State of the World Forum

State of the World Forum "was founded in 1995 with the purpose of working with partners worldwide to gather together the creative genius on the planet in a search for solutions to critical global challenges." 


 * Partners

Spin-off Organizations

 * Ethical Globalization Initiative
 * Whole Child Initiative
 * Global Equal Access
 * Global Security Institute
 * Coexistence Initiative
 * Emerging Leaders

Supporters
"State of the World Forum extends its thanks to all of the individuals, foundations, corporations and government agencies that have provided financial and programmatic support over the last seven years. Out of respect for our individual donors’ privacy, we have not included the names of our individual donors below."  Foundations
 * Koret Foundation
 * William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation
 * Fondazione Rispetto E Parita, Milan, Italy
 * Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
 * Ford Foundation
 * Rockefeller Foundation
 * Rockefeller Brothers Fund
 * John Templeton Foundation
 * John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
 * W.K. Kellogg Foundation
 * William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
 * The Philanthropic Collaborative
 * Surdna Foundation
 * Second Chance Foundation
 * John Merck Fund
 * Compton Foundation
 * W. Alton Jones Foundation
 * Fourth Freedom Fund
 * Alan B. Slifka Foundation
 * Nathan Cummings Foundation
 * Boston Foundation, Inc.
 * Peninsula Community Foundation
 * Marin Community Foundation
 * San Francisco Foundation
 * Zimmer Family Foundation
 * Dugan Foundation
 * Arkay Foundation
 * Steve and Stephanie Farrell Foundation
 * Steve and Michelle Kirsch Foundation
 * Ringing Rocks Foundation
 * Shaler Adams Foundation
 * Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
 * SOFAM Beheer and Fred Foundation
 * Bernard & Irene Schwartz Foundation
 * Alan F. Kay & Hazel Henderson Foundation for Social Innovation
 * Foundation for Spiritual Democracy
 * George Gund Foundation
 * Jewish Community Foundation
 * Joseph Steiner Foundation
 * Good Works Foundation
 * Rudolf Steiner Foundation
 * Aurora Foundation
 * Stride Rite Foundation
 * S. H. Cowell Foundation
 * Threshold Foundation
 * Link Foundation
 * Atma Vidya Educational Foundation
 * Three Swallows Foundation
 * Esena Foundation
 * Kurz Family Foundation
 * Goodwin Philanthropic Fund
 * W. Bobowski Foundation

Corporate Sponsors
 * AccuConfernce Audio and Web Services
 * AmEx
 * American Express
 * Booz Allen Hamilton
 * Archer Daniels Midland Co.
 * Heidrick & Struggles
 * Franklin Covey Company
 * General Motors Acceptance Corporation
 * TIME Magazine/Time Warner
 * Critical Path
 * PriceWaterhouseCoopers
 * McKinsey & Co.
 * Lieberman and Nowak, LLP
 * Royal Bank of Canada
 * NYC & Company
 * Worldspace Corporation
 * Rabobank
 * Centrinity
 * Peaceful Valley Farm
 * Solaria Corporation
 * Proflowers.com
 * KRW International
 * Goldcare Indutiae, Inc.
 * Cigna
 * DES Architects and Engineers
 * Digitas
 * Dodd, Smith, Dann & Layher
 * Interface
 * International Advisory Group
 * Jacoby & Meyers
 * Peace Works, LLC
 * ROIDirect.com
 * Steelcase
 * Munchkin, Inc.
 * Dancing Cat/Winham Hill Records
 * Conference Board

Government Agencies
 * Canadian International Development Agency

Directors (2007)

 * Jim Garrison, Chairman and President, State of the World Forum
 * James Hickman
 * Caroline Myss

Same people in 2012.

Co-Chairs
"The first State of the World Forum was convened in 1995 by Mikhail Gorbachev and fellow Co-Chairs Oscar Arias, Ruud Lubbers, Thabo Mbeke, George Schultz, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Maurice Strong and Ted Turner. Since that time, the list of Co-Chairs has grown and changed to include the following individuals:"
 * Mikhail Gorbachev - Convening Chairman

Co-Chairs:
 * Askar Akaev - President, Kyrgyzstan
 * Oscar Arias - Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
 * Jean-Bertrand Aristide - President, Haiti
 * James A. Baker III - U.S. Secretary of State (1989-1992)
 * Tansu Çiller - Prime Minister, Turkey (1993-1996)
 * Sonia Gandhi - Chair, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
 * Jane Goodall - Primatologist
 * Ruud Lubbers - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
 * Federico Mayor - Director General, UNESCO (1987-1999)
 * Thabo Mbeki - President, Republic of South Africa
 * Gertrude Mongella - Secretary General, UN World - Conference on Women, Beijing
 * Yasuhiro Nakasone - Prime Minister, Japan (1982-1987)
 * Wally N’Dow - Secretary General, Habitat II, Istanbul
 * Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan
 * Jose Ramos-Horta - Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
 * Jehan Sadat - First Lady of Egypt (1970-1981)
 * Ted Turner - Vice Chairman, AOL Time Warner, Inc.
 * Desmond Tutu - Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
 * Elie Wiesel - Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
 * Marian Wright Edelman - President, Children’s Defense Fund
 * Muhammad Yunus - Managing Director, Grameen Bank

Contact
State of the World Forum The Presidio Building 992 P. O. Box 29434 San Francisco, California 94129 United States Phone: (415) 561-2345 Fax: (415) 561-2323 Email: info AT worldforum.org Web: http://www.worldforum.org

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