2022 UN General Assembly Philanthropic Side-Events
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the UNGA side-events will be virtual or hybrid again. This page highlights events that may be of interest to foundations and other philanthropic organizations and includes links to register for each event.
If you are hosting side-events featuring philanthropy that we should include in our calendar, please send event details to jessica.chaparro@cof.org so we can promote your event. For more information about Global Goals Week, visit the UN Foundation.
The Council on Foundations, alongside WINGS and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, will be hosting a philanthropic UNGA side-event, Philanthropy's Role in Realizing the Localization Agenda.
Friday, September 16, 2022
Global Week to #Act4SDGs
September 16 - 25 | Hybrid
Organizer: UN SDG Action Campaign
Imagine a Greener Future
September 16 - 19 | 10:30 am -12:30 pm ET | Virtual
Organizer: People of Impact
Sunday, September 18, 2022
Health Financing and Gender Equality
September 18 | 9:00 am -11:00 am ET | Hybrid
Organizer: Spouses of CARICOM Leaders Action Network, UNDP, The Commonwealth, Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and United Nations Foundation
Philanthropies Represented: United Nations Foundation
Seventh Replenishment – Fight For What Counts Opening Event
September 18 | 2:30 pm -8:00 pm ET | In-Person
Organizer: Global Fund
Monday, September 19, 2022
American Leadership in Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals
September 19 | 8:00 am - 9:30 am ET | In-Person
Organizer: UN Foundation and Brookings Institution
Philanthropies Represented: UN Foundation
International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD)
September 19 - 20 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm ET | Virtual
Organizer: Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
Climate Week NYC
September 19 - 25 | 9:00 am - 12:00 am ET | Hybrid
Organizer: Climate Group
Clinton Global Initiative 2022 Meeting
September 19 - 21 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm ET | In-Person
Organizer: Clinton Global Initiative
Climate Week NYC
September 19 - 25 | 9:00 am - 12:00 am ET | Hybrid
Organizer: Climate Group
Business Fights Poverty Global Goals Summit 2022
September 19 - 21 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm ET | Virtual
Organizer: Business Fights Poverty
2022 Concordia Annual Summit
September 19 - 21 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm ET | In-Person
Organizer: Concordia
Unlock the Future of Learning Festival
September 19 | 10:00 am - 8:00 pm ET | Hybrid
Organizer: United Nations Foundation and Unlock the Future Coalition
Philanthropies Represented: United Nations Foundation
Uniting Business LIVE
September 19 - 21 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET | Virtual
Organizer: UN Global Compact
Catalyzing Climate Action at Visual Arts Organizations
September 19 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm ET | In-Person
Organizer: Helen Frankenthaler Foundation
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
GBBC'S Blockchain Central UNGA
September 20 | 9:00 am - 9:00 pm ET | In-Person
Organizer: Global Blockchain Business Council
WHF New York
September 20 - 21 | 10:30 am - 5:30 pm ET | Hybrid
Organizer: World Humanitarian Forum
RX for Primary Health Care: A People First Prescription
September 20 | 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm ET | In-Person
Organizer: Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University
Philanthropies Represented: Novartis Foundation
Philanthropy's Role in Realizing the Localization Agenda
September 20 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET | In-Person
Organizer: Council on Foundations, WINGS, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Philanthropies Represented: Ford Foundation, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Goalkeepers 2022
September 20 - 21 | In-Person
Organizer: Project Everyone and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Philanthropies Represented: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Putting People, Agency, and Leadership First: Developing Collective Leadership as a Path to Sustainable Development
September 20 | 8:15 pm - 9:45 pm ET | In-Person
Organizer: People First Community
Philanthropies Represented: The Ford Foundation
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
SDG Action Zone 2022
September 21 - 23 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm ET | Virtual
Organizer: UN SDG Strategy Hub
Impact State of Mind 2022
September 21 - 23 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm ET | In-Person
Organizer: Impact Hub New York Metropolitan Area
JWF SDGs Conference
September 21 | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm ET | Virtual
Organizer: Journalists and Writers Foundation
Thursday, September 22, 2022
The Role of the Private Sector in Achieving the SDGs
September 22 | 8:30 am - 9:30 am ET | Virtual
Organizer: Alliance Magazine and Charities Aid Foundation
Philanthropies Represented: Charities Aid Foundation
VIP Lunch Salon: Philanthropy as a Catalyst for Systemic Change
September 22 | 11:30 am - 1:30 pm ET | In-Person
Organizer: Social Innovation Summit and Kauffman Foundation
Philanthropies Represented: Kauffman Foundation
Values in Action: Insights into Inclusive Philanthropy
September 22 | 4:45 am - 5:15 pm ET | Virtual
Organizer: Devex
Philanthropies Represented: Lego Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, and Eleanor Crook Foundation
The Future of Philanthropy
September 22 | 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm ET | In-Person
Organizer: Bunchful Enterprises
Philanthropies Represented: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Friday, September 23, 2022
Better Together World Congress
September 23 - 24 | Hybrid
Organizer: Better Together Foundation
Philanthropies Represented: Better Together Foundation
Saturday, September 24, 2022
Global Citizen Festival
September 24 | 4:00 pm - 12:00 am ET | In-Person
Organizer: Global Citizen
