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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 16 December 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$77,013,346
Total expenses
$141,106,169
Contributions and grants received
$62,975,295
Grants paid
$55,670,303
Program service revenue
$33,774
Investment income
$13,938,619
Other revenue
$65,658
Total assets, end of year
$285,077,061
Total liabilities, end of year
$66,207,376
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$218,869,685
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$123,944,376
Management and general expenses
$8,847,060
Fundraising expenses
$8,314,733
Program service expenses (Part III)
$123,944,376

Program services were 87.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $416,005

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $540,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $8,879,224

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $53,140,066

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $3,042,688

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT REVENUE

    total $33,774 · related or exempt $33,774

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,834,127 · unrelated business $134,684 · excluded $1,699,443

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $16,200

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $16,200 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $16,200 · excluded $16,200

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $35,261,565

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $23,157,073

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $12,104,492

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $12,104,492 · excluded $12,104,492

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $492,826

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $468,943

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $23,883 · excluded $23,883

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: GRANT RECOVERIES AND ADJUSTMENTS

    total $437,217 · excluded $437,217

  • 11b · Other revenue: FOREIGN EXCHANGE GAIN/(LOSS)

    total -$394,372 · excluded -$394,372

  • 11c · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total -$17,270 · excluded -$17,270

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $25,575

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $40,123,866 · program services $40,123,866

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $13,800 · program services $13,800

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $15,532,637 · program services $15,532,637

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,394,028 · program services $1,149,513 · management and general $124,465 · fundraising $120,050

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $27,664,163 · program services $22,811,832 · management and general $2,469,974 · fundraising $2,382,357

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,649,728 · program services $1,360,363 · management and general $147,295 · fundraising $142,070

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,296,582 · program services $5,192,153 · management and general $562,186 · fundraising $542,243

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,181,072 · program services $1,798,509 · management and general $194,735 · fundraising $187,828

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $556,973 · program services $491,807 · management and general $32,193 · fundraising $32,973

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $541,346 · program services $478,008 · management and general $31,290 · fundraising $32,048

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $691,732 · fundraising $691,732

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $893,761 · management and general $893,761

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $22,652,920 · program services $16,525,209 · management and general $3,182,360 · fundraising $2,945,351

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,605,906 · program services $1,418,015 · management and general $92,821 · fundraising $95,070

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $668,667 · program services $590,433 · management and general $38,649 · fundraising $39,585

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,214,088 · program services $4,604,040 · management and general $301,374 · fundraising $308,674

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,670,446 · program services $4,124,004 · management and general $269,952 · fundraising $276,490

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,547,359 · program services $2,249,318 · management and general $147,237 · fundraising $150,804

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $595,791 · program services $526,083 · management and general $34,437 · fundraising $35,271

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $230,830 · program services $203,823 · management and general $13,342 · fundraising $13,665

  • 24a · Other expenses: UNCOLLECTIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS

    total $4,766,472 · program services $4,208,796 · management and general $275,502 · fundraising $282,175

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $205,043 · program services $181,053 · management and general $11,851 · fundraising $12,139

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $222,202 · program services $196,205 · management and general $12,843 · fundraising $13,154

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK FEES & CHARGES

    total $144,375 · program services $127,483 · management and general $8,345 · fundraising $8,547

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $42,381 · program services $37,426 · management and general $2,448 · fundraising $2,507

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,404 · end of year $1,404

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $39,452,518 · end of year $33,602,242

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $77,142,490 · end of year $34,101,787

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $7,635,334 · end of year $14,185,888

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $188,010 · end of year $1,389,909

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $12,042,619

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $9,697,734

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,940,675 · end of year $2,344,885

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $74,781,307 · end of year $81,706,155

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $101,940,250 · end of year $97,748,703

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $25,052,660 · end of year $19,996,088

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,971,933 · end of year $9,095,590

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $13,518,645 · end of year $29,028,038

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $34,741,448 · end of year $28,083,748

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $165,692,941 · end of year $162,052,257

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $110,209,681 · end of year $56,817,428

Mission and programs · 2024

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.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • 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.

    Expenses $13,417,094 · Grants $5,908,374 · Revenue $27,407

  • CLIMATE, 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.

    Expenses $30,286,562 · Grants $11,019,262 · Revenue $5,716

  • GIRLS 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.

    Expenses $27,823,418 · Grants $12,356,477

  • ADVOCACY

    Expenses $7,532,379 · Grants $3,958,692 · Revenue $651

  • UN STRENGTHENING

    Expenses $44,884,923 · Grants $22,427,498

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Elizabeth Cousens

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $507,474
    From this org
    $387,565
    From related orgs
    $68,394
    Other
    $51,515
    Hours/week
    34 + 6 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $345,065 + $60,894 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $42,500 + $7,500 related
    Deferred
    $17,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,998 + $5,117 related
    Filer's total
    $433,963 + $73,511 related

  • Henry F De Sio Jr

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $411,074
    From this org
    $305,260
    From related orgs
    $53,870
    Other
    $51,944
    Hours/week
    34 + 6 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $259,792 + $45,846 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $45,468 + $8,024 related
    Deferred
    $17,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,362 + $5,182 related
    Filer's total
    $352,022 + $59,052 related

  • David Ohana

    CHIEF COMMN. OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $384,444
    From this org
    $312,562
    From related orgs
    $55,158
    Other
    $16,724
    Hours/week
    34 + 6 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $306,017 + $54,003 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,545 + $1,155 related
    Deferred
    $11,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,398 + $776 related
    Filer's total
    $328,510 + $55,934 related

  • Michelle Morse

    VP FOR GIRLS & WOMEN STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $362,080
    From this org
    $315,610
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,470
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $276,610
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $39,000
    Deferred
    $17,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,070
    Filer's total
    $362,080

  • Dymphna Van Der Lans

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CCA

    Total calculated
    $340,969
    From this org
    $292,753
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,216
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $246,673
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $46,080
    Deferred
    $17,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,816
    Filer's total
    $340,969

  • Shenae Burgess

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $326,292
    From this org
    $253,763
    From related orgs
    $44,781
    Other
    $27,748
    Hours/week
    34 + 6 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,880 + $42,508 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $12,883 + $2,273 related
    Deferred
    $17,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,796 + $1,552 related
    Filer's total
    $279,959 + $46,333 related

  • Sofia Borges

    SR VP & HEAD OF NY OFFICE

    Total calculated
    $325,799
    From this org
    $311,796
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,003
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $288,796
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $14,003
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $325,799

  • Priya Vora

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, DIAL

    Total calculated
    $317,937
    From this org
    $293,537
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,400
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $264,049
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $29,488
    Deferred
    $17,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,000
    Filer's total
    $317,937

  • Re Turner

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Mark Malloch-Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Fabio C Barbosa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Nr Narayana Murthy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Hans Vestberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Valerie Amos

    DIRECTOR & VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Julio Frenk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kathryn Calvin Walters

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Charles Holliday

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Naoko Ishii

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Laura Turner Seydel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Marti G Subrahmanyam

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Timothy E Wirth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Dr Frannie Leautier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Marc Andre-Blanchard

    DIRECTOR, CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Susana Malcorra

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Edward Ndopu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Rutherford Seydel

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1A
BOARD MEMBERS AND THEIR SPOUSES WERE REIMBURSED FOR AIRFARE, HOTEL, MEALS, AND INCIDENTAL TAXIS OR OTHER TRANSPORTATION WHEN ATTENDING BOARD MEETINGS OR TRAVELING ON BEHALF OF THE FOUNDATION, AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY THE CHAIRMAN OR PRESIDENT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR INTL PTNRSHPS

    $4,211,942

    UN STRNGTHNG

  • POPULATION COUNCIL

    $2,676,309

    GIRLS & WMN

  • UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR INTL PTNRSHPS

    $1,923,990

    UN STRNGTHNG

  • UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR INTL PTNRSHPS

    $1,738,500

    UN STRNGTHNG

  • HUA NANI PARTNERS

    $1,550,000

    ENVIRONMENT

  • UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR INTL PTNRSHPS

    $1,484,817

    UN STRNGTHNG

  • UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR INTL PTNRSHPS

    $1,395,000

    UN STRNGTHNG

  • UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR INTL PTNRSHPS

    $1,200,976

    ENVIRONMENT

  • UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR INTL PTNRSHPS

    $1,079,000

    GLOBAL HLTH

  • UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR INTL PTNRSHPS

    $1,079,000

    GLOBAL HLTH

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • BETTER WORLD FUND

    501(C)(3) · SUPPORT OF UN · GA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by UNF

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513199349303636

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