Donald Trump’s charitable foundation; dissolved under judicial supervision in 2018 after the New York AG found it had operated illegally
Background
The Donald J. Trump Foundation was a private charitable foundation established in 1988. The New York Attorney General’s office launched an investigation in 2016 that found the foundation had operated illegally, including using charitable funds for personal and business expenses and making political contributions that violated state law. Trump was required to pay $2 million to settle the case, and the foundation was dissolved in December 2018 under judicial supervision. The investigation found that Trump had used foundation funds to purchase portraits of himself, settle legal disputes for his businesses, and make a donation to a political committee supporting Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who subsequently declined to pursue a fraud investigation involving Trump University.