UNICEF foundation partnerships
Uniting with foundations to drive change for children.
UNICEF works with the world’s leading foundations on a range of issues that span our mandate – to protect children’s rights and safeguard their futures.
Our partnerships with foundations seek to leverage our respective strengths: Foundations bring targeted strategies to key development issues and a forward-thinking approach to interventions. UNICEF provides the implementation capacity, in-country expertise, and agility to drive these shared goals.
Meet our foundation partners
Become a foundation partner
If your foundation would like to explore partnership opportunities with UNICEF, we would love to hear from you. For more information, please contact the UNICEF office in your country.
How UNICEF partners with foundations
Finance
Foundation grants and investments enable UNICEF to undertake critical programming, leverage additional resources through co-financing, and mobilize domestic resources for scale and sustainability.
Advocacy
UNICEF has a globally known and trusted voice. We engage with foundation partners to amplify priority issues across networks and platforms, recognizing the unique role foundations play in this space.
Knowledge exchange
UNICEF values that foundations bring their own technical expertise to the table. We collaborate and exchange knowledge on areas of shared interest to strengthen our joint efforts for children.
Why partner with UNICEF?
UNICEF works closely with like-minded foundations through partnerships focused on advancing the Sustainable Development Goals. Our foundation partners are independent, influential actors that bring bold approaches to key issues. They are highly networked coalition builders, and innovative thought leaders.
These attributes complement UNICEF’s core strengths: We’re on the ground in more than 190 countries and territories with a vast network of partners, serving as a trusted advisor to governments and civil society organizations alike. Our unrivaled reach delivers results for even the most remote and disadvantaged communities. With supply hubs across the world, UNICEF is a leader in the procurement of products and services for children, allowing us to influence markets, innovate products and scale solutions. Globally recognized as a relentless and reliable advocate, we do whatever it takes to help children survive and thrive.