# Where should New York spend Trump's Money? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 18, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-new-york-spend-trumps-money/826331 "2018-12-18T18:48:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-new-york-spend-trumps-money/826331/1 "2018-12-18T18:48:57Z")
> **[Trump agrees to shut down his charity amid corruption claims and hand over...](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-foundation-closes-down-charity-new-york-attorney-corruption-lawsuit-allegations-a8689276.html)** > > An attorney for the Trump Foundation said in a statement that the attorney general statement is misleading > [@](#): > > Donald Trump’s embattled charity will be shut down and all its money distributed to charities approved by the New York attorney general’s office after an agreement was made amid corruption claims levied against the president’s personal foundation. So where do you think this money should go? My ideas: 1. [Committee to protect Journalists](https://cpj.org/) 2. [Immigrant defence project](https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/) 3. [Clinton Foundation](https://www.clintonfoundation.org/)😃 Anyone else? Serious answers will be welcomed but unserious answers may be preferred. ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-new-york-spend-trumps-money/826331/2 "2018-12-18T19:19:37Z")
I’d definitely say Planned Parenthood lol just to piss off the largest majority of righties. Edit: And I just realized PP isn’t considered a charity. Go me! ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-new-york-spend-trumps-money/826331/3 "2018-12-18T19:51:17Z")
Color me skeptical that this foundation or any other of Trump’s enterprises actually HAS any money once all his debts/fines/etc. are taken into account. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-new-york-spend-trumps-money/826331/4 "2018-12-18T21:45:16Z")
> [@AngelSoft](#): > > I’d definitely say Planned Parenthood lol just to piss off the largest majority of righties. > > Edit: And I just realized PP isn’t considered a charity. Go me! It depends on [which part you donate to](https://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-involved/other-ways-give/donor-faq). The Political action part in not a charity, but the women helping part is. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-new-york-spend-trumps-money/826331/5 "2018-12-18T22:01:45Z")
My suggestion would be to the Obama Foundation. They do amazing work raising up young women through educational opportunities around the globe, helping young men of color find pathways to success, and building up the next generation of leaders throughout communities across the U.S. It’s a wonderful non-profit that would truly benefit many lives with a large donation like that. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-new-york-spend-trumps-money/826331/6 "2018-12-18T23:13:51Z")
ACLU. Of course they won’t. Seriously, the Red Cross would seem like a good possibility. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-new-york-spend-trumps-money/826331/7 "2018-12-18T23:15:27Z")
New York doesn’t get to spend the Trump Foundation money. The foundation gets to pick the list of charities the funds will go to. The NY AG can disapprove “if information is revealed …that negatively affects the suitability of such organizations to receive distributions of charitable assets.” (Cite is the [agreement](https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/stipulation_re_dissolution_execution_version.pdf) linked to in the OP’s cite.) ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-new-york-spend-trumps-money/826331/8 "2018-12-19T00:11:14Z")
50/50 between Clinton and Obama would be awesome