A List of ACORN's "Old" Groups

A LIST OF ACORN's "OLD" GROUPS 
(updated November 25, 2012)

This list is a work in progress. It is compiled and regularly updated by Matthew Vadum at matthewvadum.com. Some of the below information was included in Vadum's book Subversion Inc.: How Obama's ACORN Red Shirts are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers.

These groups already existed before ACORN filed for bankruptcy in New York on Election Day 2010:

ACORN Housing Corp. changed its name to Affordable Housing Centers of America Inc. (website) EIN: 72-1048321; pension plan info.; Tax returns: 2010 Form 990 2009 Form 990 2008 Form 990 2007 Form 990 2006 Form 990 2005 Form 990 2004 Form 990 2003 Form 990 2002 Form 990 2001 Form 990 2001 Form 990 2000 Form 990 2000 Form 990 1999 Form 990 1998 Form 990 (Note added June 23, 2012: This entity is no longer in business. The Louisiana secretary of state website lists it as "Not in Good Standing.") AHCOA has/had various subsidiaries.

Executives (according to Dun's Market Identifiers, May 17, 2012)
Alton Bennett, President
Guillermo Loaiza, Secretary-Treasurer
Dorothy Amadi, Vice President
Mike Shea, Executive Director
Bruce Dorpalen, Loan Coun Director
Sean Flynn, Comptroller
Martin Shalloo, Dir of Ops
Ecima L Trujillo, Natl Field Director
Bruce Dorpalen, Loan Coun Director


Project Vote (website) continues to operate but did not change its name. Tax returns: 2010 Form 990 2009 Form 990 2008 Form 990 2008 Form 990 2007 Form 990 2006 Form 990 2006 Form 990 2005 Form 990 2005 Form 990 2004 Form 990 2003 Form 990 2002 Form 990 2001 Form 990 2001 Form 990 2000 Form 990 1999 Form 990 1998 Form 990 1997 Form 990


Tides Foundation has given Project Vote $4,201,552 since 2002.

Rockefeller Family Fund Inc. has given $4,047,500 to Project Vote since 2000.

Open Society Institute has given $1,000,000 to Project Vote since 2007.

Staff (according to website)
Tony Anthony, Regional Director, Voting for America
Sarah Brannon, Director, Public Agency Registration Project
Amy Busefink, Field Director
Catherine Flanagan, Director, Election Administration Program
Kelly Gerlach, Policy Analyst
Jeremiah L. Grace, Regional Director, Voting for America
Nicole Howard, Executive Assistant
Jennifer Jacquot-DeVries, Director of Development
Angelica Johnson, Finance Manager
Michelle Kanter Cohen, Election Counsel
Sabrina Khan, Election Counsel
Erin Ferns Lee, Communications Manager
Sarah Massey, Media Director
Michael McDunnah, Communications Director
Brian Mellor, General Counsel
Jami Mevorah, Legal Intern
Alexander Nguyen, Legal Intern
Allecia Lindsey Pottinger, Election Counsel & Manager, Texas Election Administration Program
Wiley Reading, Office and Development Assistant
Estelle H. Rogers, Legislative Director
Michelle Rupp, Election Counsel & Assistant General Counsel
Pat Selby, Election Counsel & Manager, Michigan Election Administration Program
Niyati Shah, Election Counsel
Phillip Shapiro, Legal Intern
Michael Slater, Executive Director
Camille Wimbish, Election Counsel & Manager, Ohio Election Administration Program

Board (according to website)
Frank Askin
Renee Brereton
Christina Greer
Margaret Groarke
Craig Kaplan
Frances Fox Piven
Michael Slater
David Stewart
Garland Yates


American Institute for Social Justice - apparently defunct. Tax returns: 2010 Form 990 2009 Form 990 2008 Form 990 2007 Form 990 2006 Form 990 2005 Form 990 2005 Form 990 2004 Form 990 2003 Form 990 2002 Form 990 2001 Form 990 2001 Form 990 2000 Form 990 1999 Form 990 1998 Form 990 1997 Form 990

ACORN Institute - apparently defunct. Tax returns: 2009 Form 990 2008 Form 990 2007 Form 990 2007 Form 990 2006 Form 990 2006 Form 990 2005 Form 990 2004 Form 990 2003 Form 990 2002 Form 990 2001 Form 990 -1  Financial Statement 2006  Annual Report Letter of Determination

ACORN International (known in the U.S. as Community Organizations International) main website; ACORN International is headed by ACORN founder Wade Rathke. Tax returns: 2008 Form 990 2007 Form 990 2006 Form 990 2005 Form 990 2005 Form 990 2004 Form 990

ACORN International has received grants from foundations.

Tides Foundation $100,000 2010
Tides Foundation $100,000 2008
Tides Foundation $20,000 2008
Tides Foundation $14,000 2008
Tides Foundation $100,000 2008
Tides Foundation $12,500 2008
Tides Foundation $25,000 2007
Tides Foundation $20,000 2006
Tides Foundation $5,000 2005
Tides Foundation $34,000 2005
Tides total: $430,500

Needmor Fund $12,500 2008
Penney Family Fund $5,000 2008
National Philanthropic Trust $10,000 2007
Vista Hermosa $20,000 2007

ACORN International has affiliated groups around the world:

Argentina ACORN website
Peru ACORN website
Italy ACORN website
India ACORN website
Dominican Republic ACORN website
Kenya ACORN website
Mexico ACORN website
Honduras ACORN website
South Korean Asian Bridge website
Czech Republic ACORN website
ACORN Canada website
ACORN Serbia (ACORN founder Wade Rathke blogged Nov. 21, 2012, that an attempt was being made to establish ACORN Serbia)

Working Families Party was founded as an ACORN affiliate. It was created largely by ACORN and SEIU members. State parties:
New York website chapters
Connecticut website
Oregon website

Delaware website

South Carolina website

Vermont website

>Officers of Vermont WFP (according to website)

Marth Allen (Co-Chair)

Dan Brush (Co-Chair)

Jennifer Henry (Co-Chair)

Bernard Kuntzelmann (Co-Chair)

Richard Russell (Co-Chair)

Sheila Coniff (Vice-Chair)

Jeff Potvin (Vice-Chair)

Diane Frey (Vice Chair)

Mike Morelli (Secretary)

Linda Couture (Treasurer)

Peg Franzen (Asst. Treasurer)

Working Families Organization Inc. Tax returns: 2010 Form 990 2009 Form 990 2008 Form 990 2007 Form 990 2006 Form 990

WADE RATHKE

ACORN founder and former national chief organizer Wade Rathke, who was dismissed from his post by ACORN's national board in June 2008 after covering up a million dollar embezzlement by his brother, has created or appears to be in control of new activist groups or groups that were part of the ACORN network.

Rathke created a new group called Advocates and Action (website). (Incorporated June 8, 2010 in Louisiana, charter number 40225514N, DUNS: 03-458-5460) The new nonprofit corporation is located at 3401 Saint Claude Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana 70117, according to Nexis. As of June 24, 2012, another 17 organizations show the same address. They are:

ACORN SERVICES INC
AFFILIATED MEDIA FOUNDATION MOVEMENT, INC.
ASI COMMUNITY CENTER
BATON ROUGE ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EMPLOYEES, INC.

CHIEF ORGANIZER FUND (DUNS: 02-416-1413; previous DUNS: 93-396-2529)

COI NEW ORLEANS, LA

GREENWELL SPRINGS CORPORATION
HOUSTON ORGANIZING AND SUPPORT CENTER, INC.
LABOR NEIGHBOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTER, INC.
NATIONAL ACUTE PROVIDERS INC
SANKOFA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION
START CORPORATION
TEXAS UNITED CITY-COUNTY EMPLOYEES, INC.
WAL-MART ALLIANCE FOR REFORM NOW, INC.
WAL-MART WORKER'S ASSOCIATION, INC.
WORKING FAMILIES ASSOCIATION, INC.