Tax dollars help fund ACORN
ACORN gets approximately 40 percent of its revenue from taxpayers, including a $138,000 grant from the Department of Justice in 2005. The Department of Housing and Urban Development gave $8.2 million to ACORN and another $1.6 million to ACORN affiliates.
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According to NPR, the rest of ACORN’s funding comes from various philanthropists, corporations and foundations including:
* Bannan Family Foundation: $425,000 (2006-07)
* Citigroup: $1.5 million (since 1993)
* George Soros: $150,000
* Ford Foundation: $1.3 million (since 1993)
* JP Morgan Chase Foundation: $2.4 million (since 1993)
* Service Employees International Union: $4 million (2006-07)
