What we do
Foundation programs
Developing young leaders and accelerating opportunity for changemakers from Africa and beyond.
At a glance
Programs
Education
Scholarship Programme
We award high-achieving high-school and college students who face financial barriers — covering tuition, books and meals on a need basis, and supporting them to win fully-funded places at universities worldwide, from Berea College to Asia Pacific University.
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Leadership
Mentorship Network
Our network pairs young people with mentors who guide them through the transition from secondary school to university and into early careers. At its centre is the FKF College Admission Program, a three-to-six-month mentorship that walks students through the early stages of the application process. With 300 volunteers across eight nations, no mentee ever has to navigate the climb alone.
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Community Service
Our programmes don't end at the classroom. Scholars and mentees lead community projects, advocacy and volunteering — turning ideas into workable solutions aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and giving back to the places that shaped them.
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Global engagement
Speaker Series
The FKF Speaker Series and online forum connect young leaders with notable guests, who share their journeys and answer questions from mentees and the public — bringing global perspective within reach of every young person we serve.
See recent events →SDGs 2030
Youth Empowerment
From UN youth forums to local information sessions, we equip young people to lead on the issues that shape their future — advancing the Sustainable Development Goals and amplifying young voices on a global stage.
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Internships
Students who run the work with us
Each summer the foundation takes on interns in real roles — public relations and media outreach, product engineering, software engineering — working on the foundation's own operations rather than shadowing them. Placements are both paid and unpaid.
Over the past three years those students have come from five universities in Africa and the United States, among them a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar at Columbia whose placement the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation made possible.
Meet the 2026 cohort →
African Leadership University
Kigali, Rwanda
Berea College
Berea, Kentucky
Borough of Manhattan Community College
New York, NY
Cedarville University
Cedarville, Ohio
Columbia University
New York, NY
Take part in the work
Apply to a programme, mentor a young person, or support the foundation with a gift. Every contribution moves a student forward.
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