--- title: Clinton Foundation Concedes Mistakes Amidst Scrutiny description: In a statement Sunday, Clinton Foundation explained its transparency policies and conceded mistakes in its operations. canonical: https://time.com/3836379/hillary-clinton-foundation-mistakes-donors/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-27T13:05:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:41:43.098Z article:section: Politics og:title: Clinton Foundation Concedes Mistakes Amidst Scrutiny og:description: In a statement Sunday, Clinton Foundation explained its transparency policies and conceded mistakes in its operations. og:url: https://time.com/3836379/hillary-clinton-foundation-mistakes-donors/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb727cc8c0699e555/6987ecfa2dce019f2b9e1801/465691076.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Melinda Gates, Clinton Foundation Release Report On Status Of Women And Girls og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Clinton Foundation Concedes Mistakes Amidst Scrutiny twitter:description: In a statement Sunday, Clinton Foundation explained its transparency policies and conceded mistakes in its operations. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb727cc8c0699e555/6987ecfa2dce019f2b9e1801/465691076.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Clinton Foundation CEO Admits 'We Made Mistakes' > Sponsored content. 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Watch the top 10 moments from Hillary Clinton's career in politics._ by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Apr 27, 2015 1:05 PM UTC  Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joins her daughter and Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton (L) for the official release of the No Ceilings Full Participation Report which coincides with the start of the 59th session of the United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women on March 9, 2015 in New York City. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joins her daughter and Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton (L) for the official release of the No Ceilings Full Participation Report which coincides with the start of the 59th session of the United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women on March 9, 2015 in New York City. Spencer Platt—Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Apr 27, 2015 1:05 PM UTC The Clinton family’s controversial charity foundation on Sunday [defended its transparency](https://www.clintonfoundation.org/blog/2015/04/26/commitment-honesty-transparency-and-accountability) and overall track record amidst growing scrutiny of its donors, even while conceding in a statement that it made “mistakes” in its operations. A soon-to-be-published book by conservative author Peter Schweizer claims that some foreign and corporate donors benefitted from special treatment by Hillary Clinton’s State Department after donating millions to the philanthropy, and attention has turned recently to misfiled tax forms. In a [statement](https://www.clintonfoundation.org/blog/2015/04/26/commitment-honesty-transparency-and-accountability) posted on the Clinton Foundation’s website, interim CEO Maura Pally said information misfiled in tax forms was disclosed elsewhere on the website. “Yes, we made mistakes, as many organizations of our size do, but we are acting quickly to remedy them, and have taken steps to ensure they don’t happen in the future,” she said. On the issue of why Canadian donors’ names weren’t published on the site, Pally pointed to a Canadian law that prohibits charities from disclosing individual donors without donors’ permission. She also touted the philanthropy’s accomplishments, including combating climate change, lowering the price of HIV/AIDS-fighting drugs, among others. Despite the controversy, the Foundation’s commitment to transparency is “stronger than ever,” Pally said. “When Hillary Clinton was appointed Secretary of State, we took unprecedented steps to avoid potential conflicts of interest by going above and beyond what is required of any philanthropy and instituted voluntarily annual disclosure of all of our donors on our website,” Pally said. Even as Hillary Clinton and her allies showcase the Foundation’s philanthropic activities around the world, the $1-billion Clinton Foundation threatens to become an albatross to Hillary Clinton’s campaign to win the presidency in 2016. **_Read more:_**[_Clinton Allies Knock Down Donor Allegations, New Questions Pop Up_](http://time.com/3831089/hillary-clinton-peter-schweizer-clinton-cash/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3836379/hillary-clinton-foundation-mistakes-donors/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3836379/hillary-clinton-foundation-mistakes-donors/"},"headline":"Clinton Foundation CEO Admits 'We Made Mistakes'","datePublished":"2015-04-27T13:05:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:41:43.098Z","description":"Interim chief executive Maura Pally seeks to staunch growing controversy on donor disclosures","url":"https://time.com/3836379/hillary-clinton-foundation-mistakes-donors/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb727cc8c0699e555/6987ecfa2dce019f2b9e1801/465691076.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb727cc8c0699e555/6987ecfa2dce019f2b9e1801/465691076.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Melinda Gates, Clinton Foundation Release Report On Status Of Women And Girls","caption":"Melinda Gates, Clinton Foundation Release Report On Status Of Women And Girls","creditText":"Spencer Platt—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3836379/hillary-clinton-foundation-mistakes-donors/","name":"Clinton Foundation CEO Admits 'We Made Mistakes'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments","description":"Watch the top 10 moments from Hillary Clinton's career in politics.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/L3I0gpwt/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-09T19:18:36.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/L3I0gpwt.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3836379/hillary-clinton-foundation-mistakes-donors/","duration":"PT1M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3836379/hillary-clinton-foundation-mistakes-donors/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```