Clinton Health Charity Failed to Disclose $225Mln in Government Donations

Tax documents filed by the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), founded as the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative of the Clinton Foundation, failed to disclose $225 million in foreign government donations in 2010 while Hillary Clinton was US secretary of state, according to media reports.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Tax documents filed by the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) in New York State failed to disclose $225 million in foreign government donations in 2010 while Hillary Clinton was US secretary of state, the media reported on Tuesday.

CHAI reported $242,099 in total government contributions on its 2010 New York State tax returns, specifying they were from domestic grants.

However, the charity reported $26,740,319 in foreign and domestic government grants on its US federal tax returns for the same year, a Scripps News investigation revealed.

CHAI was founded as the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative of the Clinton Foundation, but became a separate nonprofit organization by January 2010.

Scripps News explained that by not reporting $225 million worth of grants to the state of New York between 2010 and 2014, CHAI avoided disclosing the details of individual foreign and domestic government donations as required by state law.

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires that charities disclose the total amount of contributions they receive from foreign and domestic governments, but does not require a charity to identify the governments.

However, New York law mandates that charities disclose the name of every government agency and its contribution.

The report noted that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has the authority to compel CHAI and the Clinton Foundation to disclose the names of its foreign government donors and the amount of their contributions.

Former US President Bill Clinton established the Clinton Foundation in 2001 as a nonprofit organization focused on donations for charitable projects. The funds raised by the foundation are estimated at more than $2 billion.