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By Sujeet Rajan
WASHINGTON, DC: It’s not just politician Amar Singh who donated to the Clinton Foundation. More than 900 Indian-origin individuals and organizations with ties to India have contributed at least $251 to the Clinton Foundation, an examination of the organization’s donor list by The American Bazaar revealed.
The donors include Indian Americans, citizens of India, Non-Resident Indians, Indian American-founded companies and nonprofit organizations, and companies and nonprofit organizations based in India.
The Foundation does not disclose the address and nationalities of donors. The American Bazaar identified the names using public records.
The Foundation also does not disclose the exact amount it received from each donor; instead it lists 13 broad categories of amounts: “less than $250,” “250 to $1,000,” “$1,001 to $5,000,” “$5,001 to $10,000,” $10,001 to $25,000,” “$25,001 to $50,000,” “50,001 to $100,000,” “$100,001 to $250,000,” “$250,001 to $500,000,” “$500,001 to $1 million,” “$1,000,001 to $5 million,” “$5,000,001 to $10 million,” “$10,000,001 to $25 million,” and “Greater than $25 million.”
The American Bazaar chose not to identify the names of donors in the “Less than $250” category, given the size and breadth of that donor base. A search for donors in that category turns up 282,759 records.
Among the India-related donors, a vast majority — nearly 650 — gave between $251 and $1,000, while more than 150 donated between $1,001 and $5,000 to the Foundation. Here is a breakdown of donors in different categories:
- 4 donors gave anywhere from $1,000,001 to $5 million: longtime Clinton ally and former CEO and chairman of infoGROUP Vin Gupta; Dave Katragadda, founder and president of the investment firm Seven Hills Group; UK-based steel magnate Lakshmi N. Mittal; and politician Amar Singh.
- 2 donors contributed between $500,001 and $1 million — CEO of the Chicago-based company Chopper Trading Raj Fernando and EKTA Foundation of Amrita and Ashok Mahbubani.
- 2 Indians donated between $250,001 and $500,000 to the Foundation. They are industrialist Ajit Gulabchand and the now deceased hotelier Lalit Suri.
- 3 donors gave between $100,001 and $250,000. They are Washington-based businessman and philanthropist Frank Islam and his wife, Debbie Driesman; and Lata Krishnan, CFO of Shah Capital Partners and Chair of the American India Foundation; and Reliance Europe Limited.
- 10 donors gave between $50,001 and $100,000; among them, Dinyar Devitre, a Special Advisor at growth equity firm General Atlantic, and the Hinduja Foundation.
- 13 donors contributed between $25,001 and $50,000. They include the Deshpande Foundation, run by philanthropist and technology leader Desh Deshpande, and Parmeshwar A. Godrej, wife of Adi Godrej, chairman of India’s Godrej Group.
- 41 gave between $10,001 and $25,000. Among them are McKenzie Managing Director Rajat Gupta, who is now serving time for insider trading; Indian IT powerhouse Infosys; M. Night Shyamalan Foundation, started by the Indian American filmmaker; and Washington-area technologist and philanthropist Ranvir Trehan.
- 32 donors gave between $5,001 and $10,000. This list includes Sant Nirankari Mission and the Wadhwani Foundation, founded by information technology billionaire Romesh Wadhwani.
- Among those who gave between $1,001 and $5,000 are long-term Hillary Clinton aide Huma M. Abedin, Hindu Temple & Heritage Foundation, Inc. and Indian Religious and Cultural Center.
Here is the partial list of Indian-origin individuals and organizations with ties to India who donated to the Clinton Foundation:
Names | Minimum | Maximum |
Vin Gupta | $100,0001 | $500,0000 |
Dave Katragadda | $100,0001 | $500,0000 |
Lakshmi N. Mittal | $1000,001 | $500,0000 |
Amar Singh | $100,0001 | $500,0000 |
Raj Fernando | $500,001 | $100,0000 |
EKTA Foundation | $500,001 | $100,0000 |
Ajit Gulabchand | $250,001 | $500,000 |
Lalit Suri | $250,001 | $500,000 |
Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman | $100,001 | $250,000 |
Lata Krishnan | $100,001 | $250,000 |
Reliance Europe Limited | $100,001 | $250,000 |
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public | $50,001 | $100,000 |
Kuji Chahal | $50,001 | $100,000 |
Dinyar Devitre | $50,001 | $100,000 |
Suresh Khosla | $50,001 | $100,000 |
Manish Mittal | $50,001 | $100,000 |
Ajay B. Shah | $50,001 | $100,000 |
Niranjan S. Shah | $50,001 | $100,000 |
Lekha Singh | $50,001 | $100,000 |
Sudhir S. Singh | $50,001 | $100,000 |
The Hinduja Foundation | $50,001 | $100,000 |
Milind K. Ambe | $25,001 | $50,000 |
Lakshman Evani | $25,001 | $50,000 |
Parmeshwar A. Godrej | $25,001 | $50,000 |
Sujay Jaswa | $25,001 | $50,000 |
Anuj Khanna | $25,001 | $50,000 |
Dilip V. Kulkarni | $25,001 | $50,000 |
Mukesh H. Mehta | $25,001 | $50,000 |
Suresh Nanda | $25,001 | $50,000 |
Deven Parekh | $25,001 | $50,000 |
Vinod Sekhar | $25,001 | $50,000 |
The Deshpande Foundation | $25,001 | $50,000 |
Shashi Vaswani | $25,001 | $50,000 |
Seema Hingorani | $25,001 | $50,000 |
Anant Foundation | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Anand Appulingam | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Arjun D. Arora | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Vinita Bali | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Manvinder S. Banga | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Indrajit Bardhan | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Mudita Bhargava | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Bhuruka Gases Limited (BGL) | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Navneet S. Chugh | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Randeep Dhillon | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Essar Group | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Rajat K. Gupta | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Satish Gupta | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Ravi Ika | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Indian Farmers Fertilizers Coop. Ltd | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Infosys Limited | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Isha Foundation | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Suresh Jhunjhnuwala | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Rajive Johri | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Kalyani Foundation | $10,001 | $25,000 |
M. Night Shyamalan Foundation | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Anuj Malhotra | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Rajiv I. Modi | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Anil K. Monga | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Rahul N. Moodgal | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Sunil Paul | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Vivek Paul | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Sreedhar Potarazu | $10,001 | $25,000 |
PTC India Limited | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Sanju K Bansal Foundation | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Parag Saxena | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Smita Shah | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Tushar Shah | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Shan Investments | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Romita Shetty | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Sidhu-Singh Family Foundation | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Manish Singh | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Pradeep Sinha | $10,001 | $25,000 |
The Chatterjee Group | $10,001 | $25,000 |
The Chugh Firm | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Ranvir Trehan | $10,001 | $25,000 |
Ashvin Abraham | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Pradeep Kumar Bansal | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Gireesh S. Bembalkar | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Harshal Dave | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Rohit D’Souza | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Meera T. Gandhi | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Kamil Hasan | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Indira Enterprises Pty Ltd. | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Jain Center of South Florida Inc. | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Chhanulal Jhunjhnuwala | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Jyothi Kaliki | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Sundeep Madra | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Rocky Malhotra | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Shaminder Minhas | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Uma Ballava Mishra | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Saurabh Mittal | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Jasvant Modi | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Rajeev Nair | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Sudarshan K. Narula | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Ranesh Ramanathan | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Ananthakrishna Ramesh | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Sita K. Rao | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Sant Nirankari Mission | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Chandan Sengupta | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Erika Seshadri | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Rajesh Sharma | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Murali Tegulapalle | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Shobha Vanchiswar | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Nadadur Vardhan | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Rajnish Verma | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Wadhwani Foundation | $5,001 | $10,000 |
Huma M. Abedin | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Mohan Abichandani | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Nishith Acharya | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Nick Advani | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Atin Agarwal | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Kavasseri Agneshwar | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Akshay Anand | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Anu Anand | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Sunny Anand | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Biji Anchery | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Asian American Hotel Owners Association | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Vandana Ayarwal | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Rohit Bakshi | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Revathi Balakrishnan | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Sriram Balasubramanian | $1,001 | $5,000 |
B. Jayant Baliga | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Vijay Basani | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Bharat Behan | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Subrahmanyam Behara | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Raghu Belur | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Neena Beniwal | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Padmini Bhadriraju | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Ami Bhandari | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Narendra Bhandari | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Arun Bharat Ram | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Hansa Bhargava | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Chandrashekhara M. Bhat | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Pushpa Bhat | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Bose Corporation | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Sarojini Bose | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Subhash C. Bose | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Vikram Chauhan | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Rita Chopra | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Aditya Dahagam | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Karthikeyan Dasari Chinna | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Surajit Dasgupta | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Shweta Desai | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Shinta Deviyanti | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Amit Dhawan | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Venugopal N. Dhoot | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Anshuman Dube ? | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Saravanan Egambaram | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Balaji Ganapathy | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Neha Gandhi | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Puneet Gaur | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Sorab K. Ghandhi | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Neil Ghosh | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Hindu Temple & Heritage Foundation, Inc. | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Indian Religious and Cultural Center | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Srinivas Gopalan | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Kamla Iyer | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Mrinalini Jaikumar | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Ravi Jain | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Umesh Jain | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Vardhman Jain | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Jal Bhagirathi Foundation | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Asim Jani | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Chhanulal Jhunjhnuwala | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Amrita T. Joshi | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Sanjay Joshi | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Sanjay Kadaveru | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Ajay Kaul | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Lalita Kaul | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Raji Kaur | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Roma Khanna | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Vikas Khanna | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Sonal M. Khichadia | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Nina Koduru | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Vijay Kumar | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Madhu Madhavan | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Vic Mahendru | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Ushil Makhija | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Kuldeep Malkani | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Shaalu Mehra | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Chetan Mehta | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Rohan Mehta | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Shimmy Mehta | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Ramesh Menon | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Shantilata Mishra | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Bhupendra K. Modi | $1,001 | $5,000 |
K Modi | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Vinod Mohan | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Deepro R. Mukherjee | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Gopi Nair | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Madhu Narang | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Amit Narayan | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Feroz Nathani | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Prakash Palimar | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Harpreet Pannu | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Harpreet K. Pannu | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Arvind Parthasarathi | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Sabapathy Parthiban | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Amit Parulekar | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Shoaib C. Patail | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Anila Patel | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Harish S. Patel | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Hemant D. Patel | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Hersila Patel | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Kiritkumarr M. Patel | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Manher Patel | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Mumukshu Patel | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Ramesh Patel | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Ramesh V. Patel | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Naveen Patil | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Saurabh Popat | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Rajiv Prithvi | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Baiju Pundit | $1,001 | $5,000 |
RAJ & RAJ Realty LTD | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Sriram Raju | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Lalitha Raman | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Dilip Ray-Chaudhuri | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Ivy Ray-Chaudhuri | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Parsa Rohani | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Anil Roy | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Nihar R. Saha | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Umit D. Sami | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Vimala Santhanam | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Adarsh Sarma | $1,001 | $5,000 |
S. Shankar Sastry | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Amit Saxena | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Darshan Shah | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Dhiraj Shah | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Nishita Shah | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Rajan Shah | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Rajnikant Shah | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Sanjeev Shah | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Suresh Shah | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Kishore Shahani | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Sorabh Sharma | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Jyoti Shrivastava | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Jaswinder S. Sidhu | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Manjy Sidoo | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Davinder Singh | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Gaurav Singh | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Juliet Singh | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Pauleeta Singh | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Satwinder Singh | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Anand Singhal | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Awanish Sinha | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Anil Soni | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Amit Sood | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Manu Srivareerat | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Akash Srivastava | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Nallan Suresh | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Mala Thakur | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Tantra N. Thakur | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Ameet Vaghela | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Shalini Vajjhala | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Tejal Vakharia | $1,001 | $5,000 |
P. Vasudevan | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Alok Verma | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Ragiv Verma | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Kavita Vunnam | $1,001 | $5,000 |
Pranav Vyas | $1,001 | $5,000 |
(Sujeet Rajan is the Editor-in-Chief of The American Bazaar)