New ATFP Director of Institutional Development Inaugurates Schooner Foundation Matching Grant Program

The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) and new Director of Institutional Development Mr. Fadi Elsalameen are proud to announce ATFP’s new partnership with the Schooner Foundation with the establishment of a matching grant and donation program. The Schooner Foundation is a private foundation with a focus on peace & security, human rights and economic opportunities. The new program will match all donations to the American Task Force on Palestine up to the amount of $50,000.

Prior to joining ATFP, Mr. Elsalameen was a Program advisor at the ‘Imaginenations Group’ where he worked with teams of international development finance and youth experts to design investment strategies for youth in the Middle East and South America. Since 1998, Elsalameen has been an active participant in the International organization ‘Seeds of Peace’, participating in and lecturing at numerous leadership summits and conferences on topics related to Middle East youth, conflict resolution, and extremism. Elsalameen graduated from Earlham College with a B.S. in biochemistry and political science and is an M.A candidate at The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Elsalameen speaks Arabic, Hebrew, English, French, and Chinese.