Sultan Bin Abd Al-Aziz Al-Saud Foundation
King Faisal Prize in Service to Islam 2003 Laureate
Work dedicated to Allah and aligned with societal customs is the essence of our religion, through which our nation shall be elevated
The Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Foundation is a Saudi-based philanthropic organization established in 1995 in Riyadh to provide social services and health care for the elderly and comprehensive rehabilitation programs for the disabled, and children with special needs, in addition to a number of ambitious housing, educational, and medical programs.
Within a few years of its establishment, the Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Foundation emerged as one of the largest of its
kind in the world. Its accomplishments include establishment of the monumental Sultan Bin Abdulaziz’s City for
Humanitarian Services, Humanitarian Housing Projects, Prince Sultan Center for Science and Technology, Special Education Program, Arab and Islamic Education Program at the University of California in Berkeley, a Medical and Educational Telecommunications Program (Medunet), King Abdulaziz Center for
Islamic Studies in Italy, and Center for Hearing and Speech in collaboration with the Bahrain Society for Child Development. Furthermore, the Foundation provides direct financial support to many pre-existing philanthropic activities in the Kingdom and elsewhere.
This biography was written in the year the prize was awarded.
- The foundation established many programs including:
- Patient Treatment Fund in 2005.
- Prince Sultan Program for Arabic language at the UNESCO in 2007.
- Prince Sultan International Arabian Horse Festival in 2008.
- Prince Sultan’s contest for Quran and Sunnah in 2009.
- Mosques Care Program in 2014.