THE INTERMINGLING OF ACCESS AND DONATIONS

More than half the people outside the U.S. government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was Secretary of State gave money — either personally or through companies or groups — to the Clinton Foundation. It’s an extraordinary proportion indicating her possible ethics challenges.

At least 85 of 154 people from private interests who met or had phone conversations scheduled with Clinton while she led the State Department donated to her family charity or pledged commitments to its international programs, according to a review of State Department calendars released so far to The Associated Press. Combined, the 85 donors contributed as much as $156 million. At least 40 donated more than $100,000 each, and 20 gave more than $1 million. The frequency of the overlaps shows the intermingling of access and donations, and fuels perceptions that giving the foundation money was a price of admission for face time with Clinton. A number of countries that donated to the foundation, during Clinton’s time at the State Department also lobbied the U.S. Government during that time.

The following entities donated to the Clinton Foundation and lobbied the State Department during Hillary Clinton’s tenure. This include funding for the foundation from both corporate and charitable arms of listed companies that lobbied State, even though the charities themselves don’t necessarily lobby.

1. Walmart/Walton Family Foundation (distinct from Walmart and does not lobby)
2. Coca Cola
3. State of Qatar and related entities
4. Goldman Sachs
5. Dow Chemical
6. Pfizer
7. Duke Energy Corporation
8. ExxonMobil
9. Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
10. Hewlett-Packard
11. Nima Taghavi
12. NRG Energy
13. Open Society Institute
14. Procter & Gamble
15. Boeing
16. OCP
17. Nike
18. Google
19. Daimler
20. Monsanto
21. Arizona State University
22. Chevron
23. General Electric
24. Morgan Stanley
25. Intel
26. Nobel Energy
27. AstraZeneca
28. Bloomberg and Bloomberg Philanthropies
29. Salesforce.com
30. Verizon
31. Yahoo
32. Lockeed Martin
33. Qualcomm
34. TIAA-CREF
35. JP Morgan
36. Accenture
37. American Cancer Society
38. Applied Materials
39. CH2M Hill
40. Corning
41. FedEx
42. Gap
43. Gilead
44. Hess Corporation
45. Humanity United
46. Hyundai
47. International Brotherhoood of Electrical Workers
48. Johnson Controls
49. Lions Club International
50. Mylan
51. Pepsi
52. Sanofi-Aventis
53. Starwood Hotels
54. United States Pharmacopeial Convention
55. UPS
56. Washington University, St. Louis
57. Time Warner
58. Hunt Alternatives
59. Ericsson
60. Abbott Laboratories
61. Anadarko
62. BT Group
63. Discovery Communications
64. Earth Networks
65. Feed the Children
66. General Motors
67. Hilton
68. Marriott
69. NextEra Energy
70. NOUR USA
71. Novozymes
72. Oceana
73. Starbucks
74. Teck Resources
75. The American Institute of Architects
76. Nature Conservancy
77. Trilogy International Partners
78. Unilever
79. World Vision
80. S.C. Johnson & Son
81. Motorola
82. Enel
83. JCPenney
84. Target
85. Novartis
86. Prudential
87. 3M
88. AAR
89. AFL-CIO
90. APCO Worldwide
91. AREVA
92. Byare
93. Capstone Turbine
94. Cemex
95. CHF International
96. Eli Lilly
97. Georgetown University
98. HBO
99. Honeywell
100. Mars, Inc.
101. McGraw-Hill Financial
102. MWH Global
103. New Venture Fund
104. Partners Healthcare
105. Rotary International
106. Shell
107. Special Olympics
108. Brink’s
109. United Technologies Corporation
110. Viacom
111. Wildlife Conservation Society
112. Ze-gen
113. AT&T
114. BP
115. SAP America
116. Actavis
117. ALFA
118. American Iron and Steel Institute
119. Amgen
120. Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
121. BHP Billiton Limited
122. Chesapeake Energy Corporation
123. ConocoPhillips
124. Danfoss
125. Delphi Financial Group
126. Digital Globe
127. Dow Corning
128. EMD Serono
129. Entertainment Software Association
130. Herbalife
131. Hermitage Capital Management
132. InnoVida Holdings
133. Levi Strauss & Co
134. Life Technologies
135. Motion Picture Association of America
136. Nokia
137. Occidental Petroleum
138. Sesame Workshop
139. Siemens
140. SNCF
141. Symantec
142. Tamares Management
143. Telefonica International
144. Hershey
145. NASDAQ OMX Group
146. The Pew Charitable Trusts
147. TV Azteca, SA De CV
148. US Chamber of Commerce
149. Whirlpool
150. Oneida Indian Nation
151. American Public Health Association
152. EOS Foundation
153. Florida International University
154. Girl Scouts of the USA
155. Gonzalo Tirado
156. NBC Universal
157. Santa Monica College
158. Sensis
159. Adobe Systems
160. Boston Scientific Corporation
161. Bristol-Myers Squibb
162. Cablevision System Corporation
163. Caterpillar
164. Chicanos Por La Causa
165. Deere & Company
166. Dell
167. Edison Electric Institute
168. Eligio Cedeno
169. Festo Corporation
170. George Mason University
171. Laborers International Union of North America
172. Nestle
173. Northrop Grumman Corporation
174. American Legion
175. Association for Manufacturing Technology
176. Tohono O’odham Nation
177. Hara Software
178. Oracle (matching grant program)
179. Nova Southeastern University

According to lobbying records at least 60 companies lobbied the State Department, and gave as much as $26 million, and many of those companies, 44 of those 60, did participate in what they call commitments, or philanthropic projects, that were valued by the Clinton Foundation at $3.2 billion.