List of grants made by the Donald J. Trump Foundation

Last updated September 28, 2019

The Donald J. Trump Foundation was a New York-based charitable foundation founded by Donald Trump. The following is a partial list of grants made by the foundation from 2006 through 2009.

The Donald J. Trump Foundation was a New York-based private foundation founded and chaired by U.S. president Donald Trump. Trump originally created the foundation to donate his proceeds from his book Trump: The Art of the Deal to charitable causes. Trump stopped contributing personal funds to the foundation in 2008 and instead solicited donations from outsiders.

Donald John Trump is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality.

Partial List of grants reported by the Foundation Center

The foundation's annual IRS Form 990 filing would normally contain the full list of grants made by the foundation.^[1]^[2]^[3] The following lists are incomplete.

The following were reported to the Foundation Center during the year 2006:^[4]

Foundation Center is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in New York City, United States. The Center’s stated mission is "to strengthen the social sector by advancing knowledge about philanthropy in the U.S. and around the world." Foundation Center maintains comprehensive databases on grantmakers and their grants; issues a wide variety of print, electronic, and online information resources; conducts and publishes research on trends in foundation growth, giving, and practice; and offers education and training programs online and at its five regional hubs and more than 400 Funding Information Network locations.

United Way of New York City — $250,000
Operation Smile — $117,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute — $60,000
Police Athletic League of New York — $60,000
Intrepid Museum Foundation — $50,000
Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care — $25,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art — $15,000

United Way of America, based in Alexandria, Virginia, is a nonprofit organization that works with almost 1,200 local United Way offices throughout the country in a coalition of charitable organizations to pool efforts in fundraising and support. United Way's focus is to identify and resolve pressing community issues and to make measurable changes in communities through partnerships with schools, government agencies, businesses, organized labor, financial institutions, community development corporations, voluntary and neighborhood associations, the faith community, and others. The main areas include education, income, and health.

Operation Smile is a nonprofit medical service organization founded in 1982 by Dr. William P. Magee, Jr. and his wife Kathy Magee. It is headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

The Police Athletic League is an organization in many American police departments in which members of the police force coach young people, both boys and girls, in sports, and help with homework and other school-related activities. The purpose is to build character, help strengthen police-community relations, and keep children off illegal drugs.

The following grants were reported to the Foundation Center during the year 2007:^[5]

Police Athletic League of New York — $110,000
Fisher House Foundation of Maryland — $100,000
New York-Presbyterian Hospital — $100,000
Metropolitan Golf Association Foundation — $50,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute — $25,000
Disabled Veterans LIFE Memorial Foundation of Florida — $25,000
Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation of New York — $25,000
New York City Police Foundation — $25,000
Palm Beach Police Department of Florida — $25,000

Police Athletic League of New York City Youth organization in New York City

The Police Athletic League, Inc. (PAL) is an independent, non-profit youth development agency in New York City. PAL is funded by a combination of private donations and public funding sources and is a designated charity of the New York Police Department. Robert M. Morgenthau, retired District Attorney of New York County, has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors beginning in 1963. PAL is open to all New York City children.

Fisher House Foundation is best known for a network of comfort homes where military and veterans’ families can stay at no cost while a loved one is receiving treatment. These homes are located at major military and VA medical centers nationwide, and, in Europe, close to the medical center or hospital it serves. Fisher House Foundation ensures that there is never a lodging fee. Since its inception, the program has saved military and veterans’ families an estimated $400+ million in out-of-pocket costs for lodging and transportation.

The Metropolitan Amateur or Met Amateur is an amateur golf tournament organized by the Metropolitan Golf Association. It has been played annually since 1899 and is one of the oldest amateur golf tournaments in the United States along with the U.S. Amateur and the Western Amateur. It is held at member clubs in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

The Palm Beach Post has listed some additional recipients, as "a few of the larger donations made by the foundation through the years":^[6]

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse — $135,000
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society — $50,000
Drumthwacket Foundation — $40,000
Citizens United Foundation — $100,000

According to a review by the International Business Times , the Trump Foundation did not give to right-wing causes until 2010, when donations to conservative organizations were first reported.^[7] Among these organizations, the Foundation gave:^[7]

Liberty Central Inc. — $10,000 in 2010
Citizens Against Government Waste — $10,000 in 2010
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association — $50,000 in 2012
American Conservative Union — $50,00 in 2013
Family Leader Foundation — $20,000 in 2013 and 2014
Citizens United Foundation — $100,000 in 2014

In 2010, the Trump Foundation made a $10,000 contribution to Jenny McCarthy's Generation Rescue, an organization that promotes vaccine hesitancy.^[7]

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References

↑ Solnik, Claude (September 15, 2016). "Taking a peek at Trump's (foundation) tax returns". Long Island Business News . charitable giving to conservative political groups, healthcare and sports-related charities
↑ Qiu, Linda (August 28, 2016). Yes, Donald Trump donated $100,000 to the Clinton Foundation. Politifact. Retrieved: September 16, 2016.
↑ Fahrenthold, David A.; Helderman, Rosalind S. (April 10, 2016). "Missing from Trump's list of charitable giving: His own personal cash". The Washington Post.
↑ The Foundation Directory, 2009 Edition, p. 7170 (David G. Jacobs, Senior Editor).
↑ The Foundation Directory, 2010 Edition, p. 7129 (David G. Jacobs, Senior Editor).
↑ Lord, Debbie. "What you need to know about the Trump Foundation", Palm Beach Post (September 14, 2016).
1 2 3 Ned Resnikoff, Donald Trump's Charity Didn't Give To Conservative Groups Until 2010; Citizens United Supporters and Anti-Vaxxers Got Donations, International Business Times (April 11, 2016).

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[Solnik-1] Solnik, Claude (September 15, 2016). "Taking a peek at Trump's (foundation) tax returns". Long Island Business News . charitable giving to conservative political groups, healthcare and sports-related charities

[2] Qiu, Linda (August 28, 2016). Yes, Donald Trump donated $100,000 to the Clinton Foundation. Politifact. Retrieved: September 16, 2016.

[WaPoMissing-3] Fahrenthold, David A.; Helderman, Rosalind S. (April 10, 2016). "Missing from Trump's list of charitable giving: His own personal cash". The Washington Post.

[:8-4] The Foundation Directory, 2009 Edition, p. 7170 (David G. Jacobs, Senior Editor).

[:9-5] The Foundation Directory, 2010 Edition, p. 7129 (David G. Jacobs, Senior Editor).

[6] Lord, Debbie. "What you need to know about the Trump Foundation", Palm Beach Post (September 14, 2016).

[Resnikoff-7] 1 2 3 Ned Resnikoff, Donald Trump's Charity Didn't Give To Conservative Groups Until 2010; Citizens United Supporters and Anti-Vaxxers Got Donations, International Business Times (April 11, 2016).