Foundation agreed not to seek donations from other governments, but cash kept flowing from individuals with connections to them
The Clinton Foundation swore off donations from foreign governments when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. That didn’t stop the foundation from raising millions of dollars from foreigners with connections to their home governments, a review of foundation disclosures shows.
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| The Clinton Foundation received at least $8.6 million from the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, based in Kiev. Mr. Pinchuk, a former member of Ukraine's Parliament, tours a Kiev hospital with Chelsea Clinton in 2012. |
Some donors have direct ties to foreign governments. One is a member of the Saudi royal family. Another is a Ukrainian oligarch and former parliamentarian. Others are individuals with close connections to foreign governments that stem from their business activities. Their professed policy interests range from human rights to U.S.-Cuba relations.
All told, more than a dozen foreign individuals and their foundations and companies were large donors to the Clinton Foundation in the years after Mrs. Clinton became secretary of state in 2009, collectively giving between $34 million and $68 million, foundation records show. Some donors also provided funding directly to charitable projects sponsored by the foundation, valued by the organization at $60 million.
After Mrs. Clinton left the State Department in 2013, the foundation resumed accepting donations from foreign governments. Just after she stepped down as secretary of state, it received a large donation from a conglomerate run by a member of China’s National People’s Congress.
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| Sen. Hillary Clinton is applauded by Issam M. Fares, deputy prime minister of Lebanon, at Tufts University in Medford, Mass., on Nov. 10, 2004. AP |
In response to questions about foreign donations, a foundation official said the individuals have given to a host of other major philanthropies. “Like other global charities and nongovernmental organizations, the Clinton Foundation receives support from individuals all over the world because our programs are improving the lives of millions of people around the globe,” said spokesman Craig Minassian.
The foreign donors reached by The Wall Street Journal said they contributed to the foundation for charitable, not political reasons.
The foundation’s efforts in health care, economic development and opportunity for women and girls are being touted by Mrs. Clinton as she prepares to embark on a campaign for the presidency.
“I’m very proud of the hundreds of thousands of people who support the work of the foundation and the results that have been achieved for people here at home and around the world,” she said last week.Read the rest of the story HERE. Follow a link to a related story and view a related video below:
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