2020

New York, NY (May 19, 2020) – On this 19th of May, also known as the Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day, Turkish Philanthropy Funds is proud to announce the 2020 Sena Eken Schieber Economics Award recipients: Kardelen Çiçek and Duygu Ekin Şimşek-Ayasli! These young women are impressive representatives of the youth that we celebrate […]

Turkish Philanthropy Funds (TPF) is proud to announce that United for Turkey, Koruncuk, LOSEV, NeedsMap, NEF Foundation, and Small Projects of Istanbul are selected as the next round of grant recipients of the TPF COVID-19 Community Relief Fund. With the Relief Fund, TPF sees its role as being the bridge that helps our partners and our community get the help to obtain […]

When her husband and Dilek Anderson got married, they knew would eventually need to make a decision as to where they will create their family home. He was a Microsoft employee and Seattle resident, and she was an attorney and Izmir resident. Dilek decided to remain in their home in Izmir with her daughter, and […]

Thank you to everyone who joined our #KeepHopeAlive Music Marathon. We wouldn’t have been able to do without the support of our TPF Community – the talented artists, our partners, our board members and our donors! TPF’s #KeepHopeAlive music marathon took place on multiple online platforms and we were overwhelmed with excitement seeing how thousands […]

Turkish Philanthropy Funds (TPF) is proud to announce that United for Turkey and TOHUM Autism Foundation are selected as the 4th round of grant recipients of the TPF COVID-19 Community Relief Fund. With the Relief Fund, TPF sees its role as being the bridge that helps our partners and our community get the help to […]

Turkish Philanthropy Funds has worked with donors and our partners on the ground to understand the effects of COVID-19 on communities and respond immediately. Our goal has been to support containment, response, and recovery activities for those affected and for the responders. Below is a list of the nonprofits to receive grants from TPF for […]

Children’s Day is celebrated throughout Turkey on April 23rd yearly. For Children’s Day this year, TPF partners with TOHUM Autism Foundation to give the gift of online education. Due to COVID-19 the students of TOHUM have faced new challenges, by donating to our COVID-19 Community Relief Fund, TPF will be able to help 78 TOHUM […]