A look inside the charitable nature of Donald Trump, such as it is
One of the reasons many of us want to see the personal income tax returns of Donald Trump is because they will give us some insight into his charitable nature. We will get to see just how much of that considerable income he boasts about is given back to society in the form of contributions to charities.
But we don't have to wait to look into the charitable contributions of his private foundation, because the foundation tax returns are a matter of public record. In 2014, his private foundation received only $497,400 in contributions, not a single dollar of which came from Mr. Trump. The return also shows that Mr. Trump received no pay from the foundation for what he claimed was the 30 minutes per week he spent on the foundation's business.
Now let's take a look at the grants made by the Trump Foundation in 2014:
Organization Grant Amount
Alliance for Lupus Research $10,000
All Faiths Beautification and Restoration Program $10,000
American Skin Association $5,000
The American Spectator Foundation $25,000
The Andrew Glover Youth Foundation $2,000
Anti-Defamation League $26,500
BAK Middle School of the Arts $5,000
Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc. $5,000
Boynton Beach Community High School $5,000
The Brooklyn Hospital Foundation $5,000
Damon Runyon Cancer Foundation $10,000
Central Park Conservancy $5,000
City Parks Foundation $3,000
CityMeals on Wheels $1,000
Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School $50,000
Citizens United Foundation $100,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute $25,000
FAU Athletics - Spirit Team $700
Fashion Footwear Charitable Foundation $5,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund $20,000
The Friends of Samuel Frederick Foundation $10,000
Green Beret Foundation $10,000
Harry Hurley in the Morning Golf Tournament $1,000
Hollyrod Foundation $1,000
James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Foundation $250
John A. Moran Eye Center $10,000
K9s for Warriors $5,000
Labyrinth Theater Company $10,000
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society $10,000
Long Island Sled Hockey $1,000
Maestro Cares $10,000
Mariano Rivera Foundation $4,000
Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation $25,000
The New York Jets Foundation $10,000
New York Presbyterian Hospital $1,000
Orthopaedic Foundation $5,000
Palm Beach Opera $5,000
Police Athletic League $25,000
Protect Our Winters $5,000
Ronald McDonald House of New York $15,000
The Salvation Army $1,000
The Shaun O'Hara Foundation $5,000
The Skyscraper Foundation $1,000
Sports Hall of Fame of New Jersey $5,000
St. Francis Food Pantries and Shelters $1,000
The Economic Club of Washington, D. C. $6,000
The UCLA Foundation $5,000
UJA Federation $15,000
The Unicorn Children's Foundation $10,000
The Wayuu Taya Foundation $1,000
Women in Need Inc $5,000
The Family Leader Foundation $10,000
Now there could be massive contributions listed on Mr. Trump's personal return for 2014 but we won't know that unless and until he releases that return. What we do know from reviewing this list is that of the $591,450 in grants made by Mr. Trump's private foundation, only $20,000 of that amount went to support of veterans. Further, it should be noted that 75% of that amount is limited to the support of only those men and women who were part of the Green Berets and other Spec-Ops forces, and their families. So unless a veteran served in a Special Forces unit, the only charitable contribution made by Mr. Trump's foundation in 2014 went to a charity to provide dogs to veterans.
I'm not going to bother to list out the $913,075 in grants made by the Trump Foundation in 2013 but I will point out that only $10,000 of those grants went to veterans organizations, and they were all limited to either Spec-Ops veterans or veterans who were involved in Marine Corps law enforcement. Also worth noting is that none of the $565,832 in contributions made to the foundation during 2013 came from Mr. Trump.
There were $1.7 million in grants made by the Trump foundation in 2012 and not a single dollar went to veterans organization as far as I could determine by looking over the list. And while $500,000 of the $1.2+ million in contributions to the foundation in that year came from NBC (probably through association with "The Celebrity Apprentice"), no funding came directly from Mr. Trump.
I'm not the first to suggest that Mr. Trump isn't a very charitable sort. In a piece published in 2011 The Smoking Gun did an extensive review of the tax returns of the Trump Foundation and pointed out that between 1990 and 2009 Mr. Trump donated only $3.7 million to his private foundation. The WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) has donated more than that to the Trump Foundation, probably for Mr. Trump allowing this to happen:
Give till it hurts, Mr. Trump. I guess that's another lesson you were never taught by your parents.
But we don't have to wait to look into the charitable contributions of his private foundation, because the foundation tax returns are a matter of public record. In 2014, his private foundation received only $497,400 in contributions, not a single dollar of which came from Mr. Trump. The return also shows that Mr. Trump received no pay from the foundation for what he claimed was the 30 minutes per week he spent on the foundation's business.
Now let's take a look at the grants made by the Trump Foundation in 2014:
Organization Grant Amount
Alliance for Lupus Research $10,000
All Faiths Beautification and Restoration Program $10,000
American Skin Association $5,000
The American Spectator Foundation $25,000
The Andrew Glover Youth Foundation $2,000
Anti-Defamation League $26,500
BAK Middle School of the Arts $5,000
Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc. $5,000
Boynton Beach Community High School $5,000
The Brooklyn Hospital Foundation $5,000
Damon Runyon Cancer Foundation $10,000
Central Park Conservancy $5,000
City Parks Foundation $3,000
CityMeals on Wheels $1,000
Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School $50,000
Citizens United Foundation $100,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute $25,000
FAU Athletics - Spirit Team $700
Fashion Footwear Charitable Foundation $5,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund $20,000
The Friends of Samuel Frederick Foundation $10,000
Green Beret Foundation $10,000
Harry Hurley in the Morning Golf Tournament $1,000
Hollyrod Foundation $1,000
James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Foundation $250
John A. Moran Eye Center $10,000
K9s for Warriors $5,000
Labyrinth Theater Company $10,000
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society $10,000
Long Island Sled Hockey $1,000
Maestro Cares $10,000
Mariano Rivera Foundation $4,000
Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation $25,000
The New York Jets Foundation $10,000
New York Presbyterian Hospital $1,000
Orthopaedic Foundation $5,000
Palm Beach Opera $5,000
Police Athletic League $25,000
Protect Our Winters $5,000
Ronald McDonald House of New York $15,000
The Salvation Army $1,000
The Shaun O'Hara Foundation $5,000
The Skyscraper Foundation $1,000
Sports Hall of Fame of New Jersey $5,000
St. Francis Food Pantries and Shelters $1,000
The Economic Club of Washington, D. C. $6,000
The UCLA Foundation $5,000
UJA Federation $15,000
The Unicorn Children's Foundation $10,000
The Wayuu Taya Foundation $1,000
Women in Need Inc $5,000
The Family Leader Foundation $10,000
Now there could be massive contributions listed on Mr. Trump's personal return for 2014 but we won't know that unless and until he releases that return. What we do know from reviewing this list is that of the $591,450 in grants made by Mr. Trump's private foundation, only $20,000 of that amount went to support of veterans. Further, it should be noted that 75% of that amount is limited to the support of only those men and women who were part of the Green Berets and other Spec-Ops forces, and their families. So unless a veteran served in a Special Forces unit, the only charitable contribution made by Mr. Trump's foundation in 2014 went to a charity to provide dogs to veterans.
I'm not going to bother to list out the $913,075 in grants made by the Trump Foundation in 2013 but I will point out that only $10,000 of those grants went to veterans organizations, and they were all limited to either Spec-Ops veterans or veterans who were involved in Marine Corps law enforcement. Also worth noting is that none of the $565,832 in contributions made to the foundation during 2013 came from Mr. Trump.
There were $1.7 million in grants made by the Trump foundation in 2012 and not a single dollar went to veterans organization as far as I could determine by looking over the list. And while $500,000 of the $1.2+ million in contributions to the foundation in that year came from NBC (probably through association with "The Celebrity Apprentice"), no funding came directly from Mr. Trump.
I'm not the first to suggest that Mr. Trump isn't a very charitable sort. In a piece published in 2011 The Smoking Gun did an extensive review of the tax returns of the Trump Foundation and pointed out that between 1990 and 2009 Mr. Trump donated only $3.7 million to his private foundation. The WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) has donated more than that to the Trump Foundation, probably for Mr. Trump allowing this to happen:
Give till it hurts, Mr. Trump. I guess that's another lesson you were never taught by your parents.
posted by me at 3:32 PM
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