At the end of his second term as the 42nd President of the United States, President Clinton established the William J. Clinton Foundation. Since then the Foundation has grown into a global nongovernmental organization with more than 800 staff and volunteers around the world, with offices in New York City, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Boston, Massachusetts.
On the top of its web page, you can see this simple and powerful measure:
The success of our work is measured by a single question: Are people better off now than we started?
The Clinton Foundation generally does not make grants to outside organizations. The Clinton Foundation directs its financial resources to its own programs, both domestically and throughout the world. Combating climate change, treating HIV/AIDS and Malaria, fighting childhood obesity, promoting economic opportunity, and creating sustainable development in Africa are among current initiatives in the Foundation.
In 2002, President Clinton established the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) to reorganize markets and work with governments to make treatment more accessible in the developing world. Just six years later, CHAI is providing 69 countries with access to affordable drugs and diagnostics, and working intensively with 22 countries to scale up care and treatment. More than 1.4 million people living with HIV/AIDS are now on lifesaving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment purchased under CHAI agreements.
In addition, CHAI’s efforts are helping to create and improve overall health systems in several ways: lowering the cost of essential tests and treatments, establishing major programs that focus on bringing HIV/AIDS care to vulnerable populations, building human resource capacity, and providing targeted assistance where it is needed most.
Total revenue of the organization in 2007 was $131,450,000. Only 3.2 % of expenses were related to administration and management.
“ If we work to leave people better off than when we started, if we give our children more opportunitiesand a chance to live their dreams, if we focus on our common humanity instead of our interestingdifferences, and if we value our shared responsibilities, we can build a community of global citizensand have a tremendously positive impact on our world and the lives of others.”
- Wi l l i a m J . Cl i n t o n