With the closing of the Clinton Global Initiative, how can we avoid non-profits being used for public favors?

It is unseemly, however let us not forget that it wasn't just Clinton... this is how those at the top have rolled for decades. There is a Bush foundation, an Obama foundation, a Clinton foundation and a Trump foundation... it's no secret that giving millions of dollars to one of these foundations will "earn" you the gratitude of it's namesakes.

Let's put things this way... The term "non-profit" no longer means anything to me. Essentially what this means now is an organization with an agenda to promote their cause by throwing some of the money at a political party who favors their objectives. The rest goes to those who work for that organization and to beef up all the perks and amenities. Unfortunately I think their focus is more centered on retaining high salary rates vs providing the money to the actual cause.

In other words, on year one of a non-profit org of 5 people, say they get $1M. They put $400K into the actual cause, $100K into facilities and resources, and the remaining $500K into the salaries of those 5 (i.e. $100K/yr average). Next year say they make $2M. Instead of investing all of that additional money into the cause, they raise the salaries of the employees (perhaps hiring a couple more), and into the amenities. Essentially there are both examples of crony capitalism and pure selfish greed in this "non-profit" organization.

In my opinion, they're no different than any other regular business. At least the regular business is more honest in that they are trying to make more money for their own needs/desires.

Banning politicians and their relatives from running similar orgs might be a good start. I am thinking some sort of conflict of interest law might need to be passed.
I would be nice if they set the example and prosecuted a few people from the Clinton foundation just to set the example that this sort of illegal activity wont be tolerated.