Answers to Questions About Clinton’s and Trump’s Giving
With Clinton Foundation controversies dominating election coverage this week, The Washington Post offers a primer on what’s known and unknown about both major-party presidential candidates’ philanthropic efforts.
Obama Declares Donated Maine Woodlands a National Monument
The president on Wednesday established the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument on more than 87,000 acres of pristine territory that was formally transferred to the government this month by Burt’s Bees co-founder Roxanne Quimby as part of a gift worth $100 million, reports The Washington Post.
Chelsea Clinton to Remain on Foundation’s Board
The Clinton Foundation said Wednesday that the former first daughter will retain a role with the family charity even if her mother is elected president, The Wall Street Journal reports, while Hillary Clinton fired back on CNN against claims that she favored foundation donors as secretary of state.
Community Fund Slammed Over Gift to Baltimore Surveillance Program
Texas billionaires John and Laura Arnold provided money that helped launch a program that critics say infringes on civil rights and treats city residents “like war criminals.”
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
AP’s Report on Clinton Meetings Questioned
Vox and The Washington Monthly are taking the Associated Press to task for its reporting Wednesday on Hillary Clinton’s meetings with Clinton Foundation donors during her tenure as secretary of state, particularly over how the news service hyped its coverage on social media.
Duke U. Lays Claim to $10 Million From Oilman’s Estate
The university filed probate-court papers Tuesday seeking more than $9.9 million in what it says were unfunded pledges made by oil and gas magnate Aubrey McClendon before his death in March, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Faith Nonprofits Sue Over Health Coverage for Transgender People
Five states and a trio of religiously affiliated medical nonprofits filed a legal challenge in Texas on Tuesday to provisions of the Affordable Care Act aimed at ensuring coverage for transgender people, BuzzFeed News reports.
Burt’s Bees Founder Donates Maine Land for Preservation
Conservationist and natural-cosmetics entrepreneur Roxanne Quimby has formally ceded ownership of 87,500 acres in rural Maine from her charitable foundation to the federal government, which is considering a controversial proposal to designate the property a national monument, writes the Associated Press.
Clinton Met With Scores of Donors to Foundation While at State
More than half of the 154 people from outside government with whom Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton met while serving as secretary of state were donors to her family’s charity, the Associated Press reports, citing State Department calendars from her tenure.
New Pa. Attorney General Must Put an End to Hershey Trust Scandals
The $12.3 billion charity has become a symbol of the broken government systems for regulating nonprofits.
By PABLO EISENBERG
Contributor
Emails Show More Clinton Fund Donors Sought State Dept. Help
The latest batch of internal State Department communications released by conservative advocacy group Judicial Watch shows a pattern of Clinton Foundation supporters seeking meetings and other assistance from the agency when it was led by Hillary Clinton, reports The Washington Post.
Fundraising Curbs Might Not Cover All Clinton Charities
The Clinton Health Access Initiative, the largest of the Clinton Foundation’s subsidiary charities, might not be bound by the foundation’s pledge not to take gifts from foreign actors and corporations if Hillary Clinton is elected president, according to The Boston Globe.
Business Ties Could Present Conflicts for Big Hospitals
The burgeoning size and vast business relationships of many nonprofit hospitals pose unique challenges for the institutions’ administrators and trustees in combating appearances of impropriety, writes The Wall Street Journal.
Experts Question Ethics of Breitbart Editor’s Fundraising
Breitbart News editor and conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos raised at least $100,000 for scholarships for white men in an unethical and “possibly illegal” way, according to The Daily Beast.
Mass. Charter-School Campaign Funded by Secretive Nonprofits
A ballot initiative to expand charter schools in Massachusetts is being funded in part by nonprofits that do not have to disclose their donors, highlighting the difficulty states face in tracking political money that flows through tax-exempt “social-welfare” groups, The Boston Globe writes.
Art Critic Imagines a Trump Effect on Cultural Landscape
Philip Kennicott of The Washington Post paints a satiric but cautionary portrait of how a Donald Trump presidency could rile up forces that would censor or police speech and cut federal funding for the arts.