Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democrat of New York

Arts

Co-sponsored the Artist-Museum Partnership Act (S 372) to allow artists to take a tax deduction for the fair market value of the work they donate, rather than just the costs of the materials.
Would increase the amount of money awarded to the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Would create a Putting Arts in Reach program to offset the cost of musical instruments, art supplies, drama equipment, and other arts materials for children from poor neighborhoods.
Would double the number of students served through the Department of Education's Model Development and Dissemination Grants Program and bring the program — which now serves elementary and middle schools — to high schools.

Source: Clinton campaign documents provided to the Arts Action Fund here and here.

Education

Would quadruple the number of children served by Early Head Start and increase spending on Head Start to $8-billion a year by 2010.
Would expand mentor programs to help one million needy youths prepare for college and jobs.
Would double the number of students — to two million — served by 21st Century Community Learning Centers, which receive federal grants to provide after-school programs.
Would seek $100-million over five years in grants for organizations running summer-internship programs.
Would more than double the "Hope" college tax credit to $3,500.

Source: Clinton campaign

Housing Assistance

Would establish a $1-billion fund to provide money to trust funds set up by state, county, and local governments to provide low-cost housing.

Source: Leadership Council of Aging Organizations presidential candidates survey

International Aid

Would spend an additional 1 percent of the U.S. budget on foreign aid.
Would allocate $50-billion for five years (ending in 2013) to fight global HIV/AIDS (compared with $30-billion proposed by President Bush).
Would spend $1-billion a year to help end all deaths from malaria in Africa (in addition to money allocated to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria).
Would seek passage of the Education for All Act (S 1259), which would provide $10-billion over five years to train teachers and build schools in the developing world.
Would review all U.S. foreign-assistance efforts and consider consolidating programs under a single cabinet-level poverty and international development agency.

Source: Clinton campaign here and here, and Foreign Affairs

National Service

Has proposed legislation to create a United States Public Service Academy to cultivate future leaders in fields that include education, government, public health, and environmental conservation.
Would more than double the education award for AmeriCorps participants, to $10,000.
Joined 42 members of the Senate who wrote a letter in 2003 asking President Bush to request additional money for AmeriCorps following a fiscal crisis that forced the program to slash its budget.

Source: Clinton campaign

Nonprofit Groups

Has said "it is essential that I as president do everything I can to expand the nonprofit sector." Would work to allow people who do not itemize tax deductions to deduct charitable gifts, to help nonprofit groups compete for government contracts, and to highlight the work that nonprofit groups do — for example, through White House conferences.

Source: Response to Nonprofit Primary Project question:

Poverty

Would create a $1-billion Child Opportunity Fund to pay for programs to fight child poverty that follow "social venture capital" principles.
Would increase money for the Child Care and Development Block Grant program, which subsidizes child care for low-income families.
Would provide job training to 1.5 million additional young people over the next decade, especially in urban settings.
Would increase spending on the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Voted in 2007 for legislation to increase annual spending on the program by $35-billion over five years, to $60-billion. (The legislation was vetoed by President Bush.)
Increase the budget for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program to $5.1-billion in 2009 (from less than $3-billion in 2008).

Source: Clinton campaign and Leadership Council of Aging Organizations presidential candidates survey

Religious Organizations

Would continue to offer federal grants to religious organizations that provide social services, but would seek to maintain an appropriate boundary between church and state. Would emphasize a "fair and level playing field" for so-called faith-based and secular providers.

Source: Christianity Today

About the Candidate's Background

Donations to Charity: Hillary Rodham Clinton, together with her husband, the former president Bill Clinton, made charitable contributions of $10.2-million from 2000 through 2007, which amounted to more than 9 percent of their total income, according to Senator Clinton's presidential campaign.

The Clintons have supported charities through their private foundation, the Clinton Family Foundation, including the U.S. Fund for Unicef for tsunami relief; the Immanuel Baptist Church, in Little Rock, Ark; and the Clinton Birthplace Foundation, in Hope, Ark. The Clinton Family Foundation is separate from Mr. Clinton's William J. Clinton Foundation, in Little Rock.

Mrs. Clinton donated more than $1.1-million from the proceeds of her book It Takes a Village to charity since its publication in 1996, whereas Mr. Clinton gave $1-million of earnings from his book Giving to charity in 2007.

Charity Affiliations

Ran a legal-aid clinic for poor people and co-founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. Was a board member of Arkansas Children's Hospital, the Children's Defense Fund, the Child Care Action Campaign, and the Children's Television Workshop. Also served on the board of the U.S. Legal Services Corporation, a federal nonprofit program that pays for legal assistance for poor people.

Spouse's Nonprofit Interests

The former president Bill Clinton established the William J. Clinton Foundation, in Little Rock, and created the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund, with the former president George H.W. Bush, to aid hurricane victims on the Gulf Coast.