peter and maria hoey for forBesat the club from 2006 to 2015. “It
certainly wasn’t done that way.”
Opaque accounting doesn’t help,
as the Eric Trump Foundation began
hosting a few other golf events and
fundraisers; former board member
Kaupp says some were lumped into
the cost figures of the Westchester
event on the IRS filings. Hundreds
of thousands of dollars over this
time went directly to the Trump
Organization, including one payment
of $87,000 to Trump’s golf course
in Washington, DC, which hosted
a separate event for St Jude.
For his part, Eric Trump offers
no indication that the charity is
paying for much beyond the day in
Westchester. “I’m sure if I hunted,
I could find examples of expenses
associated with the charity that aren’t
due to day-of activities,” he says.
“But I would probably have to think
pretty long and hard about that.”I
t doesn’t seem a coincidence
that at the same time the
Eric Trump Foundation went
from what appeared to be a clean,
efficient operation to a seemingly
Byzantine one that suddenly found
itself saddled with costs, there
was a clear shift of control.
In 2010, the year the economics
of the tournament suddenly pivoted,
four of the seven original board
members, who were personal friendsaugust 4, 2017 forbes india | 25independent board membersLara Lea trump,
wife of Eric TrumpMichael Cohen,
personal attorney for
Donald TrumpLynne Patton,
former assistant to
Eric Trump; current
senior advisor, Trump
administrationMatthew Calamari,
Trump Organization
executiveKerry woolard,
Trump Winery general
managerDan Scavino Jr,
former Trump
Organization executive
vice president; current
assistant to the
presidentLarry Glick,
Trump Organization
executive vice president
Christl Mahfouz,
founder of Ace Specialties,
which sold $16 million
of goods and services to
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