Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC
UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 358 organizations whose IRS filings report $423,409,929 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($149,562,809). 140 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $77M
- Funders on record
- 358
- Grants received
- $423M
- Net assets
- $219M
What United Nations Foundation Inc does
Mission
The un foundation supports the un and un causes by advocating for the un and providing a platform to generate ideas, resources, and partnerships to help the un solve global problems and undertake lifesaving activities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Global health: the united nations foundation's global health program supports the united nations and partners to address global health challenges and improve health globally. It works with a wide network of partners to generate fresh ideas, resources, and partnerships to promote solutions for healthy lives, including through advocacy.
$13,417,094 spentof which $5,908,374 as grants$27,407 earned by the program11% of program spendingClimate, energy & environment: the united nations foundation's climate & environment program works with the united nations and partners to address environmental challenges like climate change. It works with a wide network of partners to generate fresh ideas, resources, and partnerships to promote solutions for a healthy planet, including through advocacy.
$30,286,562 spentof which $11,019,262 as grants$5,716 earned by the program24% of program spendingGirls and women: the united nations foundation's girls & women program works with the united nations and partners to address challenges related to gender equality. It works with a wide network of partners to generate fresh ideas,resources, and partnerships to promote solutions for the equality of girls and women, including through advocacy.
$27,823,418 spentof which $12,356,477 as grants22% of program spendingAdvocacy
$7,532,379 spentof which $3,958,692 as grants$651 earned by the program6% of program spendingUn strengthening
$44,884,923 spentof which $22,427,498 as grants36% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $123,944,376.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $277M to $336M (+21%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 13% · 2018 7% · 2019 2% · 2020 0% · 2021 1% · 2022 1% · 2023 2% · 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 38 funders to 91 funders, grant income rose $31M → $54M.
60 of 358 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 358 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
29% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 46% · 2019 79% · 2020 18% · 2021 36% · 2022 40% · 2023 28% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
23% of UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 40 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $99M arriving through sponsors registered in 22 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 363 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 363 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $26.6M on record.
- Agency for International Development$16.0M
- Department of Health and Human Services$6.3M
- Environmental Protection Agency$2.8M
- Department of State$1.6M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 31 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Better World Fund · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC?
- UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 358 organizations whose IRS filings report $423,409,929 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($149,562,809). 140 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 358 organizations giving $423,409,929 in grants to UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC, 140 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $149,562,809 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 358 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing