Carter Center
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| Founded | 1982 |
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| Founder |
Jimmy Carter Rosalynn Carter |
| Type |
Not-for-profit, non-governmental organization (IRS exemption status): 501(c)(3) |
| 58-1454716 | |
| Focus | Human rights, Conflict resolution, Election monitoring, Public health, Eradication of infectious diseases, Mental health |
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Area served
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Global (75 countries since 1982) |
| Method | Popular education, Access to information, Aid distribution |
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Key people
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Jimmy Carter, co-founder Rosalynn Carter, co-founder Ambassador (Ret.) Mary Ann Peters CEO Kent C. "Oz" Nelson, Chair, Board of Trustees John Stremlau, Vice President, Peace Programs Donald Hopkins, Vice President, Health Programs Phil Wise, Vice President, Operations |
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Employees
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175; field office staff in more than a dozen countries |
| Slogan | "Waging Peace. Fighting Disease. Building Hope." |
| Website | www.cartercenter.org |
| Partnered with Emory University | |
The Carter Center is a nongovernmental, not-for-profit organization founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter through a joint-partnership with Emory University, shortly after the former's defeat in the 1980 U.S. Presidential elections. It is located in a shared building adjacent to the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum on 37 acres (150,000 m2) of parkland, on the site of the razed neighborhood of Copenhill, two miles (3 km) from downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The library and museum are owned and operated by the United States National Archives and Records Administration, while the Center is governed by a Board of Trustees, consisting of business leaders, educators, former government officials, and philanthropists.
The Carter Center's stated goal is to advance human rights and alleviate human suffering, including helping improve the quality of life for people in more than 80 countries. Among the Center's projects include election monitoring efforts, supporting locally-led state building and democratic institution-building in various countries, mediating conflicts between warring states, and intervening with heads of states on behalf of victims of human rights abuses. It also leads disease eradication efforts, spearheading the campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease, as well as controlling and treating onchocerciasis, trachoma, lymphatic filariasis, and malaria through awareness campaigns.
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