sells them to farmers for far less than normal prices. Acceso also hires tractors for farmers who otherwise would be using an ox and plow.” [Washington Post, 3/20/15] Washington Post: Through Acceso, Peanut Farming “Improvements Are Vastly Increasing Yields, Quality And Farmers’ Profits… [And Half Of Sales] Have Gone To Two Large Haitian Factories That Produce A Peanut-Based Paste That Is Given To Malnourished Children. “Robert Johnson, an American who runs the program, said the improvements are vastly increasing yields, quality and farmers’ profits. He said Acceso worked with about 1,000 farmers last year and bought about 120 metric tons of peanuts. This year, it expects to triple the number of farmers and buy almost five times as much peanut tonnage. At least half of Acceso’s sales have gone to two large Haitian factories that produce a peanut-based paste that is given to malnourished children. Most of the rest goes to local peanut-butter producers, he said. The program’s success, Johnson said, comes from its market-driven approach: It’s not a charity, it’s a business with a charitable purpose.” [Washington Post, 3/20/15] THE CLINTON FOUNDATION LISTED A SUBSIDIARY ENTITY CALLED “ACCESO WORLDWIDE FUND INC.” ON ITS TAX RETURNS The Acceso Worldwide Fund Inc. Was Registered In Delaware In January 2013. [Delaware Corporates, accessed 3/25/15] The Acceso Worldwide Fund Inc. Was Listed As A “Disregarded Entity” On Clinton Foundation Tax Returns, With No Income Or Assets And With The Foundation As Its “Directly Controlling Entity.” [Clinton Foundation, IRS Form 990, 11/19/14] CLINTON FOUNDATION AND TENEO CLOSE CLINTON AIDE DOUG BAND FOUNDED CORPORATE CONSULTING FIRM TENEO IN 2011 New York Times: Former Bill Clinton Body Man And “Surrogate Son” Doug Band Founded Teneo, “Aspiring To Merge Corporate Consulting, Public Relations And Merchant Banking In A Single Business.” “As the foundation grew, so did the outside business ventures pursued by Mr. Clinton and several of his aides. None have drawn more scrutiny in Clinton circles than Teneo, a firm co-founded in 2009 by Mr. Band, described by some as a kind of surrogate son to Mr. Clinton. Aspiring to merge corporate consulting, public relations and merchant banking in a single business, Mr. Band poached executives from Wall Street, recruited other Clinton aides to join as employees or advisers and set up shop in a Midtown office formerly belonging to one of the country’s top hedge funds.” [New York Times, 8/13/13] Teneo Website: “The Firm Was Founded In 2011 By Declan Kelly, Doug Band And Paul Keary.” [Teneo, accessed 3/25/13] New Republic: “Band And Kelly Had Met During The 2008 Campaign When Kelly Was Fund-Raising For Hillary.” “When Band launched Teneo, he deployed his Clinton connections on a grander scale. In 2010, he, Declan Kelly, and a third partner registered the first of several entities in Delaware that would become Teneo. Band and Kelly had met during the 2008 campaign when Kelly was fund-raising for Hillary. Kelly had previously owned a p.r. firm, and the plan was for Band to offer the kind of strategic savvy he’d provided to Clinton. ‘He’s particularly useful to the CEOs,’ says Podesta.” [New Republic, 9/22/13] Teneo Website: Teneo Has “Advised On More Than $525 Billion Of M&A Transactions, Served Presidents And Political Leaders All Over The Globe, And Counseled The Leaders Of Many Of The Largest And Most Complex Corporations In The World.” “Teneo has its headquarters on the forty-fifth floor of the former Citigroup Center tower in Midtown and employs more than 200 people in 13 cities, including Dubai, Hong Kong, and São Paolo. It describes its raison d’être as ‘integrated counsel for a Commented [BJ5]: This date is refuted by the Teneo website and New Republic.