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
Related sustainable development goals
Focus areas
Focus sectors
- Arts and culture
- Community and economic development
- Education
- Health
Human services
- Youth development
Information and communications
- Libraries
Philanthropy and public policy
- Nonprofits
- Religion
Focus populations
- Victims of disaster
- Women and girls
Focus geographies
- Africa
- Americas
- Central Asia
- East Asia
- Europe
- Middle East
- North Africa
- South Asia
- South-east Asia
Grantees
- American University in Cairo
- Breakthrough Energy
- Gates Philanthropy Partners
- Gavi: The Vaccine Alliance
- Georgetown University
- Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)
- Habitat for Humanity
- Harvard University
- Humanitarian Leadership Academy
- Musée du Louvre
- Nubian Vault
- Splash
- The Carter Center
- The End Fund
- The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO)
- The Museum of Islamic Art Berlin
- Turquoise Mountain
- UN Habitat
- UNICEF
- University of Cambridge
- University of Edinburgh
- World Health Organisation
- World Scout Foundation
Programmes
- Albania Earthquake Relief: habitat for humanity
- Alwaleed Bin Talal Academic Centres
- Captinah Project
- Dar al Diafah project
- Eradicate Guinea worm disease
- Gates Philanthropy Partners (GPP) Covid-19 response projects
- Housing and car grant projects
- Humanitarian Leadership Academy
- Maharat childhood development cognitive skills
- Measles and rubella elimination
- Medical and socio-educational caravans
- Misremember AlKhair Housing Project
- Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
- Polio eradication
- Splash: hand washing stations for all
- Turquoise Mountain Myanmar
- Waeya Legal Initiative
- World Scout Foundation
Financials
Funding model
- Cash grants
- Foundation-administered programme awards
- Grants to Individuals
- In-kind gifts
- Matching grants
- Programme related investment
Primary funders
- Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal
Operations
Key staff
- global initiatives, Abeer Al Fouti
- secretary general, Princess Lamia Bint Majid Al Saud
Board members
- Nada Bint Saleh Al Sugair, Nada Bint Saleh Al Sugair
- Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Al Saud, Chair
- Prince Khalid Bin Alwaleed Al Saud, Vice-chair
- Princess Lamia Bint Majid Al Saud, Princess Lamia Bint Majid Al Saud
- Princess Reem Bint Alwaleed Al Saud, Princess Reem Bint Alwaleed Al Saud
- Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulaziz Al Nashwan, Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulaziz Al Nashwan
Contact details
- +966-11-211-0000
- General@Alwaleedphilanthropies.org
- https://alwaleedphilanthropies.org
- Kingdom Tower, King Fahd Road Riyadh, 11564, Saudi Arabia