# Bill Clinton backs Irish philanthropy campaign

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/10/15/bill-clinton-backs-irish-philanthropy-campaign/
- Published: 2013-10-15T11:26:01+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Former US president Bill Clinton has thrown his weight behind the One Percent Difference
campaign in Ireland which seeks to promote giving by individuals and business.

Speaking to an audience of 250 guests consisting of Irish business leaders, philanthropic
groups, academics and government representatives in Dublin, Mr Clinton said the 
rest of the world could learn from the campaign.

“I think this One Percent thing is a great idea for two reasons” he said. @One is
it raises a lot of money. The second is that it would democratise giving further
because everyone can afford it, and if you don’t have money you can give one percent
of your time and make a contribution.”

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He added that increasingly what philanthropic groups are doing is trying to figure
out how to solve problems faster, better, and at lower cost, because they can take
risks and if they try and fail, nobody is going to vote them out of office.

Mr Clinton was delivering the annual Ray Murphy Memorial Lecture which is organised
by the government-backed Forum on Philanthropy and [Philanthropy Ireland](http://www.philanthropy.ie).

The annual lecture was established in memory of Ray Murphy who was involved in charitable
foundation work and international philanthropy. It is supported by Atlantic Philanthropies
and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

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