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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: September 2023 Expires: September 2025

Clinton Foundation

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
Accreditation seal
(212) 397-2255
1633 Broadway, 5th Floor
New York, NY, 10019
https://www.clintonfoundation.org
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Clinton Foundation meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to improve lives across the United States and around the world by working together with partners to create economic opportunity, improve public health, and inspire civic engagement and service."

Year, State Incorporated:
1997, AR

Also Known As:
Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation

Clinton Foundation reports that it works with businesses, governments, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals to improve global health and wellness, reduce childhood obesity, create economic opportunity and growth, inspire civic engagement and service, and help communities address the effects of climate change. The organization works in these areas by implementing programs, facilitating opportunities and forming creative partnerships. The Clinton development initiative creates economic opportunities for farmers by helping them increase their production and grow their businesses in Malawi, Rwanda, and Tanzania. The Clinton global initiative convenes leaders from the private sector, public sector, and civil society to create and implement solutions to problems around the world. Building on the model of the Clinton global initiative, President Clinton launched the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) to engage the next generation of leaders on college campuses around the world. The Foundation also runs the William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park, an educational and cultural venue offering a variety of special events, exhibitions, educational programs, and lectures throughout the year. The organization's Too Small to Fail program is a national public awareness and action campaign to promote the importance of early brain and language development and to support parents with tools to talk, read, and sing with their young children from birth. Finally, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation empowers kids to develop lifelong healthy habits by ensuring the environments that surround them provide and promote good health.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, Clinton Foundation's program expenses were:

Civic service $14,669,190
Economic opportunity $6,307,719
Public health $7,778,181
Total Program Expenses $28,755,090

Chief Executive
Kevin Thurm, Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$454,706

Chair of the Board
William Jefferson Clinton

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Former President of the United States of America

Board Size
9

Paid Staff Size
208

*2021 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Radio

Fundraising costs were 15% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $27,526,427, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Clinton Foundation's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Source of Funds
Other income $583,462
Presidential Center $1,459,496
Grants $3,554,373
Contributions $23,972,054
Investment return, net $34,775,128
Total Income $64,344,513

Programs: 73% Fundraising: 10% Administrative: 16%

Total Income $64,344,513
Total expenses: $39,312,210
  Program expenses $28,755,090
  Fundraising expenses $4,028,412
  Administrative expenses $6,300,754
  Other expenses $227,954
Income in Excess of Expenses $25,032,303
Beginning Net Assets $323,399,403
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $348,431,706
Total Liabilities $4,753,464
Total Assets $353,185,170

Note 1: In 2021, Clinton Foundation reports that it received $3,586,144  in contributed goods and services including public service annnouncements ($3,158,678) and books ($427,466).

Note 2: In the above financial section, "other expenses" represents provision for uncollectible pledges. 

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance