Tent Foundation

The Tent Partnership for Refugees, previously known as the Tent Foundation, is a non-profit organization founded by Hamdi Ulukaya, the founder and CEO of Chobani Yogurt. It is a coalition of businesses that have committed to take action to help refugees.

Tent Partnership for Refugees
FounderHamdi Ulukaya
Founded atNew York
Legal statusNon-profit organization
HeadquartersNew York City
Executive Director
Gideon Maltz
Websitehttp://www.tent.org

Established in 2016 and headquartered in New York City,[1] the organization brings together companies to improve the lives of the more than 25 million people[2] around the world who have been forcibly displaced from their home countries. The Tent Partnership encourages businesses to play a more active role in addressing the crisis by hiring refugees, integrating them into supply chains, supporting refugee entrepreneurs, and delivering services to them.[3]

History

In 2015, Chobani's CEO and founder, Hamdi Ulukaya, signed the Giving Pledge, committing to give the majority of his personal wealth to help end the global refugee crisis.[4] He founded the Tent Foundation for this purpose. In 2016, the Tent Foundation incorporated the private sector commitments announced in response to President Obama's 2016 Call to Action for Private Sector Engagement on the Global Refugee Crisis.[5]

The Tent Partnership for Refugees was launched in 2016 at the World Economic Forum in Davos.[6] The inaugural members of the Tent Alliance included Airbnb, Becton Dickinson, Chobani, Cotopaxi, Henry Schein, the IKEA Foundation, Johnson & Johnson, LinkedIn, MasterCard, Pearson, UPS, and Western Union.[1] Since 2016, this group has grown to more than 100 companies,[7] including companies such as Salesforce, Deloitte, WeWork, and Starbucks.[5]

References
  1. Ulukaya, Hamdi. "Opinion: Big business must 'hack' refugee crisis". CNN Money. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  2. Edwards, Adrian. "UNHCR Figures at a Glance". UNHCR. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  3. "Tent - Homepage".
  4. "Hamdi Ulukaya" (PDF). Pledge Letter. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  5. "Partners - Tent". Tent. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  6. Young, Emily (2016-01-22). "Refugee crisis: 'Bring business in'". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  7. "20 Global Companies Announce New Commitments to Help Address the Refugee Crisis". World Bank. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
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