Maadi Community Foundation was founded under No. 6940, dated May 13, 2007, and the Ministry of Social Solidarity, as a lead social Foundation in Egypt. The objectives of the Foundation are to lessen the gap between rich and poor people in the Al-Maadi area and its suburbs, improve the standard of living of the residents of the area by reactivating the idea of the social endowment and update the concept of endowment for the service of the society. The Board of Trustees of Maadi Community Foundation consists of seven socially active experts, businessmen and women, and academic personnel, specializing in development, who live in the Maadi area. The services provided by the Foundation cover seven areas Maadi: Old Maadi, New Maadi, Zahra' Al-Maadi, Thakanat Al-Maadi, Arab Al-Maadi, Hada'k Al-Maadi. Al-Maadi The Endowment Foundation also covers Al-Basatin area and the areas adjacent to Maadi like Helwan (Turah). According to the reports of The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics the population of the said area is 200,000 persons living in 14 square k.m. Additionally, other surrounding areas like Al-Basatin, Helwan have 1.5 million people living in 30.5 square k.m. and 1.2 million people in 69.4 square k.m., respectively.