2010

Overview Turkish Philanthropy Funds (TPF, localhost/tpfund/) taps into and unleashes philanthropic giving from the Turkish Diaspora and friends of Turkey. It empowers these groups to take action in four key areas: gender equality, economic development, education and arts & culture.  We seek an energetic intern who will assist with TPF’s social cause marketing. Description Founded […]

Turkish Philanthropy Funds will be organizing a panel on transnational philanthropy and its effects on social development at the ISTR Conference on July 8 from 4:00-5:30 pm at Kadir Has University. Panelists include Lou Anne King Jensen, Dr. Banu Onaral, Haldun Tashman, and Senay Ataselim. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Mark Sidel. For […]

The new school built in Caykisla in honor of Esat Egesoy and Bedia Basgoz by the Porcaro Education Fund at TPF had its official opening ceremony on May 24, 2010. The children of Caykisla and their families, as well as many supporters of the school were present to celebrate this day.

USA Today will give one charity a full-page, full-color ad valued at nearly $190,000. The competition continues till Friday, April 16th, 11:59 pm (ET). How can you help? 1. Post a tweet that reads “#AmericaWants Turkish Philanthropy Funds to get a full-page ad in USA Today. Please RT!” 2. Follow @tphilanthropy on Twitter and re-tweet […]

2010 Emerging Leaders International Fellows of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Anna, Jennifer, Zeynep, Bernadette and Alexandra visited Turkish Philanthropy Funds to learn about TPF, and discuss civil society and community foundations. Since its inception twenty years ago, the International Fellows Program has sponsored 142 fellows from 54 countries. TPF’s Chief Operating Officer, […]

In an effort to provide assistance to the victims of the earthquake in Elazığ, Turkish Philanthropy Funds has reached out to leading nonprofit organizations in Turkey to find the most feasible way to support the disaster relief efforts. We learned that the center of the earthquake is the district of Başyurt at Karakocan however the […]

TPF Grantee Dr. Zeynep Simsek’s project “Seasonal Migrant Workers Youth Program” supported through the Sabanci Foundation Grant Program of the UN Joint Program to Promote and Protect Human Rights of Women and Girls has recently been completed. The purpose of the project was to reduce social exclusion of seasonal migrant workers from the rest of […]