THE KAFI FOUNDRY FOUNDATION
Developing the next generation of economically informed leaders.
Created in honor of Professor Farhoud Kafi, KFF provides scholarships, mentorship, and learning experiences that help students turn knowledge into opportunity.
Why KFF, why now
Information is abundant.
Judgment is scarce.
Students can access more information than any generation before them. AI can summarize, calculate, and generate answers in seconds. KFF focuses on what still requires human judgment: understanding incentives, questioning assumptions, evaluating tradeoffs, recognizing context, and deciding what to do next.
01
Economic Thinking
Choices, incentives, scarcity, risk, markets, and tradeoffs.
02
Human Judgment
Question information. Weigh alternatives. Recognize bias. Decide with context and accountability.
03
Technology Fluency
Use AI and emerging tools to extend your capabilities without outsourcing judgment.
The KFF model
Four pillars.
One institution.
Primary program — live at launch
Kafi Scholars
Financial support, scholar identity, development, and alumni connection.
Launching with initial content
Economics in Action
Practical learning that connects economic thinking to real-world decisions, technology, entrepreneurship, and communities.
Interest list open
Mentorship & Network
Access to executives, educators, entrepreneurs, internships, careers, and peer relationships.
Live at launch
Farhoud Kafi Legacy
Professor Kafi's story, principles, former student stories, archive, and annual lecture.
Flagship program
Kafi Scholars
Kafi Scholars is the foundation's flagship program, supporting students pursuing education in economics, business, and related fields while building a longer-term network of learning, mentorship, and opportunity.
IMPACT
Verified progress,
not vanity numbers.
Every figure below reflects KFF's status as confirmed by foundation leadership, and will update as programs grow.
$25K
Scholarship funding committed
8
Scholars supported
$50K+
Donated to date
4
Institutional partners
The Farhoud Kafi story
A 50-year commitment to education.
Professor Farhoud Kafi spent more than 50 years helping students understand the forces shaping the world around them. KFF carries that work forward for a new generation facing challenges and technologies he could scarcely have imagined.
"He was so patient, optimistic, and approachable. He was an ordinary man with an extraordinary disposition. He was an angel amongst men."
Where KFF is headed
From a scholarship fund to a lasting institution.
Launch KFF Scholars and rebuild the website.
Add mentoring, speaker sessions, and economics-in-action workshops.
Develop university and corporate sponsor relationships.
Create scholar alumni, internship channels, and annual gathering.
Establish annual lecture, named gifts, and long-term funding.
Get involved
Three ways to open a door for a student.
Donors
Fund a scholarship, seed a new program, or make a gift that grows with KFF.
Partners
Bring your organization's resources, internships, and expertise to KFF students.
Mentors
Share your experience with the next generation of economically minded leaders.
Think Better.
Create Opportunity.
Support a scholar, open a door, share your experience, or build a program with KFF.