When Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he told the prize committee to wire the money directly to the following charities:
    $250,000 to Fisher House, which gives free housing to veterans and military families getting medical treatment.
    $200,000, plus any remaining unallocated money, to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund of the Clinton Foundation, a fund that helped rebuild Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake.
$125,000 to the American Indian College Fund, which gives scholarships to Native Americans.
$125,000 to the Appalachian Leadership and Education Foundation, which gives scholarships to low-income residents of the Appalachia region.
$125,000 to College Summit, an organization that aims to raise college enrollment rates.$125,000 to the Posse Foundation, which provides full scholarships to extraordinary high school students.
$125,000 to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, which gives scholarships to Latino students
$125,000 to the United Negro College Fund, which gives scholarships to Black students
$100,000 to Africare, an organization that builds wells and treats disease in Africa.<br
$100,000 to the Central Asia Institute, which focuses on education and public health, primarily for girls in Central Asia.