The "Glenn Beck Program" did an excellent piece on June 3 about
Herb and Marion Sandler, the toxic mortgage king and queen, and
their connection to ACORN
and the inappropriately named Center for Responsible Lending.
(The video clip is embedded above.)
Through their charity, the Sandler Family Supporting Foundation,
they gave at least $5,723,222 to the ACORN network. Specifically,
the charity gave $4,498,222 to American Institute for Social
Justice (since 2003), $700,000 to Project Vote (in 2005),
$525,000 to ACORN (2000–2001 according to Activist
Cash). This excludes any contributions that either Sandler
may have made personally to ACORN or its affiliates.
According to the "Glenn Beck Program," the Sandlers paid
ACORN to send out protesters to hound Wells Fargo Bank, which
competed with Golden West, the Sandlers' bank. If true, this is
an explosive allegation.
The Sandlers have also given heavily to the Center for
Responsible Lending, an ACORN ally that champions the Community
Reinvestment Act (CRA). Their foundation has given the Center at
least $11,200,000 since 2005.
The Sandlers are also deeply involved in an effort to push
America's journalistic culture even farther to the left. They
have given a reported $10 million to ProPublica, a left-leaning
investigative journalism outfit. Cheryl K. Chumley profiled
ProPublica in last month's Foundation
Watch.
