The Arab Fund provides three types of financing, as follows: providing loans (whether for public sector projects or private sector projects), contributing to the capital of companies established by the private sector, and providing grants (whether to governmental or non-governmental entities).

The loans provided by the Fund to contribute to the financing of public sector projects represent the largest part of the Fund’s financing (more than 90% of the financing activity), while the financing provided by the Fund for private sector projects, either through loans or contributions to the capital of companies, and the provision of grants, form, combined, less than 10% of the Fund's remaining financing activity.