The lack of demand to some degree showed that emissions were being successfully capped, but it also called into question the whole scheme and raised much less money for "green" projects than expected.
The next year, the foundation raised much less, reporting only $278,000 from outside contributors.
The leading Republican candidates, by comparison, raised much less and were left with much less for their primaries.
Several bidders pulled out of an auction by Switzerland, and Italy's auction raised much less than had been expected.
His rivals, who have raised much less money, have relied more on small checks from grass-roots donors, who can give significantly more before hitting federal contribution limits.
He raised much less in the second quarter, and nowhere near as much as Barack Obama (see article), but his personal fortune, estimated at between $190m and $250m, allows him to fund part of his campaign out of his own pocket.
"Everyone's really on edge because of the Chinese ships," said the boat's captain, Zensho Naka, 54, who said fishing charters to the islands were once common, and raised much less fuss.
The event raised much less than in years past: $727,000 compared with $1.2 million at the annual breakfast in 2007 and $2 million at the 2008 fund-raiser to mark the church's 200th anniversary.
That figure would represent a decrease from 2008, in part because of lower spending by candidates in the primaries: President Obama, the incumbent, had no significant opposition, and the Republican candidates on the whole raised much less than the field did in 2008.
In fact the company raised much less than that.
