THE INTERMINGLING OF ACCESS AND DONATIONS

More than half the people outside the U.S. government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was Secretary of State gave money — either personally or through companies or groups — to the Clinton Foundation. It’s an extraordinary proportion indicating her possible ethics challenges.

At least 85 of 154 people from private interests who met or had phone conversations scheduled with Clinton while she led the State Department donated to her family charity or pledged commitments to its international programs, according to a review of State Department calendars released so far to The Associated Press. Combined, the 85 donors contributed as much as $156 million. At least 40 donated more than $100,000 each, and 20 gave more than $1 million. The frequency of the overlaps shows the intermingling of access and donations, and fuels perceptions that giving the foundation money was a price of admission for face time with Clinton. A number of countries that donated to the foundation, during Clinton’s time at the State Department also lobbied the U.S. Government during that time.

The following entities donated to the Clinton Foundation and lobbied the State Department during Hillary Clinton’s tenure. This include funding for the foundation from both corporate and charitable arms of listed companies that lobbied State, even though the charities themselves don’t necessarily lobby.

  1. Walmart/Walton Family Foundation (distinct from Walmart and does not lobby)
  2. Coca Cola
  3. State of Qatar and related entities
  4. Goldman Sachs
  5. Dow Chemical
  6. Pfizer
  7. Duke Energy Corporation
  8. ExxonMobil
  9. Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
  10. Hewlett-Packard
  11. Nima Taghavi
  12. NRG Energy
  13. Open Society Institute
  14. Procter & Gamble
  15. Boeing
  16. OCP
  17. Nike
  18. Google
  19. Daimler
  20. Monsanto
  21. Arizona State University
  22. Chevron
  23. General Electric
  24. Morgan Stanley
  25. Intel
  26. Nobel Energy
  27. AstraZeneca
  28. Bloomberg and Bloomberg Philanthropies
  29. Salesforce.com
  30. Verizon
  31. Yahoo
  32. Lockeed Martin
  33. Qualcomm
  34. TIAA-CREF
  35. JP Morgan
  36. Accenture
  37. American Cancer Society
  38. Applied Materials
  39. CH2M Hill
  40. Corning
  41. FedEx
  42. Gap
  43. Gilead
  44. Hess Corporation
  45. Humanity United
  46. Hyundai
  47. International Brotherhoood of Electrical Workers
  48. Johnson Controls
  49. Lions Club International
  50. Mylan
  51. Pepsi
  52. Sanofi-Aventis
  53. Starwood Hotels
  54. United States Pharmacopeial Convention
  55. UPS
  56. Washington University, St. Louis
  57. Time Warner
  58. Hunt Alternatives
  59. Ericsson
  60. Abbott Laboratories
  61. Anadarko
  62. BT Group
  63. Discovery Communications
  64. Earth Networks
  65. Feed the Children
  66. General Motors
  67. Hilton
  68. Marriott
  69. NextEra Energy
  70. NOUR USA
  71. Novozymes
  72. Oceana
  73. Starbucks
  74. Teck Resources
  75. The American Institute of Architects
  76. Nature Conservancy
  77. Trilogy International Partners
  78. Unilever
  79. World Vision
  80. S.C. Johnson & Son
  81. Motorola
  82. Enel
  83. JCPenney
  84. Target
  85. Novartis
  86. Prudential
  87. 3M
  88. AAR
  89. AFL-CIO
  90. APCO Worldwide
  91. AREVA
  92. Byare
  93. Capstone Turbine
  94. Cemex
  95. CHF International
  96. Eli Lilly
  97. Georgetown University
  98. HBO
  99. Honeywell
  100. Mars, Inc.
  101. McGraw-Hill Financial
  102. MWH Global
  103. New Venture Fund
  104. Partners Healthcare
  105. Rotary International
  106. Shell
  107. Special Olympics
  108. Brink’s
  109. United Technologies Corporation
  110. Viacom
  111. Wildlife Conservation Society
  112. Ze-gen
  113. AT&T
  114. BP
  115. SAP America
  116. Actavis
  117. ALFA
  118. American Iron and Steel Institute
  119. Amgen
  120. Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
  121. BHP Billiton Limited
  122. Chesapeake Energy Corporation
  123. ConocoPhillips
  124. Danfoss
  125. Delphi Financial Group
  126. Digital Globe
  127. Dow Corning
  128. EMD Serono
  129. Entertainment Software Association
  130. Herbalife
  131. Hermitage Capital Management
  132. InnoVida Holdings
  133. Levi Strauss & Co
  134. Life Technologies
  135. Motion Picture Association of America
  136. Nokia
  137. Occidental Petroleum
  138. Sesame Workshop
  139. Siemens
  140. SNCF
  141. Symantec
  142. Tamares Management
  143. Telefonica International
  144. Hershey
  145. NASDAQ OMX Group
  146. The Pew Charitable Trusts
  147. TV Azteca, SA De CV
  148. US Chamber of Commerce
  149. Whirlpool
  150. Oneida Indian Nation
  151. American Public Health Association
  152. EOS Foundation
  153. Florida International University
  154. Girl Scouts of the USA
  155. Gonzalo Tirado
  156. NBC Universal
  157. Santa Monica College
  158. Sensis
  159. Adobe Systems
  160. Boston Scientific Corporation
  161. Bristol-Myers Squibb
  162. Cablevision System Corporation
  163. Caterpillar
  164. Chicanos Por La Causa
  165. Deere & Company
  166. Dell
  167. Edison Electric Institute
  168. Eligio Cedeno
  169. Festo Corporation
  170. George Mason University
  171. Laborers International Union of North America
  172. Nestle
  173. Northrop Grumman Corporation
  174. American Legion
  175. Association for Manufacturing Technology
  176. Tohono O’odham Nation
  177. Hara Software
  178. Oracle (matching grant program)
  179. Nova Southeastern University

According to lobbying records at least 60 companies lobbied the State Department, and gave as much as $26 million, and many of those companies, 44 of those 60, did participate in what they call commitments, or philanthropic projects, that were valued by the Clinton Foundation at $3.2 billion. 

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