Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, of California, revealed the names of donors who have contributed money to a little-known nonprofit group that has paid for many of the governor’s international trips, reports the Los Angeles Times.

The group, called the California State Protocol Foundation, is set up as a charity, and part of its mission is to enable Mr. Schwarzenegger to serve as an “ambassador” for the state. Donations have paid for trips made by the governor and his aides to Canada, China, Israel, and other locales. Money has also been given to support Mr. Schwarzenegger’s state delegation to China for the Special Olympics.

In the past, both the governor and the nonprofit group have declined to name donors or describe their ties to the state government.

A November fund-raising event garnered $435,000 in gifts for the nonprofit organization. Among the donors: Don Fisher, founder of the Gap clothing stores; Charles Munger Jr., the son of Berkshire Hathaway’s vice chairman, Charles T. Munger; and George P. Shultz, the former U.S. secretary of state.

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