Our Foundation, established by the Sabancı brothers in 1974 to continue the family’s tradition of philanthropy in an institutional form, champions Hacı Ömer Sabancı’s principle of “Sharing What We Have Obtained from This Land with Its People.” We have built permanent facilities such as schools, teachers’ houses, dormitories, and Sabancı University across Türkiye, while supporting equal opportunities in education through scholarships and encouraging success with awards. We have contributed to the flourishing of our country’s culture and arts by organizing and supporting various events.

Since 2007, we have restructured our Foundation to adopt strategic philanthropy. We have identified “women,” “youth,” and “people with disabilities” as our priority areas and developed projects with various NGOs or supported their initiatives with grants.

As part of our revamped roadmap in 2017, we have focused on “Creating a Lasting Impact” in our activities. We have configured our grant programs to allow for further deepening. While we use the power of art to raise awareness about social issues, we also ensure that the projects we are involved with go beyond raising awareness and generate a more lasting impact.

Our Foundation has incorporated climate change into its focus areas and committed to reviewing all its activities through a climate lens. We remain the first institution from Türkiye to sign the “International Philanthropy Commitment on Climate Change.” We have also been providing grant support to NGO projects under the sub- theme of combating climate change since 2022.

In 2024, for the 50th anniversary of our Foundation, we redefined our target group and thematic focus areas in our strategic framework.