Robin Hood Funds ACORN

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Robin Hood Funds ACORN

By Matthew Vadum  Friday, October 17, 2008

Now this is funny.

A major donor to the far-left group ACORN and its affiliates is…(drumroll)…the Robin Hood Foundation.

Bada bing!

The foundation has given ACORN $821,000 consisting of a $456,000 grant in 2003 and a $365,000 grant in 2004.

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Fun facts: The Soros Fund Charitable Foundation gave the Robin Hood Foundation a $9,859,453 community development grant in 2000. The Robin Hood board includes Tom Brokaw of NBC News, Marian Wright Edelman (president, Children’s Defense Fund), Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, and actress Gwyneth Paltrow.

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/5625

Since 1988, Robin Hood has targeted poverty in New York City. By applying sound investment principles to philanthropy, we’ve helped the best programs save lives and change fates. Our approach is simple and it works:
 
Give every cent of every donation directly to programs
helping poor New Yorkers
 
Identify and go after poverty at its roots
 
Protect and leverage Robin Hood’s investments by helping programs
become more effective

Evaluate programs, measure results, and refuse to settle for less than
the best

 

Board of Directors

Robert Pittman, Chair
Partner, Pilot Group, LLC

Lee S. Ainslie III, Vice Chair
Managing Partner, Maverick Capital Management, LLC

Dirk Ziff, Vice Chair
Chairman, Ziff Brothers Investments

Victoria B. Bjorklund
Partner, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett

Scott Bommer
President, SAB Capital Management

Peter F. Borish
Chairman and CEO, Computer Trading Corporation

Tom Brokaw
NBC News

Geoffrey Canada
President and CEO, Harlem Children's Zone

Maurice Chessa
Director, Bedford Stuyvesant–I Have a Dream Program

Steven A. Cohen
Chairman and CEO, S.A.C. Capital Advisors, LLC

Glenn Dubin
Co-Founder and Managing Member, Highbridge Capital Management

Marian Wright Edelman
President, Children`s Defense Fund

Jeffrey R. Immelt
Chairman and CEO, General Electric Co.

Paul Tudor Jones II, Founder
Chairman and CEO, Tudor Investment Corporation

Peter D. Kiernan III
President and Partner, Cyrus Capital Partners

Kenneth G. Langone
Chairman and CEO, Invemed Associates, Inc.

Mary McCormick
President, Fund for the City of New York

Doug Morris
Chairman and CEO, Universal Music Group

Daniel S. Och
Senior Managing Member, Och-Ziff Capital Management Group

Gwyneth Paltrow
Actress

David W. Puth
Head of Inv. Research, Sec. Finance, & Trading Worldwide, State Street Corporation

Larry Robbins
Founder and CEO, Glenview Capital Management

Alan D. Schwartz

John Sykes
Media executive

Harvey Weinstein
Co-Chairman, The Weinstein Company

http://www.robinhood.org/home.aspx

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The Robin Hood Leadership Council is a diverse group of donors who share a passionate commitment for Robin Hood’s work. Council members work closely with Robin Hood’s board and staff to spread awareness and broaden our poverty-fighting resources. Membership in the Leadership Council is by personal invitation of the Robin Hood Board.




Julius Gaudio, Co-Chair
Managing Director, DE Shaw & Co

Max Stone, Co-Chair
Managing Director, DE Shaw & Co

Clifford S. Asness
Managing and Founding Principal, AQR Capital Management

Atiim Barber
NBC - Today Correspondent/Football Night in America Analyst

Cecily Carson
Trustee, Carson Family Charitable Trust

John D. Clark
General Partner, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe

Anthony Davis
Co-Founder, Anchorage Capital Management

Anne Dinning
Managing Director, DE Shaw & Co

John DiRocco
Chief Operating Officer, Balance Asset Management, LLC

David Einhorn
President, Greenlight Capital Management

Adam R. Flatto
President, The Georgetown Co.

Jonathan Harris
Founder, Alternative Investment Management

Nancy Jarecki
Founder, Bettybeauty, Inc.

Peter Muller
Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley

Alex Navab
Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co

Jack L. Oliver III
Senior Advisor, Lehman Brothers Inc. and Chairman, Bryan Cave Strategies

Antonio 'LA' Reid
Chairman, Island Def Jam Music Group

David M. Solomon
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Co.

Daniel B. Zwirn
Managing Partner, DB Zwirn & Co