Private Sector Partners
A Winning Combination
Private sector support for UNHCR is injecting the refugee cause with new and vital energy. Fresh opportunities, expertise and visibility offered by the private sector partnerships are invaluable to the refugee agency’s operations, while enhancing the reputation of the individuals, companies and foundations involved.
These new relationships are being built through various channels, including face-to-face fund-raising, direct TV and other digital channels as well as marketing campaigns for specific causes that reach millions of people. A number of these campaigns draw on the support of celebrities who have been touched by the plight of people forcibly displaced from their homes.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres is fully committed to growing private sector fund-raising to diversify and enlarge UNHCR’s donor base in a sustainable manner, which is imperative in times of growing humanitarian needs. In 2014, UNHCR is seeking even more support from the private sector, with a target of US$220 million.
List of corporate, foundation and high net-worth individuals' donations to UNHCR in 2013 (over 100,000 USD, cash or in-kind)
| Donor | Amount in USD | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 74,639,234 | ||
| 1. Contributions through USA for UNHCR 2. Contributions through España con Acnur 3. Contributions through Japan for UNHCR 4. Contributions through UNHCR Insamlingsstiftelse (Sweden for UNHCR) |
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| IKEA Foundation | 32,955,422 | ||
| Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Bin Sultan Al Qassimi | 14,205,000 | ||
| Educate A Child (EAC) Programme | 6,738,406 | ||
| Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (UNIQLO) | 2,867,208 | ||
| Dutch Postcode Lottery | 2,606,798 | ||
| Qatar Charity | 2,000,000 | ||
| Swedish Postcode Lottery (4) | 1,747,377 | ||
| Norwegian Refugee Council | 1,744,000 | ||
| Said Foundation | 1,592,320 | ||
| Latter-day Saint Charities, Inc. (1) | 1,467,500 | ||
| Koinonia Foundation (1) | 700,311 | ||
| RedR | 635,000 | ||
| International Olympic Committee | 535,850 | ||
| Stichting af Jochnick Foundation (4) | 500,000 | ||
| Morneau Sheppell | 462,824 | ||
| UPS Foundation (1) | 400,000 | ||
| Danish Refugee Council | 389,000 | ||
| The Howard G. Buffett Foundation (1) | 349,990 | ||
| Fondazione Prosolidar-Onlus | 332,902 | ||
| Fundación La Caixa (2) | 268,097 | ||
| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (1) | 250,000 | ||
| Islamic Relief USA (1) | 250,000 | ||
| Alwaleed bin Talal Foundation | 200,000 | ||
| AC Milan | 194,805 | ||
| Fundación Probitas (2) | 189,791 | ||
| Nando Peretti Foundation | 163,620 | ||
| The Khaled Hosseini Foundation (1) | 157,294 | ||
| Consiglio Italiano Rifugiati | 144,937 | ||
| Tokyo Marathon Foundation (3) | 135,955 | ||
| Lebara Foundation | 135,870 | ||
| Hewlett Packard (1) | 110,000 | ||
| Municipio Paredes | 108,957 | ||
| Fuji Optical Co., Ltd (3) | 100,000 | ||
Source: UNHCR Global Report 2013