Buzzfeed now reports that Bayh moved his charity from Indiana to the office of his K Street lobbying group after leaving the Senate in 2011. Bayh’s foundation then apparently committed itself to being involved in his community – which decidedly wasn’t Indiana, as the main beneficiaries of Bayh’s donations included Washington’s St. Alban’s School and the Clinton Foundation. Bayh and his sons attended the exclusive prep school in Northwest Washington, D.C.
Former Sen. Evan Bayh moved his namesake charitable foundation’s address in 2011 to the Washington D.C. K Street law firm he joined shortly after leaving the Senate, tax documents reveal…
Donations from Bayh’s foundation also show his deep connections to Washington, with most grant money going to St. Alban’s School of Public Service, a month-long summer program at the elite DC private school for kids around the country interested in government.
Between leaving the Senate in 2011 and 2014, years overlapping with his sons’ high school attendance, Bayh’s foundation gave $42,068 to St. Alban’s School of Public Service and $47,200 combined to a handful of other charities, including $4,000 to the Clinton Foundation.
As a political insider with a legacy of staying true to his Washington roots, Bayh’s claims that he ‘never left’ Indiana are downright laughable. Bayh went full-on Washington for profit and power and turned his back on Hoosiers to cash in on his political contacts in the nation’s capital.