First-year fundraising
69 432 601 ₸
This is how much was raised during the fund’s first year of operation — the cornerstone that made the first cohort of KAEF Laureate Grants possible.
KIMEP Alumni Endowment Fund
Helping more students get an education that changes society
KAEF Laureate Grant & KIMEP Alumni Cohorts Challenge
How endowments work
A sustainable financial model ensuring long-term support for education.
Donation
Philanthropists and partners make donations
Accumulation & Investment
Donations are invested according to the Investment Policy
Reinvestment
KAEF receives income and reinvests donations
Development
The income is used to support the KIMEP's development and to fund KAEF Laureate Grants for prospective students.
Fund Goals
TOP-50 Universities
Help KIMEP to become one of the leading educational institutions and join TOP-50 universities by 2030.
Endowment Culture
Promote the concept of endowments in Kazakhstan.
KAEF Laureate Grant
September 2022
KIMEP Alumni Endowment Fund created
May 2023
The First Fundraising Gala Dinner
July 2023
First KAEF Laureate Grant applications
August 2023
First KAEF Laureate Grants awarded
KAEF Laureate Grant recipients
Bright minds supported through the KAEF Laureate Grant.
Grantees of 2023
- Amanzhol Ilyas
- Baymagambetov Daniar
- Erkin Aigerim
- Ivanova Maria
- Kerimova Damina
- Kudaibergen Zeynep
- Lysenko Arina
- Smagulova Amina
- Tasbolatova Aruzhan
- Yzbasar Asem
Grantees of 2024
- Zhakenov Yerulan
- Merbakhyt Angsar
- Kairzhanov Bekzhan
- Suleimen Kuralai
- Amirgazy Azhar
- Saktaganov Sanzhar
- Maksot Meruert
- Beisenova Amina
- Sandibekova Aruzhan
KAEF in numbers
What the infographic says, in plain language — grounded in figures from the printed annual-report spread.
Ambition towards 2028
200 KAEF Laureate Grants
Two hundred KAEF Laureate Grants are KAEF’s KPI for 2028: a concrete target guiding how alumni and partners scale impact over time.
Support since launch
60 people
Sixty people have received support through KAEF since launch — students and teams whose trajectory the fund touched directly.
2023 cohort
10 KAEF Laureate Grants
In 2023, ten four-year KAEF Laureate Grants were awarded — tangible proof points that the fund is already changing individual lives at KIMEP.
Alongside those figures, two named programmes anchor the roadmap: KAEF Laureate Grant and Endowment — the structured vehicles through which donations compound and return value to students and the university every year.
KIMEP Alumni Endowment Fund: helping more students to get an education that changes society
KIMEP Magazine interview
It all started in May 2022 during an alumni dinner with the KIMEP administration. Dr. Bang — the University rector — gave a speech about the history of KIMEP. Since the establishment of the university in 1992 the focus has been on creating an institution that would provide world-class education in Kazakhstan.
A university that could provide access to quality education in English without the need to study abroad.
A university that would give the majority of students the opportunity to change their lives for better.
Founders
“We believe that now is the right time to support our alma mater — KIMEP — and the university's students, who will receive a world-class education.”
Dulatbek Ikbayev
BSc Finance 2005
Arman Gubaydullin
BSc Management 2004
Dauren Alybayev
BSc Finance 2004
Aslan Shangutov
BSc Finance 2005
Anarbek Gilmanov
BSc Finance 2004
Board of Trustees
KAEF operates under strict governance, control, and audit of Sounding KIMEP Alumni Board.
Dulatbek Ikbayev
BSc Finance 2005
Arman Gubaydullin
BSc Management 2004
Dauren Alybayev
BSc Finance 2004
Aslan Shangutov
BSc Finance 2005
Anarbek Gilmanov
BSc Finance 2004
Murat Koshenov
MBA 1998
Adlet Tolemissov
BSc 2011
Yerzhan Dossymbekov
MBA 1999
Zangar Boztayev
BSc 2014
Now it's time to thank our alma mater and support the future generation of young leaders. We strive to give KIMEP students outstanding educational opportunities that will change their lives for the better!
Dulatbek Ikbayev
Managing Partner at
McKinsey & Company
in Central Asia
BSc Finance 2005