Our Impact
In just ten years, the Foundation has established more than 300 programmatic partnerships and worked with over 40 UN agencies and more than 100 governments around the world. Our track record demonstrates that we are catalysts for change…in philanthropy, on global issues and at the United Nations.
Our efforts have helped decrease child mortality, improve disaster relief, create a new energy economy, empower women and girls, preserve precious World Heritage sites and ensure funding for the UN to continue its life-saving, life-changing work.
STORIES OF IMPACT
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The Galapagos Islands - Biodiversity on the Brink
Area of Involvement: Sustainable Development
Many of us first read about the Galápagos Islands in a high school biology text book. Charles Darwin's famous theory of evolution was inspired by his visit to one of the largest, most complex, most diverse, and best preserved ocean archipelagos on earth. Because of its outstanding and universal value, the Galápagos Islands were fittingly designated as our planet's first World Heritage site in 1978.
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NYC Students Get Environmentally Engaged
Area of Involvement: Climate & Energy
Ever wonder if an engine could run on algae -- and if so, whether or not you could build it? Or how about that local, toxic, abandoned plot of land that you wish could be sustainably restored? Well, wonder no more, because a group of 100 New York City Public High School Students have figured out new, creative ways to address these critical environmental issues and more.
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Delivering Hope to Refugees in Uganda
Area of Involvement: Children’s Health
Malaria is the number one killer of refugees in Africa. For people who have lost so much, a bed net can mean life or death. I traveled to Uganda with the UN High Commission on Refugees to help deliver some of the 600,000 bed nets we have pledged to cover the most vulnerable of the camps.
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College Students Take On Climate Change
Area of Involvement: Climate & Energy
What if someone told you that your grade in the fight against climate change was a D+? You’d probably want to make some improvements, right? That's exactly what ten college students with winning ideas are doing for their on-campus climate change policies.
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Phone calls and nets comfort DRC refugees
Area of Involvement: Children’s Health; Technology
We're helping more than 60,000 refugees in Uganda who fled the conflict in Democractic Republic of Congo by giving them protective bed nets and getting them in touch with their families through emergency communications.
