صندوق الوقف الصحي

What صندوق الوقف الصحي does

The Health Endowment Fund (صندوق الوقف الصحي) is a Saudi Arabian government-established charitable endowment fund created by Cabinet Resolution No. (353) of 1440 AH (2018-2019 CE), operating with independent legal personality under the chairmanship of the Minister of Health. Its core function is to channel donations and endowment returns into healthcare support for uninsured patients, those lacking treatment eligibility, and emergency cases across Saudi Arabia's 13 administrative regions. The fund operates five primary domains: essential and emergency medical care, psychiatric disorders and addiction treatment, health prevention, supportive healthcare, and building partner capacities. As of recent reporting it has served over 300,000 beneficiaries and recorded cumulative developmental impact exceeding 320 million SAR.

The fund's core products are digital and programmatic. The Shefa digital platform (منصة شفاء) serves as the primary donation and treatment-case management interface, listing individual patient cases for donor support; a Shefa mobile application launched in October 2025 during the Global Health Exhibition extends this to mobile. A Grant Portal (بوابة المنح) allows civil health associations to apply for funding. The fund also operates condition-specific sub-funds such as the Children's Type 1 Diabetes Support Fund and the Genetic Blood Disorders Center in Jazan, plus the annual 'Waleed' initiative that coordinates private hospitals to deliver free procedures (IVF/ICSI, dialysis, mental health).

Revenue mechanics are donation-based rather than commercial. Funding streams include cash donations from individuals and corporates, in-kind contributions, Zakat (Islamic almsgiving), Waqf (endowment) contributions, and investment returns from the endowment portfolio. In 2023 total donations reached 72,359,247 SAR and the endowment portfolio stood at 111,690,128 SAR; 2024 initiative impact also exceeded 72 million SAR. The fund distributes funds through a network of 100+ registered health associations, direct grants, and the Shefa platform. It is governed by a board chaired by the Minister of Health and operates as a non-profit endowment entity rather than an equity-funded company.

Name

صندوق الوقف الصحي

Legal name

صندوق الوقف الصحي (Health Endowment Fund)

Website

https://saudihef.org.sa

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Health Endowment Fund is a Saudi government-established charitable endowment that channels donations and endowment returns into healthcare support for uninsured and emergency patients across 13 regions, primarily through its Shefa digital platform, mobile app, and a network of 100+ partner health associations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Philanthropy and Charitable Endowment Services

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Philanthropy & Foundations Advisory (Donor-Advised Funds, Endowments) (FSAAABAH), Grantmaking & Philanthropic Funds (Institutional Donors) (BPADAOAB), Public Health Financing, Budgeting & Grants Management (HLAJAMAC)

Keywords

• Healthcare philanthropy
• Charitable endowment
• Healthcare donations
• Patient treatment funding
• Community health partnerships

Headquarters

HQ city

Riyadh

HQ country

Saudi Arabia

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Cash Donations: Monetary donations received from individuals, businesspeople, companies, and civil institutions. The fund received 72,359,247 SAR in total donations during 2023.
2. In-Kind Donations: Non-monetary contributions and physical assets donated to support healthcare initiatives.
3. Investment Returns: Revenue generated from investing the fund's endowment portfolio, contributing to financial sustainability.
4. Endowment Growth and Investment: Profits generated from the fund's endowments and their investment vehicles, supporting long-term financial sustainability.
5. Zakat (Islamic Almsgiving): Islamic charitable contributions collected as part of the fund's diversified funding sources.
6. Waqf/Endowment Contributions: Dedicated endowment (waqf) contributions that grow the fund's endowment portfolio, which exceeded 111,690,128 SAR.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Health Endowment Fund is a government-backed charitable endowment that collects donations, Zakat, and Waqf contributions from individuals, corporations, foundations, and royal donors, then channels those funds into healthcare treatment, emergency medical support, and health association grants across Saudi Arabia. It operates the Shefa digital platform and mobile application to facilitate donation processing for individual treatment cases, and runs grant programs that fund 100+ registered civil health associations delivering services to over 300,000 beneficiaries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• منصة شفاء (Shefa Platform): Digital platform that facilitates providing treatment services and medicines to those in need, the discontinued, and emergency cases who lack treatment eligibility.
• طفولة بلا وخز (Childhood Without Needles)
• وَلـيـد (Waleed)
• يوم جديد (A New Day)

Products and services

• Shefa Digital Platform (منصة شفاء) Electronic platform that facilitates the provision of treatment services and medicines for those in need, the disconnected, and emergency cases who lack treatment eligibility. Enables individuals to support healthcare cases with transparency and ease, serving both donors who browse and fund cases and beneficiaries who register for treatment support.
• Shefa Mobile Application (تطبيق منصة شفاء) Mobile application launched on October 28, 2025, during the Global Health Exhibition 2025, designed to facilitate donations for registered healthcare cases on the Shefa platform, providing a streamlined digital experience for donors.
• Grant Portal (بوابة المنح) Electronic portal for health associations to apply for grant programs across five healthcare domains: essential medical care, psychiatric disorders, health prevention, supportive healthcare, and building partner capacities. Supports the fund's mission to enable civil society health organizations.
• Waleed Initiative (مبادرة وليد) - Private Health Sector Giving Initiative Annual initiative launched each year coinciding with Saudi National Day, where private healthcare sector partners (hospitals and medical centers) provide free medical procedures to beneficiaries, coordinated through the Health Endowment Fund. Editions have covered dialysis, mental health, and infertility treatments.
• Children Type 1 Diabetes Support Fund (صندوق دعم الأطفال المصابين بالسكري من النوع الأول) Specialized fund providing modern insulin pumps for children with Type 1 diabetes, improving their quality of life and reducing the burden of traditional injection-based management. The fund received 20 million SAR in donations from royal and foundation donors.
• A New Day Initiative (مبادرة يوم جديد) - Addiction Rehabilitation Program Initiative aimed at rehabilitating recovering addicts and helping them reintegrate into society through halfway house programs, delivered in partnership with King Abdullah International Foundation for Humanitarian Works.
• Emergency Fund (الصندوق الإسعافي) Fund dedicated to financing initiatives and programs related to emergency and ambulance services, established in partnership with the Saudi Red Crescent Authority to enhance the Kingdom's emergency response capabilities and service quality.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 300,000 beneficiaries served across 13 regions of Saudi Arabia
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Jazan Health Cluster (التجمع الصحي في جازان)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 April 2026Partnership to establish the Genetic Blood Disorders Center in Jazan, with a contribution of 30 million SAR, alongside Abdullah Al Rajhi Charitable Foundation and the Community Participation Program at the Ministry of Health.
• Abdullah Al Rajhi Charitable Foundation (مؤسسة عبدالله الراجحي الخيرية)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 April 2026Tri-partite partnership to establish the Genetic Blood Disorders Center in Jazan with a contribution of 30 million SAR, addressing hereditary blood diseases in the region.
• Community Participation Program at Ministry of Health (برنامج المشاركة المجتمعية في وزارة الصحة)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 April 2026Tri-partite partnership to establish the Genetic Blood Disorders Center in Jazan, combining government and non-profit sector efforts for specialized healthcare.
• Sulaiman Al-Abanmi Foundation (مؤسسة سليمان أبانمي الأهلية)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 7 April 2026Cooperation agreement to support the kidney dialysis care portfolio, enabling 77 beneficiaries to receive 2,002 treatment sessions over 100 days, with funding of 1,000,000 SAR.
• Saudi Red Crescent Authority (هيئة الهلال الأحمر السعودي)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 January 2026Partnership to establish the 'Emergency Fund' (الصندوق الإسعافي) dedicated to financing initiatives and programs related to emergency and ambulance services, enhancing the Kingdom's emergency response capabilities and service quality.
• Bupa Arabia (شركة بوبا العربية)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 13 November 2025Donation of 1,000,000 SAR to support the Children's Type 1 Diabetes Support Fund under the 'Childhood Without Needles' initiative, providing modern insulin pumps.
• Ghaith Foundation (مؤسسة غيث الأهلية)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 13 November 2025Donation of 4,000,000 SAR to support the Children's Type 1 Diabetes Support Fund under the 'Childhood Without Needles' initiative.
• Munirah Foundation (مؤسسة منيرة بنت عبدالرحمن السبيهان الأهلية)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 13 November 2025Donation of 3,000,000 SAR to support the Children's Type 1 Diabetes Support Fund under the 'Childhood Without Needles' initiative.
• Muna Aljamea Foundation (مؤسسة منى محمد العبدالله الجميع الأهلية)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 13 November 2025Donation of 1,000,000 SAR to support the Children's Type 1 Diabetes Support Fund under the 'Childhood Without Needles' initiative.
• Her Royal Highness Princess Sarah bint Mishir (سمو الأميرة سارة بنت مشهور)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 13 November 2025Generous donation of 10,000,000 SAR to support the Children's Type 1 Diabetes Support Fund, providing modern insulin pumps for children and improving their quality of life.
• Dallah Hospitals (مشفيات دله)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 29 October 2025Partnership under the 'Waleed' initiative to help families achieve their dream of parenthood for the most in-need groups, through 100 treatment cases including IVF and ICSI procedures.
• Mohammad bin Abdullah Al-Majid Foundation (مؤسسة محمد بن عبدالله الماجد الأهلية)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 29 October 2025Partnership to support the treatment portfolio on the Shefa platform and enable the most in-need categories to access necessary healthcare.
• Al-Hayat National Hospitals (مستشفيات الحياة الوطنية)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 29 October 2025Partnership under the 'Waleed' initiative to help 50 families achieve their dream of parenthood for the most in-need groups through specialized medical treatments.
• Noura Al-Mullahi Endowments (أوقاف نورة الملاحي)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 29 October 2025Partnership to support the endowment portfolio and finance health projects with community impact, enhancing financial sustainability and health endowment development.
• King Abdullah International Foundation for Humanitarian Works (مؤسسة الملك عبدالله العالمية للأعمال الإنسانية)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 October 2025Partnership to support the 'A New Day' initiative (يوم جديد) aimed at rehabilitating recovering addicts and helping them reintegrate into society through halfway house programs.
• Ministry of Health - General Directorate of Community Partnership (الإدارة العامة للشراكة المجتمعية بوزارة الصحة)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 October 2025Community partnership agreement to enhance cooperation between the endowment and government health sectors in supporting community health projects with sustainable impact.
• Hayat Abdul Latif Charitable Foundation (مؤسسة حياة عبداللطيف الخيرية)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 28 October 2025Partnership to support and finance the treatment portfolio on the Shefa platform, enabling the most in-need categories to access necessary healthcare.
• Al-Mousa Charitable Company (شركة الموسى الخيرية)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 27 October 2025Partnership to support and finance the treatment portfolio on the Shefa platform, contributing to covering emergency health cases and providing treatment for the most in-need patients.
• Shefaa Endowment (وقف الشفاء الصحي)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 October 2025Partnership to market and display cases of patients in need through the Shefa platform, accelerating access to support and treatment for the most in-need categories.
• Haya Health Association for Breast Cancer (جمعية حياة لسرطان الثدي)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 7 October 2025Partnership to provide a mobile mammogram clinic and mammogram device for early breast cancer detection in the Northern Border Region, with funding of 1,400,000 SAR.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Wellcome Trust: Global health-focused foundation and one of the world's largest charitable endowments funding health research and patient outcomes. Comparable as a benchmark for endowment-driven health philanthropy scale and operating model.
• King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief): Saudi government humanitarian aid organization operating across health, emergency response, and development. Comparable as a Saudi government-backed entity funding healthcare delivery at scale, though operating in international humanitarian contexts rather than domestic endowment-driven healthcare.
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Largest global health philanthropy, funding health delivery, research, and grantmaking worldwide. Comparable as the gold-standard incumbent for endowment-funded health grantmaking and partnership-led delivery at global scale.
• Qatar Foundation (QF): Qatar's flagship nonprofit foundation with substantial health and biomedical research programs funded through endowment returns and donations. Comparable as a major Gulf-region philanthropy operating in health and human development with similar governance structure.

Direct peers

• King Faisal Foundation: Saudi philanthropic foundation funding health, education, and Islamic sciences initiatives via endowment returns. Comparable as a major Saudi endowment-funded charity with a long history of supporting healthcare and research grants.
• Al Rajhi Foundation (مؤسسة الراجحي الخيرية): One of Saudi Arabia's largest charitable foundations, with significant healthcare initiatives including dialysis, medical convoys, and treatment support. Directly comparable as a Saudi health-focused philanthropy with similar grantmaking and donation-distribution mechanisms.
• Ehsan (إحسان) - National Charitable Platform: Saudi government-backed national digital platform for charitable giving across multiple causes. Comparable as a direct competitor for individual Saudi donors in the digital philanthropy space, with overlapping donor base and donation-mechanics.
• Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF): UAE-based philanthropic foundation with major health, education, and research programs funded via endowment and donation models. Comparable as a Gulf-region philanthropic institution channeling donor capital into health and human development outcomes.
• King Hussein Cancer Foundation (مؤسسة الحسين للسرطان): Jordan-based health-focused foundation dedicated to cancer treatment access in the region. Comparable as a regionally anchored, mission-specific health philanthropy that channels donations into direct patient treatment and partner organization funding.

Others

• Saudi Red Crescent Authority (هيئة الهلال الأحمر السعودي): Saudi government emergency medical and ambulance services authority with which the fund has a core partnership to operate the Emergency Fund. Not a direct competitor but a strategic delivery partner adjacent to the fund's emergency healthcare mission.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SaudiHEF
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@Saudihef
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/saudihef
• Instagraminstagram.com/saudihef

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

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