About the UN Foundation
The UN Foundation, a public charity, was created in 1998 with entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner’s historic $1 billion gift to support UN causes and activities. We are an advocate for the UN and a platform for connecting people, ideas and resources to help the United Nations solve global problems.
We help the UN take its best work and ideas to scale—through advocacy, partnerships, constituency building and fund-raising.
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Partnerships because we have learned what can be achieved when the public and private sectors work together through the United Nations;
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Advocacy because we know the leverage and impact that sound policy can have on the kind of social, economic and environmental change the UN seeks;
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Community-building because the UN was created for “we the people,” and all of us can give back and contribute to a better world; and
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We need new and additional resources to power solutions to global challenges.
Under the direction of our distinguished Board of Directors, we also work closely with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Office for Partnerships. Find out more about our Board of Directors or our relationship with the United Nations.
Click here to read a feature article on the Foundation by The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
