Who we are
About Community Jameel
Community Jameel is a global philanthropy innovating for a better future.
Working across six areas – livelihoods, arts, education, health, climate and evidence – we are continuing the Jameel family tradition of philanthropy established in 1945.
Fady Jameel, President, International
Bridging the gap between cutting-edge innovations in the labs and impact in the field is central to Community Jameel's mission. Our programmes focus on translating research into action, by drawing together the worlds of academia and development, researchers and humanitarians, and breaking out new advances from the labs and driving them into the field.
Global Grad Show conference in Dubai, November 2019
Hassan Jameel, President, Saudi Arabia
My grandfather was a very generous man. He wasn’t educated in the conventional sense—business was his education—but he recognised the value of giving back. He would support communities around his town, regardless of what the issues were. My father institutionalised that generosity and the philanthropic concept that has manifested into Community Jameel—our philanthropic organisation, where its teams are held to measurements and metrics.
Interview with McKinsey & Co., January 2020
In 1945, my father, the late Abdul Latif Jameel, established his business and began a tradition of charitable giving and community projects. Over the rest of his life, he helped tens of thousands of people, in Saudi Arabia and beyond.
His vision lives on today in Community Jameel.
Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel KBE
FOUNDER, COMMUNITY JAMEEL Learn moreOur story
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