In 1982, Carter founded the Carter Center,[384] a non-governmental and non-profit organization with the purpose of advancing human rights and alleviating human suffering,[385] including helping improve the quality of life for people in more than 80 countries.[386] Among these efforts has been the contribution of the Carter Center working alongside the World Health Organization to the near-eradication of dracunculiasis, also called Guinea worm disease. The incidence of this disease has decreased from 3.5 million cases in the mid-1980s, to 25 cases in 2016,[387][388] and 10 as of September 2021 according to the Carter Center's statistics.[389]
Carter attended the dedication of his presidential library[390] and those of Presidents Ronald Reagan,[391] George H. W. Bush,[392] Bill Clinton,[393][394] and George W. Bush.[395] He delivered eulogies at the funerals of Coretta Scott King,[396] Gerald Ford,[397][398] and Theodore Hesburgh.[399]
As of August 2019[update], Carter serves as an Honorary Chair for the World Justice Project[400] and formerly served as one for the Continuity of Government Commission.[401] He continued to occasionally teach Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church as of 2019.[402] Carter also teaches at Emory University in Atlanta, and in June 2019 was awarded tenure for 37 years of service.