Education Above All Foundation

What Education Above All Foundation does

Education Above All Foundation (EAA) is a Qatar-based non-profit foundation established in 2012 by Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser to expand access to quality education for vulnerable and marginalized populations worldwide. The foundation operates an umbrella of programs including Educate A Child (EAC), which enrolls out-of-school children in primary education; Al Fakhoora, providing post-secondary scholarships to underserved youth; Silatech, connecting youth to economic opportunities; Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict (PEIC); Reach Out To All (ROTA); Youth Advocacy; and Innovation Development (including the Internet Free Education Resource Bank, IFERB). It also runs the Qatar Scholarship Programme, Together Project, and Green Youth 360 climate initiative.

The foundation does not build proprietary technology products; its "platform" is a programmatic architecture that pairs donor capital with a global network of implementing partners — UNHCR, UNICEF, UNESCO, UNRWA, BRAC, Plan International, Save the Children, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank — to deliver education services on the ground. EAA has enabled over 14.7 million out-of-school children to access primary education, awarded 11,634 higher education scholarships, and connected more than 3.2 million youth to economic opportunities across 77 countries in MENA, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Revenue is generated exclusively through donations and charitable contributions from individuals, corporations (e.g., Apparel Group, Place Vendôme, Snoonu, Marriott), government-aligned entities (notably Qatar Fund for Development), and international partners. The foundation employs 51–100 staff at its Doha headquarters and distributes its services through a partnership-based model rather than direct delivery, with brand advocacy reinforced by a roster of celebrity ambassadors including Shakira, David Beckham, Roger Federer, and Forest Whitaker.

Name

Education Above All Foundation

Legal name

Education Above All Foundation

Website

https://educationaboveall.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Education Above All Foundation is a Qatar-based non-profit, founded in 2012 by Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, that expands access to quality education through scholarships, enrollment programs, and crisis-zone education protection, reaching 14.7M+ beneficiaries across 77 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Philanthropic Education Services

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Education Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH), Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC), International Development & Donor-Funded Education Programs (EDADALAB), Foundation/NGO & Philanthropic Scholarships (EDAIAOAH)

Keywords

• Education access programs
• Scholarship programs
• Humanitarian education funding
• Out-of-school children initiatives
• Global education philanthropy

Headquarters

HQ city

Doha

HQ country

Qatar

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Others, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: EAA Foundation generates revenue through charitable donations from individuals, corporations, and government entities. The foundation offers various donation options including single donations, recurring donations, Sadaqah donations, and targeted project funding through its website and partner platforms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Education Above All Foundation is a non-profit foundation that funds and coordinates global programs providing out-of-school children with access to quality primary education, post-secondary scholarships for underserved youth, youth economic empowerment, and protection of education in conflict zones. The foundation designs programs and deploys capital through implementing partner networks (UN agencies, international NGOs, governments, and local organizations) operating in 77 countries across MENA, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Revenue is generated through donations, charitable contributions, grants, and corporate CSR partnerships rather than commercial sales.

Product overview

Education Above All Foundation is a global foundation for education and development, not a single unified technology product but rather an umbrella organization managing multiple distinct programs and initiatives. The foundation operates through several core programs including Educate A Child (EAC), which enables out-of-school children to access primary education; Al Fakhoora, which provides post-secondary scholarships to underserved youth; Silatech, which connects youth to economic opportunities; Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict (PEIC); Reach Out To All (ROTA); and Youth Advocacy. Additional initiatives include the Together Project, Green Youth 360 (climate action), and the Innovation Development program. The foundation also manages specific projects like the Qatar Scholarship Programme for higher education in Qatar. These programs collectively work across 77 countries in MENA, Africa, Asia, and Latin America, with impacts exceeding 14.7 million out-of-school children reached and 3.2 million youth economically empowered.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Educate A Child (EAC): A programme of EAA Foundation focused on enrolling out-of-school children in quality primary education across developing countries.
• Al Fakhoora
• Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict (PEIC)
• Reach Out To All (ROTA)
• Silatech
• Together Project

Products and services

• Educate A Child (EAC) A global flagship programme that partners with organizations worldwide to enable out-of-school children to access quality primary education through school construction, teacher training, community mobilization, scholarships, and enrollment support. The programme has reached over 14.7 million out-of-school children across developing countries through partnerships with UNHCR, UNICEF, UNESCO, BRAC, Plan International, and other implementing organizations.
• Al Fakhoora

Quantifiable outcome

• 14.7 million+ out of school children enabled to access quality education
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

29 partnerships are on record, tiered core, tactical and strategic.

• Qatar FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 June 2026EAA Foundation's partnership with Qatar Foundation reinforces shared commitment to education through initiatives like the Circle In programme using sport to create inclusive spaces supporting learning and personal growth. The partnership involves collaboration with Qatar Foundation's Pre-University Education for professional training, community engagement, and digital learning initiatives.
• Place Vendôme MalltacticalGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 August 2025Corporate partner for 'Back to School' campaign and 'Let's Move for Education' community activation, hosting symbolic 'Duck Release' fundraising event and donation drop-off points.
• SnoonutacticalGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 August 2025Digital partner for 'Back to School' campaign, launching in-app donation feature in charity section to enable direct contributions to EAA's global education projects.
• Apparel GrouptacticalGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 August 2025Retail partner contributing through point of sale fundraising, awareness campaigns, and employee engagement. Donated QR1 million and 14,000+ clothing items for Eid Gifts campaign.
• Marriott InternationaltacticalGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 August 2025Organizing 'Ride for Education' family bicycle racing event at Sheraton Grand Doha as part of CSR initiative, turning sport into vehicle for social good.
• Gojo Inc.strategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2022Digital Financial Inclusion for Youth Economic Empowerment Project in Sri Lanka, reaching over 34,000 beneficiaries in rural areas using a digital platform to improve financial access.
• Asian Development BankstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partner supporting education initiatives in Asia-Pacific region, working toward prosperous, inclusive, resilient and sustainable development.
• World BankstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal partnership for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries.
• Islamic Development BankstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultilateral development bank working to improve lives by promoting social and economic development in member countries.
• Qatar Fund for DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic organization committed to improving livelihoods worldwide, serving as the face of Qatar's foreign assistance efforts. Major supporter of EAA initiatives including 'Hope for Tomorrow' early childhood development programme.
• UNRWAcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEAC and UNRWA partnership provided quality basic education to 66,969 Palestinian refugee children in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. Partnership focused on emergency education including psychosocial support and survival skills.
• UNICEFcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCountry-level partnerships in Chad, Comoros, DRC, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Yemen reaching over 3.3 million out of school children with quality primary education. Joint projects include South Sudan education initiative and Gaza rebuilding efforts.
• BRACcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBangladesh-based organization implementing large-scale education programmes including urban slums schools enrolling 62,000 children, and Rohingya refugee education reaching 35,000 forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals.
• UNHCRcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEAC partnership with UNHCR brings quality primary education to refugee children in 12 priority countries, reaching over 200,000 refugee children who have been forced from their homes.
• Fundación Pies Descalzos (Shakira's Foundation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Shakira's foundation focused on improved equitable education for marginalized children in Colombia, identifying over 69,000 out of school children and helping reintegrate them into academic settings. Strategic agreement signed at WISE 2019 to provide resources to 54,000 students across Colombia.
• Roger Federer FoundationstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership through EAC to improve quality of education in Limpopo, South Africa, supporting 30 rural primary schools and benefiting 18,000 children. Focus on early childhood education and preventing dropouts.
• Whitaker Peace & Development InitiativestrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerForest Whitaker's foundation partners with EAA since 2016 to empower youth in fragile and conflict-affected communities in Uganda and South Sudan with skills for human rights advocacy, education, peacebuilding, and sustainable development.
• Educate GirlscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnership to enrol out of school children in rural India, reaching 102,000-232,500 OOSC in Rajasthan, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh through community-based programmes focusing on enrollment, retention and learning.
• Plan InternationalstrategicImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerImplementation partner for OOSC projects in Ghana targeting 90,000 children in 22 poorest districts through School for Life programmes and community-driven primary education.
• Norwegian Refugee CouncilstrategicImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerImplementing Bridging Tomorrow Project in Côte d'Ivoire to reintegrate 12,383 vulnerable out of school children into formal education through accelerated learning programmes.
• Save the ChildrenstrategicImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerImplementing ACCESS project in Eastern Myanmar and Thailand addressing barriers to education for children in conflict-affected communities and refugee camps.
• International Rescue CommitteestrategicImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLaunched 'Hope for Tomorrow' early childhood development initiative in partnership with EAA and Qatar Fund for Development to assist children and caregivers in Gaza and West Bank.
• Education Development CenterstrategicImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerImplementing PACETEM project in Mali reaching 596,597 out of school children with quality primary education through consortium of local and international NGOs.
• AprendizstrategicImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnership to expand Schools of Tomorrow programme in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro favelas, enrolling 21,000 out of school children based on Aprendiz's Neighborhood Schools model.
• Dhaka Ahsania MissionstrategicImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEstablishing 1,000 Children's Learning Centers in Bangladesh reaching 40,000 out of school children in Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chittagong, Mymensingh, and Netrokona districts.
• Gyan ShalastrategicImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnership to provide quality education at low cost to 68,200 out of school children in India's urban slums through single-classroom schools operated in small rented spaces.
• UNESCOcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerImplementing EAC Partnership Iraq project to enroll 30,000 out of school children in four governorates, and other education initiatives globally.
• Qatar Red Crescent SocietycoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHumanitarian partner for Eid Gifts campaign distributing clothing to 2,570 children in Gaza and approximately 30,000 items to Palestinian and Syrian refugees in Jordan.
• SilatechcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEAA programme connecting over 3.2 million youth to economic opportunities across 23 countries through partnerships with governments, international organizations, private sector, and civil society.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• BRAC: BRAC is both an EAA Implementing Partner (running large-scale EAC and Rohingya education projects) and a standalone development organization with its own education, youth, and social-protection programmes. Relevant as a peer implementer with very large reach in Bangladesh and East Africa.
• Qatar Foundation: Founded and chaired by the same patron (Sheikha Moza bint Nasser), Qatar Foundation operates sister programmes including Pre-University Education, WISE Summit, and universities EAA's Qatar Scholarship students attend. Sister non-profit ecosystem based in Doha with overlapping leadership and brand.

Direct peers

• Theirworld: Theirworld is a global children's education charity combining advocacy (including Out-of-School Children Initiative legacy work) with funded programmes. Highly comparable in mission, advocacy-plus-implementation model, and Global South footprint.
• Malala Fund: Malala Fund advocates for and funds girls' secondary education in developing countries, working through local partners and activists. It is a structurally similar high-profile philanthropic foundation with overlapping donor base and beneficiary focus (girls, refugees, conflict-affected regions).
• Global Partnership for Education: The Global Partnership for Education is the largest multilateral fund dedicated exclusively to education in developing countries, financing programmes in lower-income states. EAA's Educate A Child and country-level OOSC grants directly overlap with GPE's mission and partner set (UNICEF, World Bank).
• Room to Read: Room to Read operates literacy and girls' education programmes across the Global South, often in partnership with the same implementing NGOs that EAA funds. Comparable foundation-scale nonprofit with country programmes and employer/corporate partner fundraising model.
• Education Cannot Wait: Education Cannot Wait is a UN-hosted global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, directly aligned with EAA's PEIC and EAC priorities. Competes for the same OOSC-in-conflict funding pool and works through UN agencies and INGOs in the same countries.
• Aga Khan Foundation: Aga Khan Foundation runs education and rural development programmes across Africa, South and Central Asia, and the Middle East. Operates a similar private-foundation model with multi-decade presence in conflict-affected regions and a similar donor/corporate partnership mix.

Broad incumbents

• UNICEF (Education Section): UNICEF's education programmes span 150+ countries and dwarf EAA's reach; EAA is explicitly an Implementing Partner to UNICEF in Chad, DRC, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Yemen. Stronger mandate and budget; broader remit including health, nutrition, and protection.
• UNESCO (Education Sector): UNESCO sets global education norms (SDG-4, Education for All) and runs capacity-building programmes; EAA is a UNESCO implementing partner (e.g., EAC Partnership Iraq). Much larger UN agency with policy and standard-setting role rather than grantmaking.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EAA_Foundation
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCXqjwSkx9YJv_3LKvVk4X5w
• Facebookfacebook.com/educationaboveall.org
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/education-above-all
• Instagraminstagram.com/educationaboveall_eaa

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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