Dedan Kimathi Foundation is a non-profit  and STRICTLY non-political organisation registered  by the family of the late Field Marshall Dedan Kimathi Waciuri in the year 2017 with the following core objectives being to cater for the interests of independence war veterans by harmonising all the groups associated with the Mau Mau struggle, to seek land for resettlement and to cater for  the  social  welfare of the veterans.

Subsequently,  the Foundation saw the need to expand its scope of operations to embrace other social concerns not only associated with the veterans but adversely affecting communities across the whole country.