Clinton Global Initiative Returns to New York City September 22-23
This year’s CGI will once again bring together public, private, and philanthropic leaders to take action on democracy, economic and energy security, climate, health, affordability, humanitarian aid, freedom of the press, women’s equality, and more.
Attendee registration is now open at https://clintonglobal.org/register2026
NEW YORK — Today, The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), a signature program of the Clinton Foundation that unites global leaders to take action on the world’s most pressing challenges, announced that the 2026 Annual Meeting will take place September 22–23, 2026 in New York City.
2026 marks the 25th anniversary of the Clinton Foundation opening its doors in Harlem. Last week, Inside Philanthropy ran an in-depth assessment of President Clinton’s philanthropic legacy, concluding “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… CGI remains one of the more innovative and potent philanthropic efforts of our time.”
CGI’s Annual Meeting brings together heads of state, business leaders, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, and representatives from civil society to forge new partnerships, develop solutions to urgent global challenges, and drive measurable progress. Since its founding in 2005 by President Bill Clinton, members of the CGI community have made more than 4,300 Commitments to Action in partnership with over 13,000 organizations across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors that have touched the lives of more than 500 million people in more than 180 countries.
The 2025 CGI Annual Meeting marked a key moment for the community of doers, concluding with more than 100 new Commitments to Action. Highlights from last year’s program included:
- A groundbreaking global health agreement on HIV prevention led by the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) with partners to expand access to a new HIV-preventive medicine in 120 countries by 2027.
- A landmark policy roadmap to advance women’s rights into the next decade, announced by Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton in celebration of the 30th anniversary of her historic UN speech on women’s equality.
- Strategic discussions on democracy, media literacy, and AI’s role in public life, featuring experts such as Dr. Chelsea Clinton and Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s cyber ambassador.
- A focus on Working Groups – new, carefully curated, intensive sessions designed to develop collaborative solutions in finance, health, education, human rights, climate, and humanitarian response.
About the Clinton Foundation
Building on a lifetime of public service, President Clinton established the Clinton Foundation on the simple belief that everyone deserves a chance to succeed, everyone has a responsibility to act, and we all do better when we work together. For two decades, those values have energized the work of the Foundation in overcoming complex challenges and improving the lives of people across the United States and around the world.
As an operating foundation, we work on issues directly or with strategic partners from the business, government, and nonprofit sectors to create economic opportunity, improve public health, and inspire civic engagement and service. Our programs are designed to make a real difference today while serving as proven models for tomorrow. The goal of every effort is to use available resources to get better results faster – at the lowest possible cost.
We firmly believe that when diverse groups of people bring resources together in the spirit of true cooperation, transformative ideas will emerge to drive life-changing action.
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