The foundation announced its intent to dissolve and is seeking to distribute remaining funds to other charities, according to a 2016 Internal Revenue Service filing reviewed by NBC News after it was uploaded to the website of charity watchdog Guidestar.org by the foundation.
NBC News notes that Trump has not donated to the foundation since 2008.
Since that time, it has received millions of dollars from others, such as Laura Perlmutter, wife of Marvel Entertainment Chairman Isaac Perlmutter, who gave $1 million; Ivanka Trump, who donated $100,000 in 2016; and billionaire casino mogul and Trump friend Phil Ruffin, who also donated $1 million.
People magazine gave the foundation $150,000 in 2006, and Trump gave the magazine exclusive photos of his newborn son, Barron.
NBC Universal gave the foundation $10,000 in 2007 and $500,000 in 2012, which is when it was airing Trump’s popular reality shows, “The Apprentice” and “Celebrity Apprentice.”
In one case, Trump reportedly spent $20,000 designated for the foundation on a 6-foot-tall portrait of himself.
The Trump Foundation came under fire last year amid claims Trump used it as a political slush fund. It also was accused of committing serious tax code violations for raising money while Trump ran for office.
Enough sketchiness surrounded the foundation that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman ordered it to cease its activities in the state in October 2016.
Schneiderman said the charity was not properly registered under state law to conduct its activities and solicit donations.
Trump Organization spokeswoman Amanda Miller told The Washington Post that the foundation is cooperating fully with Schneiderman’s office.
Donald Trump in his Manhattan apartment after receiving the news that the New York City Board of Estimate unanimously approved a 40-year tax abatement plan on May 20, 1976.
Donald Trump displays a model of a D.C. convention center he hoped to develop in July 1976. His bid was unsuccessful.
Donald Trump with singers Whitney Houston, center, and her mother, Cissy Houston, and an unidentified woman in San Francisco in 1980.
Donald Trump, his father, Fred, and New York Mayor Ed Koch celebrate the completion of Trump Tower in July 1982.
Walt Michaels shakes hands with New Jersey Generals' owner Donald Trump at Giants Stadium after Trump named him as the USFL team's coach.
Charles Brown, Nancy Reagan and Donald Trump on April 15, 1985.
Donald Trump with his first wife, Ivana, at the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in December 1985.
Donald Trump and Henry Stern lay the first cement at Wollman Rink in New York City's Central Park on Sept. 10, 1986.
Donald Trump in Central Park on Nov. 12, 1986.
Donald Trump meets with Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca at Trump's office in New York in 1987.
Donald Trump in July 1989.
Ivana and Donald Trump sit at a table aboard their luxury yacht The Trump Princess, anchored outside the Water Club in New York in July 1988.
Ruth Roper, Donald Trump, Mike Tyson and Robin Givens on July 1988.
Ivana and Donald Trump in New York on Dec. 4, 1989.
Donald Trump with his private jet on Sept. 13, 1989.
Donald and Ivana Trump circa 1990.
Donald Trump, far right, walks down Fifth Avenue in New York past a beggar after holding a news conference on Nov. 16, 1990. Trump announced he had reached a deal that will temporarily put his Taj Mahal casino into bankruptcy protection.
Donald Trump and friend Marla Maples on March 5, 1991.
Donald Trump watches as Marla Maples gets a kiss from Earl Sinclair of TV's "Dinosaurs" during lunch at the Trump Plaza Hotel on Nov. 2, 1992.
Donald Trump and Ivana Trump after their divorce settlement in April 1993.
Donald Trump marries Marla Maples in December 1993.
Donald Trump photographs and interviews Playboy centerfold hopefuls at the U.N. Plaza hotel for the magazine's 40th anniversary issue in June 1993.
Donald Trump in August 1994.
Donald Trump confirms his wife, Marla Maples, is pregnant in April 1993.
Donald Trump enters the Plaza Hotel in New York past supporters in December 1994. Hundreds of supporters showed up at a news conference where Trump denied a New York newspaper report that the Sultan of Brunei had bid $300 million to buy the Manhattan hotel.
Marla Maples Trump and Donald Trump with their family at the U.S. Tennis Open in New York on Sept. 7, 1994.
Donald Trump’s groundbreaking ceremony with electric jackhammers for the new Trump International Hotel and Tower at Columbus Circle, with Lt. Gov. Betsey McCanney, Mayor Rudy Giuliani and architect Philip Johnson on June 21, 1995.
Donald Trump in his office in August 1994.
Miss Universe Alicia Machado of Venezuela with Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on Feb. 16, 1997.
Miss Universe Alicia Machado kisses Donald Trump during her fitness workout at a health center in New York. The 19-year-old Machado started a fitness program after she was criticized for gaining weight after the 1996 Miss Universe pageant.
Donald Trump in his Trump Tower office on May 8, 1996.
Actor Sylvester Stallone mimes punching Donald Trump at a charity event at a home in Palm Beach, Florida, on Feb. 24, 1997.
New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump at a May 1999 news conference at the GM Building, where CBS announced that Bryant Gumbel will be the host of its new morning news program, "This Morning." The show would be broadcast from Trump's International Plaza Building.
Chris Matthews, left, and Donald Trump during a break in the taping of MSNBC's "Hardball With Chris Matthews" at the University of Pennsylvania's Irvine Auditorium on Oct. 18, 1999.
Donald Trump reaches for a pen as he signs a copy of his new book, "Trump: The America We Deserve," at Trump Towers in New York in January 2000.
Affluent Americans may want to double-check how much of their bank deposits are protected by government-backed insurance. The rules governing trust accounts just changed.
Former NBA guard Darius Morris has died at the age of 33. He played for five teams during his four NBA seasons. Morris played college basketball at Michigan.
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