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The Clinton family does not "take a salary" or financially benefit from the work of the Clinton Foundation

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President Clinton visits City Year South Africa, which launched as a Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action in 2005 and encourages young people to work for a full year as tutors, mentors, and role models in schools in and around Johannesburg.

Fact: The Clinton family takes no salary or financial benefit from the foundation

Despite numerous allegations, none of the Clintons have ever taken a salary from the Foundation or any money for personal use.

In fact, the Clintons support the work of the Foundation with their own money — since the Foundation was created, they have contributed roughly $25 million to it, in contributions from their family foundation and speeches they gave on behalf of the Foundation.

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This claim was debunked by Politifact: "The Clintons don't take a salary from this work, and they don't receive any other direct monetary benefit."

Fact checkers including Forbes, PolitiFact, Newsweek, and more debunked claims that Chelsea Clinton personally received money from USAID (in fact, the Foundation has never received any funding from USAID).

Several years ago, the Washington Post fact checker found "no evidence" that the Foundation paid for Chelsea Clinton's wedding.

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