Transforming Livelihoods Through Locally-Led, People-Powered Action

The Near East Foundation helps build more sustainable, prosperous, and inclusive communities in the Middle East and Africa through education, community organizing, and economic development.

Your gift to NEF supports education, peacebuilding, job and income creation, and community empowerment for people in some of the Middle East and North Africa’s most impoverished areas.

Transforming Livelihoods Through Locally-Led, People-Powered Action

The Near East Foundation helps build more sustainable, prosperous, and inclusive communities in the Middle East and Africa through education, community organizing, and economic development.

Your gift to NEF supports education, peacebuilding, job and income creation, and community empowerment for people in some of the Middle East and North Africa’s most impoverished areas.

Our Mission

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Our Impact

We have supported and empowered more than 6.5 million people to safely reclaim their lives.  In 2021, we helped bring meaningful change to many people’s lives:

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People were trained to secure employment or start a business

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People increased their income through small business expansion (I don't know what this is)

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People were able to protect their harvests and became more food secure

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People now have safe access to clear drinking water.

The People

Our work is inspired and driven by the people and communities we serve. The people we meet are strong and resourceful, yet challenged by various complexities and barriers. Their stories of resilience and determination prove that partnering and investing at the community level is the most effective way to create meaningful and lasting change.

Meet Khalil

Economic Recovery in Iraq

Meet Sanata

A Village Garden Thrives in Armenia

Meet Asma

Rebuilding a Life in Armenia

Our vision

NEF’s work is based on a conviction that a person’s ability to play an active role in the progress of her or his community hinges on certain opportunities and tools: the knowledge to participate in civic and economic life, a voice in public decisions, and the means to make a meaningful living. We call this Knowledge, Voice, Enterprise.

KNOWLEDGE

Expanding knowledge and skills to fully participate in civic and economic life. 

VOICE

Ensuring a voice in public decisions that affect individual and community well-being.

ENTERPRISE

Creating opportunities to earn a safe, sustainable, and dignified living wage.

Our History

In 1915, a group of ordinary citizens were horrified to hear of genocide in Armenia. Moved by what they saw, they immediately set out to help. Together, they raised millions of dollars in relief funds, rallied brave overseas volunteers, and mobilized their communities like never before – saving the lives of more than one million refugees.

More than one hundred years later, the Near East Foundation, as it is now known, continues to help the people of Armenia, as well as other countries in the Middle East, Africa and the Caucasus. 

We meet the top charity standards, so you can be assured we will make the most of your donation.

We meet the top charity standards, so you can be assured we will make the most of your donation.

100% of donations go toward fueling our impact, with 93% supporting direct program activities and 7% supporting organization operations to ensure efficient and effective programming.

We are an accredited member of the Better Business Bureau, meeting the highest standards for ethics and accountability.

We hold the top 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator.

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