Clinton Bush Haiti Fund

What Clinton Bush Haiti Fund does

The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established on January 12, 2010, immediately following the catastrophic Haiti earthquake of the same day. President Barack Obama asked former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to co-lead the fundraising effort, and the fund was created with the William J. Clinton Foundation and Communities Foundation of Texas as core financial partners. Its mission was to raise donations from individuals, corporations, and community partners and deploy them as grants and program-related investments (PRIs) to vetted nonprofit and for-profit intermediaries operating in Haiti. Programmatic focus was organized across four pillars: (1) microfinance institutions and micro-entrepreneurs, (2) small and growing businesses, (3) job training and workforce development, and (4) addressing critical unmet needs including healthcare, sanitation, housing, and emergency relief.

The fund's go-to-market combined direct-to-consumer fundraising (website donations, mobile text-to-give at $10 per message charged via AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, and other carriers, and mail-in checks) with event-driven community partnerships in which corporations and community organizations hosted fundraising campaigns. Capital distribution occurred exclusively through grant-making and program-related investments to roughly 50 implementation partners rather than direct-to-beneficiary delivery. Documented grantees include Partners In Health/Zanmi Lasante, TechnoServe, SOFIHDES, Inveneo, SOIL, SELF, FINCA, FHAF, HAND/EYE, GHESKIO, International Medical Corps, J/P Haitian Relief Organization, INDEPCO, CHAPE, and Family Health Ministries, spanning healthcare workforce development, SME finance, broadband connectivity, sanitation, solar electrification, vocational training, and artisan enterprise. Gary Edson served as CEO; headcount is reported at 1–10. The fund had no proprietary technology platform or product offering, operated offices in Baltimore (mailing), Washington DC, and was referenced in Boston, and held U.S. 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status under District of Columbia governance.

By 2012, the fund had committed its remaining funds as a final round of economic-development grants and stepped back from active operations, framing itself as a bridge from post-disaster relief to long-term Haitian-led reconstruction. The fund coordinates with the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission to align with the Haitian Development Plan. Historical deployment aggregates to approximately $19 million across the documented grant and PRI portfolio, with the largest single allocations being $2 million to SOFIHDES and $2 million to TechnoServe's Haitian Business Accelerator. The entity's current operating status is 'closed' for new programming, with residual administrative presence limited.

Name

Clinton Bush Haiti Fund

Legal name

Clinton Bush Haiti Fund

Website

https://clintonbushhaitifund.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit established in January 2010 to raise donations and deploy them as grants and program-related investments supporting post-earthquake economic reconstruction in Haiti; the fund has since stepped back from active operations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Aid and Economic Development Foundation

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Charities & Grantmaking Intermediaries (BPAGAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Grantmaking & Philanthropic Funds (Institutional Donors) (BPADAOAB), International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH)

Keywords

• Humanitarian aid
• Disaster relief funding
• Grant-making foundation
• Economic development programs
• Nonprofit fundraising

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: The fund raises money from individual donors through its website and mail-in donations. These donations are used to fund grants to organizations working on economic development in Haiti.
2. Mobile Giving: Donors can text 'QUAKE' to 20222 to donate $10 to the fund, which is charged to their mobile phone bill.
3. Corporate and Community Fundraising: Companies and organizations can partner with the fund to raise money through fundraising events and campaigns.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund is a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation that raises donations from individuals and organizations, then deploys those funds as grants and program-related investments (PRIs) to vetted nonprofit and for-profit partners operating in Haiti. Its program focus covers four areas: supporting microfinance institutions and micro-entrepreneurs, financing small and growing businesses, facilitating job training and workforce development, and addressing critical unmet needs. The Fund collects donations via online payments, mobile text-to-give ("QUAKE" to 20222), and mail-in contributions.

Product overview

The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund is a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation (not a technology company) that makes grants and program-related investments to support economic development in Haiti. The organization does not offer a unified technology product but rather operates a portfolio of programs including: grant-making for micro finance institutions, small businesses, and job training; an online donation collection platform; and children's educational resources about Haiti. Key program areas include Micro Finance Support, Small & Growing Businesses Support, Job Training Programs, and Critical Needs Response. The Fund was established after the 2010 Haiti earthquake and has stepped back from active operations, empowering Haiti to chart its own future.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Fund has stepped back and committed remaining funds to empower Haiti for long-term reconstruction
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SOFIHDES (Société Financière Haïtienne de Développement)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHaitian development finance corporation receiving $2 million PRI and $250,000 grant to provide loans and business services to Haitian small and medium enterprises.
• Partners In Health / Zanmi LasantecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHealthcare organization receiving $1,812,220 grant to establish medical residency education program at l'Hôpital Saint Nicolas in St. Marc, training Haitian physicians and nursing staff.
• H.E.L.P. (Haitian Emergency Liquidity Program)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerInitiative created by the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank and the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, receiving $250,000 to inject liquidity into Haitian microfinance institutions.
• HAND/EYE FundcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner501(c)(3) receiving $870,211 in grants to implement the Artisan Business Network, connecting Haitian artisans to U.S. markets through retailers like Macy's.
• TechnoServecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerInternational nonprofit receiving $2 million grant for Haitian Business Accelerator to transform small businesses into investment-ready companies, and $550,600 for Haiti Hope mango project.
• InveneocoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNonprofit social enterprise receiving $1,405,344 in grants for broadband connectivity projects in rural Haiti, partnering with Haitian ISPs.
• International Medical CorpscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGlobal humanitarian organization receiving $1,564,988 grant to establish emergency medical care program at HUEH hospital in Port-au-Prince.
• J/P Haitian Relief OrganizationcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerU.S. 501c3 founded by actor Sean Penn, receiving $1,349,483 grant to retrofit damaged homes in Delmas 32 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince.
• Les Centres GHESKIOcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHaitian medical research center, first institution dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS, receiving $908,700 grant for medical care and vocational training.
• INDEPCOcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHaitian nonprofit network of garment micro-entrepreneurs receiving $245,000 grant to rebuild headquarters and support 600 ateliers.
• CHAPE (Centre Haitien d'Appui et de Promotion d'Entreprises)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHaitian nonprofit consulting firm receiving $846,775 grant to manage ModAyiti apparel facility project.
• Regis CollegeminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMassachusetts college receiving $462,800 grant to provide master's degrees in nursing to 24 Haitian nursing educators.
• FHAF (Fonds Haïtien d'Aide à la Femme)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHaiti's oldest women-focused microfinance institution receiving $850,000 grant for business restructuring and lending programs.
• FINCA InternationalcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGlobal microfinance organization receiving $195,700 grant to strengthen FINCA Haiti's loan recovery and village banking programs.
• CHF InternationalminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerU.S. nonprofit with Haiti experience overseeing construction and equipment procurement for U.E.H. Faculty of Sciences project.
• National School of Arts and Trades (ENAM)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAccredited vocational school receiving equipment through $225,000 grant managed by CHF International for construction trades training.
• Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerU.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit receiving $500,000 grant for solar electrification of Boucan-Carré village and PIH clinic.
• SOIL (Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerU.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit receiving $616,245 grant to install 300 composting toilets in Cap-Haitien, serving up to 2,250 people.
• Grameen Creative LabminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSocial business incubator receiving $217,688 to lend to SESA for jatropha processing and provide business development services.
• Family Health MinistriesminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOrganization receiving $731,130 grant to expand HPV cervical cancer screening to 10,000 women in Port-au-Prince clinics.
• Interim Haiti Recovery CommissioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe fund works with the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission to ensure consistency with the Haitian Development Plan.

Scale indicators22 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• TechnoServe: TechnoServe received $2M+ from CBHF for the Haitian Business Accelerator and mango value chain, making it both an implementation partner and a peer in deploying economic-development grantmaking to Haitian SMEs and agriculture.
• International Medical Corps: International Medical Corps received $1.56M to operate emergency medical care capacity building in Haiti. It is a peer humanitarian organization deploying multi-million-dollar programmatic funding in similar post-disaster health system contexts.
• Partners In Health: Partners In Health / Zanmi Lasante was the single largest grantee of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund ($1.8M), operates the same Haiti-focused health systems strengthening approach, and was a core implementation partner under the same Haiti reconstruction mission.
• George W. Bush Presidential Center: The Bush Presidential Center houses the George W. Bush Foundation and represents former President George W. Bush's flagship philanthropic efforts. As the other co-founding institution behind the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, it shares the presidential-led, 501(c)(3) public-charity model.
• Clinton Foundation: The Clinton Foundation is the principal philanthropic vehicle of former President Bill Clinton and is one of the two founding partners of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. Same founder network, same 501(c)(3) public-charity structure, overlapping donor and grantmaking infrastructure make it the most directly comparable peer.

Broad incumbents

• Ford Foundation: The Ford Foundation is a large institutional grantmaker that funds international development and Haiti-related economic programs. It is a structurally analogous large 501(c)(3) grantmaking foundation, though at far greater scale.
• Direct Relief: Direct Relief is a large humanitarian aid organization that deployed significant resources to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. It is a comparable disaster-relief and health-system strengthening funder with similar grantmaking DNA to CBHF.
• American Red Cross: The American Red Cross is a much larger, established humanitarian organization that raised hundreds of millions after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. It represents a comparable disaster-relief fundraising and deployment model at significantly greater scale.
• Mercy Corps: Mercy Corps is a major international NGO that deployed emergency relief and economic recovery programs in post-earthquake Haiti. Comparable as a peer humanitarian + economic recovery grantmaker.
• Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) / Multilateral Investment Fund: The IDB's Multilateral Investment Fund co-created the H.E.L.P. microfinance liquidity vehicle with CBHF and later assumed scaling of the Artisan Business Network. It represents a structurally similar development-finance deployment model targeting Haiti and the Caribbean.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/clintonbushhaitifund
• Facebookfacebook.com/clintonbushhaitifund
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clinton-bush-haiti-fund

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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