LOL, Trump is such a small time no-class phony compared to the Clintons... small snippet below, the article is a must read.
What we know about the charitable giving by Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
washingtonpost.com
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6.) When people give to the Clinton Foundation, what do they get in return? The Clinton Foundation is a globally recognized philanthropy, known for helping to lower the cost of AIDs treatment and other drugs in the developing world. Its donors have traditionally included a bipartisan array of corporate leaders and ordinary people. If asked, many would say they gave simply to support the charitable aims of the organization.
As is not uncommon in the world of charity, donors also received prestige from being associated with the well-known organization, a reputational benefit boosted by the group’s association with Bill Clinton, a globally popular figure.
Critics charge that donors also gave to curry favor with the Clintons, particularly Hillary Clinton, who has held public office and presidential ambitions for most of the foundation’s existence.
Trump and other Republicans have alleged that Clinton Foundation donors were given favors by Hillary Clinton’s State Department. Emails have emerged showing how some foundation donors were able to gain access — particularly in making requests for meetings — to Clinton’s closest aides and sometimes to Clinton herself. But the emails show that the donors did not always get what they wanted, particularly when they sought anything more than a meeting. And there is no evidence that foundation donors received special treatment in direct exchange for their contributions.
7.) When people give to the Donald J. Trump Foundation, what do they get in return?
That’s a lot harder to say.
The Trump foundation’s biggest donors have been unwilling to talk about it.
Since 2007 — when Trump stopped being the Trump Foundation’s major donor — the biggest gifts came from Vince and Linda McMahon, the WWE wrestling moguls. They gave $5 million.
They declined to comment about why.
The second-biggest donor in that period was a New York man named Richard Ebers. He gave about $1.8 million total.
He declined to comment about why.
The third-biggest donor was NBC, which broadcast “The Apprentice.” It gave $500,000 in 2012, the same year that Trump’s suddenly began promising more “personal” gifts to celebrity contestants’ charities (and paying with the Trump Foundation’s money).
NBC, also, declined to comment.
Among the other, smaller donors, a few would talk about their motivations. One won an online auction, where the prize was a lifetime membership at Trump golf clubs. Another was a friend of Trump’s, who didn’t know what else to give him.
And there was one who seemed surprised to hear that her company had been listed as a Trump Foundation donor at all.
“That’s incorrect,” she said, when informed that Trump’s foundation had listed her firm as giving $100,000. “I’m not answering any questions.”
Then she hung up.
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