Clinton Foundation: ‘We made mistakes’ on donor disclosure
The acting CEO of the Clinton Foundation admitted Sunday to mistakes in how the foundation disclosed its donors, amid continued questions about donations from foreign governments while Hillary Rodham Clinton was secretary of State.
The $295 million foundation did not identify the donors to its Canadian arm because Canadian law bans disclosure of charitable donors without their consent, said Maura Pally, the acting CEO of the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, in a statement on the foundation’s website.
But she also said that government grants were not properly identified on the organization’s tax returns and that those returns would likely be amended after an external review.
“So yes, we made mistakes, as many organizations of our size do, but we are acting quickly to remedy them, and have taken steps to ensure they don’t happen in the future,” she said in the statement posted on the Clinton Foundation website.
Questions about the Clinton Foundation’s sources of funding have dogged the global charity for months, but have gotten renewed attention after Clinton formally announced two weeks ago that she was running for president.
On Thursday, The New York Times reported that the Clinton Foundation received $2.35 million in donations linked to a Canadian company that was being taken over by a Russian atomic energy agency.