The Clinton Foundation by the numbers

[ehrnst]

Rated A by CharityWatch.

Bill and Chelsea Clinton, who serve on the Board of Directors, do not take a salary and receive no funding from CF.

Secretary Clinton did not take a salary when she served on the Board.

As a 501(c)(3) organization the CF is apolitical.

90% of its' donations are $100 or less.

It spends 88% of its assets on programs, 12% on overhead. The Clinton Foundation is 100 percent transparent regarding all donors and on financial records, including the relatively small percentage of donor money spent on overhead as opposed to spending on charitable projects.

No Foundation staff are paid for Foundation work with taxpayer dollars.

Due to its efforts +33,500 tons of greenhouse gas emissions are reduced annually across the US;

+31,000 US schools provide kids with healthy food;

+11.5 million people worldwide have access to lower prices for HIV/AIDS medications;

5,400 people have been trained in marketable job skills in Colombia;

+105,000 farmers in Africa are benefiting from climate-smart agronomic training;

through Clinton Global Initiative, Procter & Gamble has worked with nonprofits to provide 7.5 billion liters of clean water at no cost to those who need it in +70 countries;

Nike has made a commitment to fund the Coalition for Adolescent Girls to promote education and literacy, provide vocational training and prevent teenage pregnancy.

Sources:

http://dailycaller.com/2015/02/24/the-clintons-no-good-deed-goes-unpunished/
https://www.clintonfoundation.org/about/frequently-asked-questions
https://www.clintonfoundation.org/blog/2014/04/23/four-questions-about-climate-smart-agriculture-malawi
http://us.pg.com/sustainability/social-responsibility/brand-corporate-programs/children-safe-drinking-water
https://www.clintonfoundation.org/blog/2013/11/15/practicing-climate-smart-agriculture-africa

[demmiblue]

1. What is up with people linking to right-wing sites lately?!

The Daily Caller (Tucker Carlson's site)...

[lapucelle]

2. The piece itself was written by Lanny Davis.

He's a Clinton surrogate who has reached out to moderate Republicans in the past.

[mcar]

3. K&R

For truth!

[niyad]

4. k and r

[displacedtexan]

5. But...but... The Boston Globe says it should shut down because... it looks bad or some

such nonsense. Oh, yeah. Some of the money is...foreign. And that would be bad for a presidential candidate. Really? Seriously? Now they have a problem with foreign influence?

[ehrnst]

7. It's a lot easier for some of these countries to contribute

to a program that's already working than trying to create one again from scratch.

[Hortensis]

9. To admit the CF's global good works would call

into grave question the probity of the media's depiction of Hillary.

I recently watched a group of talking heads seriously agree that if the Clintons were responsible people they'd take their names off it (but of course they're not). Yes, guys, this is getting embarrassing for you and that would help, wouldn't it?

Btw, the CF and the Initiatives have worked on reforestation with well over a million trees in Malawi and saved untold lives of babies and small children by making an inexpensive treatment available, just a sample of the range of projects. Almost all the CF's work is "on-the-ground" (the Doctors without Borders model) as opposed to fundraising and graciously dispersing to on-the-ground efforts (the remote United Way model). And it's far, far, far more than just 3 people. Many thousands around the world are working to make it better.

[TexasBushwhacker]

6. They also don't take salaries for themselves

I remember being disgusted several years ago when I found out that Timothy Shriver gets an salary of over $250K for being Chairman of the Board of Special Olympics. I realize it's legal but, being a Kennedy grandchild, he certainly doesn't need the money.

[sheshe2]

8. K&R!