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Our Impact
What difference can a clown make? Well, ask yourself this: What’s the value of a moment of laughter?
And how would your answer change for a child who has been displaced, has lived through war, or has survived environmental disaster?
25,000
lives changed
each year, including our audience members, artists, and partners
56
hours
of workshops given for artists, first responders, and aid workers
28
years
of culturally appropriate performances for displaced people
43%
of our performers
share the audience’s culture or language
50+
artists
touring and performing worldwide with us every year
But There's More to Impact Than Numbers!
Let’s go back to that question: the value of laughter.
For some, laughter is a fleeting drop in a sea of happiness. For others, it’s something more: a beacon of hope, a touchstone, a happy memory that they can revisit day after day, year after year.
Explore how your support can bring smiles to children around the world.
Our impact is measured in...
- Laughs
- Hopeful smiles
- Happy memories
- Surprises
- High-fives
- Parades
- Hugs
- Kids on stage
- Tears of joy (and other emotions!)
We Build Resilience Through Laughter
As performance artists, we aren’t giving people food, medicine, or housing, and we certainly aren’t solving crises. What we ARE doing is bringing to our audiences laughter, play, and proof that they matter.
We may be creating small moments of joy, but the impact is so much larger — larger even than our giant clown shoes!
“It may seem that the importance of laughter is harder to quantify than serving meals or blankets. However, laughter is a measure of healing because it represents the ability to access and draw strength from the part of us that is resilient in the face of trauma.”
– Naomi Shafer, Executive Director (2018-2024)
