Farangis Azizova (Fara Azizi) is a grants manager on the finance team at GMF. With a career spanning more than 17 years, Azizi has managed complex grants and contracts for major donors, focusing on impactful and sustainable programming across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.
In her most recent role as senior grants manager at Tides Foundation, Azizi oversaw a $30-million initiative to strengthen civil society, leading award management, risk mitigation, and capacity-building efforts for grantees. Her previous roles included serving as a program specialist at Counterpart International, where she oversaw project implementation, ensured compliance with donor regulations, and managed grants from development to monitoring. She collaborated with cross-departmental teams to support program expenditures and guided subrecipient performance.
At the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), as general manager and country representative in Tajikistan, Azizi managed organizational operations, strategic oversight of sub-awards, and compliance with USAID regulations. She led a team of 25, maintained government relations, and secured donor funding to support program activities.
Azizi holds an MBA from the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Service in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, and is fluent in English, Russian, and Tajik (Farsi).