Clinton Foundation

Clinton Foundation
bekritiseerd voor Donaties van oliemaatschappijen, olierijke Naties
   
Hillary Clinton, gezien als de waarschijnlijke Democratische koploper voor het presidentschap,
werd onder vuur van milieugroeperingen genomen nadat werd geopenbaard dat haar non-profit
stichting miljoenen heeft ontvangen aan donaties van fossiele brandstof bedrijven, de regeringen
van Saoedi-Arabië en Qatar, en een Canadese overheidsinstelling die de Keystone XL oliepijpleiding
bevordert. De Clinton Foundation, gerund door Hillary en Bill Clinton, en hun dochter Chelsea, heeft
tot bijna $ 2 miljard ingezameld sinds zijn oprichting in 2001.

Februari 20, 2015

http://www.democracynow.org/2015/2/20/headlines - 22011

The Secret World of a Well-Paid ‘Donor Adviser’ in Politics

By  NICHOLAS CONFESSORE   -  FEB. 5, 2015

A constellation of left-leaning nonprofits and “super PACs”  * are raising tens of millions of dollars to
pave the way for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign — and nearly all of them have paid
Mary Pat Bonner a cut.

Over the past several years, the groups, which include American Bridge 21st Century, Media Matters
for America and the super PAC Ready for Hillary, have paid Ms. Bonner’s consulting firm in excess of
$6 million to help them cultivate wealthy donors and raise money, according to tax filings and
campaign disclosures.

Ms. Bonner’s contracts give her firm a commission, typically 12.5 percent, on any money she
brings in. Her tenacity, ties to wealthy givers and mastery of making donors happy have made
Ms. Bonner, 48, among the most successful practitioners of a trade that is virtually invisible to voters
but has taken on immense power and influence in the post-Citizens United world.

Almost every candidate for high office must now court ultrarich donors to finance super PACs. And
with each party more reliant than ever on networks of outside groups to supplement its advertising
and opposition research, fund-raisers like Ms. Bonner hold the keys to the big-money kingdom.
“The Bonner Group gets us the best fund-raising product for the lowest cost,” said David Brock, the
founder of the monitoring group Media Matters and the super PAC American Bridge. “In my
experience, the commission incentivizes the fund-raiser to meet the ambitious goals we set.”

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