Inspired with the noble idea of disseminating knowledge and human understanding through academic pursuits and original research among the people of Asia, the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh started its endowment program from 1984. The program received positive responses from many intellectually oriented philanthropic persons who are inclined to extend their beneficent hands to activities leading to academic and cultural enrichment. Their endowments promote intellectual developments and also uphold their public image.
From 1984 to date nineteen Trust Funds have been established at the Society. All these endowments function regularly and to the highest satisfaction of the respective founders and members of the Society. Each Trust Fund is managed by a board of trustees chaired by a nominee of the Society’s Council. These Trust Funds arrange public lectures, organize research projects, and give awards to persons who make outstanding contributions to research.

The trust funds are:

1. FINAS Foundation
2. Saleha Khanam Trust Fund
3. Mustafizur Rahman Khan and Saleha Khanam Trust Fund
4. Professor Mufassiluddin Ahmed Trust Fund
5. Professor Muhammad Ishaq Trust Fund
6. Munshi Aftabuddin and Abdul Hafiz Trust Fund
7. Professor Shafiqur Rahman Trust Fund
8. National Professor Atwar Husain Trust Fund
9. Halima Begum and Shaikh Sharafuddin Trust Fund
10. Professor Md. Nurul Karim Trust Fund
11. Jahanara Majid and Mahbub Alam Trust Fund
12. Justice Muhammad Ibrahim Trust Fund
13. Shahid Jamil Ahmed Trust Fund
14. Dr. Serajul Haque & Mahzuzah Trust Fund
15. Maulvi Shamsuddin Ahmed Memorial Trust Fund
16. A.K.M. Azizul Haq & Husniara Huq Trust Fund
17. Mohammed Wazed Ali Memorial Trust Fund
18. The Mahfuza Khanam & Shafique Ahmed Trust Fund
19. Barrister Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Memorial Foundation

FINAS Foundation: Established in 1984 by late Khan Bahadur Abdul Hakim is the first Trust Fund under the Society's Endowment Scheme. Its opening capital is Tk. 1,00,000.00. The aim of this trust fund is to arrange an annual lecture on a topic relating to "Complex Living in the Modern World, Dominated by Science" by an eminent scholar.

Saleha Khanam Trust Fund: Established in 1986 by late Mr. Mustafizur Rahman Khan. Its opening capital is Tk. 1,00,000.00. The aim of this trust fund is to promote scholarly research on "The Role of Savings in Social Life and its Impact on Nation's Economic Development" and it organises one annual lecture by an eminent scholar.

Mustafizur Rahman Khan and Saleha Khanam Trust Fund established in 1987 by Professor Mahfuza Khanam with an opening capital of Tk. 1,00,000.00. Its main objective is to promote moral and social upliftment of women in Asia. It arranges one lecture every year on "The Rights of Women in Asia" by an eminent scholar.

Professor Mufassiluddin Ahmed Trust Fund established in 1987 by late Professor Mofassiluddin Ahmed, a renowned psychologist and psychotherapist with an opening capital of Tk. 1,00,000.00. The aim of this trust fund is to promote research on the "Role of Medistic Psychotherapy in the Advancement of the People of Developing Countries of Asia" and it arranges one annual lecture by an eminent scholar.

Professor Muhammad Ishaq Trust Fund established in 1987 by Professor Muhammad Ishaq, a renowned historian. Its opening capital is Tk. 1,00,000.00. The aim of this trust fund is to promote research on "The History of Bengal up to 1947" and it arranges one annual lecture by an eminent historian.

Munshi Aftabuddin and Abdul Hafiz Trust Fund established by late Mr. Abdul Hafiz in 1988. Its opening capital is Tk. 50,000.00. The main aim of this trust fund is to promote research on the broad area of "Bangladesh Studies". It arranges one annual lecture by an eminent scholar.

Professor Shafiqur Rahman Trust Fund established in 1988 by Professor Shafiqur Rahman, a renowned economist with an opening capital of Tk. 2,00,000.00. The aim of this trust fund is to promote research on the broad subject of "The Economic History of Bangladesh". This Trust Fund every year awards fellowship to an established scholar for producing an original work on some aspect within the broad subject.

National Professor Atwar Husain Trust Fund established in 1988 by late Professor Ramat Ara Husain with an opening capital of Tk. 1,00,000.00. This trust fund has two objectives: (a) holding one annual lecture known as "The National Professor Atwar Husain Trust Fund Lecture" by an eminent scholar on a topic within the broad area of "Economic Problems in Developing Countries of Asia and Planning Strategy for Development", and (b) awarding a gold medal known as "The National Professor Atwar Husain Gold Medal" to a female scholar for producing a substantial research work in any field of Humanities or Social Sciences.

Halima Begum and Shaikh Sharafuddin Trust Fund established in 1989 by Dr. Abdullah Al-Muti Sharafuddin with an opening capital of Tk. 1,45,000.00. The main objective of the trust fund is to award a grant for promotion of publication of high quality books and monographs in the field of science and technology by a Bangladeshi scholar.

Professor Md. Nurul Karim Trust Fund established in 1993 by Professor Md. Nurul Karim, an eminent educationist. Its opening capital is Tk. 1,00,000.00 and its aim is to arrange one annual lecture by an eminent scholar within the broad area “ Contribution of Asian scholars to the Study of Arabic, Islamic Studies, Persian and Urdu".

Jahanara Majid and Mahbub Alam Trust Fund established by Mr. Mahbub Alam in 1994. Its opening capital is Tk. 1,00,000.00 and its aim is to award a research grant to an eminent scholar for producing an original work on the broad area "Dhaka City: its past, present and future".

Justice Muhammad Ibrahim Trust Fund established in 1997 jointly by Professor Sufia Ahmed and Mr. Tariq Ibrahim. Its opening capital is Tk. 3,00,000.00. This Trust Fund arranges a learned lecture and provides research grant every alternative year in the fields of humanities and liberal arts.

Shahid Jamil Ahmed Trust Fund established at the Society in 1999 by Mrs. Anjuman Ara Jamil, M.P. Its opening capital is Tk. 1,00,000.00. Its aim is to award a Gold Medal known as “Shahid Jamil Ahmed Gold Medal" to a scholar for producing a substantial research work in defence related areas.
Dr. Serajul Haque & Mahzuzah Trust Fund established by Dr. Serajul Haque in 2001 with an endowment of Tk. 3,00,000. The aim of the Trust Fund is to conduct annual lectures and also research on Islam.

Maulvi Shamsuddin Ahmed Memorial Trust Fund established in 2003 by Mr. Md. Aminul Islam. Its opening capital is Tk. 4,00,000. Its main purpose is to fund research in the areas of numismatics, epigraphy, archaeology, art and architecture.

A.K.M. Azizul Haq & Husniara Huq Trust Fund established by Mrs. Husniara Huq in 2003 with an opening capital of Tk. 5,00,000. Its aim is to promote research on aspects within the broad areas of Education and Development.

The Mahfuza Khanam & Shafique Ahmed Trust Fund established by Professor Mahfuza Khanam in 2004 with an endowment of Tk. 2,00,000. The objective of the Trust Fund is to arrange and conduct a lecture by a learned scholar on “ Law & Human Rights”.

Barrister Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Memorial Foundation established in 2004 by National Professor Sufia Ahmed in memory of her late spouse Barrister Ishtiaq Ahmed with an endowment of Tk. 10,00000. The objective of the fund is to promote research in the areas of legal and constitutional history and cultural history of Bangladesh.