Here's some info on the real purpose of Charitable Foundations:
"Since 1908, robber baron oligarchs have been using a network of private organizations to hijack foreign diplomacy, localities, and public education, under the disguise of "charitable organizations" or "foundations". This is not a "conspiracy theory", rather it is a fact - as determined in congressional hearings in 1953. This rare PDF file is the digitized prime record of the Dodd report to those hearings.
The robber baron families have tried strenuously to keep this matter under wraps, but you can download and preserve your own copy here. See also the wealth of related info at the links below."