Clinton Birthplace Making Money
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The Bill Clinton Birthplace in Hope reported
its first noticeable uptick in donations and revenues in years.
Tax documents obtained by The Associated Press show that in
2002-2003, the foundation running the birthplace in Hope nearly
doubled annual donations. The amount jumped from more than
39-thousand dollars to more than 77-thousand dollars.
The birthplace museum and visitors center has struggled the past
several years in the shadow of the 160 (m) million dollar Clinton
Presidential Library project in Little Rock.
I-R-S documents show the nonprofit Clinton Birthplace Foundation
is still losing money, with expenses outpacing revenues by almost
51-thousand dollars last year. But its three main sources of
revenue -- donations, five-dollar-a-person visitors fees and
gift-store sales -- are the largest in seven years.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
