Join UNFPA's coalition of core contributors supporting rights and choices for all.
Core resources, also called regular resources, are crucial to realizing UNFPA’s mandate: To deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.
Core resources are not earmarked for specific programming, which means they enable UNFPA to act flexibly and responsively to meet the needs of women and girls everywhere, especially when crisis strikes.
Core resources enable UNFPA to fulfill its normative and advocacy role, and to test innovative approaches to scale up results.
These resources also act as seed funding for UNFPA’s resource mobilization efforts; for each $1 of core resources raised in 2022, UNFPA mobilized an average of $2.49 of other resources. In 2022, 96 partners provided a total of $442.5 million to UNFPA’s core resources.
Core resources are the foundation for all UNFPA programmes in 150 countries, aimed at leaving no one behind and reaching the furthest behind first. Two thirds of UNFPA core resources go to our programmes on the ground, and the other third funds operations that make those programmes possible and viable.
UNFPA recognizes the extraordinary commitment of donors contributing to core resources at a time of economic and geopolitical uncertainty. And with women’s health and rights under threat, the solidarity of your country and people with the world’s most vulnerable has become increasingly crucial.
Every year, core funding from governments helps us pursue our three transformative results: The end of unmet needs for family planning, preventable maternal deaths and harmful practices such as gender-based violence.
With challenges like the climate crisis and conflict threatening to undermine progress towards these goals, UNFPA’s mission has never been more relevant – and its corresponding need for flexible funding has never been greater.
Contributing to core resources creates a trust-based partnership between your country and UNFPA, and signals your political commitment to the International Conference on Population and Development.
1Oversight functions include audits and investigations, evaluations, ethics and the legal office.
All contributions, whatever their size, make a meaningful difference, and diversifying our donor base lowers financial risks for UNFPA programmes. In 2022, 96 governments from around the world committed to fund UNFPA core resources. This demonstrates that we can unite as an international community to show solidarity and support for all women and girls.
Core resources embody trust in our vision and our capacity to realize shared goals. In 2023, UNFPA aims to rally together a diverse coalition of contributors, from governments to citizens, around our mandate and values to ensure rights and choices for all.
2024 will mark a milestone for women’s and girls’ health and rights, as we will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development. Now is the time to unite to realize the bold ambitions of its Programme of Action adopted by 179 governments. We need the commitment of all to take this visionary approach forward, to realize sexual and reproductive health and rights for all, and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Access the contribution form and payment instructionsUNFPA encourages multi-year core contributions, which enable programmes to be delivered in a predictable and sustainable manner.
UNFPA is committed to ensuring transparency and visibility by recognizing donors for their core contributions and the results achieved thanks to their partnership, with the hashtag #PartnersAtCore.
*Countries with multi-year commitments in 2022.