As a family and as a foundation, we work together to implement our personal creed of “doing well by doing good” and a conviction that, by starting with children, we can bring forth the best. A 501(c) (3) registered non-profit foundation, Saxena Family Foundation’s primary geographic focus is on communities where members of the Saxena family have deep roots: United States and India.
We do not typically make grants to individuals or for-profit organizations, or provide grants for operating expenses, capital campaigns, existing deficits, lobbying, sectarian, religious or fraternal purposes.
Founded in 2002 by Manoj Saxena and his family, the Foundation is committed to initiatives that promote empowerment of women and at-risk children.
The Saxena Family Foundation is a privately funded, 501(c) (3) registered non-profit charitable foundation headquartered in Austin, Texas.
November, 2o18: Saxena Foundation gifts $1m to Michigan State University for endowed professorship in Responsible Artificial Intelligence. Details
Investing in gender equality and women’s empowerment can unlock human potential on a transformational scale. According to the World Bank, countries with greater gender equality are more prosperous and competitive. We focus on initiatives that enable women achieve greater economic clout which in turn enables them to lobby for social change, from which flows political and legal change.
We are focused on programs that help our at risk youth finish school and equip our youth with the essential tech and soft skills to succeed in the workplace of the future. We partner with innovators and educators who can help connect kids integrate new technology understanding with emotional well-being and help them learn essential soft skills that will increase their socio emotional literacy.
There has been a dramatically increasing interest and adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in recent years. AI has been successfully applied to business and has a great potential to provide tremendous social good in the future. We are interested in funding projects that have potential use of AI for social good, including but not limited to women’s empowerment, health, environmental sustainability, and public welfare.