Ashoka Arab World
Regional hub identifying and supporting leading social entrepreneurs across nine Arab countries
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Ashoka Arab World is the regional branch of Ashoka, one of the world's largest social entrepreneurship networks, launched in Cairo in 2003. It identifies and supports leading social entrepreneurs across nine Arab countries - Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, and Kuwait - providing stipends, technical assistance, and connections to a global network. The organization promotes social entrepreneurship as an alternative to traditional charity and encourages sustainable development partnerships between the social and corporate sectors.
To elect and support social entrepreneurs across the Arab region so they can drive systemic change and cultivate an environment where every citizen can participate in solving social problems.
Ashoka Arab World, the regional branch of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, was launched in Cairo in 2003. It identifies and supports leading social entrepreneurs across nine Arab countries and helped establish the social entrepreneurship sector in the region.
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#12 of 35 community development charities in Egypt on integrity score
34/100 puts it in the top 32% of the cohort, tied with 6 others. Positions are competition ranks: ties share a position. Cohorts are the tightest local peer set with at least 30 comparable organizations; a metric is left out where the cohort is too small or nearly uniform.
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Compared with 8 similar community development charities in Egypt.
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Ashoka Arab World is a community development nonprofit based in Cairo, Egypt. GiveRadar lists it from public charity directories and does not hold an official government registration record for it. It was founded in 2003 and has been operating for 23 years. GiveRadar's Integrity Assessment for the organization is 34/100, which reflects how much public information is available, not whether the charity is legitimate.
Ashoka Arab World is the regional branch of Ashoka, one of the world's largest social entrepreneurship networks, launched in Cairo in 2003. It identifies and supports leading social entrepreneurs across nine Arab countries - Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, and Kuwait - providing stipends, technical assistance, and connections to a global network. The organization promotes social entrepreneurship as an alternative to traditional charity and encourages sustainable development partnerships between the social and corporate sectors. Ashoka Arab World is a community development organization based in Egypt. The organization was founded in 2003.
Ashoka Arab World is located in Cairo, Egypt. The organization was established in 2003 and has been active for 23 years.
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Quick facts about Ashoka Arab World
- What is Ashoka Arab World?
- Ashoka Arab World is a community development non-governmental based in Cairo, Egypt. Ashoka Arab World is the regional branch of Ashoka, one of the world's largest social entrepreneurship networks, launched in Cairo in 2003. It identifies and supports leading social entrepreneurs across nine Arab countries - Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, and Kuwait - providing stipends, technical assistance, and connections to a global network. The organization promotes social entrepreneurship as an alternative to traditional charity and encourages sustainable development partnerships between the social and corporate sectors.
- When was Ashoka Arab World founded?
- Ashoka Arab World was founded in 2003.
- Where is Ashoka Arab World located?
- Headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.
- Is Ashoka Arab World trustworthy?
- Ashoka Arab World has a GiveRadar Integrity Assessment of 34 out of 100 (Limited data available). The score reflects public-data transparency: registration, financial disclosure, governance, contact details, and how recently data was refreshed. It does not measure program impact.
- What is Ashoka Arab World's website?
- http://www.ashoka-arab.org/
- Are donations to Ashoka Arab World tax-deductible?
- Donations may be tax-deductible for residents of Egypt under local rules. US donors should check whether the charity has an equivalency-determination letter or a US-based fiscal sponsor before claiming a deduction.