21 Facts About Clinton Foundation

1.

Clinton Foundation is a nonprofit organization under section 501 of the U S tax code.

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2.

When Hillary Clinton was a board member, she reportedly received no income from the foundation.

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3.

Origins of the foundation go back to 1997, when then-president Bill Clinton was focused mostly on fundraising for the future Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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4.

Clinton Foundation founded the William J Clinton Foundation in 2001 following the completion of his presidency.

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5.

In 2013, Hillary Clinton joined the foundation following her tenure as Secretary of State.

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6.

Clinton Foundation planned to focus her work on issues regarding women and children, as well as economic development.

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7.

In October 2016, The Wall Street Journal reported that four FBI field offices—in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, and Little Rock—had been collecting information about the Clinton Foundation to determine whether "there was evidence of financial crimes or influence-peddling".

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8.

Organizations such as the Clinton Foundation continue to supply anti-malarial drugs to Africa and other affected areas; according to director Inder Singh, in 2011 more than 12 million individuals will be supplied with subsidized anti-malarial drugs.

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The awards are given to individuals who, in the opinion of the Clinton Foundation, are "outstanding individuals who exemplify global citizenship through their vision and leadership".

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10.

In November 2012, Bill Clinton Foundation announced the launch of the Clinton Foundation Health Matters Initiative .

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11.

Clinton Foundation has funded extensive disaster relief programs following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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12.

Bush and Bill Clinton Foundation to raise funds to help rebuild the Gulf Coast region.

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13.

Bill Clinton Foundation was named the head of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission in 2010 after serving as UN special envoy to Haiti in the immediate aftermath of the disaster.

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14.

The Clinton Foundation itself raised $30m and played an important part in the creation of the Caracol Industrial Park.

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15.

In 2013, Hillary Clinton established a partnership between the foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to gather and study data on the progress of women and girls around the world since the United Nations Fourth World Conference On Women in Beijing in 1995.

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16.

The significantly smaller Clinton Family Foundation is a traditional private foundation that serves as the vehicle for their personal charitable giving.

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17.

Ethics agreement between the State Department and the Clinton Foundation that had been put into force at the beginning of Hillary Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State in 2009 came under scrutiny from the news media during February 2015 as polls showed her the likely 2016 Democratic nominee for president.

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18.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the Clinton Foundation had resumed accepting donations from foreign governments once Secretary Clinton's tenure had ended.

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19.

Clinton Foundation officials said that if the former Secretary decided to run for president in 2016, they would again consider what steps to take in reference to foreign donations.

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20.

Donations totalling tens of millions of dollars from successive Australian and New Zealand governments to the Clinton Foundation were the subject of criticism from a number of groups including the Taxpayers union of New Zealand for a perceived lack of accountability and perceived conflicts of interest, some of the donations were made directly and some through AUSAID.

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21.

Clinton Foundation withdrew 16 million dollars using the president act which was more than any other living president had withdrawn.

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