LET’S GET THINGS DONE, TOGETHER!

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5th Element Foundation Members are given access to some of this year’s most prestigious events, each event being enhanced by 5th Element Foundation community gatherings intended to grow strong ties between members that help foster “omniwin” partnerships for a better world.

ACCESS TO COMMUNITIES OF INFLUENCE

We create welcoming experiences as part of world-shaping events that result in impactful interactions.

RELATIONAL ADVOCACY

We advocate for members through an intentional process of cultivating relationships and recognizing giftedness.

OMNIWIN PARTNERSHIPS STRATEGY

We design possible partnership models for 5th Element Foundation members to accelerate each person’s work in the world.

WHAT ARE THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS?

The SDGs are 17 goals agreed upon by 193 countries to realize a more sustainable and prosperous humanity and planet by 2030.

Background

In September 2019, 5th Element Group PBC sponsored and co-hosted The SDG Frontier Finance Forum at UN Headquarters in New York City. At that gathering, an SDG-inspired charitable funds administrator (The 5th Element Foundation Fund) and a related collaborative community (The 5th Element Foundation) were announced to accelerate the path to achieving the UN’s Global Goals by 2030.

MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE WITH US.

We stand at a precipice of an incredible opportunity to create and deliver moonshots that will transform our future.
Colonel Ronald Garan, Jr. (Ret)
Former NASA Astronaut, 5th Element Co-Founder

FLOATING IN DARKNESS

Ron Garan, former NASA Astronaut and Co-founder of 5th Element, builds on the success of his first book Orbital Perspective with a powerful new book called Floating In Darkness. Ron’s new book inspires collective action from the perspective of awe and wonder, versus the perspective of fear and divisiveness. Contact us to request a copy of one of Ron’s books, or to book his epic multi-media presentation at your next event.
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THE 5th ELEMENT FOUNDATION COMMUNITY

We believe that relational, cross-silo collaboration is essential to building omniwin partnerships to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. To facilitate that, we created a community of the like-minded, called The 5th Element Foundation.

As a community of brand leaders, institutional donors, impact investors and SDG solution-makers, we participate in some of the world’s most celebrated events relating to socio-economic and environmental impact — and we even help host events all our own. We also work to serve each 5th Element Foundation member with services and experiences personalized to them and their lifework agenda.

ASPENX FIRE & ICE

Colorado

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

Davos

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

Oslo

UN SUSTAINABLE SUMMITS

New York City

LATEST NEWS

Updates about “Traffic on the Bridge” between KPI-Driven Performance and SDG-Aligned Impact
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October 6, 2023

5th Element Doc, I AM SOMEBODY, Selected for Worldwide Premiere at Rio International Film Festival

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October 4, 2023

Photo Journey of the Street Child Cricket World Cup in India, produced by 5th Element partner Street Child United

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April 18, 2023

5th Element Leads Successful Search for CEO of National Women’s History Museum

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March 10, 2023

Inaugural Fire and Ice Gala in Aspen Supports 100 Billion Meals Challenge and Future of Food Initiatives

BRAND COLLABORATION SPOTLIGHT

BRAND COLLABORATION SPOTLIGHT

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EPX EXPLORER MEMBERSHIP INCLUDED

WHY WE FACILITATE PROGRAM FUNDS AND DONOR ADVISED FUNDS

TAX PLANNING BENEFITS

A DAF facilitates tax-beneficial giving options for donor-investors and helps align investments by converting donations into funding accounts for Mission-Related Investments (“MRI”).

DONATION INCLUSIVITY

A DAF can accept liquid and illiquid assets including collectibles, real estate, stocks, bonds and cash. A DAF can also accepts digital assets as well, with no fiat conversion required.

MOONSHOT INVESTMENTS

A community of donors can leverage the services and resources of other partners/donors to multiply the impact of their donation through match giving, collective marketing, contests, etc.

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SDG PEOPLE®

SDG People® is a story-catching campaign to share the unique contributions of people all over the world to make an impact toward the achievement of the UN SDGs by 2030. We will share here pictures, stories, profiles and award-winners who inspire us in our shared efforts to create a more flourishing humanity. We also share below the work we commissioned from Ralph Reutimann as part of his SDG Impact Heroes® Series.

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
– Maya Angelou

5th ELEMENT FOUNDATION BRIEFINGS

Get the latest on news from the 5th Element Foundation relating to the active intersection of corporate brand leaders, donors, investors and solution-makers — where community is created connected to the shared quest to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
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