74.7 million dirhams in revenues from endowments of government and semi-government agencies in the emirate during 2025

The Dubai Endowments and Minors’ Funds Management Foundation announced the transfer of the shares and proceeds of endowments registered with the Foundation to a number of governmental and semi-governmental agencies in the emirate, with a total value of 74.7 million dirhams during the year 2025, within the framework of the Foundation’s role in managing and developing endowment assets and enhancing their sustainable societal impact.

The endowment proceeds were distributed among nine entities and institutions, including the Department of Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities in Dubai, the Community Development Authority, the People of Determination Club, the Mohammed bin Rashid University of Medicine and Science, and the Dubai Foundation for Women and Children, in addition to others. The endowments varied between health, educational, and social matters, which contributes to supporting therapeutic research, financing educational initiatives, caring for people of determination, and promoting community programs with a humanitarian and developmental impact.

The Endowments and Minors’ Funds Management Foundation in Dubai is responsible for managing and investing the endowments of these entities in accordance with the best institutional and investment practices, which contributes to maximizing the endowment’s returns and sustainability, and directing its proceeds towards the banks and goals for which they were established, thus enhancing the developmental and societal impact of the endowments in various vital sectors.

The Foundation confirmed that the transfer of revenues comes within an integrated system for managing and developing endowments in accordance with the highest standards of governance and sustainability, ensuring that the impact of endowment revenues is maximized and directed towards sectors of societal priority, in line with Dubai’s trends in consolidating endowment work as a sustainable development stream.

Ali Al Mutawa, Secretary General of the Foundation for Endowments and Minors’ Fund Management in Dubai, said: “The Foundation continues its efforts to develop the endowment system and enhance its investment and administrative efficiency in order to achieve sustainability and the targeted societal return, as these endowments represent a vital model of community partnership in supporting the health, education, and social care sectors and empowering people of determination.”

He added: “We are working to manage and develop endowment assets according to an institutional vision based on governance, transparency and maximizing impact, which contributes to supporting the beneficiaries and enabling them to continue their humanitarian and development roles, and enhances the endowment’s position as an effective tool in sustainable community development.”

Al-Mutawa pointed out that the Foundation also implements a number of endowment projects in partnership with other governmental and semi-governmental bodies, within the framework of expanding the scope of development endowments and enhancing their contribution to supporting the community and humanitarian sectors, in a way that consolidates the culture of sustainable institutional endowment in the Emirate of Dubai.

The Endowments and Minors’ Funds Management Foundation in Dubai continues to develop its endowment projects and investment strategies, in a way that supports the sustainability of endowment resources and consolidates its contribution to community service and achieving the goals of social and economic development in the emirate.