Community Jameel
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مجتمع جميل | |
| Established | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Mohammed Jameel KBE |
| Type | Philanthropy |
| Legal status | Private |
| Purpose | Scientific research funding |
| Origins | Saudi Arabia |
Region served | Worldwide |
Official language | Arabic, English |
Director | George Richards |
Chairman of the advisory board | Lord Ara Darzi |
Staff | 10+ |
| Website | communityjameel |
Community Jameel (Arabic: مجتمع جميل) is a Saudi[1] private philanthropic science funder, established in 2003.[2]
Community Jameel funds a network of research centres focused on economics, artificial intelligence, data modelling and technology, working on issues including poverty, food insecurity, climate change, disease and mental health.[3][4] Community Jameel has also supported humanitarian agencies in emergencies.
Community Jameel is funded by the Jameel family from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[2] Although private and with limited financial disclosure, Community Jameel is one of the biggest foreign philanthropic funders of UK science[5] and regularly cited as one of the leading philanthropic institutions from the Middle East and the Arab world.[6][7][4][3][8]
History[edit]
The Jameel family is one of the Arab world's richest families.[9][10] They own Abdul Latif Jameel, the world's biggest distributor of Toyota, and are investors in Rivian, among other companies.[11][12]
In 2003, Community Jameel was founded by Mohammed Jameel KBE as a social enterprise with starting capital of SAR 300 million from Abdul Latif Jameel.[13][14] It was initially called Abdul Latif Jameel Community Service Programmes and later Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives.[14][15][16] In 2014, the organisation changed its name to Community Jameel.[2]
Arts philanthropy[edit]
Community Jameel launched the Art Jameel initiative in 2003, later spinning it out as a separate organisation in 2016.[17][18] Activities during the period up to 2016 included the $9.8 million refurbishment of the Victoria and Albert Museum's gallery of Islamic art, renamed the Jameel Gallery, and the launch of the Jameel Prize at the V&A.[19][20][21] During the refurbishment of the Jameel Gallery, Mohammed Jameel supported the 2004-2005 international tour of an exhibition of the V&A's Islamic art collection, called 'Palace and mosque: Islamic art from the Victoria and Albert Museum', to the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texs, Setagaya Art Museum in Tokyo, and the Millennium Gallery in Sheffield.[20]
Activities[edit]
Research centres[edit]
The Community Jameel portfolio primarily comprises laboratories and research centres at leading universities around the world.[4] These include:
- The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT, which was funded by Community Jameel with three endowments in 2005, and whose co-founders, Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics (together with Michael Kremer).[22][23] Community Jameel has collaborated with J-PAL and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) on embedding evidence-based policy labs with IsDB member state governments.[24][25]
- The MIT Jameel Clinic, launched in 2018 and led by Regina Barzilay, James J. Collins and Dimitris Bertsimas, with Nobel laureate Phillip Sharp as chairman. The Jameel Clinic team has used deep learning to discover new antibiotics, halicin and abaucin, and developed AI tools for predicting cancer, including Mirai for breast cancer and Sybil for lung cancer.
- The Jameel Institute at Imperial College London, launched in 2019 with a gift of around £25 million and led by Neil Ferguson.[1] Community Jameel and Kenneth C. Griffin jointly supported the Jameel Institute's initiative for the economics of pandemic preparedness at the Temasek Foundation's Philanthropy Asia Summit in Singapore in 2022.[26]
Arab Science Foundation[edit]
In 2005, Community Jameel launched the Arab Science and Technology Foundation in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, with a $1 million per year contribution.[27] Inspired by the National Science Foundation in the United States, the ASTF grants funding of $50,000 to 20 proposals a year, selected on merit.
Scholarships[edit]
Community Jameel has also established the Jameel-Toyota scholarship for undergraduate students at MIT, and the Andrea Bocelli Foundation–Community Jameel scholarship for students of opera at the Royal College of Music.[28][29]
| Year | Name | Country |
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| 2020 | Clara Barbier Serrano | 
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| 2021 | Laura Mekhail | 
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| 2022 | Seonwoo Lee | 
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| 2023 | Anastasia Koorn | 
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| 2023 | Henna Mun |
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Humanitarian support[edit]
Community Jameel has provided humanitarian organisations in emergencies, including: the Saudi Red Crescent Authority;[14] in response to the COVID-19 pandemic;[30][31][32][33][34] the 2020 Beirut explosion;[35] and the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.[36]
Approach[edit]
Community Jameel is considered one of the top family foundations in the Middle East.[6] Community Jameel is known for its collaborative and partnership-oriented approach.[37] The Jameel family's philanthropy has been described as an "exceptional" model is Islamic giving.[38] Community Jameel has a focus on data- and evidence-based policymaking and decision-making in addressing global development challenges, and on addressing geographic inequities in science funding.[39][40][41]
References[edit]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cookson, Clive (2019-10-15). "Imperial to set up disease research centre with Saudi support". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Jameel family committed to making world a better place". Arab News. 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 LGT Private Banking and the Centre for Strategic Philanthropy at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School. "Giving in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Evolving towards strategic philanthropy.". 2022. p. 26. Accessed 2024-01-18.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Hartnell, Caroline (2018). Philanthropy in the Arab region: A working paper. Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace in association with Alliance, Arab Foundations Forum, John D Gerhart Center for Philanthropy, King Khalid Foundation, Philanthropy Age, SAANED and Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support. Accessed 4 January 2024.
- ↑ "COP28: ARA mobilises new commitments and over GBP 3m for adaptation research for impact". www.adaptationresearchalliance.org. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "10 Charitable Middle Eastern Family Foundations | arab.org". arab.org. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ "The evolution of charitable giving in Saudi Arabia". MEED. 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ Derbal, Nora (2011). "Philanthropy in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Lifestyle and liberty in the name of piety and Islam". Takaful 2011: The first annual conference on Arab philanthropy and civic engagement (PDF). American University in Cairo Press. pp. 46–75. Search this book on
- ↑ "Top 100 Arab Family Businesses 2024". Forbes Middle East. 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
- ↑ "Abdul Latif Jameel family wealth up by $11.5bn after Rivian's IPO". Arab News. 2021-11-11. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ↑ "Rivian IPO turned a family's early investment into $11.5 billion". Fortune. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ↑ "How Abdul Latif Jameel (ALJ) leads with purpose | McKinsey". www.mckinsey.com. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ↑ Lambert, Louise; Pasha-Zaidi, Nausheen (2019-03-30). Positive Psychology in the Middle East/North Africa: Research, Policy, and Practise. Springer. p. 117. ISBN 978-3-030-13921-6. Search this book on
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Hassan, Javid (2004-09-23). "ALJ Focuses On Community Service". Arab News. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ Ibrahim, Barbara; Sherif, Dina H., eds. (2008-10-01). From Charity to Social Change: Trends in Arab Philanthropy. American University in Cairo Press. p. 98. doi:10.5743/cairo/9789774162077.001.0001. ISBN 978-1-61797-028-3. Search this book on
- ↑ Derbal, Nora (2022-07-28). Charity in Saudi Arabia: Civil Society under Authoritarianism. Cambridge University Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-009-07548-0. Search this book on
- ↑ DeTurk, Sabrina (2022-10-14). Women and Contemporary Art in the Gulf: Identity, Institutions and Representation. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-81067-7. Search this book on
- ↑ Proctor, Rebecca Anne (2024-01-17). "Setting the Stage: The Vital Role of Private Art Institutions in Saudi Arabia". Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ "Victoria & Albert Museum Announces Jameel Prize Exhibition to Tour the Middle East". artdaily.cc. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Islamic art and culture: A resource for teachers (PDF). Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art. 2004. Search this book on
- ↑ Buckley, Anisa. The First Islamic Museum of Australia: challenging negative assumptions of Muslims in Australia through art, heritage and discovery (PDF). Search this book on
- ↑ "MIT alumnus backs Poverty Action Lab with 3 major endowments". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2005-10-12. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ↑ "J-PAL". inspire.philanthropyage.org. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ "Islamic Development Bank, Community Jameel, and Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab ready to join forces on embedding evidence-based policy labs with governments". www.isdb.org. 2022-06-04. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ Kumar, N. P. Krishna (2022-06-16). "Islamic Development Bank, Community Jameel tie up on policy labs within governments". Al Arabiya. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ "Jameel Institute to launch global pandemic preparedness initiative". Candid. 2022-10-08. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ Stone, Richard (2005-01-28). "Saudi Millionaire Plans an NSF for Arab Scientists". Science. 307 (5709): 499. doi:10.1126/science.307.5709.499b. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 15681354. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Bocelli, Andrea (2022-11-22). In cammino (in italiano). Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN 978-88-9274-362-5. Search this book on
- ↑ Day, Emma (2019-11-27). "Community Jameel teams up with Andrea Bocelli Foundation to nurture world-class singers". The National. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ "Community Jameel and the International Rescue Committee join forces to combat the effects of COVID-19 on refugees in Jordan | International Rescue Committee (IRC)". www.rescue.org. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ "Community Jameel supports the ABF fight against the Italy Covid-19 emergency". Andrea Bocelli Foundation. 2020-04-05. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ "Royal College of Music and Community Jameel establish Hardship Fund to support students in need". 2020-09-22. Royal College of Music. Accessed 2024-01-18.
- ↑ "Middle East donors join global pandemic response". www.philanthropyage.org. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ "Community Jameel Hardship Fund". www.rcm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ "The International Rescue Committee, Community Jameel, and Toyota Motor Corporation announce collaboration, response to humanitarian crisis in Lebanon | International Rescue Committee (IRC)". www.rescue.org. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ "Pregnant mums and newborns evacuated from Gaza to receive healthcare". Save the Children. 2023-11-27. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ↑ Milner, Andrew; Emerhi, Ese; Abou Shnief, Heba; Chanchani, Mihika (2023). The future of philanthropy (PDF). Alliance. p. 69. Search this book on
- ↑ Lowi, Miriam R. (2017). "Justice, Charity, and the Common Good: In Search of Islam in Gulf Petro-Monarchies". Middle East Journal. 71 (4): 582. doi:10.3751/71.4.13. ISSN 0026-3141. JSTOR 90016496. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Richards, George (2021-04-30). "Opinion: Rely more on evidence in aid — not just during COVID-19". Devex. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ↑ Richards, George (2022-02-04). "3 ways to address the North-South divide in scientific research". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ↑ Richards, George (2023-03-29). "New Department for Science needs to drive breakthroughs in scientific research abroad too". commentcentral.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
