IKEA Foundation

Our mission: To improve the lives of vulnerable children by enabling their families to create sustainable livelihoods, and fight and cope with climate change.

Helping families afford a better life

Families living in poverty around the world face tremendous challenges. With millions of people looking to join the workforce, many find it difficult to find a job and earn a sustainable income.

Protecting the planet

Temperatures are rising, causing changes in our climate that threaten every aspect of our lives—from the food we eat to the water we drink to the air we breathe.

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Mar 16

Last summer, some of our ambassadors based in North America got the opportunity to learn about our partners’ work on a trip to the UN in NYC. Kristi and Robin were among them and have been sharing their experiences.

Deputy sales manager Robin shared, “We met with five partners including UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (@refugees), the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (@globalenergyalliance) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) (@doctorswithoutborders). We learnt how the IKEA Foundation supports them with their work and helps them to make a real impact on the ground.”

Kristi, a communications and events specialist for IKEA USA, added, “It was so overwhelming and humbling to be there. I will never forget it and I will always speak so highly of that opportunity.”

#ThrowbackThursday #Ambassadors #Ambassador @ikea

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Mar 14

📢 Exciting news! The Clean Air Fund has announced significant new funding from philanthropic backers.

💰 The IKEA Foundation and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation will contribute $67 million over the next four years to tackle air pollution globally.

👥 This investment will accelerate the Clean Air Fund's work in more countries and help galvanise commitments from city leaders, governments and the private sector to tackle air pollution.

💚 The Clean Air Fund aims to catalyse a total of $250 million for air quality programming over the next four years.

🌍 Let's work towards a future where everyone can breathe clean air!

Follow the link in our bio to read more.

#CleanAir #AirPollution #ClimateAction #IKEAFoundation #ChildrensInvestmentFundFoundation #CleanAirFund

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Mar 13

Our ambassadors are helping to spread the word about the IKEA Foundation with their co-workers.

Communications and events specialist Kristi Mendenhall is on a mission to do just that in the USA.

After 15 years of working for IKEA, she applied to be an IKEA Foundation ambassador. She explained: “I wanted to be an ambassador because I wanted other IKEA co-workers to feel that pride and to know about the foundation.

@ikeausa @kristimendenhallelujah #Ambassador #IKEAFoundation #IKEA

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Mar 10

Our roadshow reached @IKEA South Korea where we met with enthusiastic co-workers, and shared great inspiring stories.

Thank you to everyone who participated!

#SouthKorea #Roadshow2023 #Roadshow #SouthKorea @ikeasouthkorea

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Mar 8

Meet Mayuri and Saroj who have been working with our partner Dharma Life to set up green micro-businesses in Lucknow, India.

Mayuri has been interested in chikankari embroidery, a traditional art form, from a young age. With a vision to take this further, she learned more at a workshop in Delhi. She now works with nearly 250 women in Lucknow who love chikankari as much as she does.

Saroj joined Dharma Life’s Jaya programme to learn tailoring, so she could create a better quality of life for herself and her family. She dreams of opening her own boutique one day.

This International Women’s Day we celebrate these amazing women and many others who have followed their dreams by starting their own businesses.

We’re proud to support Dharma Life and the Jaya programme to empower women to improve their livelihoods, while contributing to a greener planet by reducing textile waste.

#WomenInBusiness #IWD2023 #IWD #WomensDay #InternationalWomensDay #WomenWhoWork #ImprovedLivelihoods #chikankari #India @dharmalifeindia

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Mar 8

This International Women’s Day we want to celebrate our powerful changemakers who are making a strong impact for #PeopleAndPlanet.

Is there a changemaker in your community, who you'd like to celebrate this #IWD2023? Tell us in the comments below 👇

#InternationalWomensDay #IWD #WomensDay #Women #Changemakers #Empower

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Mar 7

💚 2023 has already brought us a lot of hope in the world of #ClimateAction.

🌏 At IKEA Foundation we’re collaborating with and supporting our partners who are working for #PeopleAndPlanet.

It’s only with hope that we can move forward. That’s why we’ve brought you our 23 reasons for hope in 2023.

Follow the link in our bio to learn more 👆🔗

#ClimateChange #RenewableEnergy #SolarPower #Hope #Cities #FoodSecurity #GreenJobs #India #Ethiopia #Colombia #Kolkata #Barcelona

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Mar 6

Know someone who has done exceptional work for people who have been forced to flee? Then nominate them for UNHCR's (@refugees) #NansenAward.

At IKEA Foundation we are continuing our support for the #NansenAward which recognizes exceptional people working on behalf of refugees, internally displaced and stateless people.

Follow the link in our bio.

#Refugees #ForcedToFlee #PeopleAndPlanet #RefugeeLivelihoods

We thank all our partners

International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA)

Rainforest Alliance

New Energy Nexus

Root Capital

PRADAN

Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)

Breakthrough

Aceli Africa

STIR Education

Lila Poonawalla Foundation

War Child

International Rescue Committee

Handicap International

World Economic Forum

International Institute for Environment and Development

Room to Read

Doc Society

Fight for Peace

Lund University, School of Industrial Design

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Gapminder Foundation

Kenya Climate Innovation Centre

Rutgers

University of Oxford

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

UNICEF

Hand in Hand International

Save the Children

RefugePoint

Special Olympics

Water.org

Mlinda Foundation

European Climate Foundation

Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative

What Design Can Do

Efficiency for Access Coalition

Right To Play

A Glimmer of Hope Foundation

Asian University for Women

KickStart International

Climate Action Network International

World Resources Institute

Teach For All

OneSky

Sustainable Energy for All

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Rocky Mountain Institute

European Foundation Centre

Digital Divide Data

Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship

Sustain Plus

Reach for Change

Well Told Story

Agriprofocus

Shifo Foundation

Practical Action

Start Network

Purpose Climate Lab

Care for Children

Forest Trends

Girls Not Brides

UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency

Aga Khan Foundation

Little Sun Foundation

Ground Truth Solutions

PSAF Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials

The Home Project

View all our partners.