A message from President Clinton

To the CGI community:

When we launched the Clinton Global Initiative in 2005, it was the first time leaders from a broad cross section of society came together to make specific commitments to address the challenges we face. Not to talk, but to do something about them. I had no idea if it would work, but it turned out there was a hunger to work together.

After 20 years, the CGI model has changed the way the world looks at philanthropy and social good. And most importantly, the projects and programs launched at CGI have made a positive impact in the lives of more than 500 million people around the world. It never could have happened without you and the spirit of cooperation, innovation, and determination you’ve brought to this work — whether you’ve been to every Annual Meeting or you just joined us last year. Hillary, Chelsea, and I couldn’t be more grateful.

But we all know our work is far from finished — and is in fact more urgent than ever. That’s why we’ll be coming together again as a community for the CGI 2025 Annual Meeting on September 24 and 25 in New York City. As always, CGI will be a forum where leaders from business, government, and civil society can forge innovative, effective partnerships for climate resilience, health equity, women and girls’ equality, humanitarian response, economic inclusion and more.

This year will be a time to celebrate the progress and impact we’ve made together. But the focus at the Annual Meeting won’t be the last 20 years—it’ll be on the needs of today and your ideas for tomorrow. We hope you’ll join us to build on all that we’ve achieved together.

With gratitude,