The secretariat of the association is based in Koinange Street, Nairobi, Kenya
Rattansi Educational Trust Building. 1st Floor

• Member organizations have full autonomy in their grantmaking activities and a track record in leveraging resources.
• Member organizations agree to abide by the Association’s Code of Ethics.
• Member organizations have been active grantmakers or have been active in the field of social development for at least one year.
• Member organizations make grants through an open and transparent process to at least five organizations/individuals each year.
• Member organizations have a working presence in any of the East African countries (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda).
• A fundamental operational purpose and activity of member organizations is grantmaking.

There are three categories of membership fee;

• Full members $1000
• Associate members $750
• Affiliate members $750

• Full Membership is open to those non-political charitable grantmaking organizations legally established or with a legal presence in East Africa or elsewhere that meet all published criteria for membership as determined from time to time by the Board.
• Associate Membership is open to non-political charitable organizations that do not currently fulfill all criteria for membership but who fully support the Mission and the Objects of the Association.
• Affiliate Membership is open to non-political non-grantmaking bodies that have an interest or involvement in the practice of philanthropy and in the Mission and the Objects of the Association.