Qarabağ Dirçəliş Fondu / Karabakh Revival Fund

What Qarabağ Dirçəliş Fondu / Karabakh Revival Fund does

Qarabağ Dirçəliş Fondu (Karabakh Revival Fund, QDF) is an Azerbaijan state-established public legal entity (publik hüquqi şəxs) created in 2021 to mobilize funding for the restoration and reconstruction of Azerbaijani territories in the Karabakh region liberated from Armenian occupation. The fund serves as the official, centralized vehicle for collecting domestic and diaspora contributions and for coordinating reconstruction-related public-private partnerships under government oversight (Supervisory Board and Management Board governance structures). It is associated with the office of First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva, who is credited as originator of the Karabakh.Center documentation initiative.

The fund operates a multi-channel donation platform — accepting contributions via card payments, SMS, mobile applications, bank transfers, and physical payment terminals — anchored on a bilingual (Azerbaijani/English) website (qdf.gov.az). Beyond donation collection, QDF runs two adjacent platforms: the "QDF-in dostları" (Friends of QDF) investment promotion platform targeting Jabrayil, Qubadli, and Zangilan districts, and the "Qarabağda Urbisid" (Urbisid in Karabakh) documentary resource on karabakh.center, which catalogs destruction from the occupation. Active projects include restoration of the Panah Khan Palace Complex in Agdam, tourism infrastructure around Shahbulaq fortress, the donation of an "Improtex Industries"-manufactured "Revival P" demining machine to ANAMA, the "Dirçəliş Kuboku" charity football tournament in partnership with AFFA, the "Qarabağın Rəngləri" youth art project with the Ministry of Culture and the Azerbaijan Artists' Academy, and official sponsorship of the International Carpet Festival.

The business model is donation-based, not commercial. Pricing is unit-based with predefined tiers (10, 25, 50, 75, 100 AZN) plus custom amounts and discrete tree-planting units (1, 3, 5, 10, or 20 trees). Donors receive digital certificates that are shareable on social media. The target segments are Azerbaijani citizens (primary), Azerbaijani corporates for CSR and sponsorship (primary), and international diaspora donors (secondary). No revenue figures, funding totals, or audited financials are publicly disclosed on the fund's website or in available source materials.

Name

Qarabağ Dirçəliş Fondu / Karabakh Revival Fund

Legal name

Qarabağ Dirçəliş Fondu

Website

https://qdf.gov.az

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Qarabağ Dirçəliş Fondu (Karabakh Revival Fund) is an Azerbaijan state-established public legal entity that collects donations and promotes investment to restore Karabakh territories liberated from Armenian occupation, serving Azerbaijani citizens, domestic corporates, and the international diaspora.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Charitable Reconstruction Fund

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Other Grantmaking and Giving Services (813219)

SIC

Finance Services (6199), Federal & Federally-Sponsored Credit Agencies (6111)

akta.pro primary industry

International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Trust Funds & Multi-Donor Pooled Funds (BPADAOAE), Development Finance & Blended Finance Facilities (BPADAOAD), Humanitarian Pooled Funds & Rapid Response Financing (BPADAOAK)

Keywords

• Charitable fundraising
• Reconstruction funding
• Donation platform
• Investment promotion
• Heritage restoration

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

QDF operates a multi-channel donation collection platform enabling individuals and organisations to contribute funds for the restoration and reconstruction of Azerbaijani territories liberated from Armenian occupation. It also runs the "QDF-in dostları" investment promotion platform for the liberated districts of Jabrayil, Qubadli, and Zangilan, and the Karabakh.Center informational platform documenting destruction caused by occupation. The fund is an Azerbaijan public legal entity providing transparent, officially-recognised donation mechanisms and issuing donation certificates to contributors.

Product overview

Qarabağ Dirçəliş Fondu (Karabakh Revival Fund) operates a multi-channel donation collection platform for funding the restoration and reconstruction of Azerbaijani territories liberated from Armenian occupation. The core offering consists of an online donation platform supporting multiple payment methods (card, SMS, mobile apps, bank transfer, payment terminals), complemented by the "QDF-in dostları" investment promotion platform and the "Qarabağda Urbisid" documentation platform. The fund also issues digital donation certificates to contributors. The fund is a public legal entity under Azerbaijan Republic's President.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Donation Platform A web-based donation collection platform enabling individuals and organisations to contribute funds toward restoration and reconstruction projects in Azerbaijan's liberated Karabakh territories. Supports card-based donations and issues official donation certificates to contributors.
• "QDF-in dostları" (Friends of QDF) Investment Promotion Platform A platform that presents the investment potential of Azerbaijan's liberated Karabakh districts of Jabrayil, Qubadli, and Zangilan to attract investors and partners for reconstruction and economic development.
• "Qarabağda Urbisid" Documentation Platform (Karabakh.Center) A digital informational and documentation platform presenting photographic evidence and information on the destruction caused by Armenian occupation in Karabakh cities and districts (Shusha, Zangilan, Jabrayil, Fuzuli, Aghdam, Khojavend, Kalbajar, Qubadli, Lachin, Khojaly, Khankendi, Tartar), including a dedicated "Urbisid" section.
• Multi-Channel Donation System A multi-channel donation infrastructure enabling contributors to donate via SMS, mobile applications, payment terminals, bank transfers, and online platforms — providing nationwide and cross-border access to QDF's reconstruction funding.
• Donation Certificates (gift/commemorative) Digital certificates issued to donors confirming their financial contribution to Karabakh revival projects, available in standard and gift/commemorative templates and shareable on social media or printable.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Feature2 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Open Society Foundations: International grantmaking network funding civil society, governance, and development. Comparable as a foundation with global reach, structured grant cycles, and project-based deployment — though operating with a different ideological and geographic focus.
• Ford Foundation: Major international grantmaking foundation with focus on development, inequality, and institutional capacity building. Comparable in operating model (foundation managing grant distribution for development outcomes) though at much larger scale and broader geography.
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: One of the world's largest grantmaking foundations. Comparable as a globally operating philanthropic institution with structured giving programs, multi-channel donation infrastructure, and major development project portfolios.
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD): Development finance institution actively investing in Azerbaijan's non-oil economy including liberated territories. Comparable as a development-finance vehicle channeling external capital into regional reconstruction and economic transformation.
• State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ): Azerbaijan's sovereign wealth fund channeling oil revenues into national development projects including Karabakh. Comparable as state-affiliated financial entity coordinating major capital deployment to reconstruction, though operating at vastly larger scale.
• World Bank Group: Multilateral development institution providing reconstruction financing, technical assistance, and policy advice to Azerbaijan. Comparable as a large-scale development funder operating in the same geography, though with broader mandate and concessional funding model.
• Bloomberg Philanthropies: Major philanthropic organization spanning public health, environment, education, and urban development. Comparable as an institutional grantmaker deploying capital across multiple programmatic verticals with measurable outcomes focus.

Others

• ANAMA (Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action): State agency for humanitarian demining in liberated territories. QDF donated a "Revival P" demining machine to ANAMA in 2023, making it a direct operational partner rather than competitor — illustrating the ecosystem relationship.

Direct peers

• Heydar Aliyev Foundation: Azerbaijan's flagship state-affiliated foundation conducting cultural, educational, and humanitarian grantmaking. Most directly comparable peer given shared public-legal-entity status, government backing, and Azerbaijani philanthropic mission.

Regional players

• Yaylag Agribusiness & Development Center (Azerbaijan): Azerbaijan-focused rural and regional development organization. Comparable as a domestic entity supporting regional development outcomes, though with different sectoral focus (agribusiness vs. reconstruction).

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/qdfazerbaijan

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