Charity Watchdog Guidestar lauds Clinton Foundation's transparency.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/09/21/charity-watchdog-calls-trump-foundation-unfocused-clintons-transparent/90775120/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories

Clinton's foundation is larger, with data from Dec. 31, 2014, showing assets of $354 million compared with $1 million for Trump's non-profit, the analysis said. Additionally, Clinton family tax returns suggest that their foundation accounts for the majority of their charitable giving, the analysis concluded.

Trump has not released his tax returns, so "it is difficult to know the scale of his charitable activities outside the Trump Foundation," the analysis said. The last donation to the foundation by Trump or any of the other trustees was in 2008, the organization's tax returns show. The review also cited Washington Post reports that were unable to validate that Trump actually donated the money he pledged to charities.

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Clinton critics have argued that fundraising for her family's foundation compromised her role when she served as secretary of State from 2009 to 2013. There appears to be "little evidence to support this claim," the analysis said, noting that the foundation signed a 2008 memorandum of understanding that Clinton would not have a role with the foundation during her Obama administration tenure.


"A fair argument can be made that the Clinton Foundation should have been more aggressive in dealing with the perception of potential conflict," the analysis said. However, the review noted that the organization now shares legal and audit documentation, along with information about its donors — who include Donald and Ivanka Trump.

Clinton's foundation also provided qualitative metrics about the success of the global agricultural and educational programs it supports, thereby winning a "transparency seal" from Guidestar. Trump's foundation did not, leaving the watchdog's analysis to rely on information disclosed in the organization's annual tax returns.

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1. says little evidence to support claim that Fdn compromised her role as SOS--yet, the damage

is done after months of the media not doing their job and actually participated in the demeaning of the Hillary and the Foundation.

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2. REC.