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.
- Walmart/Walton Family Foundation (distinct from Walmart and does not lobby)
- Coca Cola
- State of Qatar and related entities
- Goldman Sachs
- Dow Chemical
- Pfizer
- Duke Energy Corporation
- ExxonMobil
- Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
- Hewlett-Packard
- Nima Taghavi
- NRG Energy
- Open Society Institute
- Procter & Gamble
- Boeing
- OCP
- Nike
- Daimler
- Monsanto
- Arizona State University
- Chevron
- General Electric
- Morgan Stanley
- Intel
- Nobel Energy
- AstraZeneca
- Bloomberg and Bloomberg Philanthropies
- Salesforce.com
- Verizon
- Yahoo
- Lockeed Martin
- Qualcomm
- TIAA-CREF
- JP Morgan
- Accenture
- American Cancer Society
- Applied Materials
- CH2M Hill
- Corning
- FedEx
- Gap
- Gilead
- Hess Corporation
- Humanity United
- Hyundai
- International Brotherhoood of Electrical Workers
- Johnson Controls
- Lions Club International
- Mylan
- Pepsi
- Sanofi-Aventis
- Starwood Hotels
- United States Pharmacopeial Convention
- UPS
- Washington University, St. Louis
- Time Warner
- Hunt Alternatives
- Ericsson
- Abbott Laboratories
- Anadarko
- BT Group
- Discovery Communications
- Earth Networks
- Feed the Children
- General Motors
- Hilton
- Marriott
- NextEra Energy
- NOUR USA
- Novozymes
- Oceana
- Starbucks
- Teck Resources
- The American Institute of Architects
- Nature Conservancy
- Trilogy International Partners
- Unilever
- World Vision
- S.C. Johnson & Son
- Motorola
- Enel
- JCPenney
- Target
- Novartis
- Prudential
- 3M
- AAR
- AFL-CIO
- APCO Worldwide
- AREVA
- Byare
- Capstone Turbine
- Cemex
- CHF International
- Eli Lilly
- Georgetown University
- HBO
- Honeywell
- Mars, Inc.
- McGraw-Hill Financial
- MWH Global
- New Venture Fund
- Partners Healthcare
- Rotary International
- Shell
- Special Olympics
- Brink’s
- United Technologies Corporation
- Viacom
- Wildlife Conservation Society
- Ze-gen
- AT&T
- BP
- SAP America
- Actavis
- ALFA
- American Iron and Steel Institute
- Amgen
- Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
- BHP Billiton Limited
- Chesapeake Energy Corporation
- ConocoPhillips
- Danfoss
- Delphi Financial Group
- Digital Globe
- Dow Corning
- EMD Serono
- Entertainment Software Association
- Herbalife
- Hermitage Capital Management
- InnoVida Holdings
- Levi Strauss & Co
- Life Technologies
- Motion Picture Association of America
- Nokia
- Occidental Petroleum
- Sesame Workshop
- Siemens
- SNCF
- Symantec
- Tamares Management
- Telefonica International
- Hershey
- NASDAQ OMX Group
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
- TV Azteca, SA De CV
- US Chamber of Commerce
- Whirlpool
- Oneida Indian Nation
- American Public Health Association
- EOS Foundation
- Florida International University
- Girl Scouts of the USA
- Gonzalo Tirado
- NBC Universal
- Santa Monica College
- Sensis
- Adobe Systems
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Cablevision System Corporation
- Caterpillar
- Chicanos Por La Causa
- Deere & Company
- Dell
- Edison Electric Institute
- Eligio Cedeno
- Festo Corporation
- George Mason University
- Laborers International Union of North America
- Nestle
- Northrop Grumman Corporation
- American Legion
- Association for Manufacturing Technology
- Tohono O’odham Nation
- Hara Software
- Oracle (matching grant program)
- 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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