'Bill Clinton has compiled a record of philanthropic impact since leaving office unmatched by any former president' [View all]

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This article does a good job of explaining the tremendous impact of Bill’s post-presidency work (and why I’m so proud of him).



___Through the Clinton Foundation, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) and other activities — including donating millions of dollars of his own money — Clinton has compiled a record of philanthropic impact since leaving office in 2001 that is unmatched by any former president and far more extensive than most people realize.

At the center of that impressive record is the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), which has helped millions of people gain access to antiretroviral drugs, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, since its founding in 2002. This work has likely saved hundreds of thousands of lives, although even rough estimates of CHAI’s impact are hard to come by.

However, Clinton’s philanthropic footprint has extended well beyond global health, reflecting his famously broad interests and deep curiosity. Both on his own and with both former Bush presidents, Clinton has helped raise hundreds of millions of dollars for humanitarian disasters — most notably, the devastating 2004 tsunami in Asia, Hurricane Katrina and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. His foundation and CGI have also worked on climate change, domestic poverty, education, gender equity, and more.

The template for Clinton’s philanthropy started to fall in place in the first week after he left office, when an earthquake struck in India, killing 20,000 people and causing widespread destruction. Clinton called the country’s prime minister to offer his assistance. In short order, he had helped catalyze a new nonprofit, the American Indian Foundation, which raised tens of millions of dollars from donors in the Indian diaspora for emergency relief. The money went to build houses, schools, hospitals, health centers and more. The foundation, which is still in operation today, claims to have raised more than $118 million and “impacted some 12.9 million lives from across 26 states of India.”

One final testament to Bill Clinton’s charitable commitments is worth mentioning: the millions of dollars that he and Hillary have given through their personal philanthropy since 2001, the Clinton Family Foundation. As of late 2024, that figure stood at just under $30 million.

read more:https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/bill-clintons-philanthropic-legacy-an-appraisal

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