khan is an active supporter of the life line charitable programme, which provides medicine and surgery for seriously ill children in russia. since its founding in 2008, the program claims that 8334 children have been saved as a result of their work. khan is a supporter of jewish initiatives in russia and elsewhere in europe. an active member of the russian jewish congress, khan regularly contributes to the european jewish fund, a non-profit organization aimed at developing european jewry and promoting tolerance and reconciliation. khan along with stan polovets, mikhail fridman, pyotr aven, and alexander knaster founded the genesis philanthropy group in 2011, whose purpose is to develop and enhance jewish identity among jews worldwide. in september 2016, it was announced that he was a member of an initiative to create a holocaust memorial at babi yar in ukraine. the initiative group of the babi yar holocaust memorial center also included his long-term colleague fridman.