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Thursday, October 11, 2007

For the Clintons (and for all the powerful political elites), follow the money

salon does a great service by showing us some of the details of who is giving how much to who and for what... you can be sure this same picture could be painted for george h.w. bush and, to a lesser extent, for rudy giuliani... when we talk about money and politics in the united states, this is just a small part of the whole...
Donors to the Clinton Foundation

1Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, WA$12,429,835
2Alphawood Foundation$4,250,000
3Wasserman Foundation$3,350,000
4Walton Family Foundation$2,000,000
5The Alix Foundation$1,075,000
6Peninsula Community Foundation$1,002,500
7Sidney E. Frank Foundation, NY$1,000,000
7The Annenberg Foundation$1,000,000
7Walmart Foundation$1,000,000
10Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and Educational Trust$950,000
11Bernard & Irene Schwartz Foundation$700,000
12The Rockefeller Foundation$600,000
13Monterey Fund, Inc.$517,800
14Citi Foundation$500,000
14Marin County Foundation$500,000
16The New York Community Trust$407,335
17Anheuser-Busch Foundation$400,000
18Lewis B. & Dorothy Cullman Foundation$265,000
19Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation$250,000
19Ford Motor Company Fund, MI$250,000
19NoVo Foundation$250,000
19The Bank of America Charitable Foundation$250,000
19The Jon S. Corzine Foundation$250,000
19The Winnick Family Foundation$250,000
25Cumming Foundation$200,000
25The Engelberg Foundation, FL$200,000
25The Wedge Foundation$200,000
28The Berry Gordy Family Foundation$150,000
28Trinity Foundation$150,000
30Jonathan M. Tisch Foundation$114,000
31AT &T Foundation$100,000
31Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation$100,000
31Katz Foundation$100,000
31Regions Foundation$100,000
31The Dyson Foundation$100,000
31The Philip D. and Tammy S. Murphy Foundation$100,000
31Walter H. and Phyllis J. Shorenstein Foundation$100,000
38Charles Stewart Mott Foundation$65,579
39Altman/Kazickas Foundation$50,000
39Craig and Kathryn Hall Foundation$50,000
39Harman Family Foundation$50,000
39The David S. and Sylvia Steiner Charitable Trust$50,000
39Wood-Rill Foundation$50,000
44Waitt Family Foundation$35,932
45Riggs Benevolent Fund$33,500
46The William M. & A. Cafaro Family Foundation$28,000
47May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation$25,000
47Sandler Capital Management Charitable Foundation$25,000
49Lockheed Martin Corporation Foundation$20,000
49The Seattle Foundation$20,000
51The Tommy E. Short Charitable Foundation$17,500
52John S. and James L. Knight Foundation$15,000
52Willametta K. Day Foundation$15,000
54The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation$14,000
55Hassenfeld Foundation$10,000
55John M. O'Quinn Foundation$10,000
55The Floyd & Delores Jones Foundation$10,000
55The Semel Charitable Foundation$10,000
59Lone Pine Foundation, Inc.$9,100
60Boston Foundation$5,000
60JEHT Foundation$5,000
60The Gill Foundation$5,000
60The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation$5,000
60The Heyday Foundation$5,000
65Alan B. Slifka Foundation$2,750
66Community Foundation of Greater Memphis$2,200
67Sandel Family Foundation$1,000
67The Community Foundation for the National Capital$1,000
69Arkansas Community Foundation, Inc.$700
70Moss Foundation$500
71The Bert & Sandra Wasserman Foundation$180

TOTAL................................................................. $35,808,411

Bill Clinton Speaking Fees

A&E Television $125,000
Adam Smith Conferences $125,000
Ahmet San Productions bh of TUSIAD $250,000
America Israel Chamber of Commerce $125,000
American Academy of Achievement (2 events) $300,000
American Assn of Nurse Anesthetists $150,000
American Chamber of Commerce in Spain $250,000
American Friends of the Rabin Medical Center $125,000
America's Health Insurance Plans $150,000
AMR Research $150,000
Antwerp Diamond High Council $200,000
Ardee's Festival $150,000
Aripaeva Kirjastus $150,000
Asian American Hotel Owners Association $125,000
Association of Southern California Defense Counsel $125,000
Australian Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China $300,000
Australian Information Industry Association $250,000
Aventis $125,000
Aventura-Turnberry Jewish Center $150,000
Banco de Mexico $150,000
Baugur Group $250,000
Beth El Synagogue $125,000
Biotechnology industry Organization $150,000
Blex S.L. $350,000
BMW Group on New Zealand $137,500
Borsen Executive Club $150,000
British Broadcasting Coporation $75,000
Canadian Society for Yad Vashem $125,000
Caribbean Council for Global Studies $125,000
Carnegie Abbey Club $150,000
Celebriti Forum II (2 events) $200,000
CiscoSystems (2 events) $300,000
Citigroup (3 events) $550,000
CLSA Ltd. (4 events) $700,000
Colonial Life Ins Co. $200,000
Comitato per il Congresso Nazionale della Pubblicita $350,000
Compuware Corporation $125,000
Congregation Beth-El Zedeck $150,000
Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers $125,000
Credit Suisse First Boston $125,000
Decision Makers InterAction $150,000
Dentsu Inc on behalf of Aichi Gakuin $250,000
Deutsche Bank (2 events) $300,000
Diario de Noticias $250,000
Dinamo Norge $150,000
dnmStrategies (2 events) $400,000
EchoStar Satellite Corporation $100,000
Economic Club of Southwest Michigan $125,000
Educatinal Institute of AHLA $125,000
El Paso Holocaust Museum $125,000
EPC International on behalf of Workshop Ischgl-Club of the Alps $245,000
European Travel Commission $125,000
Fatasma $125,000
Financial Innovations, Inc. $100,000
Fool Proof $125,000
Fortune Magazine Forum (2 events) $700,000
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center $150,000
Fundacao Armando Alvares Penteado $250,000
Fundacion Rafael Del Pino $250,000
Future Generation Foundation $175,000
Galeries Lafayette-Monoprix $250,000
GBD Group $250,000
General Motors $200,000
Global Artists (4 events) $580,000
Global Business Enterprises $300,000
Global Strategic Ventures $150,000
Gold Service International (4 events) $800,000
Golden Tree Asset Management $150,000
Goldman Sachs (4 events) $650,000
Greater Washington Society of Association Executives (2 events) $250,000
Greenwood House $125,000
Griwa Consulting GMBH $250,000
Group Vivendi Universal $150,000
Gruner & Jahr Publishing USA on behalf of American Jewish Committee $125,000
Hearst Magazines $125,000
Hebrew Home and Hospital Inc $125,000
HMS Italia $125,000
Hon Frank McKenna's Business Networking Event (2 events) $200,000
HSM America (2 events) $300,000
Hubert Burda Media GmbH $300,000
Hunter College Foundation $35,000
Huron Consulting Services $150,000
IBM $200,000
IFE Institut Fuer Eventmanagement GmbH $300,000
Independent News and Media $150,000
infoUSA, Inc $200,000
Institute for International Sports $150,000
International Centre for Business Info $125,000
International Council of Shopping Centers $150,000
International Dairy-deli Bakery $150,000
International Health Racquet $150,000
International Profit Associates $125,000
J.T. Campbell & Co. $150,000
Jewish Federation Council of LA $125,000
Jewish Federation of Chicago (2 events) $300,000
Jewish National Fund (4 events) $550,000
Jiannanchun Group Co $250,000
Jim Pattison Group $150,000
KMD $250,000
Kushner Companies $125,000
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce $150,000
Latin American Institute of Education Communicaton $300,000
Leading Minds (3 events) $375,000
Lehman Bros. $150,000
LIMRA International $150,000
Listin Diario $250,000
London Drugs $125,000
London School of Economics and Political Science $28,100
Long Island Association Inc $125,000
Macklowe Properties on behalf of State of Israel Bonds Development Corp. $250,000
Markson Sparks! (10 events) $1,675,000
Maruri Communications Group $200,000
Mass Torts Made Perfect $150,000
McCreath Communications (2 events) $275,000
MDM Investments Ltd $125,000
Media Control GmbH (2 events) $350,000
MiKI Corporation (3 events) $450,000
Mito City Political Research Group $400,000
Morgan Firestone Foundation $125,000
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and Co. $125,000
Mortgage Banker Assn $150,000
MPSF (3 events) $300,000
National Apartment Association $150,000
National Assn of Realtors $125,000
National Mlti-Housing Council $150,000
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children $100,000
Ness Technologies $150,000
Nordstrom International Aps on behalf of World Celebrity Golf $300,000
Old York Road Temple Beth Am $125,000
One Family $125,000
Oracle Corporation $125,000
ORT Montreal $125,000
Paris Golf and Country Club $150,000
PeopleSoft Inc $125,000
Personal Dynamics on behalf of Provente.com $125,000
Pinpoint Knowledge Management, The Portables $125,000
Protocol Resouorce and Operation Services $200,000
Puls Biznesu, Bonnier Business $183,333
Radio and Records $125,000
RDM Group $125,000
Renaissance Calgary $125,000
Salem State College Foundation $125,000
Savage/Rothenberg Productions (4 events) $550,000
Scherer Consulting Group and Jorg Lohr Training $150,000
Seeliger Y Conde $200,000
Seoul Broadcasting $250,000
Serono International $150,000
SFX Sports Group on behalf of Magna International $125,000
St. James Place $175,000
Standard Bank of America $150,000
Stree-Global Investments in Women $125,000
Success Events International (2 events) $250,000
Success Resources Pte Ltd. $250,000
Temple Beth Avodah $125,000
The Abraham Fund $125,000
The American University in Dubai $150,000
The Dabbagh Group (2 events) $600,000
The German Union of Small and Medium-Sized Companies $100,000
The McCarthy Group $200,000
The Power Within (8 events) $1,870,000
The Star Forum $125,000
The Sunday Times Hay Festival $150,000
The Talar Forum $183,333
The Varsavsky Foundation $175,000
tinePublic Inc (5 events) $650,000
TJ Martell Foundation $75,000
Toranto Hadassah-WIZO $125,000
Tufts University $125,000
United Israel Appeal of Geneva $150,000
University of California, Davis $100,000
University of Judaism $125,000
Urban Land Institute $125,000
Valor Economico S.A. $150,000
Value Grupo Financiero $175,000
Verinvest S.C. on behalf of Mexico Business Summit $150,000
VNU Business Media on behalf of Online Learning 2001 Conf. $125,000
Warburg Pincus $125,000
Wirtscafafts Blatt $183,333
WIZO $125,000
World Celebrity Events (5 events) $1,340,000
World Leader's Forum $150,000
Yorkshire International Business Convention $200,000
Young President's Organization $150,000
YPO Windy City Chapter $100,000

TOTAL...............................................................$41,085,599

positively breathtaking...

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