[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2014-12-18-en ________________________________ ICANN Donates $50k to Internet Governance Forum Support Association Donation is Part of a Larger ICANN Commitment of $330k to Ensure IGF Remains Key Venue for Internet Policy Dialogue 18 December 2014 Los Angeles, California... The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced today that it has donated USD$50,000 to the Internet Governance Forum Support Association (IGFSA). "I'm delighted to announce this donation," said Fadi Chehadé, President and CEO of ICANN. "The IGF is an incredibly important part of the global Internet governance ecosystem, and it's my hope that this additional funding will allow the IGF to remain a vital part of the ongoing discussion." This donation is part of a larger commitment by ICANN to support the IGF globally as well as the regional IGF's. It will allow the IGF to continue to serve as the essential meeting place for the multistakeholder community to discuss the critical policy issues that affect Internet governance and demonstrate best practice. Last fiscal year ICANN contributed USD$280,000 to support the IGF globally and regionally. With this new contribution to the IGFSA, it will raise the total support from ICANN this fiscal year FY15 to a total of USD$330,000. "The continued success of the Internet depends on forums like the IGF, which allow the multistakeholder model, that relies heavily on open dialogue, to prosper and thrive," said Tarek Kamel, Senior Advisor to ICANN's President on Government Engagement. Kamel, is also a member of the Executive Committee of the IGFSA. He further noted, "With this donation, we affirm ICANN's support for the IGF and look forward to a successful IGF 2015 in Brazil." # # # Established by the United Nations Secretary-General in 2006, the IGF is a multistakeholder forum that addresses key Internet governance issues. To learn more go to http://www.intgovforum.org/ The Internet Governance Forum Support Association, established by the Internet Society Board of Trustees in September 2014, is an independent association established to help secure funding and support for the IGF. To learn more go to http://www.igfsa.org/ Media Contacts Brad White Director of Communications, North America Washington, D.C. Tel: +1 202 570 7119 Email: brad.white@icann.org<mailto:brad.white@icann.org> James Cole Global Media Coordinator Washington, D.C. Tel: +1 202 570 7139 Email: james.cole@icann.org<mailto:james.cole@icann.org> About ICANN ICANN's mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers. ICANN doesn't control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn't deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet's naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more information please visit: www.icann.org<https://www.icann.org/>.