The Aga Khan Foundation

The Aga Khan Foundation is a non-governmental organization founded in 1967 to assist the poorest parts of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Unlike big international organizations like the ICRC, the Aga Khan focuses on specific problems on certain parts of the world and forms intellectual/financial partnerships with other organizations to achieve its objectives. Although the foundation has a somewhat Islamic origin, the Aga Khan seeks to aid those regardless of religion, gender or origin. The Aga Khan Foundation works in 30 countries with 80000 people who are mostly based in developing countries. The annual budget in 2010 was around 625 million dollars and project companies of the Aga Khan created revenues of 2.3 billion dollars. The network’s organizations have individual mandates that range from the fields of health to rural development and they collaborate to achieve a common goal of building institutions and programs that can respond to social and economic challenges on an ongoing basis.