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Obama Foundation Can Have Board Members Back its Construction Loans

Changes to a $250 million credit line allow directors to personally guarantee the non-profit's debt

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Miles Weiss
Nov 20, 2025
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The Barack Obama Foundation, created to finance and build a presidential library for the former commander-in-chief, arranged for its Wall Street-heavy board of directors to potentially help shoulder the project’s $850 million price tag.

The directors, many of whom hail from the money management industry, would be able to personally guarantee the foundati…

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