ABOUT THE FOUNDATION
The Arora Family Charitable Foundation, a private independent foundation, was established in 2000. AFCF financially supports the “passion projects” of its trustees across a broad spectrum of causes including animal rescue, wildlife conservation, music education and therapy, specialized higher education, and promoting healthy relationships. The AFCF is a registered 501(c)3 charitable organization managed by Alan Arora, together with the other family trustees.
FOUNDING TRUSTEE DR. SHIRLEY L. ARORA
AFCF’s founding trustee Shirley Lease Arora is Professor Emerita of Deparment of Spanish and Portuguese at University of California Los Angeles, where she received her Ph. D. degree in 1962. After nearly 40 years of serving the Department and the university in many capacities and leadership roles, she retired in 2000. AFCF’s endowment The Dr. Shirley L. Arora Graduate Fellowship Fund annually awards graduate students of the UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese, in honor of her exceptional scholarly and administrative career.
PAST AND PRESENT RECIPIENTS OF THE FOUNDATION’S SUPPORT
In 2003 AFCF created an endowment for the UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese to support one of the most urgent needs of the department: graduate student funding. For almost two decades, the Dr. Shirley L. Arora Graduate Fellowship, under the direction of the Department’s Chair, has provided substantial support to its graduate students.
AFCF does not solicit donations, nor accept requests for support, but invites interested parties to participate/give directly to the following organizations supported by the Foundation.
