The Clinton Foundation is anything but dead broke.
The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation has raised almost $2 billion since the organization’s inception in 2001, according to a Washington Post review that examined donation data through 2014.
Created in 2001 by Bill Clinton after he exited the White House, the organization dedicates itself to funding worldwide charitable work.
Amazingly, the foundation raised a whopping $262 million alone in 2013, likely because Hillary Clinton had left her secretary of State post and began giving all of those expensive speeches.
The money that Clinton charges schools — the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and the University at Buffalo, to name a few — in exchange for her delivery of remarks goes straight to the Clinton Foundation, of course.
Considering she typically gets between $200,000 and $300,000 per speech, Clinton has certainly done her part making money for the organization in addition to inciting donations.
The Post review also noted some rather interesting details about top Clinton Foundation donors:
The Clintons have relied heavily on their close ties to Wall Street, with donations from the financial services sector representing the largest share of corporate donors.
And many of the foundation’s biggest donors are foreigners who are legally barred from giving to U.S. political candidates. A third of foundation donors who have given more than $1 million are foreign governments or other entities based outside the United States, and foreign donors make up more than half of those who have given more than $5 million.
And the line between campaign and charity blurs.
Perhaps the curious characteristics of the organization’s donors are what motivate press aides to follow reporters to the bathroom at Clinton Foundation events.
