Singapore-based Southeast Asia super app and ride-hailing company Grab has made a US$3.2 million allocation for 2026 from the GrabForGood Fund that will fund programmes across Southeast Asia that support the fund’s three core pillars of education, community care and disaster relief. 

The 2026 roadmap, the company notes, includes the flagship GrabScholar programme, which provides bursaries for underprivileged school-going children and full-ride merit scholarships for students with demonstrated financial need and strong academic potential, as well as health and meal nutrition programmes for schools. 

The fund, an endowment dedicated to supporting its partners and the community-at-large, was established by Grab, it points out, to ensure the company’s success is directly shared with the communities it serves.

This commitment, the super app shares, was anchored by a personal contribution of over US$16 million from Grab’s group CEO and co-founder, Anthony Tan, as a marker of leadership accountability to the fund’s long-term mission, as well as additional contributions from other individual and organizational donors.

“We started the GrabForGood Fund to provide a foundation for people across Southeast Asia to build the future they want for themselves,” Tan adds. “I’ve seen first-hand the incredible resilience of our partners and communities, yet there can be systemic barriers that are hard to overcome alone.

“In 2026, we aim for these programmes to be the stepping stones to better opportunities - whether by ensuring a child has a nutritious meal to focus in class, or providing a student with a full scholarship to reach university and create new possibilities for their family’s future.”