Impact
We support initiatives that expand entrepreneurship, financial inclusion and equitable growth, through:
Catalytic seed funding
Support for micro-finance and micro-equity models
Incubation of social enterprises
Partnerships with development institutions
The Foundation supports the development of human capital across our region by:
Enabling volunteers from across Fajr Capital to contribute time and expertise
Developing youth leadership and capability programmes that build confidence, skills and pathways to opportunity
Funding research, fellowships and educational initiatives
Supporting universities, think tanks and training institutions
An alliance of goodness that brings together values-driven leaders, institutions and communities. We seek to strengthen and elevate the philanthropic sector by:
Building the institutional capacity of NGOs and social enterprises
Facilitating collaboration between public, private and philanthropic partners
Enabling the exchange of philanthropic best practices – ensuring ideas, models and lessons flow where they are needed most
Supporting the strategic, financial and operational strengthening for high-potential individuals and organisations
In 2018, Fajr Capital Foundation signed a partnership agreement with UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, to support and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people around the world.
From protracted displacement in Syria and Afghanistan to more recent crises in Sudan and elsewhere, the global refugee crisis is one of the most pressing challenges facing our world today and requires governments, businesses and civil society to work together in more coordinated and sustained ways.
The Foundation is committed to expanding access to opportunity across our core markets, and this partnership has grown into a focused effort to support both humanitarian assistance and longer-term development programmes in territories with a high concentration of refugees.
Through this collaboration, the Foundation has supported a range of key interventions, including:
Providing life-sustaining financial support through UNHCR’s Zakat initiative to hundreds of vulnerable Syrian and Rohingya refugee families – enabling them to meet urgent needs with dignity.
