In early 2023, most of the board of directors resigned, in light of a $200,000 donation from Chinese political strategist and billionaire Zhang Bin.

[2] Previous board members have included Pierre Trudeau's daughter Sarah Coyne, Chuck Strahl, Megan Leslie, Peter Lougheed and Bill Davis.

[9][11] In March 2023, former chief executive Morris Rosenberg[10] defended media criticism of the donation by saying that Canada and China had had a better relationship at time.

[10] On April 11, 2023, all but three of the board of directors, including president Pascale Fournier resigned[2] citing controversy over the Zhang's donation.

[14] On April 12, day La Presse reported that other governance concerns had led to the resignations, including record keeping issues that prevented returning the $140,000 donation.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service intercepted the telecommunications of Millennium Golden Eagle International leader Zhang Bin and heard promises that the donation would be reimbursed by the Government of China.

[17] In testimony before the House of Commons ethics committee on May 3, 2023, Sacha Trudeau called Zhang Bin "honorable", insisting that the foundation was never the target of foreign interference and that he "had seen no trace of it".