Generously hosted by Gheed and Kamal Itani, Massachusetts’ inaugural 100 Arab Americans Who Care event brought together Arab Americans with a shared mission to pool their giving power to support one worthy organization. This community of Arab American philanthropists collectively combined their donations to grant $5,840 to the Center for Arabic Culture, a local nonprofit…
On Saturday, May 13, the Center for Arab American Philanthropy’s 100 Arab American Women Who Care giving circle came together in celebration of its tenth-annual event at Land Rover Novi and pooled its collective donations to grant $10,000 to the Penrickton Center for Blind Children. The event was joined by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and…
We are excited to share that CAAP’s Arab American Heritage Month Series was featured in a Today Show article. Shout out to reporter Rima Abdelkader for this powerful piece on Arab Americans telling their story! Read more about our research on Arab American giving in this post by CAAP…
Arab Americans have a long and rich history of giving back in the United States! This Arab American Heritage Month, we are spotlighting many of the incredible philanthropic initiatives led by Arab Americans. Click the video below for our first episode about the Lebanese Syrian Ladies’ Aid Society of Boston, and follow…
We are excited to announce that the Center for Arab American Philanthropy will be hosting its annual Threads of Giving Gala on Sept. 22, 2023, in Morgan Hill, California, at Guglielmo Winery. At this celebration of Arab American giving, CAAP will honor successful business leader and lifelong social entrepreneur Rania Succar…
Thank you to everyone who supported CAAP’s disaster relief fund to benefit organizations serving those affected by last month’s devastating earthquake. In a matter of days, you maximized our matching funds and CAAP granted a total of $113,879 with $84,865 of those donations granted to the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) and $29,014 to Oxfam…
In response to the powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquakes that struck communities in Syria and Turkey on February 6, 2023, the Center for Arab American Philanthropy, which is the nation’s only Arab American community foundation, immediately launched a nationwide fundraiser to help bring relief to those affected by this tragic event. So far, the appeal has raised $75,434,…
Introducing the next generation of philanthropists. Hear from youth in our Teen Grantmaking Initiative on what inspired them to join the nation’s only youth-led Arab American philanthropy group! 2022/2023 Michigan Chapter: Adam Beydoun, Dearborn High School/DCMST Ahlam Murshed, Edsel Ford High School Batoul Hamka, Henry Ford Early College Celine Hijazi, Dearborn High School Huda Yaseen,…
Did you hear that one of our Kayal research scholars, Miray Philips, has recently published an article in the American Journal of Cultural Sociology? The Dr. Philip M. Kayal Fund for Arab American Research at CAAP supports emerging scholars conducting social science research on the Arab American/ MENA community, ensuring that there is a sophisticated…