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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYou know whose charity foundation was NOT dissolved by the government for corruption?
Still 4 out of 4 goddamned stars on Charity Navigator:
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=16680
herding cats
(19,565 posts)Take that trump!
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)ancianita
(36,095 posts)I'm just asking because I don't know the up-to-date particulars.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Foundation#Private_philanthropy
shenmue
(38,506 posts)joshcryer
(62,276 posts)And they do it particularly to get into everyones good graces. It is what it is.
But regardless the Clinton's have been the cleanest big money politicians ever, for the simple fact that they have been under microscopic scrutiny going all the way back to Whitewater. They've realsed all their tax returns, and their charities have released full transparency reports going back more than a decade. The fact that they are so open is how we know about Saudi's donating and stuff like that.
Should the foundation reject donations from certain individuals or countries? Sure. But what's the point. The money goes to help people.
ancianita
(36,095 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)ancianita
(36,095 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)is that 80% of the money accumulated is actually given out and only 20% is used for administrative costs. That's where a lot of non-profits get scammy, because their administrative costs come in very high and the lesser % is what is given out.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)The three of them are the only donors - and they donate 10% of their personal incomes to that foundation, and then decide where they will donate it.
That is how they manage their personal charitable giving.
"For two famous political animals and policy wonks, the Clintons have directed a startling number of gifts to arts and culture. The Clintons have funded places like the School of American Ballet, New York Public Radio, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, and the Africa Center (formerly the Museum for African Art). Much of this giving takes place in either New York City or Arkansas. "
https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2016/7/29/the-other-clinton-foundation-a-look-at-bill-and-hillarys-per.html
ancianita
(36,095 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)....for a portrait of Bill, Hillary, of Chelsea Clinton.
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)Thank you Hillary!
Brava dear lady.
gademocrat7
(10,659 posts)SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)Cha
(297,322 posts)Foundation couldn't bring it down.
Me.
(35,454 posts)Cha
(297,322 posts)I'm sure you know what I mean
WhiteHat
(129 posts)for over 35 years now, ever since she was First Lady of Arkansas.
She's not very charismatic. She doesn't have the natural, ingrained seduction of her husband. But if you actually read her campaign website, it was a BRILLIANT exposition of All-American values.
My grandfather retired as a truck driver. With 3 homes.
Tell me, and be truthful: do you honestly expect to own even one home in your lifetime?
And that, in a nutshell, is what's wrong with America today.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,035 posts)So said one Facebook post I saw today. Guess you can't fix stupid.
mcar
(42,334 posts)was screaming with demands that the CF be shut down because ...optics. They ignored Farenthold's Pulitzer prize winning expose of the Trump slush fund.
Me.
(35,454 posts)and guess who wasn't facing a judge and being told they betrayed their country.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)thesquanderer
(11,990 posts)Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)in what she has been accused of versus what turned out to be reality for those who accused her of being corrupt.
Cartoonist
(7,317 posts)They say Hillary committed treason by selling 30% of our uranium to the Russians in the Uranium One deal in exchange for millions of dollars to the Clinton charity.
The truth is fake news to them.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)And by "her" I, of course, mean Ivanka.