Foundation for the Global Compact
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE FOUNDATION FOR GLOBAL COMPACT IS A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED TO HELP RAISE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT OFFICE AND GLOBAL COMPACT-RELATED ACTIVITIES.
- Income
- $48.3 million
- Spending
- $51.7 million
- Spent on programs
- 84%
- Reserves
- 1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 98%
- Employees
- 128
- Volunteers
- 8
- Highest pay
- $365,857, managing dir.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 44 out of 100. Higher than 13% of charities in its peer group (international, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 1.0 months of spending.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 65% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 7% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 2% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1584% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 2 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 36% of charities in its peer group (international, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 257 of 7 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $43.6 million spent. THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTED THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT ITS PROGRAMMATIC GOALS. THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT IS THE LARGEST CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE IN THE WORLD, WITH MORE THAN 12,000 COMPANIES AND 3,000 NON-BUSINESS SIGNATORIES BASED IN OVER 160 COUNTRIES, AND 69 LOCAL NETWORKS. BUSINESSES THAT JOIN THE INITIATIVE COMMIT AT THE CEO-LEVEL TO ALIGN THEIR CORPORATE STRATEGIES AND OPERATIONS WITH TEN PRINCIPLES ON HUMAN RIGHTS, LABOUR, ENVIRONMENT AND ANTI-CORRUPTION, AND TAKE ACTIONS TO SUPPORT THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. THROUGH PROVIDING AUTHORITATIVE GUIDANCE, TRAINING, TOOLS AND SUPPORT, AND CONNECTING STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE GLOBE, THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT ENABLES BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES AND FROM ALL SECTORS TO ACHIEVE THEIR SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES. THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT HAS AN ENDURING TRACK RECORD ON DELIVERING IMPACT, AND WORKS ALONGSIDE SEVERAL STRATEGIC PARTNERS TO DO SO, INCLUDING THE LARGEST RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT AND RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION INITIATIVES IN THE WORLD. THE PRINCIPLES FOR RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT (PRI) INITIATIVE IS A NETWORK OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS THAT COUNTS MORE THAN 20,000 PARTICIPANTS FROM THE FINANCIAL SECTOR WITH MORE THAN US $86 TRILLION WORTH OF ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT. THE PRINCIPLES FOR RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION (PRME) INITIATIVE IS THE LARGEST RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION NETWORK IN THE WORLD, WORKING TO TRANSFORM BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND THOUGHT LEADERSHIP GLOBALLY, AND EDUCATE TOMORROW'S RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS LEADERS.CHANGE HAPPENS ON THE GROUND. TO ACCELERATE THE TRANSFORMATION TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE MARKETS, THE GLOBAL COMPACT IS COMMITTED TO HELPING COMPANIES MAKE THE GLOBAL GOALS LOCAL BUSINESS. THROUGH ITS 69 GLOBAL COMPACT LOCAL NETWORKS, THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT SPANS THE WORLD, WORKING IN BOTH MATURE AND EMERGING MARKETS. IN RECENT YEARS, LOCAL NETWORKS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN PARTICULAR HAVE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH. THROUGH ITS LOCAL NETWORKS, BUSINESSES HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO HELP SOLVE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES AND TAKE ACTION THROUGH PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. GLOBAL COMPACT LOCAL NETWORKS ARE BUSINESS-LED, MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PLATFORMS THAT WORK DIRECTLY WITH BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM IMPLEMENT THE TEN PRINCIPLES OF THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT AND ADVANCE THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. THANKS TO THEIR LOCAL AND REGIONAL EXPERTISE, LOCAL NETWORKS ARE UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO HELP COMPANIES UNDERSTAND WHAT RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS MEANS WITHIN DIFFERENT NATIONAL, CULTURAL AND LANGUAGE CONTEXTS. THEY FACILITATE OUTREACH, LEARNING, POLICY DIALOGUE, COLLECTIVE ACTION AND PARTNERSHIPS.TO SUPPORT COMPANIES EVERYWHERE IN ADVANCING THE AMBITIONS OF THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT HAS DEVELOPED A PORTFOLIO OF ACTION PLATFORMS TO ADVANCE RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES AND FILL EMERGING GAPS IN MEETING THE GLOBAL GOALS. THROUGH THESE ACTION PLATFORMS, THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT INVITES BUSINESSES TO COLLABORATE WITH LIKE-MINDED PEERS AND EXPERTS TO DEVELOP UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO CRITICAL CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES. ROOTED IN THE TEN PRINCIPLES OF THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT, EACH ACTION PLATFORM CONVENES REPRESENTATIVES FROM BUSINESS, GLOBAL COMPACT LOCAL NETWORKS, ACADEMIA, CIVIL SOCIETY, GOVERNMENT AND THE UNITED NATIONS TO SOLVE COMPLEX AND INTERCONNECTED ISSUES, EXPLORE NEW MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND INNOVATE AROUND THE GLOBAL GOALS THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT.TO DELIVER IMPACT AT SCALE, THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT IS WORKING WITH ITS BUSINESS PARTICIPANTS AT THE COUNTRY LEVEL THROUGH LOCAL NETWORKS TO GENERATE ACTION THROUGH A SERIES OF GLOBAL IMPACT INITIATIVES THAT ADDRESS KEY GLOBAL CHALLENGES. GLOBAL IMPACT INITIATIVES ARE DESIGNED TO ACCELERATE ACTION, SCALE AND THE MAINSTREAMING OF BEST PRACTICES, INNOVATION AND AMBITION TO SUPPORT THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE GLOBAL GOALS.AIMS TO MAINSTREAM THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AMONG BUSINESSES WORLDWIDE. THROUGH IMPLEMENTING MORE INNOVATIVE AND AMBITIOUS BUSINESS STRATEGIES AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS, THE INITIATIVE WILL ENCOURAGE COMPANIES TO THINK CRITICALLY AND CREATIVELY ABOUT THEIR SDG IMPACT. ULTIMATELY, SDG AMBITION SEEKS TO CHALLENGE COMPANIES TO ACCELERATE GLOBAL PROGRESS AND IMPACT TO MAKE THE GLOBAL GOALS A REALITY.FOCUSES ON SCALING UP CORPORATE CLIMATE ACTION BY RAISING AWARENESS, SHOWCASING A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO CORPORATE CLIMATE ACTION AND SUPPORTING SCIENCE-BASED TARGET SETTING. AS A COMPLEMENT TO THE "BUSINESS AMBITION FOR 1.5C OUR ONLY FUTURE" CAMPAIGN, IT WILL ENCOURAGE COMPANIES TO ALIGN THEIR CLIMATE TARGETS WITH A 1.5C PATHWAY THROUGH MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION MEASURES. IT WILL ALSO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF "AMBITION LOOPS," WHERE BOLD BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AND BOLD GOVERNMENT POLICIES REINFORCE EACH OTHER. THE END GOAL OF TARGET CLIMATE 1.5C IS TO FACILITATE A JUST TRANSITION OF OUR GLOBAL ECONOMY TO A NET-ZERO FUTURE BY 2050.CALLS ON COMPANIES TO IDENTIFY YOUNG TALENT WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATIONS TO GIVE THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH PEERS AND ACCELERATE BUSINESS INNOVATIONS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL GOALS. IT AIMS TO ACTIVATE FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS AND CHANGE MAKERS TO DEVELOP AND DRIVE BOLD SOLUTIONS THROUGH NEW TECHNOLOGIES, INITIATIVES AND BUSINESS MODELS THAT ENABLE THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO BE A POWERFUL FORCE FOR GOOD. THE YOUNG SDG INNOVATORS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ENGAGE THE BRIGHTEST AND BEST TALENT TO DELIVER TANGIBLE INNOVATIONS TO SUPPORT THEIR COMPANY'S SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES WHILE ALSO FACILITATING LONG-TERM BUSINESS SUCCESS.SUPPORTING COMPANIES IN SETTING AND REACHING AMBITIOUS CORPORATE TARGETS FOR WOMEN'S REPRESENTATION AND LEADERSHIP ACROSS BUSINESS AND AT ALL LEVELS. THROUGH FACILITATED PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS, CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOPS, PEER TO PEER LEARNING AND MULTI-STAKEHOLDER DIALOGUE AT THE COUNTRY-LEVEL, IT HELPS BUSINESS DEEPEN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT PRINCIPLES. THE INITIATIVE ALSO STRENGTHENS
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 2007.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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