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ABOUT US

Afzal Family Foundation

The Afzal Family Foundation seeks to enable the work of non-profit organizations whose programs strive to uplift, educate, advocate, and empower individuals and communities creating sustainable models of self-preservation and resiliency for future generations.
OUR VALUES
  • Stewardship - We view our relationship with our grantees as a partnership, one that seeks to empower innovative change-based models that break cycles and systems of inequality.
  • Service - Our commitment is not limited to funding, AFF engages in community development initiatives in areas where food insecurity is prevalent.
  • Purpose - Our calling is a spiritual one that is steeped in our faith and obligation to service.
  • Humility - Our grounded approach is a constant reminder that dignity and respect are basic human rights that we must continuously work to uplift and empower.

Meet Our Leadership

Mateen Afzal

My life’s passion and purpose has led me to service and stewardship of our family foundation. Rooted in the spirit of commitment to faith and family, I am dedicated to the foundations mission of seeking out partnerships that uplift and empower individuals to change for good. We aspire to create systems and ecosystems that disrupt cycles of inequality providing hope, resiliency, and a model for sustainability for current and future generations. Mateen has transferred his eighteen years’ experience of business and leadership acumen learned in the family manufacturing business to the non-profit sector, where he has served in advisory and Board capacity at numerous organizations. He recently completed his Masters in Executive Leadership and Strategic Management from Penn State University along with a certification in High Impact Philanthropy from The University of Pennsylvania.

Kareem Afzal

Kareem Afzal is Executive Chairman of PDC Machines, having been with the company for over 24 years, and is the Co-Director of the Afzal Family Foundation. Kareem is dedicated to making PDC one of the world’s premiere hydrogen companies, and through the business, is committed to helping build a green energy economy for a thriving future. Under Kareem’s leadership, PDC has grown from a local company to a fully international one. Kareem plays a very active role as a community builder and servant leader through his many volunteer and advisory roles that he is passionate about, including over nine yeas of service as a Board member and past chair of Manna on Main Street and the United way of Montgomery County.

Syed Murtuza Afzal

A first-generation immigrant from India, came to the US in the 60’s on scholarship from Princeton University in search of opportunity and pursuit of the American dream. Syed Started Pdc Machines in 1977, a manufacturer of industrial equipment used in in specialty Gas and renewable Energy applications globally. Drawing from his faith and commitment to serving a larger purpose, Syed has always sought to uplift the lives of others through his social and service work in the community. Providing spaces where communities and people of all faiths, cultures and backgrounds can have meaningful dialogue from a place of humility, continues to be at the heart of Syed’s service to communities around the world.

In Memoriam

In dedication to our dear mother and wife to our father of fifty-four years, AFF is honored to carry on Birgitta’s legacy by lifting others and helping those in need both locally and around the globe. A first-generation immigrant from Sweden and the only member of her family to come to the US, Birgitta’s kindness and loving spirit drives our passion and inspiration. 

In honor of our mother and the courage she showed in her short and devastating battle with lung cancer, AFF is a proud supporter of the American Cancer Society and new member of the ACS Mid Atlantic Research Council in the ongoing search for a cure.

In Memoriam

In dedication to our dear mother and wife to our father of fifty-four years, AFF is honored to carry on Birgitta’s legacy by lifting others and helping those in need both locally and around the globe. A first-generation immigrant from Sweden and the only member of her family to come to the US, Birgitta’s kindness and loving spirit drives our passion and inspiration. 

In honor of our mother and the courage she showed in her short and devastating battle with lung cancer, AFF is a proud supporter of the American Cancer Society and new member of the ACS Mid Atlantic Research Council in the ongoing search for a cure.

In Memoriam

In dedication to our dear mother and wife to our father of fifty-four years, AFF is honored to carry on Birgitta’s legacy by lifting others and helping those in need both locally and around the globe. A first-generation immigrant from Sweden and the only member of her family to come to the US, Birgitta’s kindness and loving spirit drives our passion and inspiration. 

In honor of our mother and the courage she showed in her short and devastating battle with lung cancer, AFF is a proud supporter of the American Cancer Society and new member of the ACS Mid Atlantic Research Council in the ongoing search for a cure.

In Memoriam

In dedication to our dear mother and wife to our father of fifty-four years, AFF is honored to carry on Birgitta’s legacy by lifting others and helping those in need both locally and around the globe. A first-generation immigrant from Sweden and the only member of her family to come to the US, Birgitta’s kindness and loving spirit drives our passion and inspiration. 

In honor of our mother and the courage she showed in her short and devastating battle with lung cancer, AFF is a proud supporter of the American Cancer Society and new member of the ACS Mid Atlantic Research Council in the ongoing search for a cure.

In Memoriam

In dedication to our dear mother and wife to our father of fifty-four years, AFF is honored to carry on Birgitta’s legacy by lifting others and helping those in need both locally and around the globe. A first-generation immigrant from Sweden and the only member of her family to come to the US, Birgitta’s kindness and loving spirit drives our passion and inspiration. 

In honor of our mother and the courage she showed in her short and devastating battle with lung cancer, AFF is a proud supporter of the American Cancer Society and new member of the ACS Mid Atlantic Research Council in the ongoing search for a cure.

In Memoriam

In dedication to our dear mother and wife to our father of fifty-four years, AFF is honored to carry on Birgitta’s legacy by lifting others and helping those in need both locally and around the globe. A first-generation immigrant from Sweden and the only member of her family to come to the US, Birgitta’s kindness and loving spirit drives our passion and inspiration. 

In honor of our mother and the courage she showed in her short and devastating battle with lung cancer, AFF is a proud supporter of the American Cancer Society and new member of the ACS Mid Atlantic Research Council in the ongoing search for a cure.

Let us work together to make a difference

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