Friday, Feb. 9, 2000 12:45 p.m. EST

Web Site Reveals Names of 'Secret' Clinton
Foundation Donors

Officials with the William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation
steadfastly refuse to release the names of its donors, though on
Thursday a lawyer for multimillionairess Denise Rich revealed
she'd ponied up "an enormous amount."

And last September, the Chicago Sun-Times confirmed that James
H. Levin, a former strip-club owner and now president of TVR
Link, had pledged to raise or donate $1 million.

But despite the supposed secrecy that shrouds the identity of
other high-rolling foundation backers, the Web site FEC Info
(www.tray.com) identified 20 supporters, including Rich and
Levin, as early as a year ago.

Those names include California developer Walter H. Shorenstein;
supermarket magnate Ron Burkle; Haim Saban, chairman of Fox
Family Worldwide; Universal Studios President Lew Wasserman; New
York businessman John Catsimatides; Mattel's William Rollnick;
New York designers Vera Wang and Nicole Miller; DreamWorks
partners Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen;
Global Crossing Chairman Gary Winnick; Former DNC Finance
Chairman Alan Solomont; New York investor Stanley Shuman;
fashion industry executive Arnold Simon; Massachusetts financier
Tom Lee; aviation executive Farhad Azima; and internet tycoon
Vinod Gupta.

In fact, the "secret" names exposed by FEC Info were reported by
the Washington Post way back in October 1999. The contribution
amounts listed by the Web site were also reported by the Post.

Burkle, Saban and Wasserman pledged to personally donate a
whopping $5 million to $10 million to the Clinton Foundation,
reported the paper.

Those pledging to raise or donate at least $1 million include
Shorenstein, Winnick, Solomont, Shuman, Simon, Lee, Levin, Azima
and Gupta. Pledge figures were not listed for other donors,
including Ms. Rich.

Time.com reported Friday morning that Ms. Rich gave $400,000.
But that figure seems improbably low.

No other donor has pledged less than $1 million, which,
according to the Post, is the minimum Clinton Foundation
contribution.

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