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On 16 January 2017, Fox News reported that the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), an offshoot of the Clinton Foundation charitable organization, was downsizing: The news left some readers with the mistaken impression the entire Clinton Foundation was shuttering its doors. However, as former President Bill Clinton announced in a 22 August 2016 letter, only the Clinton Global Initiative wing, and not the entire foundation, would be downsizing operations: Brian Cookstra, spokesman for the Clinton Foundation, told us that while CGI is indeed downsizing, some staff will remain on board to work on ongoing commitments that are helping millions of people worldwide. Cookstra said the annual meetings are ending and staff has been let go, but CGI University, a meeting that brings college students together, will continue. The CGI, intended to find bold new ways to address global challenges, is only one of several initiatives that have operated under the Clinton Foundation umbrella (including the Clinton Health Access Initiative, the Clinton Climate Initiative, the Clinton Development Initiative, the Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative, the Clinton Health Matters Initiative). The CGI is not the same thing as the Foundation itself, as CNN noted in an explainer article: Of course, it's possible that the winding down of the CGI is just a precursor of factors (e.g., unfavorable publicity, declining donations, the presumably permanent retirement of Mrs. Clinton from the political arena) that will lead to a major scaling down — or possibly the end — the Clinton Foundation itself, but for the moment the Foundation itself is still a going concern.
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