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Nonprofit CEO who raked in $3B in Biden grants for migrant kid housing has won $800K at high-stakes
« on: March 20, 2025, 10:58:17 am »

 Nonprofit CEO who raked in $3B in Biden grants for migrant kid housing has won $800K at high-stakes poker
Story by Josh Christenson • 1d

He knows when to hold ’em — and when to fold ’em.

The leader of a nonprofit that cashed in on $3 billion in grants from the Biden administration and became the largest harborer of migrant kids — before President Trump yanked funding last week — is a nationally ranked poker player with upwards of $800,000 in winnings.
 
Southwest Key Programs CEO Anselmo Villarreal, whose salary grew by 139% during the first three years of Biden’s term, boasts $801,484 in total table earnings — good for a ranking of 2,000th in the US, according to the poker database website Hendon Mob.

Nearly half of Villarreal’s pot — $398,541 — was won between 2021 and 2024 after he was appointed president of the Austin, Texas-based nonprofit.

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