Clinton Foundation#Clinton Global Citizen Awards

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The 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-inside-story-of-how-the-clintons-built-a-2-billion-global-empire/2015/06/02/b6eab638-0957-11e5-a7ad-b430fc1d3f5c_story.html?tid=HP_more%3Ftid%3DHP_more|title=The inside story of how the Clintons built a $2 billion global empire|first1=David A.|last1=Fahrenthold|first2=Tom|last2=Hamburger|first3=Rosalind S.|last3=Helderman|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=June 2, 2015|archive-date=January 6, 2018|access-date=August 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106034723/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-inside-story-of-how-the-clintons-built-a-2-billion-global-empire/2015/06/02/b6eab638-0957-11e5-a7ad-b430fc1d3f5c_story.html?tid=HP_more%3Ftid%3DHP_more|url-status=live}} He founded the William J. Clinton Foundation in 2001, following the completion of his presidency. Longtime Clinton advisor Bruce Lindsey became the CEO in 2004. Later, Lindsey moved from being CEO to being chair, largely for health reasons. Other Clinton hands who played an important early role included Doug Band and Ira Magaziner. Additional Clinton associates who have had senior positions at the foundation include John Podesta and Laura Graham.

The foundation's success is spurred by Bill Clinton's worldwide fame and his ability to bring together corporate executives, celebrities, and government officials.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/14/us/politics/unease-at-clinton-foundation-over-finances-and-ambitions.html?hp&_r=1&&pagewanted=all|title=Unease at Clinton Foundation Over Finances and Ambitions|first1=Nicholas|last1=Confessore|first2=Amy|last2=Chozick|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 13, 2013|page=A1|archive-date=March 8, 2021|access-date=February 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308121851/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/14/us/politics/unease-at-clinton-foundation-over-finances-and-ambitions.html?hp&_r=1&&pagewanted=all|url-status=live}} Similarly, the foundation areas of involvement have often corresponded to whatever Bill suddenly felt an interest in.

Preceding Barack Obama's 2009 nomination of Hillary Clinton as United States Secretary of State, Bill Clinton agreed to accept a number of conditions and restrictions regarding his ongoing activities and fundraising efforts for the Clinton Presidential Center and the Clinton Global Initiative.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/washington/30clinton.html|title=Bill Clinton to Name Donors as Part of Obama Deal|author=Baker, Peter|author-link=Peter Baker (author)|work=The New York Times|date=November 29, 2008|access-date=December 1, 2008|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308214612/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/washington/30clinton.html|url-status=live}} Accordingly, a list of donors was released in December 2008.Philip Rucker, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/01/AR2010010101906.html "Eclectic bunch of donors – near, far, left, even right – gave to Clinton group"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116163740/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/01/AR2010010101906.html |date=November 16, 2020 }}, The Washington Post, January 2, 2010.

By 2011, Chelsea Clinton was taking a dominant role in the foundation and had a seat on its board.{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/foundation-renamed-for-all-three-clintons-89759.html?hp=r1|title=Foundation renamed for all three Clintons|work=Politico|access-date=June 13, 2013|first=Maggie|last=Haberman|date=April 8, 2013|archive-date=April 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428173612/http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/foundation-renamed-for-all-three-clintons-89759.html?hp=r1|url-status=live}} To raise money for the foundation, she gave paid speeches, such as her $65,000 2014 address at the University of Missouri in Kansas City for the opening of the Starr Women's Hall of Fame."Chelsea Clinton Made $65,000 for 1-Hour Appearance", AOL News, July 1, 2015.[http://on.aol.com/video/chelsea-clinton-made--65-000-for-1-hour-appearance-518917282?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-sb-bb%7Cdl16%7Csec3_lnk3%26pLid%3D-1009890104] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420071245/http://on.aol.com/video/chelsea-clinton-made--65-000-for-1-hour-appearance-518917282?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-sb-bb%7Cdl16%7Csec3_lnk3%26pLid%3D-1009890104 |date=April 20, 2016 }}, aol.com; retrieved July 2, 2015.

In 2013, Hillary Clinton joined the foundation following her tenure as Secretary of State. She planned to focus her work on issues regarding women and children,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/nyregion/hillary-clinton-joins-husbands-foundation.html?_r=0|title=Clinton Hires Ex-State Dept. Aide and Joins Husband's Foundation|author=Rutenberg, Jim|work=The New York Times|date=May 30, 2013|archive-date=March 8, 2021|access-date=February 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308145331/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/nyregion/hillary-clinton-joins-husbands-foundation.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/14/hillary-clinton-initiative-will-focus-on-kids|title=Hillary Clinton initiative will focus on kids|publisher=CNN|date=June 14, 2013|access-date=August 16, 2013|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224081701/https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/14/hillary-clinton-initiative-will-focus-on-kids/|url-status=dead}} as well as economic development. Accordingly, at that point, it was renamed the "Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation". Extra attention was paid to the foundation due to the 2016 United States presidential election.

In July 2013, Eric Braverman was named CEO of the foundation.{{cite press release |url=http://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/news-and-media/press-releases-and-statements/eric-braverman-named-chief-executive-officer-of-the-clinton-foundation.html |title=Eric Braverman Named Chief Executive Officer of the Clinton Foundation |publisher=Clinton Foundation |date=July 2, 2013 |access-date=August 17, 2013 |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224141353/https://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/news-and-media/press-releases-and-statements/eric-braverman-named-chief-executive-officer-of-the-clinton-foundation.html |url-status=live }} He is a friend and former colleague of Chelsea Clinton from McKinsey & Company. At the same time, Chelsea Clinton was named vice chair of the foundation's board. The foundation was also in the midst of a move to two floors of the Time-Life Building in Midtown Manhattan.

Chelsea Clinton moved the organization to an outside review, conducted by the firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Its conclusions were made public in mid-2013.{{cite news |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/hillary-clinton-family-foundation-95468.html?hp=t1 |title=Hillary Clinton's next act: The family foundation |first=Maggie |last=Haberman |newspaper=Politico |date=August 13, 2013 |archive-date=April 5, 2015 |access-date=August 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405110422/http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/hillary-clinton-family-foundation-95468.html?hp=t1 |url-status=live }} The main focus was to determine how the foundation could achieve firm financial footing that was not dependent upon the former president's fundraising abilities, how it could operate more like a permanent entity rather than a start-up organization, and thus how it could survive and prosper beyond Bill Clinton's lifetime. Dennis Cheng, a former Hillary Clinton campaign official and State Department deputy chief, was named to oversee a $250 million endowment drive. The review also found the management and structure of the foundation needed improvements, including an increase in the size of its board of directors that would have a more direct involvement in planning and budget activities. Additionally, the review said that all employees needed to understand the foundation's conflict of interest policies and that expense reports needed a more formal review process.

In January 2015, Braverman announced his resignation. Politico attributed the move to being "partly from a power struggle inside the foundation between and among the coterie of Clinton loyalists who have surrounded the former president for decades and who helped start and run the foundation."{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/03/clinton-foundation-eric-braverman-115598.html#.VPz65uEYEsI|title=Eric Braverman Tried to Change the Clinton Foundation. Then He Quit.|first=Kenneth P.|last=Vogel|newspaper=Politico|date=March 1, 2015|access-date=March 9, 2015|archive-date=June 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627014718/http://www.politico.com//magazine/story/2015/03/clinton-foundation-eric-braverman-115598.html#.VPz65uEYEsI|url-status=dead}} He was succeeded at first in an acting capacity by former deputy assistant secretary, Maura Pally.{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/clinton-foundation-replaces-ceo-114113|title=Clinton Foundation CEO steps down|first=Steven|last=Shepard|newspaper=Politico|date=March 9, 2015|archive-date=February 24, 2021|access-date=February 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224204802/https://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/clinton-foundation-replaces-ceo-114113|url-status=live}}

On February 18, 2015, The Washington Post reported that, "the foundation has won accolades from philanthropy experts and has drawn bipartisan support, with members of the George W. Bush administration often participating in its programs."{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clintons-raised-nearly-2-billion-for-foundation-since-2001/2015/02/18/b8425d88-a7cd-11e4-a7c2-03d37af98440_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 18, 2015|title=Clintons' foundation has raised nearly $2 billion – and some key questions|first1=Rosalind S.|last1=Helderman|first2=Tom|last2=Hamburger|first3=Steven|last3=Rich|archive-date=January 27, 2021|access-date=August 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127163848/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clintons-raised-nearly-2-billion-for-foundation-since-2001/2015/02/18/b8425d88-a7cd-11e4-a7c2-03d37af98440_story.html|url-status=live}} In March 2015, former Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Clinton administration, Donna Shalala, was selected to run the Clinton Foundation.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/donna-shalala-to-lead-clinton-foundation-1425676577|title=Donna Shalala to Lead Clinton Foundation|first1=Peter|last1=Nicolas|first2=Beth|last2=Reinhard|date=March 6, 2015|archive-date=February 14, 2021|access-date=March 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214154017/https://www.wsj.com/articles/donna-shalala-to-lead-clinton-foundation-1425676577|url-status=live}} She left in April 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article146752404.html|title=Former Clinton Foundation head Donna Shalala is back in Miami and at UM|website=Miami Herald|access-date=January 1, 2018|archive-date=February 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212134856/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article146752404.html|url-status=live}}

In August 2016, The Boston Globe's editorial board suggested that the Clinton Foundation cease accepting donations. The Globe's editorial board offered praise for the foundation's work but added that "as long as either of the Clintons are in public office, or actively seeking it, they should not operate a charity, too" because it represents a conflict of interest and a political distraction.{{cite web|last1=Pager|first1=Tyler|title=Boston Globe calls for freeze on Clinton Foundation donations|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/boston-globe-clinton-foundation-donations-227079|website=Politico|date=August 16, 2016|access-date=August 17, 2016|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118074136/https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/boston-globe-clinton-foundation-donations-227079|url-status=live}}

In 2016, Reuters reported that the Clinton Foundation suspected that it had been the target of a cyber security breach. As a consequence of the suspected cyber security breach, Clinton Foundation officials retained a security firm, FireEye, to evaluate its data systems. The cyber security breach has been described as sharing similarities with cyberattacks that targeted other institutions, such as the Democratic National Committee.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-democrats-idUSKCN10T01G|title=Clinton Foundation hired cyber firm after suspected hacking: sources|last1=Hosenball|first1=Mark|last2=Volz|first2=Dustin|last3=Walcott|first3=John|publisher=Reuters|date=August 17, 2016|access-date=August 18, 2016|archive-date=February 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211221528/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-democrats-idUSKCN10T01G|url-status=live}}

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". In a reported separate investigation, the Washington field office was investigating Terry McAuliffe before he became a board member of the Clinton Foundation.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/laptop-may-include-thousands-of-emails-linked-to-hillary-clintons-private-server-1477854957|title=FBI in Internal Feud Over Hillary Clinton Probe|first=Devlin|last=Barrett|date=October 30, 2016|archive-date=March 11, 2021|access-date=March 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311043252/https://www.wsj.com/articles/laptop-may-include-thousands-of-emails-linked-to-hillary-clintons-private-server-1477854957|url-status=live}} CNN reported in January 2018, that the FBI is investigating allegations of corruption at the Clinton Foundation in Arkansas. Sources said that federal prosecutors are checking to see if foundation donors were improperly promised policy favors or special access to Hillary Clinton during her tenure as secretary of state in return for donations and whether tax-exempt funds were misused by the foundation's leadership.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/05/politics/clinton-foundation-arkansas-probe/index.html|title=Feds actively investigating Clinton Foundation|first=Laura|last=Jarrett|publisher=CNN|date=January 6, 2018|archive-date=February 13, 2021|access-date=January 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213133311/https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/05/politics/clinton-foundation-arkansas-probe/index.html|url-status=live}}

The Washington Post reported in January 2020, that an additional Justice Department investigation into the matter, initiated after Donald Trump took office in 2017, was winding down after finding nothing worth pursuing.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/justice-dept-winds-down-clinton-related-inquiry-once-championed-by-trump-it-found-nothing-of-consequence/2020/01/09/ca83932e-32f9-11ea-a053-dc6d944ba776_story.html|title=Justice Dept. winds down Clinton-related inquiry once championed by Trump. It found nothing of consequence.|first1=Devlin|last1=Barrett|first2=Matt|last2=Zapotosky|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-date=January 14, 2021|access-date=January 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114191927/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/justice-dept-winds-down-clinton-related-inquiry-once-championed-by-trump-it-found-nothing-of-consequence/2020/01/09/ca83932e-32f9-11ea-a053-dc6d944ba776_story.html|url-status=live}}

As of January 2018, the board members are:{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=https://www.clintonfoundation.org/about/board-directors|website=Clinton Foundation|access-date=January 1, 2018|archive-date=May 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504061843/https://www.clintonfoundation.org/about/board-directors|url-status=live}}

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• Bill Clinton, chairman
• Chelsea Clinton, vice chair
• Frank Giustra
• Rolando Gonzalez-Bunster
• Eric Goosby
• Hadeel Ibrahim
• Lisa Jackson
• Bruce Lindsey, counselor to the chair
• Cheryl Mills
• Donna Shalala

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As of January 1, 2010, the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative, an initiative of the Clinton Foundation, became a separate nonprofit organization called the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI).{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08233/905462-114.stm|title=Expertise in economics and social issues at Clinton Foundation for resident Inder Singh|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=July 21, 2011|first=Pohla|last=Smith|date=August 20, 2008|archive-date=January 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131140152/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08233/905462-114.stm|url-status=live}} 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.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

In May 2007, CHAI and UNITAID announced agreements that help middle-income and low-income countries save money on second-line drugs. The partnership also reduced the price of a once-daily first-line treatment to less than $1 per day.{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE3DC1031F93AA2575AC0A9609C8B63|title=Five Nations To Tax Airfare To Raise Funds For AIDS Drugs|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 2, 2007|first=Celia W.|last=Dugger|date=September 19, 2006|archive-date=October 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027182111/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE3DC1031F93AA2575AC0A9609C8B63|url-status=live}}

CHAI was spun off into a separate organization in 2010; Ira Magaziner became its CEO (he had been a key figure in the Clinton health care plan of 1993). Chelsea Clinton joined its board in 2011, as did Tachi Yamada, former President of the Global Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

File:Dilma Clinton Global Rio.JPG opens Clinton Global Initiative Latin America in Rio de Janeiro, 2013.]]

The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) was founded in 2005 by Bill Clinton. Doug Band, counselor to Bill, was integral to its formation.Alisson Clark. [http://www.gainesvillemoms.com/article/20090204/MAGAZINE01/902040257 "The Gator Behind Bill Clinton"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019060322/http://www.gainesvillemoms.com/article/20090204/MAGAZINE01/902040257 |date=October 19, 2017 }}, The Gainesville Sun, February 4, 2009. Clinton has credited Band with being the originator of CGI and has noted that "Doug had the idea to do this."Jeremy Wallace. [http://politicalinsider.blogs.heraldtribune.com/10498/clinton-heaps-praise-on-band-family "Clinton Heaps Praise on Band Family"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209193623/http://politicalinsider.blogs.heraldtribune.com/10498/clinton-heaps-praise-on-band-family|date=December 9, 2011}}, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, October 1, 2009. Band left his paid position at CGI in 2010, preferring to emphasize his Teneo business and family pursuits, but remains on the CGI advisory board. The overlap between CGI and Teneo, of which Bill was a paid advisor, drew criticism. According to his attorneys during 2007 plea negotiations on sex offense charges, financier Jeffrey Epstein also formed "part of the original group that conceived the Clinton Global Initiative", though his name was not mentioned in any of the organization's founding documents.{{cite news |last1=Gerstein |first1=Josh |title=The one weird court case linking Trump, Clinton, and a billionaire pedophile |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/04/jeffrey-epstein-trump-lawsuit-sex-trafficking-237983 |access-date=January 3, 2019 |work=Politico |date=May 4, 2017 |archive-date=March 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310134603/https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/04/jeffrey-epstein-trump-lawsuit-sex-trafficking-237983 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/epstein-lawyer-claimed-alleged-pedophile-223701676.html|title=Epstein's Lawyer Claimed the Alleged Pedophile Helped Devise the Clinton Global Initiative|website=finance.yahoo.com|date=July 8, 2019|access-date=May 15, 2021|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310002954/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/epstein-lawyer-claimed-alleged-pedophile-223701676.html|url-status=live}}

File:Bill Clinton Alonzo Mourning CGI U.jpeg during CGI University Day of Service in Miami, Florida]]

In 2007, Bill started CGI U, which expanded the model of CGI to students, universities, and national youth organizations. CGI U has been held at Tulane University, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Miami, the University of California, San Diego, The George Washington University, Washington University in St. Louis, Arizona State University, and University of California, Berkeley. Panelists and speakers have included Jon Stewart, Madeleine Albright, Vandana Shiva, Bill and Chelsea Clinton, Stephen Colbert, Jack Dorsey, Greg Stanton, U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, Shane Battier, Salman Khan (founder of Khan Academy), and U.S. Rep. John Lewis."Clinton Global Initiative University to Bring Students, Nonprofit Leaders, Social Entrepreneurs, and Celebrities to Campus in April".[http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/thisweek/2010/11/22_Clinton.asp This Week @ UCSD] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402135956/http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/thisweek/2010/11/22_Clinton.asp |date=April 2, 2012 }}, November 22, 2010.{{cite web|title=CGIU 2013 Washington University in St. Louis|url=http://cgiu.wustl.edu/|access-date=April 1, 2013|archive-date=March 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331012759/http://cgiu.wustl.edu/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/meetings/cgi-university/2014/about|title=CGI University 2014 - About|website=Clinton Foundation|access-date=April 3, 2016|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308091228/https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/meetings/cgi-university/2014/about|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/meetings/cgi-university/2015/about|title=CGI University 2015 - About|website=Clinton Foundation|access-date=April 3, 2016|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308011306/https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/meetings/cgi-university/2015/about|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/meetings/cgi-university/2016|title=CGI University 2016|website=Clinton Foundation|access-date=April 3, 2016|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308060534/https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/meetings/cgi-university/2016|url-status=dead}}

In September 2016, it was announced that the Initiative would be winding down to be discontinued and that 74 employees would be let go at the end of the year.{{cite web |url=https://www.labor.ny.gov/app/warn/details.asp?id=5695 |title=WARN Details - New York State Department of Labor |publisher=Labor.ny.gov |access-date=June 21, 2019 |archive-date=February 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207003018/https://www.labor.ny.gov/app/warn/details.asp?id=5695 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|last1=Talev|first1=Margaret|last2=Allison|first2=Bill|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-09-19/clinton-global-initiative-ends-run-with-some-of-shine-worn-off|title=Clinton Global Initiative Ends With Some Shine Worn Off|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|publisher=Bloomberg|date=September 19, 2016|access-date=January 28, 2017|archive-date=June 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618051151/https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-09-19/clinton-global-initiative-ends-run-with-some-of-shine-worn-off|url-status=live}} In January 2017, it was announced that another 22 employees would be let go by April 15, 2017, and that CGI University would be continued.{{cite web |url=https://labor.ny.gov/app/warn/details.asp?id=5801 |title=WARN Details - New York State Department of Labor |publisher=Labor.ny.gov |date=April 15, 2017 |access-date=June 21, 2019 |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124050112/https://labor.ny.gov/app/warn/details.asp?id=5801 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|last=Lockwood|first=Frank E.|url=http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/jan/26/clinton-global-initiative-scales-back-o/?f=news-arkansas|title=Clinton Global Initiative scales back on programs|publisher=ArkansasOnline|date=January 27, 2017|access-date=January 27, 2017|archive-date=February 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226034815/https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/jan/26/clinton-global-initiative-scales-back-o/?f=news-arkansas|url-status=live}}{{update inline|date=September 2023|reason=The initiative appears to be operational as of September 2023.}}

The Clinton Global Citizen Awards are a set of awards which have been given by the Clinton Global Initiative every year since 2007.{{cite web |author=Clinton Global Initiative |year=2012 |title=2012 Clinton Global Citizen Awards |url=http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/ourmeetings/2012/clinton_global_citizen_awards/ |access-date=March 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923204736/http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/ourmeetings/2012/clinton_global_citizen_awards/ |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead }} 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". Past recipients of the award include Mexican businessman and philanthropist Carlos Slim, Irish billionaire Denis O'Brien,{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/bill-clinton-visit-cements-close-working-relationship-with-denis-o-brien-1.1555547 |title=Bill Clinton visit cements close working relationship with Denis O'Brien: Irish billionaire helps to cover cost of trip |newspaper=The Irish Times|date=October 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601135338/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/bill-clinton-visit-cements-close-working-relationship-with-denis-o-brien-1.1555547 |archive-date=June 1, 2015 |quote=Mr Clinton ... last year ... named [Denis O'Brien] a Clinton Global Citizen under an awards scheme linked to the former president's think tank the Clinton Global Initiative.}} Moroccan entrepreneur Mohammad Abbad Andaloussi,{{cite web |author=Clinton Global Initiative |year=2012 |title=2011 Clinton Global Citizen Awards |url=http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/ourmeetings/2011/clinton_global_citizen_awards.asp |access-date=March 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408054008/http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/ourmeetings/2011/clinton_global_citizen_awards.asp |archive-date=April 8, 2013 |url-status=dead }} Rwandan President Paul Kagame,{{cite news |last=Nambi |first=Irene V |date=September 25, 2009 |title=Rwanda: Kagame Honoured With Global Citizen Award |work=The New Times |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200909250068.html |access-date=March 5, 2013 |archive-date=September 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910145734/http://allafrica.com/stories/200909250068.html |url-status=live }} Afghan women's rights activist Suraya Pakzad,{{Cite web|url=http://vwo.org.af/|title=Voice of Women Organization | Home|access-date=August 18, 2014|archive-date=March 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301162127/http://vwo.org.af/|url-status=dead}} Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernández,{{cite web |author=Clinton Global Initiative |year=2012 |title=2010 Clinton Global Citizen Awards |url=http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/ourmeetings/2010/clinton_global_citizen_awards.asp |access-date=March 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414150833/http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/ourmeetings/2010/clinton_global_citizen_awards.asp |archive-date=April 14, 2013 }} and Pakistani labor rights activist Syeda Ghulam Fatima.{{cite news |url=http://www.geo.tv/article-198878-Pakistani-activist-Syeda-Ghulam-Fatima-receives-Global-Citizen-award-in-NY |title=Pakistani activist Syeda Ghulam Fatima receives Global Citizen award in NY |work=Geo News |date=September 28, 2015 |access-date=September 29, 2015 |archive-date=December 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209141455/http://www.geo.tv/article-198878-Pakistani-activist-Syeda-Ghulam-Fatima-receives-Global-Citizen-award-in-NY |url-status=live }}

In August 2006, Bill Clinton started a program to fight climate change, the Clinton Foundation's Climate Initiative (CCI).{{Cite web|url=https://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/news-and-media/press-releases-and-statements/press-release-president-clinton-announces-landmark-program-to-reduce-energy-use.html|title=Press Release: President Clinton Announces Landmark Program to Reduce Energy Use in Buildings Worldwide|website=Clinton Foundation|access-date=September 24, 2020|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225020845/https://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/news-and-media/press-releases-and-statements/press-release-president-clinton-announces-landmark-program-to-reduce-energy-use.html|url-status=live}} The CCI directly runs various programs to prevent deforestation and to rehabilitate forests and other landscapes worldwide, develop clean energy, and help island nations threatened by rising ocean levels.{{cite web|last1=Callahan|first1=David|url=http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2016/6/23/what-the-heck-does-the-clinton-foundation-actually-do.html|title=What the Heck Does the Clinton Foundation Actually DO?|publisher=Inside Philanthropy|date=June 23, 2016|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111171422/https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2016/6/23/what-the-heck-does-the-clinton-foundation-actually-do.html|url-status=live}}

On August 1, 2006, the foundation entered into a partnership with the Large Cities Climate Leadership Group, agreeing to provide resources to allow the participating cities to enter into an energy-saving product purchasing consortium and to provide technical and communications support.{{cite web |url=http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=8786 |title=Former President Clinton launches climate change initiative |access-date=October 2, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930185404/http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=8786 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}

In May 2007, CCI announced its first project which will help some large cities cut greenhouse gas emissions by facilitating retrofitting of existing buildings. Five large banks committed $1 billion each to help cities and building owners make energy-saving improvements aimed at lowering energy use and energy costs.{{cite web |url=http://www.clintonfoundation.org/051607-nr-cf-pr-cci-president-clinton-announces-landmark-program-to-reduce-energy-use-in-buildings-worldwide.htm |title=President Clinton Announces Landmark Program to Reduce Energy Use in Buildings Worldwide |access-date=October 2, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704034934/http://www.clintonfoundation.org/051607-nr-cf-pr-cci-president-clinton-announces-landmark-program-to-reduce-energy-use-in-buildings-worldwide.htm |archive-date=July 4, 2007}} At the 2007 Clinton Global Initiative, Bill Clinton announced the 1Sky campaign to accelerate bold federal policy on global warming.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rbf.org/resources/resources_show.htm?doc_id=540866|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025102114/http://www.rbf.org/resources/resources_show.htm?doc_id=540866|url-status=dead|title=Rockefeller Brothers Fund: News & Resources: Multimedia: President Clinton Recognizes 1Sky Campaign on Global Warming|archive-date=October 25, 2007}} The 1Sky campaign supports at least an 80% reduction in climate pollution levels by 2050.

On May 19, 2009, CCI announced the global Climate Positive Development Program where it will work with the U.S. Green Building Council to promote "climate positive" city growth.{{cite web |url=https://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/news-and-media/press-releases-and-statements/press-release-clinton-climate-initiative-to-demostrate-model-for-sustainable-urb.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308042423/https://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/news-and-media/press-releases-and-statements/press-release-clinton-climate-initiative-to-demostrate-model-for-sustainable-urb.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2016|title=Press Release: Clinton Climate Initiative To Demonstrate Model For Sustainable Urban Growth With Projects In 10 Countries On Six Continents |access-date=June 16, 2009}}

Norway and Germany are among the countries co-financing projects with the CCI in numerous developing and third-world countries.{{cite web|url=https://www.norad.no/en/front/thematic-areas/climate-change-and-environment/norways-international-climate-and-forest-initiative/|title=The Government of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202062809/https://www.norad.no/en/front/thematic-areas/climate-change-and-environment/norways-international-climate-and-forest-initiative/|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/news/article/global_conservation_of_forests/|title=German Government's International Climate Initiative|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308020124/https://www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/news/article/global_conservation_of_forests/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last1=Chase|first1=Jefferson|url=http://www.dw.com/en/environment-ministry-refutes-clinton-foundation-report/a-36556480|title=Environment Ministry refutes Clinton Foundation report|publisher=Deutsche Welle|date=November 28, 2016|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=December 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223205738/https://www.dw.com/en/environment-ministry-refutes-clinton-foundation-report/a-36556480|url-status=live}}

The Clinton Development Initiative, originally the Clinton Hunter Development Initiative, was formed in 2006 as a partnership with Scottish philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter's Hunter Foundation to target the root causes of poverty in Africa and promote sustainable economic growth.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/10/international/europe/10hunter.html |title=A Scotsman Wields a Not-So-Invisible Hand in Africa |access-date=October 2, 2007 |work=The New York Times |first=Alan |last=Cowell |date=December 10, 2005 |archive-date=May 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518111807/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/10/international/europe/10hunter.html |url-status=live }}

The Alliance for a Healthier Generation is a partnership between the Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association that was working to end the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States by 2010.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which provided an initial $8 million to start the Healthy Schools Program, awarded a $20 million grant to expand the program to over 8,000 schools in states with the highest obesity rates.{{cite web |url=http://www.rwjf.org/newsroom/activitydetail.jsp?productid=18234&typeid=109 |title=Healthy Schools Program |access-date=October 2, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518083124/http://www.rwjf.org/newsroom/activitydetail.jsp?productid=18234&typeid=109 |archive-date=May 18, 2008}}

At the industry level, the Alliance struck agreements with major food and beverage manufacturers to provide kids with nutritional options, and established nutrition guidelines for school vending machines, stores and cafeterias to promote healthy eating. Some of the companies involved in these efforts are Coca-Cola, Cadbury plc, Campbell Soup Company, Groupe Danone, Kraft Foods, Mars and PepsiCo.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/07/education/07snack.html?_r=1&n=Top%2fNews%2fBusiness%2fCompanies%2fPepsiCo%20Inc%2e&oref=slogin |title=Producers Agree to Send Healthier Foods to Schools |access-date=October 2, 2007 |work=The New York Times |first=Marian |last=Burros |date=October 7, 2006 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308153616/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/07/education/07snack.html?_r=1&n=Top%2fNews%2fBusiness%2fCompanies%2fPepsiCo%20Inc.&oref=slogin |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1191823,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615064312/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1191823,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 15, 2006 |title=How Bill Put the Fizz in the Fight Against Fat |magazine=Time |access-date=October 2, 2007 |date=May 7, 2006}}

Established in 2007 with Canadian mining executive Frank Giustra — founder of the petroleum company Pacific Rubiales (renamed Pacific Exploration & Production in 2015) — CGSGI describes itself as "pioneering an innovative approach to poverty alleviation."{{Cite web|url=https://www.clintonfoundation.org/our-work/clinton-giustra-enterprise-partnership|title=Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership|website=Clinton Foundation|access-date=August 26, 2016|archive-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210184058/https://www.clintonfoundation.org/our-work/clinton-giustra-enterprise-partnership|url-status=live}} Giustra's involvement with the Clinton Foundation has been criticized by the International Business Times, The Washington Post, and the American Media Institute because it was accompanied by a sudden reversal in Hillary Clinton's position while Secretary of State concerning the United States–Colombia Free Trade Agreement, an agreement which she had previously opposed "as bad for labor rights."{{cite web|last1=Sirota|first1=David|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/colombian-oil-money-flowed-clintons-state-department-took-no-action-prevent-labor-1874464|title=As Colombian Oil Money Flowed To Clintons, State Department Took No Action To Prevent Labor Violations|website=International Business Times|access-date=October 14, 2016|date=April 8, 2015|archive-date=February 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223081949/https://www.ibtimes.com/colombian-oil-money-flowed-clintons-state-department-took-no-action-prevent-labor-1874464|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Silvermann|first1=Ken|title=The Clinton Foundation left a toxic legacy in Colombia|url=https://americanmediainstitute.com/investigations/clinton-foundation-left-toxic-legacy-colombia/|website=American Media Institute|access-date=October 14, 2016|archive-date=March 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326221244/https://americanmediainstitute.com/investigations/clinton-foundation-left-toxic-legacy-colombia/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=McSheffrey|first1=Elizabeth|title=Canadian petroleum giant accused of environmental, human rights abuses in Colombia|url=https://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/07/12/news/canadian-petroleum-giant-accused-environmental-human-rights-abuses-colombia|website=National Observer|access-date=October 14, 2016|date=July 12, 2016|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308103348/https://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/07/12/news/canadian-petroleum-giant-accused-environmental-human-rights-abuses-colombia|url-status=live}}{{cite news|author1=Tom Hamburger|author2=Rosalind S. Helderman|author3=Anu Narayanswamy|title=The Clintons, a luxury jet and their $100 million donor from Canada|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-clintons-a-luxury-jet-and-their-100-million-donor/2015/05/03/688051d0-ecef-11e4-8abc-d6aa3bad79dd_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=October 14, 2016|date=May 3, 2015|archive-date=February 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213031901/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-clintons-a-luxury-jet-and-their-100-million-donor/2015/05/03/688051d0-ecef-11e4-8abc-d6aa3bad79dd_story.html|url-status=live}}

In November 2012, Bill Clinton announced the launch of the Clinton Health Matters Initiative (CHMI). CHMI is a national initiative, building on the Clinton Foundation's work on global health and childhood obesity, that works to improve the health and well-being of people across the United States by activating individuals, communities, and organizations to make meaningful contributions to the health of others. CHMI holds an annual Health Matters conference every January in the Coachella Valley.{{cite web|url=http://www.kesq.com/news/valley-organizations-pleased-clinton-foundation-keeping-health-matters-initiative/41359084|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826104658/http://www.kesq.com/news/valley-organizations-pleased-clinton-foundation-keeping-health-matters-initiative/41359084|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 26, 2016|title=Valley organizations pleased Clinton Foundation keeping Health Matters Initiative|last=LAKANA|date=August 25, 2016}}

The foundation has funded extensive disaster relief programs following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Shortly after Hurricane Katrina hit, President George W. Bush asked former Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton to raise funds to help rebuild the Gulf Coast region. The two Presidents, having worked together to assist victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami, established the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund to identify and meet the unmet needs in the region, foster economic opportunity, and to improve the quality of life of those affected.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/05/national/nationalspecial/05clinton.html |title=Clinton Lends His Expertise and an Ear in Louisiana |access-date=October 2, 2007 |work=The New York Times |first=Stephanie |last=Strom |date=October 5, 2005 |archive-date=April 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403233320/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/05/national/nationalspecial/05clinton.html |url-status=live }} In the first month after the hurricane, the Fund collected over 42,000 online donations alone; approximately $128.4 million has been received to date from all 50 states and $30.9 million from foreign countries.

Both the foundation and the Clintons personally have been involved in Haiti before and after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.{{cite web |last1=Katz |first1=Jonathan |title=The King and Queen of Haiti |url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/05/clinton-foundation-haiti-117368 |website=Politico |access-date=September 21, 2016 |date=May 4, 2015 |archive-date=February 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228085508/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/05/clinton-foundation-haiti-117368/ |url-status=live }} Bill Clinton was named the head of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC) in 2010 after serving as UN special envoy to Haiti in the immediate aftermath of the disaster. The Clinton Foundation itself raised $30m and played an important part in the creation of the Caracol Industrial Park. The IHRC mandate was removed by the Haitian legislature in 2011.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-37826098|title=The Clintons and Haiti: What really happened?|first=Jude|last=Sheerin|work=BBC News|date=November 2, 2016|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-date=February 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207000531/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-37826098|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/02/13/hillary-clinton-launches-global-data-project-on-women-and-girls/ |title=Hillary Clinton launches global data project on women and girls |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=July 11, 2015 |access-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711211014/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/02/13/hillary-clinton-launches-global-data-project-on-women-and-girls/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/wyss-clinton-foundations-partner-on-full-participation-by-women-and-girls |title=Wyss, Clinton Foundations Partner on Full Participation by Women and Girls |author=Foundation Center |work=Philanthropy News Digest (PND) |access-date=September 2, 2014 |archive-date=February 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228090124/https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/wyss-clinton-foundations-partner-on-full-participation-by-women-and-girls |url-status=live }} This is called "No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project". The project released a report in March 2015.{{cite web |url=http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6884850 |title='No Ceilings' Report Shows There's Still A Long Way To Go In Achieving Women's Equality |work=Huffington Post |date=March 17, 2015 |access-date=May 2, 2015 |archive-date=March 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317155829/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/no-ceilings-report-womens-rights_n_6884850 |url-status=live }}

In September 2023, the launch of the Clinton Foundation's initiative for supporting Ukraine — Clinton Global Initiative Ukraine Action Network — was announced to support non-profit organizations working in Ukraine.{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/clinton-global-initiative-ukraine-action-network-9e9896c6ef53534f49ddaa4fd00de288 |title=Clinton Global Initiative will launch network to provide new humanitarian aid to Ukrainians |date=September 18, 2023 |website=AP News |access-date=September 15, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/clinton-global-initiative-announces-new-proposal-help-rebuild-ukraine-provide-humanitarian-support |title=Clinton Global Initiative announces new proposal to help rebuild Ukraine, provide humanitarian support |date=September 18, 2023 |website=Fox News |access-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915134408/https://www.foxnews.com/world/clinton-global-initiative-announces-new-proposal-help-rebuild-ukraine-provide-humanitarian-support |url-status=live }}

The Clinton Foundation relies on donation from various groups or individuals, donors such as Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated over $25 million over the years{{Cite web|title=Recognizing Our Generous Supporters|url=https://www.clintonfoundation.org/contributors|access-date=2021-01-12|website=Clinton Foundation|language=en|archive-date=March 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309201545/https://www.clintonfoundation.org/contributors/|url-status=live}} Throughout the years, donations have been varying from one year to the other according to their financial reports {{Cite web|title=Annual Reports, Financials & Tax-Exempt Materials|url=https://www.clintonfoundation.org/about/annual-financial-reports|access-date=2021-01-12|website=Clinton Foundation|language=en|archive-date=February 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207000544/https://www.clintonfoundation.org/about/annual-financial-reports|url-status=live}}

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In March 2015, the charity watchdog group Charity Navigator added the Clinton Foundation to a watch list (a designation meant to warn donors that questions have been raised about an entity's practices), after several news organizations raised questions over donations from corporations and foreign governments. It removed the foundation from its watch list in late December of that year.{{cite web|last1=O'Neil|first1=Megan|title=Charity Navigator Removes Clinton Foundation From Watch List|url=https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Charity-Navigator-Removes/234700|website=The Journal of Philanthropy|access-date=November 23, 2016|date=December 22, 2015|archive-date=February 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212173234/https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Charity-Navigator-Removes/234700|url-status=live}} In September 2016, it gave it its highest possible rating, four out of four stars, after its customary review of the foundation's financial records and tax statements.Sullivan, Eileen. [http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-charity-watchdog-gives-clinton-foundation-high-marks-2016-9 "Charity watchdog gives Clinton Foundation the highest possible rating"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402114803/https://www.businessinsider.com/ap-charity-watchdog-gives-clinton-foundation-high-marks-2016-9 |date=April 2, 2019 }}, Business Insider (September 1, 2016). A different charity monitor, CharityWatch, said that 88% of the foundation's money goes toward its charitable mission and gave the foundation an A rating for 2016. In 2015, based on revenue of $223 million and an expense ratio of 12% the foundation spent in excess of $26 million to complete its mission.{{Cite web|url=https://www.charitywatch.org/charities/clinton-foundation|title=Clinton Foundation|website=www.charitywatch.org|access-date=May 15, 2021|archive-date=May 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506032528/https://www.charitywatch.org/charities/clinton-foundation|url-status=live}}

The Clinton Foundation is a public organization to which anyone may donate. Due to their similar names, the public foundation has sometimes been confused with the Clinton Family Foundation, which is reserved for the Clintons' private philanthropy. The two foundations have sometimes been conflated by news sources. The significantly smaller Clinton Family Foundation is a traditional private foundation that serves as the vehicle for their personal charitable giving. Headquartered in Chappaqua, New York, it received nearly all of the approximately $14 million the Clintons gave to charity from 2007 to 2013.

{{See also|First presidency of Donald Trump#Ethics|Supreme Court Historical Society#Controversy}}

Around 2007, the Clinton Foundation was criticized for a lack of transparency. Although U.S. law did not require charities, including presidential foundations, to disclose the identities of their contributors, critics said that the names of donors should be disclosed because Hillary Clinton was running to be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. Commentator Matthew Yglesias opined in a Los Angeles Times op-ed that the Clintons should make public the names of foundation donors to avoid any appearance of impropriety.{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-yglesias4oct04,0,6253673.story?coll=la-opinion-center |title=Who's Giving Money to Bill Clinton? |access-date=February 24, 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times |first=Matthew |last=Yglesias |date=October 4, 2007 |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024004811/http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-yglesias4oct04,0,6253673.story?coll=la-opinion-center |url-status=live }}

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A lengthy donors list was then released by the foundation in December 2008, which included several politically sensitive donors, such as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Blackwater Worldwide.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/us/politics/w19clinton.html |work=The New York Times |title=In Clinton List, a Veil Is Lifted on Foundation |first1=Peter |last1=Baker |first2=Charlie |last2=Savage |date=December 19, 2008 |access-date=April 30, 2010 |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206074938/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/us/politics/w19clinton.html |url-status=live }} The foundation stated that the disclosures would ensure that "not even the appearance of a conflict of interest" would exist once Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State.

The foundation has been criticized for receiving donations from Middle-Eastern countries which are seen to oppress women (stoning for adultery, not being able to drive, requiring a male guardian, etc.). This particularly included Saudi Arabia, which donated between $10 million and $25 million. Apart from the Middle Eastern countries like the United Arab Emirates and Oman, other foreign government donations came from Australia, Germany, and a Canadian government agency.{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/foreign-government-gifts-to-clinton-foundation-on-the-rise-1424223031|title=Foreign Government Gifts to Clinton Foundation on the Rise|accessdate=17 February 2015|website=The Wall Street Journal|archive-date=March 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316030641/https://www.wsj.com/articles/foreign-government-gifts-to-clinton-foundation-on-the-rise-1424223031|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/us/politics/hillary-clinton-presidential-campaign-charity.html|title=Foundation Ties Bedevil Hillary Clinton's Presidential Campaign|last1=Chozick|first1=Amy|date=August 20, 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 25, 2017|last2=Eder|first2=Steve|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225175317/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/us/politics/hillary-clinton-presidential-campaign-charity.html//|url-status=live}} The foundation accepted these donations even though Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign platform guaranteed to break down barriers that held women back.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-women-conference-clinton/clinton-calls-on-world-to-break-down-barriers-holding-back-girls-idUSKCN0YA2GI|title=Clinton calls on world to break down barriers holding back girls|date=May 19, 2016|work=Reuters|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308185802/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-women-conference-clinton/clinton-calls-on-world-to-break-down-barriers-holding-back-girls-idUSKCN0YA2GI|url-status=live}}

In November 2016, Reuters reported that "The Clinton Foundation has confirmed it accepted a $1 million gift from Qatar while Hillary Clinton was U.S. Secretary of State without informing the State Department, even though she had promised to let the agency review new or significantly increased support from foreign governments."{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-foundation-idUSKBN12Z2SL |work=Reuters |title=Clinton's charity confirms Qatar's $1 million gift while she was at State Dept |date=November 4, 2016 |archive-date=March 14, 2021 |access-date=June 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314160030/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-foundation-idUSKBN12Z2SL |url-status=live }} Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin opined that the Qatari gift "raised ethical questions" because of the nation's support for Hamas.{{cite news |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2015/02/18/foreign-donations-to-hillary-clintons-foundation-raise-major-ethical-questions/ |title=Foreign donations to foundation raise major ethical questions for Hillary Clinton |first=Jennifer |last=Rubin |date=February 18, 2015 |archive-date=February 2, 2021 |access-date=November 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202034256/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2015/02/18/foreign-donations-to-hillary-clintons-foundation-raise-major-ethical-questions/ |url-status=live }}

The 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/2016-polls-show-clinton-leads-key-states-gop-field-wide-n306106 |title=2016 Polls Show Clinton Leads in Key States, GOP Field Wide Open |date=February 15, 2015 |work=NBC News |access-date=February 20, 2018 |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818161152/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/2016-polls-show-clinton-leads-key-states-gop-field-wide-n306106 |url-status=live }} The Wall Street Journal reported that the Clinton Foundation had resumed accepting donations from foreign governments once Secretary Clinton's tenure had ended.{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/foreign-government-gifts-to-clinton-foundation-on-the-rise-1424223031 |title=Foreign Government Gifts to Clinton Foundation on the Rise |first1=James V. |last1=Grimaldi |first2=Rebecca |last2=Ballhaus |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=February 17, 2015 |archive-date=March 16, 2021 |access-date=March 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316030641/https://www.wsj.com/articles/foreign-government-gifts-to-clinton-foundation-on-the-rise-1424223031 |url-status=live }} Contributions from foreign donors, which are prohibited by law from contributing to political candidates in the U.S., constitute a major portion of the foundation's income. An investigation by The Washington Post of 2014 donations showed that there was "substantial overlap between the Clinton political machinery and the foundation". The investigation revealed that almost half of the major donors who had backed Ready for Hillary, a group which supported her 2016 presidency bid, had given at least $10,000 to the foundation, either personally or through foundations or companies they run. The Clinton Foundation's chief communications officer Craig Minassian explained that it is a "false choice to suggest that people who may be interested in supporting political causes wouldn't also support philanthropic work."

A subsequent Washington Post inquiry into donations by foreign governments to the Clinton Foundation during the Secretary's tenure found, in addition to six cases where such governments continued making donations at the same level they had before Clinton became Secretary as envisioned under the agreement, one instance of a new donation, $500,000 from Algeria for earthquake relief in Haiti, that was outside the bounds of the continuation provision and should have received a special ethics review, but did not.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/foreign-governments-gave-millions-to-foundation-while-clinton-was-at-state-dept/2015/02/25/31937c1e-bc3f-11e4-8668-4e7ba8439ca6_story.html|title=Foreign governments gave millions to foundation while Clinton was at State Dept.|first1=Rosalind S.|last1=Helderman|first2=Tom|last2=Hamburger|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 25, 2015|archive-date=December 24, 2019|access-date=August 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224135159/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/foreign-governments-gave-millions-to-foundation-while-clinton-was-at-state-dept/2015/02/25/31937c1e-bc3f-11e4-8668-4e7ba8439ca6_story.html|url-status=live}} 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. But in general, they stressed that, "As with other global charities, we rely on the support of individuals, organizations, corporations and governments who have the shared goal of addressing critical global challenges in a meaningful way. When anyone contributes to the Clinton Foundation, it goes towards foundation programs that help save lives." State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki attested that the foundation's commitment to the ethics agreement in question "has been over and above the letter of the law".{{cite news|last1=Seitz-Wald|first1=Alex|title=State Department acknowledges issue with Clinton Foundation donation|url=http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/state-acknowledges-issue-hillary-clinton-foundation-donation|access-date=April 29, 2015|publisher=MSNBC|date=February 26, 2015|archive-date=December 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212220856/http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/state-acknowledges-issue-hillary-clinton-foundation-donation|url-status=live}} In August 2016, after Clinton's securing the Democratic nomination, the Clinton Foundation announced that it will stop accepting foreign donations if she were elected.{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/18/politics/clinton-foundation-says-it-wont-accept-corporate-or-foreign-donations-if-clinton-wins|title=Clinton Foundation says it will limit donations if Clinton is elected|last1=Merica|first1=Dan|last2=Bradner|first2=Eric|date=August 19, 2016|website=edition.cnn.com|publisher=CNN|access-date=August 19, 2016|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224120715/https://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/18/politics/clinton-foundation-says-it-wont-accept-corporate-or-foreign-donations-if-clinton-wins|url-status=live}}

In March 2015, Reuters reported that the Clinton Health Access Initiative had failed to publish all of its donors, and to let the State Department review all of its donations from foreign governments after it was spun off from the Clinton Foundation in 2010.Jonathan Allen, [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-clinton-donations-iduskbn0mf2fq20150319 Despite Hillary Clinton promise, charity did not disclose donors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001094239/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/19/us-usa-clinton-donations-idUSKBN0MF2FQ20150319 |date=October 1, 2015 }}, Reuters (March 19, 2015). In April 2015, The New York Times reported that when Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, the State Department had approved transactions that allowed Russian state-owned corporation Rosatom to take a majority stake in Uranium One, whose chairman had donated to the Clinton Foundation.[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313224417/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html |date=March 13, 2021 }}, The New York Times, April 23, 2015. The State Department "was one of nine government agencies, not to mention independent federal and state nuclear regulators, that had to sign off on the deal."{{cite web|author=Linda Qiu|url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jun/30/donald-trump/donald-trump-inaccurately-suggests-clinton-got-pai|title=Did Clinton help Russia obtain uranium for donations? Nope|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=January 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115084026/https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jun/30/donald-trump/donald-trump-inaccurately-suggests-clinton-got-pai/|url-status=live}} FactCheck.org stated there is "no evidence" that the donations influenced Clinton's official actions or that she was involved in the State Department's decision to approve the deal,{{cite web|author=Eugene Kiely|url=http://www.factcheck.org/2015/04/no-veto-power-for-clinton-on-uranium-deal|title=No 'Veto Power' for Clinton on Uranium Deal|publisher=Annenberg Public Policy Center|website=FactCheck.org|date=April 28, 2015|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=March 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312035159/https://www.factcheck.org/2015/04/no-veto-power-for-clinton-on-uranium-deal/|url-status=live}} and PolitiFact concluded that any "suggestion of a quid pro quo is unsubstantiated".

{{Main|Clinton Foundation–State Department controversy}}

In February 2016, The Washington Post reported that the United States Department of State issued a subpoena to the foundation in the fall of 2015. According to the report, the subpoena focused on "documents about the charity's projects that may have required approval from federal government during Hillary Clinton's term as secretary of state" and "also asked for records related to Huma Abedin, longtime Clinton aide who for six months in 2012 was employed simultaneously by the State Department, the foundation, Clinton's personal office, and a private consulting firm with ties to the Clintons."Hamburger, Tom. Helderman, Rosalind S. 2016. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clinton-foundation-received-subpoena-from-state-department-investigators/2016/02/11/ca5125b2-cce4-11e5-88ff-e2d1b4289c2f_story.html "Clinton Campaign received subpoena from State Department investigators"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217161515/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clinton-foundation-received-subpoena-from-state-department-investigators/2016/02/11/ca5125b2-cce4-11e5-88ff-e2d1b4289c2f_story.html |date=December 17, 2020 }}. The Washington Post. February 11, 2016.

{{Main|Clinton Foundation–State Department controversy}}

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 [https://www.taxpayers.org.nz/ Taxpayers union of New Zealand]{{Cite web|url=https://www.taxpayers.org.nz/australian_government_pulls_plug_on_clinton_foundation_funding|title=Australian Government pulls plug on Clinton Foundation funding|last1=January 16|last2=Union|first2=2017 Taxpayers'|website=Taxpayers' Union|language=en|access-date=April 6, 2020|archive-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210024338/https://www.taxpayers.org.nz/australian_government_pulls_plug_on_clinton_foundation_funding|url-status=live}} for a perceived lack of accountability and perceived conflicts of interest,{{Cite web|url=https://www.spectator.com.au/2018/02/havent-we-paid-hillary-clinton-enough-already/|title=Haven't we paid Hillary enough already?|date=February 21, 2018|website=The Spectator Australia|language=en-US|access-date=April 6, 2020|archive-date=February 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207004518/https://www.spectator.com.au/2018/02/havent-we-paid-hillary-clinton-enough-already/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2019/10/clinton-foundation-hq-in-australia-regulator-reports-overdue-staff-gone-and-the-lawn-needs-mowing.html|title=Clinton Foundation HQ in Australia - regulatory reports overdue, staff gone and the lawn needs mowing|website=Michael Smith News|access-date=April 6, 2020|archive-date=February 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207010538/https://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2019/10/clinton-foundation-hq-in-australia-regulator-reports-overdue-staff-gone-and-the-lawn-needs-mowing.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/why-have-we-donated-to-clintons-foundation/news-story/96f87b9c4999e22cd3b022d267129896|title=Why have we donated to Clinton's Foundation?|date=October 30, 2016|website=Herald Sun|language=en|access-date=April 6, 2020|archive-date=March 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303052728/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/why-have-we-donated-to-clintons-foundation/news-story/96f87b9c4999e22cd3b022d267129896|url-status=live}} some of the donations were made directly and some through AUSAID.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/clinton-donors|title=Clinton Foundation Donors|website=The New York Times|access-date=April 6, 2020|archive-date=March 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309222825/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/clinton-donors|url-status=live}}

In 2006, the then foreign minister Alexander Downer and former President Clinton jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding in February 2006 that gave more than {{AUD|25|link=yes}} million to the Clinton Foundation across four years for a project to provide screening and drug treatment to AIDS patients in Asia. The donation was later made through an affiliate of the charity known as the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI).{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} The Australian government ceased funding CHAI in 2016.{{Cite news|last=Walls|first=Jason|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12274531|title=Government no longer to fund the Clinton Foundations' flagship aid programme|date=October 7, 2019|work=The New Zealand Herald|access-date=April 6, 2020|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777|archive-date=June 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610152107/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12274531|url-status=live}} In 2017 the Specialist Health Service (SHS) in a report commissioned by DFAT noted "Previously, there appears to have been an over-reliance on the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) for facilitating market access".{{Cite web|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/final-pdp-evaluation-and-options.pdf|title=Final evaluation of Australia's investment in Product Development Partnerships (2013-2018): Evaluation findings and options for future DFAT investment|access-date=April 6, 2020|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406120531/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/final-pdp-evaluation-and-options.pdf|url-status=live}}

In 2011, a pledge of {{AUD|270|link=yes}} million was made by Australian Julia Gillard government to the Global Partnership for Education{{Cite web|url=https://www.results.org.au/global-partnership-for-education-receives-2-3-billion-for-education-but-falls-short-of-3-1-billion-target/|title=Global Partnership for Education receives $2.3 billion for education - but falls short of $3.1 billion target|last=Australia|first=RESULTS|date=February 4, 2018|website=RESULTS|language=en-AU|access-date=April 6, 2020|archive-date=March 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313231555/https://www.results.org.au/global-partnership-for-education-receives-2-3-billion-for-education-but-falls-short-of-3-1-billion-target/|url-status=dead}} which in 2014 joined the Clinton Global Initiative.{{Cite web|url=https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative|title=Clinton Global Initiative|website=Clinton Foundation|language=en|access-date=April 6, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724042419/https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/|url-status=live}} Julia Gillard was made a member of the board of Global Partnership for Education in 2014 after losing the Australian federal election{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalpartnership.org/who-we-are/board/chair|title=Julia Gillard {{!}} Global Partnership for Education|website=www.globalpartnership.org|language=en|access-date=April 6, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-11/julia-gillard-global-partnership-education/5251230|title=Gillard named chair of global education program|date=February 11, 2014|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=April 6, 2020|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308152347/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-11/julia-gillard-global-partnership-education/5251230|url-status=live}}

According to DFAT, Australia contributed {{AUD|340.8|link=yes}} million to the Global partnership for education between 2007 and 2014 {{Cite web|url=http://devpolicy.org/aidtracker/commitments/global-partnership-for-education/|title=Global Partnership for Education|website=Australian Aid Tracker|date=September 11, 2015|language=en-AU|access-date=April 6, 2020|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225033437/http://devpolicy.org/aidtracker/commitments/global-partnership-for-education/|url-status=live}} including {{AUD|90|link=yes}} million in replenishment between 2018 and 2020{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalpartnership.org/who-we-are/about-gpe/donor-australia|title=Australia {{!}} Who We Are {{!}} Global Partnership for Education|website=www.globalpartnership.org|language=en|access-date=April 6, 2020}}

According to the hacked Podesta emails, Doug Band, an employee of the Clinton Foundation, accused Chelsea Clinton's husband Marc Mezvinsky of being involved in conflicts of interest. According to Band, Mezvinsky used the foundation to raise money for his hedge fund.{{Cite web|last=Vogel|first=Kenneth P.|title=Chelsea's husband allegedly used foundation ties to boost hedge fund|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/chelsea-clinton-foundation-marc-husband-230859|access-date=2021-07-30|website=Politico|language=en|archive-date=July 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722050453/https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/chelsea-clinton-foundation-marc-husband-230859|url-status=live}} Band also said that he could name 500 different conflicts of interest involving the foundation and some that involved Bill Clinton.{{Cite web|last=NEWS|first=BLOOMBERG|date=2016-10-20|title=Clinton Foundation aide said to have cited conflicts of interest|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/nation-world/nation/article/Clinton-Foundation-aide-said-to-have-cited-10004095.php|access-date=2021-07-30|website=Houston Chronicle|language=en-US|archive-date=July 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730101027/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/nation-world/nation/article/Clinton-Foundation-aide-said-to-have-cited-10004095.php|url-status=live}}

Using the Former Presidents Act Bill Clinton used taxpayer funds to supplement the pay of aides at the Clinton foundation and also used funds for IT equipment. Clinton withdrew 16 million dollars using the president act which was more than any other living president had withdrawn.{{Cite web|last=Vogel|first=Kenneth P.|title=Bill Clinton aides used tax dollars to subsidize foundation, private email support|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/bill-clinton-used-tax-dollars-to-subsidize-foundation-private-email-support-teneo-227613|access-date=2021-09-18|website=POLITICO|language=en|archive-date=September 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918235100/https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/bill-clinton-used-tax-dollars-to-subsidize-foundation-private-email-support-teneo-227613|url-status=live}}

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In 2011 Raj Fernando who gave between $100,000 and $250,000 to the Clinton Foundation was appointed to the International Security Advisory Board within the State Department despite being unqualified. Fernando's appointment came at the request of Clinton aide Cheryl Mills and Hillary Clinton. Fernando resigned from the position shortly after an inquiry was made by ABC.{{Cite web|last=Graham|first=David A.|date=2016-11-06|title=From Whitewater to Benghazi: A Clinton-Scandal Primer|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/tracking-the-clinton-controversies-from-whitewater-to-benghazi/396182/|access-date=2021-09-20|website=The Atlantic|language=en|archive-date=September 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921024057/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/tracking-the-clinton-controversies-from-whitewater-to-benghazi/396182/|url-status=live}}

In 2009 foundation aide Doug Band emailed Huma Abedin requesting a meeting with Hillary Clinton for Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa who had donated $32 million to the Clinton Foundation.{{Cite web|last=Gass|first=Nick|title=New emails show Clinton aide setting up meeting with foundation contact|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/clinton-foundation-huma-abedin-doug-band-227275|access-date=2021-09-20|website=POLITICO|language=en|archive-date=September 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918235307/https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/clinton-foundation-huma-abedin-doug-band-227275|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title='Saving Lives' Or 'Selling Access'? Explaining The Clinton Foundation|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/08/25/491282347/saving-lives-or-selling-access-explaining-the-clinton-foundation|access-date=2021-09-20|website=NPR.org|language=en|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108165444/https://www.npr.org/2016/08/25/491282347/saving-lives-or-selling-access-explaining-the-clinton-foundation|url-status=live}} Two days later the meeting was arranged.{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=Katie Bo|date=2016-08-22|title=Emails: Clinton aide arranged meeting with foundation partner|url=https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/292250-emails-clinton-aide-arranged-meeting-with-foundation-donor|access-date=2021-09-20|website=TheHill|language=en|archive-date=September 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921004437/https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/292250-emails-clinton-aide-arranged-meeting-with-foundation-donor|url-status=live}}

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