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AMIR FundThe AMIR Fund
About the Fund

Our commitment to impactful change

The AMIR Fund supports people in need. We expand access to quality education and to opportunities in medicine, science and technology, and give tools and direct aid to families living in poverty.

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Mission

Expand access

To expand access to quality education, science and technology, foster lifelong learning, and advance medicine by supporting exceptional individuals and groundbreaking research.

Vision

Bridge the gaps

To bridge gaps in education, healthcare and technology, and create sustainable solutions to poverty and other social challenges.

Purpose

Empower communities

To empower individuals and communities by strategically managing and allocating scholarship, research and community support funds, and by giving aid to those in need.

Our values

What guides every award

ExcellenceWe reward effort and achievement.
Access & EquityAbility, not income, decides who succeeds.
GratitudeWe give back to the institutions that formed us.
LegacyA perpetual structure built to outlast its founders.
MentorshipWe stay with recipients beyond the award.
Giving BackWe give at least 2.5% of our income to those in need every year.
The investment

An endowment that pays for itself

The founders placed their gifts in an expandable endowment, AMIR FEST. It is held by an independent corporate trustee, First Trustees Nigeria Limited, and invested in high-yield government bonds, treasury bills, money market instruments and ethical investment funds.

Only the returns are spent. Part of each year's return funds prizes, scholarships and research grants, and the rest is reinvested so the Fund can grow. The first cycle runs for five years, after which the founders will renew and expand it based on the impact it shows.

Charitable TrustConstituted under a signed Deed of Trust
Independent trusteeFirst Trustees Nigeria Limited, Lagos
Signed MoUsWith every partner institution before funds move
Direct paymentFunds go straight to institutions and recipients, with no intermediaries
Governance

How the Fund works

Clear rules protect the endowment and the people it serves.

  1. EndowmentThe founders' gifts are held in trust by First Trustees Nigeria Limited.
  2. InvestmentThe trustee invests in government bonds, treasury bills and money market instruments.
  3. PartnershipEach institution signs an MoU that sets award categories and criteria.
  4. SelectionRecipients are chosen on merit against published criteria.
  5. Payment & reviewFunds go directly to recipients. We monitor, review and report on results.

Meet the people behind the Fund.

Two students who were given a chance. One promise to give back.

Read our story