The Angelo King Foundation Inc. (AKFI) was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a non-stock, non-profit corporation on September 20, 1978 to institutionalize the various funding assistance of its founder and Chairman, Angelo King. It is a grant making foundation which helps organizations provide opportunities to those who want to improve their lives.
Its purposes, among others, are “to provide financial and management assistance to NGOs, People’s Organizations for them to become catalysts in attaining self-reliance and empowerment among their members; to provide financial assistance to institutions which seek to develop leaders and development workers who have the vision and commitment to work for a better quality of life; to support learning institutions that ensure, encourage and sustain self-employment and source of income among indigent families”. The Foundation’s programs now focus on giving grants to partner NGOs.