Established in 2020, the Uganda Charity Week & Festival, is a voluntary membership organization that brings together local charitable trusts and foundations in Uganda & East Africa at large with the primary aim of promoting and growing a culture of giving.

Membership of the network is drawn from Family Trusts, Community Foundations, Corporate Foundations, Private Foundations and other types of grant-making and non-grant making organizations interested in promoting philanthropy.  

The network’s mission is to provide a collaborative platform that champions, an interactive space, creates annual charity themes, promotes  philanthropic activities, connects and co-creates innovative solutions to advance philanthropy in Uganda & East Africa.

This aspect includes looking into the resource base, capacity, credibility and practices of various development actors and the extent to which the operational context supports thriving local giving and effective grant-making.