The Malian Foundation

The Malian Foundation is an Australian philanthropic non-profit institution.

The Foundation was established as a result of its founder noticing that support services being exclusively geared towards commercial organisations, and that non-profits - without the financial backing and resources of the corporate world, were being left largely to their own devices.^[1]

The Malian Foundation operates two programs^[2]:

• The Empowering Communities Program and
• The Consulting Services Program

The Malian Foundation works collaboratively with a number of associations and non-profits to achieve its goals. The Foundation was voted in as a Senior Member within the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations^[3] which recognises non-profits which have a significant international impact^[4] and was recommended by the United Nations Development Program.^[5] The Foundation is notable because it is possibly the only non-profit to provide a full range of both open-source software and pro-bono management consulting services on a worldwide basis.

The Foundation maintains offices through its partners in a number of countries

• Africa,
• India,
• USA,
• Uganda

and a number of other countries.^[6]

References

1. ^ Transcript of ABC National Radio Interview with Simon Malian
2. ^ Profile of the Malian Foundation within e-Civicus p.7
3. ^ Media release concerning the Malian Foundation’s membership within the World Association for Non-Governmental Organizations [1]
4. ^ World Association for Non-Governmental Organizations Membership Guidelines [2]
5. ^ Article within World Volunteer Web which is managed by the United Nations Development Program[3]
6. ^ The Malian Foundation Partner Listing webpage