[6] Founded in 2003[7] by Mohammed Jameel[1] of Saudi Arabia,[7] it was originally named Abdul Latif Jameel Community Services Programs (ALJCSP), with 25 initial projects focused on social and humanitarian services, such as training or support for the Red Crescent in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
[8] Among other projects,[9][10] it funded the Massachusetts Institute of Technology research center the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab in 2005.
[5] In 2019, Community Jameel and the Andrea Bocelli foundation launched the Andrea Bocelli Foundation–Community Jameel scholarship for students of opera at the Royal College of Music.
[2] It also funded the Jameel Institute at Imperial College London, which launched in 2019.
[1] In 2022, Community Jameel announced it was working with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab on a program to embed evidence-based policy labs within governments.