More on Obama’s garbage can Presidential library.

One question is, who helped pay for the garbage dump?  According to the Chicago Sun Times:

The foundation collected six donations of $50 million-plus, including one anonymous contributor.

The names listed on the wall are:

Jeff Bezos. The founder of Amazon, owner of the Washington Post and of Blue Origin, the spaceflight company, among other enterprises, donated $100 million. As part of the gift, Bezos asked that the plaza at the Obama Presidential Center be named for the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., the civil rights icon who died in 2020.

Brian Chesky. The Airbnb CEO and co-founder donated $125 million. As far as is known to the public, that’s the biggest contribution to the foundation.  The Chesky gift earmarks $100 million for the Obama-Chesky Voyager scholarship for public service. Per the Obama website: “The Voyager Scholarship Program is a two-year leadership development and scholarship program. Through a transformational combination of barrier-reducing financial aid, an immersive work-travel experience, and a robust network of leaders and mentors, the Voyager Scholarship is designed to inspire, empower, and connect the next generation of leaders and equip them with the tools and resources they need to launch their careers in public service.”

The Hope and Change Lobby at the center was made possible through the Hutchins Family Foundation donation.

There are 12 contributions between $25 million and $49.9 million, including one anonymous giver.

Michelle Yee & Reid Hoffman – Aphorism Foundation. Hoffman is the CEO of LinkedIn and a major Obama political donor who was an early contributor to the foundation.

Patti Bao & Tony Xu. Xu is a co-founder of DoorDash.

Lynne & Marc R. Benioff. Marc Benioff is chair, chief executive officer and co-founder of Salesforce. Lynne Benioff is the Time Magazine co-chair. Obama appointed Lynne Benioff to the Presidio Trust board in 2015. She rejoined the Presido Board last month, tapped by President Donald Trump.

The Bob Clark Family. Clark is the founder of the Chicago-based Clayco construction firm. He has been close to Obama and is a major Democratic donor. Clark has been involved in the development of the center in Jackson Park since the beginning. Clayco helped manage the project.

Gates Foundation. The Gates Foundation was created by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.

Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Mellody Hobson is the co-CEO chair of the Board of Trustees, Ariel Investment Trust, based in Chicago, with deep connections to the city. Ariel was founded by John Rogers, whose connections to Barack and Michelle Obama and Valerie Jarrett, the foundation CEO, go back decades. George Lucas is the Hollywood producer, writer and director.

The gift funded the John W. Rogers Jr. Exhibition Gallery, Working for the Common Good, in the Obama Presidential Center Museum.

Sean & Alexandra Parker. Sean Parker is a member of the Obama Foundation Board. He founded Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 and served as its first president.

Pritzker Traubert Family. The 2008 presidential campaign of then-Sen. Obama became viable because of the money raised by Chicago’s Penny Pritzker, his national finance chair. Pritzker is a business executive, civic leader and philanthropist who served as Obama’s Commerce secretary in his second term. She co-founded the Pritzker Traubert Foundation with her husband, Dr. Bryan Traubert. She is on the Obama Foundation board. The Elie Wiesel Auditorium in the Forum was funded by the Pritzker Traubert Family.

Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). Stavros Niarchos is a Greek shipping magnate. While president, Obama, on Nov. 16, 2016, delivered a speech at the Niarchos foundation in Athens during his first trip to Greece. The gift went toward the Democracy in Action Lab in the lower level of the Forum building.

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