Mohammed Bin Salman Nonprofit City
Mohammed Bin Salman Nonprofit City is a city dedicated to the development of nonprofit sectors, institutions, and youth and volunteer groups both locally and globally. Its establishment was announced by His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, crown prince and prime minister, founder and chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mohammed Bin Salman Foundation “Misk,” on November 14, 2021.
Objectives of Mohammed Bin Salman Nonprofit City
Mohammed Bin Salman Nonprofit City supports innovation and entrepreneurship, embraces startups, and prepares future leaders for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the world. It provides opportunities and programs for youth development, in addition to offering services that help create an attractive and stimulating environment for the city’s beneficiaries.
Location of Mohammed Bin Salman Nonprofit City
Mohammed Bin Salman Nonprofit City is located in the southwest of Riyadh, the capital, covering an area of 3.2 million m². The city is being developed on private land owned by the Crown Prince, which was allocated for the project.
Design of Mohammed Bin Salman Nonprofit City
Mohammed Bin Salman Nonprofit City was designed as a sustainable city, with 44 percent of its area dedicated to open green spaces. It includes approximately three hundred thousand m² of office space, and the number of employees is expected to reach around 14,800. The city has also allocated about ninety-nine thousand m² for retail, entertainment, and dining.
The city’s residential facilities include five hundred villas and townhouses, as well as six thousand apartments of various sizes. The population is expected to reach approximately 19,500 residents.
Misk Private Schools in Mohammed Bin Salman Nonprofit City
Misk Private Schools, which are technology-based and environmentally friendly, are the first project to be implemented in Mohammed Bin Salman Nonprofit City. They cover an area of approximately 210,000 m² and include nine buildings with a total built-up area of 110,000 m².
The schools include facilities for both boys and girls, with sections for kindergarten, lower primary, upper primary, middle schools, and senior schools. Each building features classrooms, laboratories, libraries, halls for Arab culture, a technology wing, a music room, and a dedicated kitchen that sources its healthy meals from a farm affiliated with the schools.
The schools include three professional theaters, a cultural exhibition space, and twenty-nine facilities for Olympic sport, e-sport, and specialized academies such as golf, karting, and equestrianism. They also feature two Olympic-sized swimming pools, sports halls, two four-hundred-m Olympic athletics tracks, a gymnastics hall, and two FIFA-standard artificial turf fields—all set within a natural environment of one thousand trees.
Technology in Mohammed Bin Salman Nonprofit City
Mohammed Bin Salman Nonprofit City adopts the concept of the digital twin to enable innovators in science and technology to achieve their goals and ambitions in advanced systems such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and robots. The city aims to attract investors from around the world.