# Waqf Foundation

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1210838 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1210838)
- What it funds: General charitable purposes
- Who it helps: The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to individuals, Makes grants to organisations
- Area of operation: Throughout England and Wales
- Trustees: 4
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/waqf-foundation

Our charity's purpose is to further such charitable purposes for the public benefit by making grants to individuals or to organisations furthering such charitable purposes.This will be achieved via making grants to individuals and other organisations who require funds for a particular charitable purpose. The trustees will initially focus on the prevention or relief of poverty.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> To further such charitable purposes (charitable under english law) as the trustees see fit from time to time for the public benefit by making grants to individuals or to organisations furthering such charitable purposes.

## What it funds

Waqf Foundation is registered under general charitable purposes for the general public and other defined groups; the register records that it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as England and Wales.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Waqf Foundation in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). It may fund by invitation only, or through programmes that OpenGrant's sources do not cover. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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