--- title: Donald Trump Foundation Ordered to Stop Raising Money description: The New York Attorney General said the Trump Foundation is violating the law and ordered it to stop soliciting donations in New York. canonical: https://time.com/4516803/donald-trump-foundation-new-york-attorney-general/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-03T17:29:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:58:37.342Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump's Foundation Was Just Ordered to Stop Raising Money og:description: Amid growing reports of its unusual activity og:url: https://time.com/4516803/donald-trump-foundation-new-york-attorney-general/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt026d5fb3d8066cf7/6988a875ab6d7774e06ab6e6/donald-trump-campaign-stop.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump pauses before answering questions at the "Retired American Warriors" conference during a campaign stop in Herndon og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump's Foundation Was Just Ordered to Stop Raising Money twitter:description: Amid growing reports of its unusual activity twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt026d5fb3d8066cf7/6988a875ab6d7774e06ab6e6/donald-trump-campaign-stop.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump's Foundation Was Just Ordered to Stop Raising Money  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Oct 3, 2016 5:29 PM UTC  Donald Trump pauses before answering questions at the "Retired American Warriors" conference in Herndon, Va., on Oct. 3, 2016. Donald Trump pauses before answering questions at the "Retired American Warriors" conference in Herndon, Va., on Oct. 3, 2016.Mike Segar—REUTERS  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Oct 3, 2016 5:29 PM UTC The New York Attorney General said Monday that the Trump Foundation, [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4516100/donald-trump-taxes-fiduciary-duty/?xid=homepage)‘s charitable group, is violating state law and ordered it to stop soliciting donations in New York. In [a notice of violation](https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/trump%5Ffoundation%5Fnotice%5Fof%5Fviolation%5F9-30-16.pdf) issued Monday, James Sheehan, head of the attorney general’s charities bureau, announced that the Donald J. Trump Foundation “is in violation of section 172 of Article 7-A New York’s Executive Law, which requires charitable organizations that solicit contributions in New York State to register with the Charities Bureau and to provide annual financial reports and annual audited financial statements.” The notice said the foundation “must immediately cease soliciting contributions or engaging in any other fundraising activities in New York,” and provide the bureau with proper paperwork and previous financial reports within 15 days. The action against the Trump Foundation came after [the Washington _Post_ reported](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-foundation-lacks-the-certification-required-for-charities-that-solicit-money/2016/09/29/7dac6a68-8658-11e6-ac72-a29979381495%5Fstory.html?postshare=5821475195359373&tid=ss%5Ftw) that it lacked the proper charity certification, and amid growing reports of its unusual activity. According to the _Post_, Trump hasn’t actually given money to the foundation in years, and it may have violated rules that govern charities. The Trump campaign said the foundation will cooperate with the investigation. “While we remain very concerned about the political motives behind \[Attorney General Eric\] Schneiderman’s investigation, the Trump Foundation nevertheless intends to cooperate fully with the investigation,” spokeswoman Hope Hicks said in a statement. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4516803/donald-trump-foundation-new-york-attorney-general/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4516803/donald-trump-foundation-new-york-attorney-general/"},"headline":"Donald Trump's Foundation Was Just Ordered to Stop Raising Money","datePublished":"2016-10-03T17:29:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:58:37.342Z","description":"Amid growing reports of its unusual activity","url":"https://time.com/4516803/donald-trump-foundation-new-york-attorney-general/","keywords":["Donald Trump","New York"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt026d5fb3d8066cf7/6988a875ab6d7774e06ab6e6/donald-trump-campaign-stop.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt026d5fb3d8066cf7/6988a875ab6d7774e06ab6e6/donald-trump-campaign-stop.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump pauses before answering questions at the \"Retired American Warriors\" conference during a campaign stop in Herndon","caption":"Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump pauses before answering questions at the \"Retired American Warriors\" conference during a campaign stop in Herndon","creditText":"Mike Segar—REUTERS","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/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4516803/donald-trump-foundation-new-york-attorney-general/","name":"Donald Trump's Foundation Was Just Ordered to Stop Raising Money"}}]}] ```