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

  1. America's New Energy Future: Ambitious and Achievable

    Area of Involvement: Climate & Energy

    America will get 25% of its energy from renewable sources such as wind, solar and biofuels.  Sound like a pipe dream?  We've got members of Congress, and hundreds of organizations that say it's not.

  2. Solar EmPowerment

    Area of Involvement: Climate & Energy

    7 out of every 10 households in rural India have no access to electricity.  Clean energy sources such as solar home systems are too expensive for many.  The UN Foundation is helping to bring the power of the sun to the power-less in India.  

  3. Virus Hunters: Stopping Polio in Kenya

    Area of Involvement: Technology

    Until 2007, it had been nearly 20 years since a case of polio was seen in Kenya. But when refugees fleeing political unrest in neighboring Somalia spilled into the country, Kenya again was confronted with the threat of a polio epidemic.   

  4. Building a constituency of 50,000 UN activists

    Area of Involvement: US-UN Relations

    To increase the impact of advocacy on the Hill, the Better World Campaign strives to build a strong and active constituency for the UN.  Our activists are a critical voice when it comes to improving U.S.-UN relations.  

  5. UN Peacekeeping is a Success in Liberia

    Area of Involvement: US-UN Relations

    The United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations has more than 100,000 troops and personnel deployed to 18 global peace missions, directly impacting 200 million people and indirectly affecting over a billion people. 

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