Mobilizing resources and inspiring action to power the world's most impactful ventures.
We are engaging family offices, foundations, and founders to mobilize their resources towards a more equitable world. We partner with communities around the world that are working on just, resilient, and sustainable ecosystems across key areas such as education, food security, and economic inclusion.
World Within Foundation invests in companies tackling important and global challenges, and recycles capital to make grants serving marginalized communities. World Within Studios amplifies meaningful stories that advocate for systemic change and a more equitable future, currently with its flagship project How To Change The World.
Fund companies with global impact as well as community projects serving marginalized communities.
Share stories to inspire the next generation of mission-driven founders, impact investors, and philanthropists.
Grow an ecosystem where founders and funders can build meaningful relationships and learn from each other.
My biggest inspiration in life has been the example of my grandfather. He helped raise me from a very young age and I still live with him today. He served as a parliamentarian in Iran when the revolution occurred, so he was forced to flee his home during the prime of his career. He was never able to have the full impact that he desired. But he’s always sought to serve humanity in whatever capacity he could.
“Wealth exists for one reason: to better serve the world.”
And he’s taught me that wealth exists for one reason: to better serve the world. I would love to bring the lessons he has taught me to the world of wealth. I would love to see a world where money flows to where it’s most needed, not where it’s most comfortable.
World Within is an attempt to nudge the financial world in that direction. It’s a very distant horizon. I hope that with each step we take, we can move the needle a little closer to the equitable world my grandfather has always envisioned.
Rostam Zafari