCK HAVEN	PA	03	$9,044	$40,540
ACORN SCHOOL	NEW YORK	NY	03	$1,133,715	$1,184,974
ACORN SCHOOL FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT	BOULDER	CO	03	$652,949	$905,147
ACORN SCHOOL INC	STRATHAM	NH	03	$427,591	$376,257
ACORN TELEVISION IN ACTION FOR COMMUNITIES INC	NEW ORLEANS	LA	03	$44	$0
ACORN TENANT UNION TRAINING AND ORGANZING PROJECT INC	NEW ORLEANS	LA	04	$70,613	$350,631
ACORN TO OAK INTERNATIONAL INC	TAMPA	FL	03	$0	$0
ACORN TO OAKS	TOMBALL	TX	03	$0	$0
ACORN TREE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING COMPANY	NEW YORK	NY	02	$3,155,031	$385,823
ACORN YOKEFELLOW CENTER CHARITABLE TRUST	NEWARK	IL	03	$0	$0
ACORN YOUTH MINISTRIES	OMAHA	NE	03	$0	$0
ACORN YOUTH SERVICES LTD	CHEVY CHASE	MD	03	$0	$0
ARIZONA ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION INC	CHICAGO	IL	03	$2,370,804	$2,129,839
ARKANSAS ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION	NEW ORLEANS	LA	03	$0	$0
BRONX ACORN ELECTRICAL CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC	BRONX	NY	03	$0	$0
CAMP ACORN INC	LODI	NJ	03	$155,716	$302,013
COUNCIL OF ACORN RESIDENTS INCORPORATED--CARI	OAKLAND	CA	03	$3,855	$45,516
MOTT HAVEN ACORN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION	BROOKLYN	NY	03	$6,472,232	$1,257,346
NEW JERSEY ACORN HOUSING INC	BROOKLYN	NY	03	$74,284	$0
NEW YORK ACORN HOUSING COMPANY INC	BROOKLHN	NY	03	$731,839	$1,191,004
OAK AND ACORN INC	LOUISVILLE	KY	03	$0	$0
OAK TREE SCHOOL AND ACORN PRESCHOOL	CORNELIUS	OR	03	$51	$9,947
OAKCREST-ACORN RESIDENT CLUB INC	LARGO	FL	07	$5,448	$7,469
PASO ROBLES ACORN	PASO ROBLES	CA	03	$28,740	$22,133
PLAYMATE-LITTLE ACORN PRESCHOOL INC	BLOOMFIELD	MI	03	$0	$0
PROJECT ACORN INC	MORRISTOWN	NJ	03	$668,352	$589,618
SWISSVALE ACORN SPORTSMENS ASSOC	PITTSBURGH	PA	07	$0	$0
TEXAS ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION INC	CHICAGO	IL	03	$2,858,823	$596,884
THE ACORN RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION	MENA	AR	12	$3,626,872	$323,659
THE ACORN SPORTSMEN CLUB INC C/O WILLIAM JUSCHIK	N ROYALTON	OH	07	$0	$0