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The New York Attorney General sued the Donald J. Trump Foundation in 2018 alleging it misused charity funds for business and political purposes; the dispute was resolved in 2019 with Trump ordered to ...
Donald Trump has a documented record of charitable activity chiefly routed through the Donald J. Trump Foundation and modest personal donations, including pledges of his presidential salary and gifts ...
Donald Trump’s charitable giving during his presidency is not catalogued comprehensively in the materials provided; available analyses highlight a , investigations into the Trump Foundation’s misuses,...
Available reporting shows substantial uncertainty about how much Donald Trump personally donated to charity since 2000. Analyses of his foundation, tax returns, campaign lists and press reviews find l...
Donald Trump’s own public claims and media analyses offer very different totals: his campaign released a 93‑page list saying he gave about $102 million to charitable causes from 2009–2015 (including m...
Pam Bondi and Donald Trump have been publicly linked as acquaintances and political allies since at least the early 2010s, with high-profile interactions documented during Bondi’s tenure as Florida at...
The available summaries show two recurring allegations: that the Trump Foundation misused charity funds for purposes benefiting Donald Trump personally (including buying portraits and settling busines...
The Donald J. Trump Foundation was dissolved following a New York Attorney General lawsuit and a court order that found the foundation repeatedly violated charity laws through , culminating in a judge...
Barack Obama and Donald Trump both gave money to charity, but their patterns differ: reporting shows Obama donated roughly $1.1 million from his presidential income (and about $2.5 million by some acc...
The Trump Foundation’s court-ordered dissolution resulted in the transfer of its remaining liquid assets—roughly $1.7–$1.8 million—to court-approved charities and required Donald J. Trump to pay $2 mi...
Public reporting in the provided materials finds filed against Eric Trump or other Trump family members specifically over alleged misuse of charity funds; investigative reporting and a civil complaint...
Donald Trump made and his foundation recorded grants to veteran organizations, but multiple investigations and reporting show that complicate claims he was a consistent donor to veterans’ charities du...
Court findings and settlements say the Donald J. Trump Foundation used charity money for political and personal purposes, prompting a judge-ordered $2 million payment to charities and an $11,525 reimb...
The available analyses show that New York’s Attorney General alleged the Donald J. Trump Foundation repeatedly misused charitable funds in ways that, if proven, would violate ; the foundation later ag...
Donald J. Trump has a mixed, well-documented history with charitable giving: his private Donald J. Trump Foundation made grants and in-kind gifts but ceased operating amid investigations and was termi...
The Donald J. Trump Foundation gave money to a wide roster of charities before it was dissolved, with public records and reporting identifying hundreds of recipient organizations across health, educat...
The Donald J. Trump Foundation operated from 1988 until its court-ordered dissolution in 2018 and donated to a range of charitable organizations over the years, with notable recipients including natio...
Donald J. Trump’s private charity, the Donald J. Trump Foundation, reported roughly $10.9 million in grants from 2001–2014 and made donations to hundreds of organizations, but the foundation was long ...
Donald Trump did donate portions of his presidential salary on a quarterly basis early in his term, including a confirmed first-quarter 2017 gift to the National Park Service, but independent checks s...
Available reporting shows no criminal charges specifically filed in 2024–2025 against Eric Trump or the Trump companies solely for misuse of charity funds; instead, the legal actions discussed in the ...