Who We Are

PROFILE OF FEMI TOLANI

Femi is the Founder of Tolani Excellence Foundation, a family Charity that among other things gives Scholarships and Educational Grants to brilliant and indigent Nigerians; debuting with Scholarships and Grants to Students from his community-Osun-Ekiti (a community in Moba Local Government, Ekiti State, Nigeria).

Femi graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria in 1994 with a first class honours degree in Accounting. He became a Chartered Accountant in 1996 and he is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA). He subsequently earned an Msc degree in Investment Analysis (with distinction) from the University of Stirling, UK in 2004. He graduated in June 2009, from Harvard University with a Master Degree in Public Administration (MPA). At Harvard, he held the prestigious Mason Fellowship designed for experienced professionals with proven trajectory in positions of leadership, high-level decision making, and a strong commitment to public service. He also worked as a Teaching Fellow and received John B.Wallach Scholarship.

Femi is married to Yetunde, a Geologist and they are blessed with three lovely children-Emmanuel, Daniel and Victor.

Board of Trustees/Advisors

1. Mrs.Yetunde Tolani
2. Mr.John Tolani
3. Mr.Patrick Tolani
4. Dr.Felix Tolani
5. Mr.Gboyega Tolani
6. Mr.Felix Awoyinka

Our Mission

"To inspire and promote academic excellence"

Our Vision

"To be the most useful channel of God's infinite resources to mankind."

Principles

The 10 principles below encapsulate the Tolani family's beliefs about the role of philanthropy and the impact we want this foundation to have. These guide what we do, why we do it, how we do it and what we intend to do.

While many of them are germane to the way we operate, we will remain open to amending them as we grow and learn more about our area of influence.

1. This is a family foundation driven by the interests and passions of the Tolani family; particularly the Founder.
2. Philanthropy plays an important role in touching lives of people that are not related to us.
3. We are funders, inspirers and shapers.
4. We are passionate about excellence.
5. We must be humble and mindful in our actions and words. We seek and heed the counsel of outside voices.
6. We treat the ultimate beneficiaries of our projects with respect.
7. We treat each other as valued colleagues.
8. Meeting our vision of -becoming the most useful channel of God's infinite resources to mankind-requires great accountability of the money we have available.
9. We leave room for growth and are expectant of a better society through our modest contributions.
10. We seek to spread love, make impact on our world and we are in it for the long haul.

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