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A review of the Trump Foundation's tax records found that although the charity has received more than $4 million in contributions from other organizations and individuals and in turn donated millions to various charitable causes since 2009.

 Trump has not made any personal contributions to the foundation in that time.

But when it comes to his own charity The Donald J. Trump Foundation the Republican presidential nominee has not donated any money since his last contribution in 2008.

The charity appears to have functioned in recent years as a conduit that disburses money donated by third-parties, such as World Wrestling Entertainment, which donated $1 million in 2009, and $500,000 in 2012 from NBC Universal, the company that contracted Trump's show The Apprentice.

The Trump foundation has no paid staffers but lists four members of the Trump family, including Donald, Eric, Ivanka and Donald Jr, along with Trump Organization staffer Allen Weisselberg, as officers.

In recent years, Trump's foundation has disbursed money to dozens of organizations, some with connections to Trump, such as $100,000 donated in 2012 to the Citizens United Foundation, the foundation arm of Citizens United, whose president, David Bossie, became the Trump campaign's deputy manager.

Between 2009 and 2010, Trump's charity donated $150,000 to The Palm Beach Police Foundation, an organization that supports police officers in the Florida County where Trump owns property.

Trump earlier went to New Jersey and asked the foundation of deceased businessman Charles Evans for a donation on behalf of the police foundation.

 Tax records show the Evans foundation donated $150,000 to Trump's foundation in the years following, in effect covering some of Trump's charitable contributions to the police organization.

Additionally, The Palm Beach Police Foundation has hosted annual fundraiser balls at Trump's ritzy Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, yet the police charity paid to rent Trump's club, such as $276,463 paid to the club in 2014.

 Trump has donated tens of millions of dollars to charities both through his Foundation and otherwise.

All in all, the Foundation supports many worthy causes, and the Foundation distributes its funds to get the money into the hands of those in need as soon as possible.

Between 2001 and 2008, Trump personally contributed about $2.8 million to his foundation, tax records show.

While both foundations raise funds for charity, the Clinton Foundation functions as an organization with hundreds of staffers who implement and direct programs in various countries, while the Trump foundation makes contributions to other organizations with their own operations.

According to tax filings, the Clinton Foundation had more than $300 million in assets in 2014, compared to more than $1 million held by Trump's foundation that year.

Despite their differences, and in contrast to the tension of the current presidential campaign, Trump's foundation has donated more than $100,000 to the Clinton Foundation.