How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business

[crimethink]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalex.../#278fcf256b4a


The best part about all this, according to Eric Trump, is the charity's efficiency: Because he can get his family's golf course for free and have most of the other costs donated, virtually all the money contributed will go toward helping kids with cancer. "We get to use our assets 100% free of charge," Trump tells Forbes.

That's not the case. In reviewing filings from the Eric Trump Foundation and other charities, it's clear that the course wasn't free--that the Trump Organization received payments for its use, part of more than $1.2 million that has no documented recipients past the Trump Organization. Golf charity experts say the listed expenses defy any reasonable cost justification for a one-day golf tournament.

Additionally, the Donald J. Trump Foundation, which has come under previous scrutiny for self-dealing and advancing the interests of its namesake rather than those of charity, apparently used the Eric Trump Foundation to funnel $100,000 in donations into revenue for the Trump Organization.

And while donors to the Eric Trump Foundation were told their money was going to help sick kids, more than $500,000 was re-donated to other charities, many of which were connected to Trump family members or interests, including at least four groups that subsequently paid to hold golf tournaments at Trump courses.

All of this seems to defy federal tax rules and state laws that ban self-dealing and misleading donors. It also raises larger questions about the Trump family dynamics and whether Eric and his brother, Don Jr., can be truly independent of their father.

[Ares]

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Get rid of non-profit status to foundations who do not contribute more than 70% of their earnings to the cause they advocate for. Problem solved..

[crimethink]

Get rid of non-profit status to foundations who do not contribute more than 70% of their earnings to the cause they advocate for. Problem solved..

Nearly ALL "charities" are scams..."left" or "right" or otherwise. A minority of people realized it back when the CEO of United Way was flying on the Concorde.

[Joshua01]

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalex.../#278fcf256b4a


The best part about all this, according to Eric Trump, is the charity's efficiency: Because he can get his family's golf course for free and have most of the other costs donated, virtually all the money contributed will go toward helping kids with cancer. "We get to use our assets 100% free of charge," Trump tells Forbes.

That's not the case. In reviewing filings from the Eric Trump Foundation and other charities, it's clear that the course wasn't free--that the Trump Organization received payments for its use, part of more than $1.2 million that has no documented recipients past the Trump Organization. Golf charity experts say the listed expenses defy any reasonable cost justification for a one-day golf tournament.

Additionally, the Donald J. Trump Foundation, which has come under previous scrutiny for self-dealing and advancing the interests of its namesake rather than those of charity, apparently used the Eric Trump Foundation to funnel $100,000 in donations into revenue for the Trump Organization.

And while donors to the Eric Trump Foundation were told their money was going to help sick kids, more than $500,000 was re-donated to other charities, many of which were connected to Trump family members or interests, including at least four groups that subsequently paid to hold golf tournaments at Trump courses.

All of this seems to defy federal tax rules and state laws that ban self-dealing and misleading donors. It also raises larger questions about the Trump family dynamics and whether Eric and his brother, Don Jr., can be truly independent of their father.

[palani]

Bleeding money from the medical profession frankly saves many lives and should be considered one method of helping the global warming situation by keeping doctors from taking extended vacations to Mauritania.

[Cebu_4_2]

bleeding money from the medical profession frankly saves many lives and should be considered one method of helping the global warming situation by keeping doctors from taking extended vacations to mauritania.

wtf?

[ximmy]

wtf?

He was making a funny...