Benefits and Services
AFF is an Arab platform for individual independent grant making and operational foundations active and operating in the Arab region.
Join AFF and your organization will engage in a diverse and growing platform for Arab foundations, where your organization can:
- Engage in dialogue with other foundations and partners on issues that are of concern to your organization, within the Arab region and beyond.
- Become stronger by working with other foundations to enhance your organization’s grant making and operations practices.
- Leverage knowledge by tapping into new resources..
- Create partnerships with like-minded colleagues and organizations in your country, cross-border or on regional level.
- Receive discount on meetings, peer-learning events and conferences.
- Vote in the General Membership assembly and stand for election to Board of Directors, committees, working groups and interest groups.
Access information:
- Access materials, manuals, documents and other resources from and about foundations in the Arab region and abroad, including issues, trends and threats for your organization’s further development.
- Receive privileged legal and fiscal information.
- Receive adequate response to your information requests.
- Receive discount on publications, periodicals and information services.
Make your organization’s conduct more professional and effective:
- Take part in workshops, seminars, peer learning events and conferences that help you develop your organization’s professional capacity.
- Increase your organization’s legitimacy by co-creating and adhering to the AFF Principles of Good Practice.
Influence the future of Arab philanthropy and public policies:
- Join the platform for dialogue among members, the private and public sector.
- Help develop policies that shape the landscape of Arab philanthropy.
- Join efforts to create more enabling legal and fiscal environment for foundations in Arab countries.
- Help create more opportunities for philanthropic giving.