Our Founding Story

The FATE Giving Division was founded in 2019 to focus and structure the charity giving ethos of FATE Foundation’s Chairman and Founder, Mr. Fola Adeola. Since inception, we have supported impactful initiatives across our four thematic areas: Health, Socio-Cultural, Governance, and Education.

One of our most notable initiatives is the FATE Philanthropy Coalition for COVID-19 (FPCC) Support Fund, launched in 2020 at the height of the pandemic so support ongoing national and local efforts to strengthen public health infrastructure in anticipation of further strains. The fund raised over $1 million (₦450 million) and contributed meaningfully to both national and local public health efforts.

Another flagship initiative is the FATE Scholar Program, officially launched in 2023. This program provides financial aid, mentoring, and internship opportunities to innovative and entrepreneurial Nigeria students seeking admission into public accredited tertiary institution across Nigeria Within its first two cohorts, the program has supported over 25 scholars and is positioned to grow its impact significantly in the coming years.

Education

Education is the bedrock of every society and helps shape a better Nation. At FATE Philanthropy we have initiated The FATE Scholars program, where we invest in high potential students and support them all through school.

This will enable education pathways that improve access, retention and learning outcomes of exceptional students.

Health

Health is a very critical social segment that affects every part of an economy. In Nigeria, the health system still has a long way to go. There is a lot of work to be done in terms of Research, Innovation, Technical and Infrastructure provision. More so, the Covid Pandemic has shown us the importance of health and how it can cripple major aspects of a nation’s economy and overall day-to-day living.
Our core aim in the Health segment of FATE Philanthropy is about investing in research and areas that are important around public health and supporting research that can enable indigenous insights into issues that are affecting public health, where support can be scaled for.

Governance

At FATE Philanthropy, we believe the creation of programs that foster the development of a good society through good governance, civic engagement and active citizenry can make a difference in Nigeria.

In governance, every action or inaction has a ripple effect even at the smallest unit of society (family). Engaging individuals through programs relating to governance is another step into shaping the future Nigeria we all desire.

Socio-Cultural (Yoruba)

The YORUBA culture is the area of focus by FATE Philanthropy. This was inspired by the Founder’s heritage.

Nigeria is blessed with different cultures, languages and history. But, as we evolve into the modern technological age, a lot of our heritage is lost and not deeply or completely understood. One fact remains, the way we interact as human beings is immensely affected by language.

Unfortunately, we don’t study our culture, language and history enough to understand the depth of who we are as well as the genesis of our respective behaviours.
We do not understand the socio-cultural impact this has on how we lead and how our economy has grown as a result of culture.

Additionally, the sociology and evolution around our culture is so rich and vast yet extremely undervalued.

Our social-cultural focus of The FATE Philanthropy aims to provide research and insights into the Yoruba social-cultural sphere to educate people into knowing themselves more, as we believe there will be a better appreciation of strengths, weaknesses and value propositions as further discoveries are made.