The Bayat Foundation is dedicated to the health, education and well-being of the people of Afghanistan, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, marital status or religion, by providing for the needy and unlocking the potential of  widows, women, children, youth and men through programs and partnerships offering quality healthcare for women and newborns,  increased access to education through new or refurbished schools, economic empowerment through entrepreneurship, social justice, strengthened families, competitive sporting events and cultural preservation.

The Bayat Foundation public charity, based in the USA, was founded in 2006 by Ehsan and Fatema Bayat and is in large part supported by individual donors throughout the world.