2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumClinton Foundation fact sheet
http://www.factcheck.org/2015/06/where-does-clinton-foundation-money-go/BootinUp
(47,144 posts)but thanks for posting anyways.
Arkansas Granny
(31,516 posts)Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina says that so little of the charitable donations to the Clinton Foundation actually go to charitable works a figure CARLY for America later put at about 6 percent of its annual revenues but Fiorina is simply wrong.
Fiorina and others are referring only to the amount donated by the Clinton Foundation to outside charities, ignoring the fact that most of the Clinton Foundations charitable work is performed in-house. One independent philanthropy watchdog did an analysis of Clinton Foundation funding and concluded that about 89 percent of its funding went to charity.
Simply put, despite its name, the Clinton Foundation is not a private foundation which typically acts as a pass-through for private donations to other charitable organizations. Rather, it is a public charity. It conducts most of its charitable activities directly.
MineralMan
(146,295 posts)to go and get the actual facts. That's why so many people don't really understand the things they read on the Internet.
The Clinton Foundation does its own work, rather than giving grants to other organizations. It is that simple. So, measuring it by how much it donates to other organizations simply isn't a valid measure.
Jitter65
(3,089 posts)virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)Kittycat
(10,493 posts)The first article indicates he eventually earned a seat on their board, and that he's close friends with Bill.
http://www.ibtimes.com/colombian-oil-money-flowed-clintons-state-department-took-no-action-prevent-labor-1874464
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share
Looks like he popped up in the Panama Papers reports, as well. Along with some other Clinton Associates.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article72215012.html
Android3.14
(5,402 posts)Does factCheck track that influence?