El Hibri Foundation

BUILDING CAPACITY PROGRAMTHE EL-HIBRI FOUNDATIONS (EHF) BUILDING CAPACITY PROGRAM OFFERS TRAINING FOR MISSION-ALIGNED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN KEY LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES. NONPROFITS ADVANCING INCLUSION OF AMERICAN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES ARE OFTEN UNDER-RESOURCED, AND THESE CUSTOMIZED TRAININGS ARE DESIGNED TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE AND EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE KEY TO ROBUST AND LONG-TERM AMERICAN MUSLIM INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY. EHFS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TRAININGS FOCUS ON HELPING NONPROFIT LEADERS DEVELOP COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING STRATEGIES TO REACH KEY AUDIENCES AND INSPIRE THEM TO POSITIVE ACTION. EHFS NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT TRAININGS HELP NONPROFIT LEADERS LEARN HOW TO LEAD THEIR ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH STRATEGIC PLANNING, FUNDRAISING PLANNING, AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT.

THE EL-HIBRI PEACE AWARDS PROGRAMTHE EL-HIBRI FOUNDATION (EHF) PROVIDES / OFFERS PRIZES AND CONDUCTS PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE LEADERSHIP IN ADVANCING INCLUSION, BUILDING CAPACITY, AND ORGANIZING COMMUNITIES FOR POSITVE SOCIAL CHANGE. DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, ACTIVITIES REVERTED TO SMALLER, MOSTLY VIRTUAL EVENTS AND PRIZES AND THE ANNUAL IN-PERSON, LARGER CEREMONY WERE SUSPENDED.

THE EL-HIBRI ORGANIZING COMMUNITIES PROGRAMTHE EL-HIBRI FOUNDATIONS (EHF) ORGANIZING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM CONVENES NONPROFIT LEADERS TO FORGE NEW PARTNERSHIPS AND FOSTER COLLABORATION. SPECIFICALLY, EHF ORGANIZES AND CONVENES MULTIPLE WORKING GROUPS EACH YEAR AROUND SPECIFIC ISSUES OF COMMON CONCERN TO NONPROFIT LEADERS ADVANCING INCLUSION OF AMERICAN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES. THESE WORKING GROUPS PROVIDE THEM WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH CONNECTIONS, IDENTIFY SHARED OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES, AND EVEN FACILITATE COLLECTIVE ACTION TO SOLVE FOR THESE ISSUES. EHF ALSO PROVIDES SPACE GRANTS, IN-KIND DONATIONS TO NONPROFITS FOR EVENT SPACE AND SUPPORT FOR THEIR OWN COLLABORATIVE STRATEGY SESSIONS.

THE EL-HIBRI ADVANCING INCLUSION PROGRAMTHE EL-HIBRI FOUNDATIONS (EHF) ADVANCING INCLUSION PROGRAM SEEKS TO PROMOTE ITS VISION OF A SOCIETY WHERE EVERYONE CAN ACHIEVE THE AMERICAN DREAM IN A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE WORLD. EHF ENCOURAGES PUBLIC SUPPORT OF AND ENGAGEMENT IN THIS WORK BY CONVENING CROSS-SECTOR LEADERSHIP TO CELEBRATE ACHIEVEMENTS THAT ADVANCE INCLUSION OF AMERICAN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES. AN EXAMPLE OF THESE EFFORTS IS THE ANNUAL IBRAHIM EL-HIBRI INTERFAITH LECTURE AND IFTAR, WHICH INVITES LEADING SCHOLARS OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS AND BACKGROUNDS TO REFLECT ON INTER-RELIGIOUS RELATIONS OVER THE TRADITIONAL BREAKING OF THE FAST DURING THE MONTH OF RAMADAN. THE IFTAR IS A CONTINUATION OF THE LEGACY OF THE LATE IBRAHIM EL-HIBRI, A DEVOUT MUSLIM. HE AND HIS WIFE ELISABETH EL-HIBRI, A CHRISTIAN, WERE VISIONARIES WHO BELIEVED THAT THE WORLDS GREATEST RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS HAVE MORE SHARED COMMONALITIES THAN DIFFERENCES, AND WHO SOUGHT TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING AND PERCEPTIONS O