AFRICA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS ALLIANCE
Building Africa's Community Foundation Movement
Helping community foundations across Africa learn, connect and grow through practical resources, peer networks and continental collaboration.
WHO WE ARE
An African-Led Alliance of Community Foundations
The Africa Community Foundations Alliance brings together community foundations and support organisations across the continent to learn from one another, strengthen local philanthropy and build lasting community-owned solutions.
FREE RESOURCES
Tools Created by African Practitioners
Access practical guides, toolkits and publication designed specifically for community foundations operating in African contexts.
COUNTRY INSIGHTS
Understanding the Community Foundation Landscape
Explore emerging trends and local community philanthropy developments across ACFA's focus countries.
Ghana
- North Gonja Community Foundation
- Busunu Community Foundation
- Tamale Development Trust Bole
- District Community Foundation
- Saboba District Community Foundation
- Mafi-Kpedzegblo Community Foundation
- Volta Muslim Community
- Development Foundation
Kenya
- Nguzo Africa Community Foundation
- Nkoilale Community
- Development Foundation
- Community Socio-Environmental Organization (COSEO)
- Action for Child Development Trust (ACDT)
- Jomvu Community Foundation
- Kambe Initiative Group Ribe Initiative Group
- Amidzi CBO
- Chando cha Kisiwani
- LECODI
- LACECODI
- Dhamira Moja CBO Group
- Ndithini Community
- Development Association
- Kitui Developmen Centre
Zimbabwe
- The Valley Trust
- Tshwane Leadership
- Foundation Uthungulu
- Community Foundation
- Initiative for Community Advancement
Uganda
- Ethur Community Foundation
- Community Catalys
- Foundation Puah Community
- Foundation Women Rights Initiative
- Pacem Havens
South Africa
- The Valley Trust
- Tshwane Leadership
- Foundation Uthungulu
- Community Foundation
- Initiative for Community Advancement
Zambia
- Kankole Community Foundation
- Kamwemishi Community
- Foundation Nyankanga
- Community Foundation
- Mphukila Community
- Foundation Baka Community Foundation
Malawii
- Luso Langa Community Foundation
- Grassroot Action and Support Organization
- Rise for Phoka
- Do Your Part
OUR NETWORK
A Growing Movement Across the Continent
Community foundations and support organisations are emerging across Southern, East and West Africa. ACFA helps connect practitioners across countries, contexts and stages of development.
UPCOMING EVENT
Africa Community Foundation Convening
Join practitioners, partners and movement leaders from across Africa for learning, connection and collaboration. Mombasa, Kenya • October 2026 Exact dates and venue to be confirmed.
LATEST INSIGHTS
Stories From Across the Movement
Beyond the Numbers: What it will take for Africa’s Community Foundations to last
By Tarisai Jangara
On Tuesday 6 October 2026, at the inaugural Africa Community Foundations Convening in Mombasa, Kenya, Shelly Satuku, Lead Researcher, presented the findings of Community Foundations in Africa: A Landscape Analysis. The study maps around 102 organisations at different stages of development across Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. A movement at different […]
Testing the Ground: What Feasibility Studies Revealed About Community Foundations in Africa
By Tarisai Jangara
Five years ago, three researchers set out to answer a question the development sector kept asking: does the community foundation model make sense in Africa? What they found changed how the movement sees itself. On Tuesday 6 October 2026, at the inaugural Africa Community Foundations Convening in Mombasa, Kenya, Susan Njambi, Team Lead at Lusoma […]
“Believe in the Power of Organised People”: Opening Day of the Africa Community Foundations Convening
By Tarisai Jangara
With that call, Monica Mutuku, founding CEO of the Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF), set the tone for the first full day of the inaugural Africa Community Foundations Convening on Tuesday 6 October 2026. Held from 5 to 8 October 2026 at the PrideInn Flamingo Beach Resort and Spa in Mombasa, Kenya, the convening brought […]
WHY COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS MATTER
Strong Communities Are Built by the People Who Call Them Home
ACFA exists to strengthen locally rooted philanthropy across Africa by connecting practitioners, sharing knowledge and supporting community foundations to lead change from within their own communities.
