The Asfari Foundation
The Asfari Foundation was established in 2006 by Syrian British businessman Ayman Asfari and his wife, Sawsan Asfari. Since then, the Foundation has invested over £60 million in the Levant region and the UK, to primarily strengthen the sustainability of a resilient civil society infrastructure and empower youth through education, innovation, and entrepreneurship. As a philanthropic family foundation, we believe we are leading the way in this regard.
At the Asfari Foundation, partnerships are the cornerstone of our approach and we firmly believe in the transformative power of collaboration. In a world riddled with complex challenges, we understand that no single entity can address them in isolation. Hence, we actively seek out, support, and collaborate with like-minded partners who share our vision for a more equitable and inclusive world. It is our belief that by uniting our strengths, we can catalyze meaningful change and drive long-term impact.
what we do
Our Approach
At the foundation we seek to add value to partners and potential partners at every stage of the grant process, we celebrate the importance of organisational development at every stage, even bringing it into our own practice by way of piloting new types of grant and intervention. Increasingly, we seek to move towards a more catalytic form of philanthropy, committed to enabling a robust, impactful, and diverse civil society in the Middle East, at the Ecosystem level, the Organisation level, and via innovation – what we refer to as the Lab level. The Foundation also seeks to promote localisation by offering long term, flexible funding and capacity building to its partners, awarding grants of up to £75,000 per year for up to three years.
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Civil Society
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Knowledge Production and Influencing
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General Inquiry
info@asfarifoundation.org.uk
Phone
(0044) 207 372 3889