Turning Purpose Into Progress
“The Long Harvest” is the recognition that enduring change cannot be rushed or extracted. Instead, it must be cultivated with intention and given the time and conditions to grow into its full potential.
This speaks to the heart of Yayasan Hasanah’s work.
Every investment is like a seed. It carries within it the possibility of growth, but what the seed becomes depends entirely on the environment we choose to create around it.
And our ambition is not the tree. It is the forest.
The forest is a living system—interdependent, adaptive, and resilient. It regulates itself. It nourishes its own soil, shelters diverse forms of life, and evolves without being directed. Its strength lies in the symbiotic relationships between all that lives within it. This is the standard we hold for our work: not simply to fund solutions, but to build ecosystems where value compounds far beyond the initial input.
Every collaboration adds nourishment. Every setback strengthens what comes next. The work calls for patience over immediacy, stewardship over control, and a long view that prioritises continuity over completion. When we invest this way, ideas take root, partnerships deepen, and communities grow the strength to sustain themselves.
This is the spirit of “The Long Harvest” — where impact is not measured in cycles, but in generations to come.
Yayasan Hasanah’s work spans five key impact areas
Education, Community Development, Environment, Arts and Public Spaces, and Knowledge — through which we support focused, well-thought initiatives that can spark meaningful change.
2015–2025
RM2.087 billion
total funds managed
2025 marks a transition from incremental growth to exponential impact. Across education, environmental conservation, and the arts, interventions were markedly expanded. This growth reflects not only increased reach but also a parallel deepening of capability, where communities, practitioners, and institutions are better equipped to sustain and extend impact.
Encouragingly, priority areas that have benefited from sustained focus are beginning to show signs of embedded impact. Practices are adopted independently, relationships evolve into self-sustaining networks, and ideas begin to shape solutions and systems beyond Hasanah’s immediate project delivery and involvement.
If the past decade has taught us anything, it is that meaningful impact is neither accidental nor immediate. It is cultivated through deliberate focus, sustained engagement, and a clear understanding of where concentrated effort can unlock the greatest and most enduring value.
Impact is often measured in numbers — but lived in moments.
Take a closer look at how change unfolds on the ground: in the choices people gain, the time they reclaim, and the futures they begin to shape.
Across seven stories, we invite you to step into these realities — and see what impact looks like, up close.
Impact in Numbers, Insights for the Future
Beyond 2025, focusing our efforts on specific, targeted areas is likely to create stronger and longer-lasting impact than broad, dispersed outreach.
27%
45%
59%
Rural outreach (% of total reach)
The rising share of rural outreach reflects a deliberate shift towards more targeted engagement, focusing efforts where they can drive deeper, longer-term impact.
Active Projects by States in 2025 and 2024, in comparison
Riding this momentum, we aim to focus even more sharply and deliver stronger interventions towards closing the urban-rural divide.
Progress and Learnings in 2025
Scaling Up: Reaching More Students, Teachers, Environmental Actors, and Arts Practitioners
2024 Reach
231 students showed improved academic performance
785 students across 309 schools benefitted from literacy and academic support programmes
2025
2025 Scaled Impact
4.3x
more teachers and staff are better equipped to support students’ learning pathways.
140x
more students with improved academic performance.
7.9x
more schools were involved
2024 Reach
360 persons trained under PSDM
197 persons trained in responsible waste management
7 communities involved
27.2 tonnes waste diverted
2025
2025 Scaled Impact
7.2x
persons trained in responsible waste management
2.1x
persons trained under PSDM
4x
communities involved in local waste management initiatives
37.5x
waste diverted
More sustained behavioural change
2024 Reach
No upskilling on textiles skills
2025
2025 Scaled Impact
Knowledge transfer of essential skills to the next generation, kickstarting the pathway for sustainable conservation of heritage textiles
2025
What We’re Learning and How It’s Shaping Impact in 2025
From: Early provision of water and solar systems
To: Community-led maintenance (588 people trained)
From: Foundational trainings in livelihoods, mental health and leadership
To: Higher incomes (+49%) and improved wellbeing (362 people supported)
From: Initial joint activities across partners
To: 8× more collaborations with government, corporates, schools and communities
From: Early advocacy and engagement efforts
To: Emerging influence in policy and institutional support
From: Training and activation of Orang Asli patrollers
To: 5 patrollers absorbed into government agencies as rangers
From: Early-stage consumer behaviour initiatives
To: Co-created solutions (e.g. Tuaran plastic reduction policy development)
From: Expanding audience reach and creative participation
To: 7.6× higher ticket revenue, signalling deeper appreciation
Managing Director's Reflections
The harvest, if we tend to it well, will outlast us all.
As I reflect on the past year, I return to a simple but enduring idea: The Long Harvest. Lasting change is not achieved by doing more, but by doing what matters — and staying with it long enough to take root.
Puan Siti Kamariah Ahmad Subki
Trustee & Managing Director, Yayasan Hasanah
Chairman's Message
This report comes at a time of global uncertainty — but also of growing clarity on what truly sustains nations: resilient communities, strong partnerships, and a long-term commitment to people.
Tan Sri Md Nor Yusof
Chairman, Yayasan Hasanah
Convenor. Collaborator. Catalyst for Change
Yayasan Hasanah (Hasanah) is a grant-making foundation dedicated to addressing Malaysia’s most pressing community, social, and environmental challenges.
Established by Khazanah Nasional Berhad in 2015, our work reflects a purposeful shift from traditional philanthropy towards a transformational, impact-focused model that supports our country’s aspiration to grow into a prosperous nation for all.
Beyond funding, Hasanah serves as a connector, convener, and catalyst, bringing together communities, civil society, corporates, and policymakers to strengthen systems and enable lasting change.
We work closely with our partners to co-design and implement programmes grounded in local realities, while strengthening the capabilities and resilience of the communities and organisations we support.
Since 2015, our work has reached more than 4 million people across Malaysia through over 1,100 projects. Behind these numbers are stronger communities, expanded opportunities, and lives transformed.