Arab Foundations Forum (AFF)

The Arab Foundations Forum (AFF) is a not-for-profit membership-based association of philanthropic foundations in the Arab region.

The vision is for an effective and strategic philanthropic sector in the Arab region that engages with all aspects of society towards growing social responsibility and investment, while advancing public good.

The Arab Foundations Forum serves as a hub for networking, knowledge sharing and capacity building for its members and partners. They aim to foster dialogue and collaboration opportunities amongst the network in order to bolster the capacity and efficacy of strategic philanthropy in the Arab region.

The establishment of The Arab Foundations Forum came about as a response to the rapid increase in the number of philanthropic foundations in the Arab region and from the need to create an infrastructure for this emerging philanthropic sector that supports a more strategic and effective culture of giving.

Objectives

• To establish themselves as a knowledge and resource hub for all things related to strategic philanthropy in the Arab region by supporting the sector in its various activities, initiatives and endeavors
• To provide the members with quality benefits and services and tailoring the benefits and activities to the sector and the region, as well as providing substantive content to the members and partners through the activities that they offer to the network
• To play a pivotal role in facilitating and spearheading initiatives around advocacy for the sector, whether on behalf of the members or in service thereof