• Transforming Ideas Into Action
• Combating Climate Change
• Treating HIV/AIDS & Malaria
• Fighting Childhood Obesity
• Promoting Economic Opportunity
  • Why Economic Opportunity?
  • Our Approach
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Chicago
  • Greater New York City Area
  • Oakland
  • Philadelphia
  • Financial Mainstream
  • What We've Accomplished
• Creating Sustainable Development in Africa
• Enabling Sustainable Development

What We’ve Accomplished

The Clinton Foundation’s domestic economic work began in 2002 with the Harlem Small Business Initiative. Since then, the broader Clinton Economic Opportunity Initiative (CEO) has expanded its reach to help more entrepreneurs succeed and individuals and families to get, stay, and succeed in the financial mainstream. Over the years, CEO has:

• Provided more than 72,500 hours of pro-bono consulting services worth more than $15 million to New York City area entrepreneurs, in association with Booz & Company and New York University’s Stern School of Business.
• Facilitated mentoring relationships between highly successful business leaders and small businesses resulting in over 700 hours of mentoring hours to EMP entrepreneurs.
• Partnered with Zagat Survey to launch the first ever "Spotlight on Harlem" Zagat Guide. The guide highlights over 300 of Harlem’s restaurants, nightspots, shops and attractions complete with ratings and reviews. More than 10,000 guides have been distributed to the general public as well as to Harlem’s cultural and business organizations.
• From 2008–2009, the Harlem Restaurant Program provided Harlem restaurauteurs with a series of tools and workshops focusing on sales and marketing, finance, operations, and management.
• Developed working relationships with cities and states to increase access to low-cost financial services. For example, the City of Seattle, along with the Foundation and the National League of Cities, launched the Bank on Seattle-King County Initiative in 2008. Additionally, the City of Savannah, with support from the Foundation, launched the Bank on Savannah program in April 2009.
• Worked with ACORN and Operation HOPE to help survivors of Hurricane Katrina claim the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), securing more than $10 million in EITC funds.