International Waqf Fund

Registered charity 1162805 · since 2015waqf.org·International·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

Its stated fields include education, poverty relief, health and wellbeing (including clean water and sanitation), sustainable development, support for orphans and vulnerable children, and strengthening charitable organisations, so your work fits if it falls within one of these.
Its stated geographic focus is worldwide.
Neither its annual giving nor its grant range is stated, so there is no published basis for setting a request size, and a modest, clearly costed request is the safer starting point.
Its annual report, register entry and website publish no application process, though a contact is given for getting in touch, so an initial short enquiry is a sensible first step.
Because its projects respond to identified needs in local communities and are carried out with delivery partners, a request that describes a specific need and how you would work with others is likely to be the most relevant.

Overview

International Waqf Fund is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1162805).

International Waqf Fund is a charity that invests waqf (endowment) capital and applies the returns to charitable activities, with the aim of helping communities lift themselves out of poverty through long-term sustainable solutions. Its stated objectives are the advancement of education, relief and prevention of poverty, promotion of health and well-being, advancement of sustainable development, strengthening of the third sector, and other charitable purposes. The charity reports £9 million raised in waqf funds, 400 thousand people supported directly and indirectly, and £4.4 million spent on charity projects from the returns on investments.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The foundation invests waqf capital and applies the returns to charitable programmes, working with delivery partners, including group organisations, to implement projects. Its stated fields include education; poverty relief, emergency assistance and sustainable livelihoods; health and wellbeing, including clean water and sanitation; and sustainable development in disadvantaged communities. It also supports vulnerable children and orphans and seeks to strengthen charitable and voluntary organisations through financial and strategic support. Projects respond to identified needs in local communities, while trustees retain discretion to support other charitable purposes aligned with its mission. Its model preserves capital through Sharia-compliant investment and uses the returns for long-term charitable impact.

Themes

Education
Poverty relief
Health and wellbeing
Sustainable development
Third-sector support
Orphan and child welfare
Water and sanitation

Geographic Focus

Priority: Worldwide.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

International

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to International Waqf Fund.

Hope Foundation Helping the HelplessRolling Be Kind FoundationNo public process Sabeel FoundationNo public processGave £86,000 Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya (MKA)Invitation onlyGave £119k Crown CrestNo public processGave £499k Al - Medina TrustNo public process Masters FoundationNo public processGave £405k The Georg and Emily von Opel FoundationRollingGave £1.9M Byrne Family FoundationRollingGave £123k The Newstar FoundationNo public processGave £277k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£761,750	£365,887	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£1,028,714	£369,234	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£851,610	£325,281	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£360,014	£380,953	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£491,056	£492,947	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.