Questions have been raised about the president’s son’s foundation.
Eric Trump is not the first member of the first family to have his eponymous charitable foundation scrutinized.
The operations of President Donald Trump‘s own foundation were discussed during the 2016 campaign, and the extent — or lack thereof — of his contributions became a point of discussion for his opponents.
Now questions about how the Eric Trump Foundation operated and paid vendors — including properties owned by his own father — have been raised by a Forbes article published Tuesday.
How the Donald J. Trump Foundation got and gave money
Even though his name is the basis for the charity, Trump was never the biggest contributor, according to the organization’s 990 forms for 2001 through 2014.
Trump made contributions to the foundation from 2001 until 2008, but he is not listed as making any financial contributions since then.
His contributions range from $713,000 in 2004 to $30,000 in 2008; his total contributions to his foundation are in excess of $2.7 million.
A variety of charities are listed as having received contributions from the foundation during those years. The William J. Clinton Foundation (the earlier name of the Clinton Foundation), the conservative Citizens United Foundation, and a number of police benevolent societies, athletic leagues and cancer charities were among the various recipients of money…
Source: Eric Trump’s charity isn’t the first in the family to come under scrutiny – ABC News
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