====== United Nations Foundation ======

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The **United Nations Foundation** is a charitable organization based in [[united_states_of_america:Washington, DC]], [[United States of America]], with an additional office in [[united_states_of_america:New York City]]. It supports the [[United Nations]] and its activities, primarily its advancement of the [[Sustainable Development Goals]] set out in the [[2030 Agenda]].

Other areas of focus include [[climate change]], [[global health]], gender equality, [[human rights]], data and technology, peace, and humanitarian responses.((//What We Do.// United Nations Foundation. Retrieved March 31, 2022, from https://unfoundation.org/what-we-do/))

===== History =====

The UNF was founded in 1998 with a $1 billion donation from [[Ted Turner]], who "believed the UN was crucial for addressing the world's problems."((Carlisle, M. (2019, December 10). //Ted Turner: Putting his money...// Time. https://web.archive.org/web/20111129145719/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,987059-2,00.html))

==== COVID-19 ====

In March 2020, the UNF launched the [[COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund]] alongside the [[Swiss Philanthropy Foundation]] to support the response efforts of the [[World Health Organization]] to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].((Bridges, R. (2020, March 13). //WHO, UN Foundation and partners launch first-of-its-kind COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.// World Health Organization. https://archive.ph/yJR73)) 

The UNF also created the ACT Together Fund to raise additional funds for the [[ACT-Accelerator]].((//ACT Together Fund.// United Nations Foundation. Retrieved August 18, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210818045047/https://unfoundation.org/acttogetherfund/))

===== Affiliations =====

==== Partners ====

Financial and strategic partners of the UN Foundation include:((//Our Partners.// United Nations Foundation. Retrieved March 25, 2020, from https://archive.ph/TQma4)) ((//More of our partners.// United Nations Foundation. Retrieved March 25, 2020, from https://archive.ph/k52gJ))

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  * [[Amazon Web Services]]
  * [[American Institute of Architects]]
  * [[AmerisourceBergen]]
  * [[Aptive]]
  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Astellas]]
  * [[Bank of America]]
  * [[Barclays]]
  * [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]]
  * [[Bloomberg Philanthropies]]
  * [[BNY Mellon]]
  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Bristol-Myers Squibb]]
  * [[Caterpillar]]
  * [[Chevron]]
  * [[Children's Investment Fund Foundation]]
  * [[Cisco]]
  * [[Citi]]
  * [[ClimateWorks Foundation]]
  * [[Coca-Cola]]
  * [[David and Lucile Packard Foundation]]
  * [[Disney]]
  * [[Ericsson]]
  * [[Essity]]
  * [[Ford Foundation]]
  * [[Fusema Foundation]]
  * [[Goldman Sachs]]
  * [[Google]]
  * [[Grandeur Peak Fund]]
  * [[GSMA]]
  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Johnson & Johnson]]
  * [[KR Foundation]]
  * [[Lexis Nexis]]
  * [[MAM]]
  * [[Mars, Incorporated]]
  * [[Mastercard]]
  * [[McGovern Foundation]]
  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Merck]]
  * [[Morgan Stanley]]
  * [[National Philanthropic Trust]]
  * [[Nestlé]]
  * [[Nike]]
  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Pfizer]]
  * [[Procter & Gamble]]
  * [[Rockefeller Foundation]]
  * [[Salesforce]]
  * [[SC Johnson]]
  * [[Seton Hall University]]
  * [[Shell]]
  * [[Skoll Foundation]]
  * [[Sony]]
  * [[Stephen Curry]]
  * [[Sumitomo Chemical]]
  * [[Summit Foundation]]
  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Takeda]]
  * [[TE Connectivity]]
  * [[Terminix]]
  * [[Turner Foundation]]
  * [[Unilever]]
  * [[United Nations Federal Credit Union]] (UNFCU)
  * [[UPS]]
  * [[Verizon]]
  * [[Vodafone Foundation]]
  * [[Walgreens]]
  * [[Wallace Global Fund]]
  * [[Wellcome Trust]]
  * [[WestWind Foundation]]
  * [[White & Case]]
  * [[William and Flora Hewlett Foundation]]

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==== Initiatives ====

  * [[Business Council for the United Nations]] (UNCF)