Alwaleed Philanthropies
Alwaleed Philanthropies is the global philanthropy of Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal. One of the largest foundations in the region, it supports individuals and organisations working across a range of sectors from health and education to community development, arts, and empowerment. To-date, the foundation has funded humanitarian relief and development initiatives, working with a range of global partners to reach over one billion people worldwide. Alwaleed Philanthropies gave generously to the Gates Philanthropy Partners Covid-19 response fund. This helped to support vaccine development, build capacity in local healthcare settings in Africa, and supply PPE to countries in need. The organisation has also given to campaigns to flight polio and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and has also funded several centres dedicated to Islamic culture.
- Organisation type Foundation
- Year founded 1980
- Headquartered Riyadh
- Registration Saudi Arabia
- Website https://alwaleedphilanthropies.org
Focus areas
Focus sectors
- Education
- Health
Human services
- Youth development
- Community and economic development
- Arts and culture
Philanthropy and public policy
- Nonprofits
Information and communications
- Libraries
- Religion
Focus populations
- Women and girls
- Victims of disaster
Focus geographies
- Europe
- Americas
- Africa
- North Africa
- Middle East
- South-east Asia
- Central Asia
- South Asia
- East Asia
Grantees
- Breakthrough Energy
- Gavi: The Vaccine Alliance
- Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)
- American University in Cairo
- University of Cambridge
- University of Edinburgh
- Harvard University
- Georgetown University
- Musée du Louvre
- The Museum of Islamic Art Berlin
- Splash
- The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO)
- UN Habitat
- Gates Philanthropy Partners
- World Health Organisation
- Habitat for Humanity
- World Scout Foundation
- Turquoise Mountain
- Nubian Vault
- Humanitarian Leadership Academy
- UNICEF
- The End Fund
Programmes
- Maharat childhood development cognitive skills
- Alwaleed Bin Talal Academic Centres
- Splash: hand washing stations for all
- Albania Earthquake Relief: habitat for humanity
- Eradicate Guinea worm disease
- Gates Philanthropy Partners (GPP) Covid-19 response projects
- Polio eradication
- Turquoise Mountain Myanmar
- World Scout Foundation
- Dar al Diafah project
- Captinah Project
- Measles and rubella elimination
- Humanitarian Leadership Academy
- Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
- Misremember AlKhair Housing Project
- Waeya Legal Initiative
- Housing and car grant projects
- Medical and socio-educational caravans
Financials
Funding model
- Private
- Royal
Primary funders
- Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal
Types of funding and awards
- Cash grants
- Foundation-administered programme awards
- Grants to Individuals
- In-kind gifts
- Programme related investment
- Matching grants
Operations
Key staff
- Princess Lamia Bint Majid Al Saud, secretary general
- Abeer Al Fouti, executive manager, global initiatives
Board members
- Chair, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Al Saud
- Vice-chair, Prince Khalid Bin Alwaleed Al Saud
- Princess Reem Bint Alwaleed Al Saud
- Nada Bint Saleh Al Sugair
- Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulaziz Al Nashwan
- Princess Lamia Bint Majid Al Saud
Contact details
- +966-11-211-0000
- General@Alwaleedphilanthropies.org
- https://alwaleedphilanthropies.org
- Kingdom Tower, King Fahd Road Riyadh, 11564, Saudi Arabia
