The William J. Clinton Presidential Library, in Arkansas, received nearly 10 percent of its donations from overseas contributors, including $10-million from the royal family of Saudi Arabia, reports The Washington Post.

Mr. Clinton and his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton — who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination — had refused to name donors to the library, most of whom Mr. Clinton himself approached for money. The funds were accepted by the Clinton Foundation, which is allowed by law to keep the names of its donors anonymous. The Post tracked down donor information through interviews and by combing tax records.

Foreign governments, such as Kuwait and Taiwan, donated millions to the library as well, the newspaper said.

Previous presidential libraries also accepted large sums from overseas donors and governments. The libraries of former presidents George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter have made most of those donations public, while Ronald Reagan’s library has not.

Sen. Barack Obama, Democrat of Illinois and a contender for the Democratic nomination for president, has proposed legislation to make all donations to such libraries public information.

The Clinton Foundation ranks No. 170 on The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s list of the 400 organizations that raise the most from private sources.

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