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Hi, Impact Makers! We are your BFF!

The Bayan Family of Foundations (BFF) is an ecosystem of foundations that uplift social enterprises and advance social impact projects.
Group of social entrepreneurs and managers in the Philippines promoting social impact, sustainability, and grassroots social development.

Hi, Impact Makers! We are your BFF!

The Bayan Family of Foundations (BFF) is an ecosystem of foundations that uplift social enterprises and advance social impact projects.
Team
We are an ecosystem of foundations that uplift social
enterprises and advance social impact projects.

The Bayan Family of Foundations (BFF) is a values-driven ecosystem of development institutions working to build a more inclusive, sustainable, and entrepreneurial Philippines—and a more socially progressive ASEAN region. United by a shared belief in the power of social innovation and enterprise, BFF is composed of four core foundations: Bayan Academy, Bayan Innovation Group (BIG), Bayan EDGE, and Bayan SEARCH. Together, we function as a learning and innovation ecosystem that transforms knowledge, capital, people, and partnerships into systems-level impact.

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At the heart of BFF’s work is a commitment to nation-building through inclusive development. Each foundation brings distinct capabilities to this shared mission—designing, funding, implementing, and scaling high-impact programs that empower individuals, uplift communities, and support social economy actors in their pursuit of sustainable change.

The beginnings of Bayan Family of Foundations (BFF) started in 1993. Its roots started from the ABS-CBN Foundation that piloted micro-lending as one of its programs that eventually evolved into the ABS-CBN Bayan Foundation, Inc., a full-fledged micro-lending program. In 2006, after years of service and the increasing need to truly alleviate poverty in the communities, Professor Ed Morato was appointed to lead the organization. Professor Morato identified the need for more than just credit in order to get the poor out of poverty. He led the organization from the track of microfinance to developing microentrepreneurs.

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The Bayan Academy started in 2009 and absorbed the ABS-CBN Bayan Foundation in 2012.  The Bayan Academy was founded as the knowledge resource center for enterprise development to democratize access to the five Es: entrepreneurship, employment, education, environment, and ethics.

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With the same goal of creating end-to-end holistic solutions for impact makers, the other Bayan Foundations were founded: Bayan EDGE, Bayan SEARCH, and Bayan Innovation Group.

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Today, the Bayan Family of Foundations has four member foundations: Bayan Academy, Bayan EDGE, Bayan SEARCH, and Bayan Innovation Group. Each foundation was founded and organized to be a friend and partner to impact makers and their supporters as they go from starting up to scaling up.

Two principles we stand behind in every part of our work.

Mission

Through synergizing and unifying the impact services of its foundations, the Bayan Family of Foundations creates end-to-end, holistic solutions for social enterprises from inspiration to implementation.

We improve lives through uplifting social enterprises for our contribution to the social and solidarity economy and the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Leaders of the Bayan Family of Foundations, a group dedicated to social entrepreneurship and sustainability in the Philippines, posing together
Vision

Peace, health, prosperity, and happiness for enterprising families, caring communities, and sustainable industries.

The Milestones of Foundation

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