Originally primarily a grantmaker, the UN Foundation has evolved into a strategic partner to the UN, mobilizing support to advance the Sustainable Development Goals, and help the UN address issues such as climate change, global health, gender equality, human rights, data and technology, peace, and humanitarian responses.
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In March 2020, the UN Foundation was a key founder of the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund on behalf of the World Health Organization, helping to raise over $200 million USD within the first six weeks to support the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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UN Foundation was founded with the intent to build support for UN causes and to advocate for the United States to honor its financial commitments to the UN.
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The UN Foundation is supported by a variety of philanthropic, corporate, government, and individual donors, and it continues to serve as a substantial source of private funding to the United Nations.
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Turner chose to donate to the UN and create the UN Foundation because he was a prior donor to similar causes and felt strongly that the UN was critical to solve the world's most pressing challenges.
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UN Foundation is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Cousens, who stepped into the role in January 2020 after serving for four years as Deputy CEO.
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UN Foundation has had a close relationship with the UN and its leadership from the beginning in order to set goals and provide funding for particular programs.
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Over time, the UN Foundation evolved from being a simple funding conduit to creating and fostering its own initiatives and communities, which enabled it to support UN priorities more deeply and diversely.
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The UN Foundation has continued working in areas of US-UN engagement and advancing data and technology for the SDGs.
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The UN Foundation is a key partner in Global Goals Week, which runs parallel to the UN General Assembly week and engages diverse partnerships for the SDGs.
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UN Foundation is a communications and advocacy partner for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a partnership that includes Rotary International, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, UNICEF, CDC, and WHO.
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In March 2020, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Foundation launched the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund in partnership with the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation to raise funds for WHO's COVID-19 response.
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In September 2020, the UN Foundation launched its Unite for Health campaign, focused on the need for global collaboration amidst the disruption of health systems and services due to COVID-19, and the rollback of global health progress it brought.
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The UN Foundation has several campaigns and initiatives that address gender issues; their work includes girls' leadership and empowerment, family planning and contraceptive access, maternal health, and gender data.
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UN Foundation's priorities include tackling global climate change, advancing climate diplomacy and negotiations, building cross-issue intersections, and communicating climate science to the public.
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UN Foundation fosters the Clean Cooking Alliance, an initiative supporting large-scale adoption of clean and safe household cooking solutions as a way to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and reduce climate change emissions.
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