# Al Risaleh Foundation

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1216872 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1216872)
- Website: https://www.alrisaleh.com
- What it funds: Education / training, Health / saving of lives, Disability, Prevention or relief of poverty, Economic / community development / employment
- Who it helps: The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations, Provides buildings / facilities / open space
- Area of operation: Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Occupied Palestinian Territories
- Other names: Fajr Al-Iraq (previous)
- Trustees: 3
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/al-risaleh-foundation

Al Risaleh Foundation delivers charitable programmes focused on healthcare, education, and humanitarian support for underserved communities.Our activities include organising medical missions, providing humanitarian aid, supporting access to education, and mobilising volunteers to deliver these programmes. We work in partnership with local and international organisations to maximise impact.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> The objects of the CIO are:(1) To advance health and relieve sickness by providing medical care, surgical facilities, and mental health support to individuals and families affected by conflict and instability in Iraq and gaza and other areas of conflict and instability, particularly through the establishment and operation of medical facilities and the provision of medical missions.(2) To advance education by providing access to educational opportunities, literacy programs, and school rehabilitation for disadvantaged children, including those with special needs and individuals affected by generational illiteracy, in Iraq and gaza and other areas of conflict and instability.(3) To relieve poverty and hardship by providing humanitarian aid, including food, water, clothing, and essential supplies, to vulnerable and displaced persons in Iraq and gaza and other areas of conflict and instability, with a focus on orphans, widows, and internally displaced persons.(4) To further such other charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) in Iraq and gaza and other areas of conflict and instability as the trustees see fit from time to time.

## What it funds

Al Risaleh Foundation is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training, health / saving of lives, disability, prevention or relief of poverty and economic / community development / employment for the general public and other defined groups; the register records that it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings / facilities / open space.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Occupied Palestinian Territories.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Al Risaleh Foundation in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). Its website (alrisaleh.com) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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