Bill Clinton said the Clinton Global Initiative accomplished more than 100 percent of its goals after changing the way it makes grants.
"When we started, we had this simple idea that people went to a lot of these meetings, and talked about solving a lot of these problems, and nobody ever did anything," Clinton told Inc.
"So we were going to be different: If you wanted to come back next year, you had to commit to do something. For the first two or three years, about two-thirds of the commitments were made by foundations or standalones or NGOs. By 2008, and since then, more than 90 percent have been partnerships."
"And the success rate in terms of their stated goals basically went from about 86 percent [for standalones] to 101 percent [for partnerships]. They exceeded their goals because they were working together."
