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  Wednesday evening we hosted our Fifth Annual Fundraiser for Girls’ Education in Turkey. We raised close to $15,000 for TPF Stars Program and will be able to further invest in the future of 40 bright young women by helping them go to college! Our sincere thanks for making our path possible with your continued support! Special thanks to our host […]

Sedef still remembers the chills she felt when she paraded into the stadium during the Opening Ceremony at 2008 Beijing Olympics. “It was one of the most unforgettable memories of my life,” she notes. “It was a dream come true.” The decision to take a break from her professional career to compete in the Olympics […]

“Both of my parents died when I was young. I was raised by my grandmother and uncle. My uncle wanted to marry me off in exchange for a dowry when I was 16. He needed the money to care for the family. I spoke to my teacher about it and my teacher got me in touch […]

Huseyin, aspired to be an IT specialist, was in his second year in college when he had to leave his homeland and took refuge in Turkey. He assumed he would resume his studies in Information Technology. However, things did not unfold as he had imagined. “After leaving my war-torn country of Syria, I was hoping I would […]

Thank you for attending “Celebrating Philanthropy & Reimagining Education” reception and honoring Güler Sabancı and her family’s contribution to philanthropy with us last night. It was great having you. Building one of a kind community around philanthropy has always been in the center of our work as a source of motivation and inspiration.  And we’re delighted to have you […]

New York, NY (May 1st, 2018) – Turkish Philanthropy Funds is proud to announce the 2018 Sena Eken Schieber Economics Award recipients: Bahar Zafer and Beril Yalcinkaya. Bahar will undertake her graduate studies in the M.A. Analytical Political Economy (MAPE) program, a joint master’s program of the Departments of Economics and Political Science at Duke University. Beril will enroll in Cornell University’s MS program […]