In 2018, The Levant Foundation announced financial support towards the restoration efforts for the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, one of the world’s oldest sites of worship. The Church, first built in the 4th century under the auspices of Constantine the Great, marks Christianity’s holiest site: the birthplace of Jesus Christ.

The Levant Foundation’s support will aid the restoration of eleven of the elaborate Corinthian columns in the Church’s nave. Restoration works commenced in September 2013 and finished in August 2019. These works included renewal of the Church’s mosaic floors and walls, restoration of additional columns, and replacement of the Church’s roof and windows.

The Bethlehem Development Foundation, founded by the late Said Khoury in 2011 and currently led by his son Samer Khoury, has played a major role in regenerating Bethlehem and supporting the Nativity Church restoration efforts. The Levant Foundation is pleased to have played a small role in these invaluable endeavors.

This extensive restoration project was undertaken in conjunction with the American Friends of the Bethlehem Development Foundation (AFBDF), a U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the restoration of the Holy Region of Bethlehem.

The Levant Foundation hopes that this ambitious undertaking improves awareness not only of the Church’s storied history but underscores the importance of maintaining holy sites around the world.

In 2014, The Levant Foundation and Mr. Jamal Daniel announced a major gift to support the expansion of the medical center at the American University of Beirut (AUB).

The gift supports the AUBMC 2020 Vision, a comprehensive project designed to transform the delivery of health and medical care in Lebanon and the region. Completed in 2020, the project includes the construction of new clinical and research facilities, acquisition of state-of-the art equipment for research, diagnostics and treatment, and the ongoing recruitment of leading physicians and specialists from around the world. It is the university’s most ambitious project since the founding of the medical center in 1902.

AUB named the new medical building the Halim and Aida Daniel Academic and Clinical Center, in honor of Mr. Daniel’s parents. The construction of the 14-story academic and clinical center is the most modern medical building in Lebanon, housing a variety of outpatient centers as well as major academic centers for teaching and clinical research in areas including psychiatry, oncology, ophthalmology, heart and vascular diseases, and otolaryngology. The facility also includes an outpatient day surgery and a simulation center for education, as well as a ground floor exhibition area and conference room bearing the name Al-Monitor.

The International Student House (ISH) is a private, non-profit organization located near Dupont Circle in the heart of Washington, DC. ISH provides an exceptional residential experience to a highly diverse international community of graduate students, interns and visiting scholars. ISH promotes intercultural dialogue, encourages lifelong connections, and fosters global citizenship. The Levant Foundation provided support for student programming for residents of the International Student House. For more information on International Student House, please visit https://ishdc.org.

The University of Texas is one of the largest public universities in the United States, a national leader in undergraduate degrees awarded to minority students and features one of the most diverse student bodies in the country.

The University of Texas Press is a non-profit book publisher - a focal point where the life experiences, insights, and specialized knowledge of writers converge to be disseminated in print. The Press has become a publisher of international scope, issuing works in a wide range of fields.

An alumnus of the University of Texas, Jamal Daniel, along with his wife Rania, supported The Levant Foundation’s establishment an endowment in 2006 with UT Press to create the Jamal and Rania Daniel Series, which will publish one to three scholarly books a year related to the contemporary issues of Levantine people.

"With the Middle East being a major part of U.S. foreign policy and, more specifically, United States policy in the Levant region, a heightened level of exposure to the contemporary issues of the Levant region will hopefully help broaden the general reader's understanding of the social fabric of Levantine Society," said Mr. Daniel about the impact the endowed series will have on the reader's perception of the Middle East. He added, "[the books also] will shed a clearer light on the often complicated and not well understood more general East/West issues emanating from that context.”

In December 2013, Mr. Jamal Daniel, founder of The Levant Foundation, provided support to it for research grants to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

The mission of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is to eliminate cancer in Texas, the nation, and the world through outstanding programs that integrate patient care, research, and prevention, and through education for undergraduate and graduate students, trainees, professionals, employees and the public.

In recognition of the importance of mutual understanding and appreciation between the peoples of the United States of America and the Arab world, The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University, along with a three-member committee that included Jamal Daniel, created an endowed faculty position named the Clovis and Hala Salaam Maksoud Chair in Arab Studies. This position was dedicated to the study of the modern Arab world but also to help strengthen research and education into its history, politics, economics and development, business and commerce, or culture and society.

The Levant Foundation, The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and Georgetown University are proud to honor the leadership, service, and the tireless effort of Clovis and Hala Salaam Maksoud to create a better understanding of the Arab world. The Levant Foundation hosted a fundraising dinner and provided a significant contribution to support this endowment. A Chair in Arab Studies located in the nation's capital offers a tremendous boost for bridging the cultural and political gaps between the Middle East and the United States.

The Arab World Institute (or IMA) was founded in Paris as a collaboration between France and 18 Arab countries to represent the Arab world and its cultural values on the global stage; since its opening in 1980, the IMA has become a respected institution that has served as both a creative force and a diplomatic channel between the West and the East.

The Levant Foundation is has supported two art exhibitions presented by the Arab World Institute, including Lights of Lebanon / Lumières du Liban, which highlighted the resilience of Lebanese artists in the wake of the August 2020 port explosion in Beirut, as well as Baya: Women in their Gardens, a tribute to one of Algeria’s most iconic modern artists.

Established in 1900, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston is one of the most preeminent art museums in the state of Texas, and one of the largest in the world. The museum has a permanent collection of over 70,000 pieces, and The Levant Foundation supports it and its efforts to conserve and exhibit its expansive and diverse collections spanning 5,000 years and six continents.

The Swiss-based Foundation for Interreligious and Intercultural Research and Dialogue (FIIRD) was established in 1999 with support from The Levant Foundation. FIIRD’s Board of Trustees included His Royal Highness Prince Hassan bin Talal of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; His Excellency Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, Apostolic Nuncio in Egypt (who replaced Foundation co-founder and Trustee, His Eminence Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, who became His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI); Chief Rabbi Rene-Samuel Sirat, former Chief Rabbi of France; Mr. Sayyed Jawad Al-Khoei, Al-Khoei Foundation; His Eminence Emmanuel Adamakis, Metropolitan of France Liaison Office of the Orthodox Church to the European Union; Maitre Michel Halperin, Lawyer, Member of the Grand Conseil de la Republique et Canton de Geneve and its President in 2006; His Eminence Professor Damaskinos Papandreou, former Metropolitan of Switzerland and Director of the Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (Chambes/Geneva); and Mr. Jamal Daniel, also FIIRD co-founder who served as Vice President and Trustee. FIIRD developed a program with the University of Geneva in Switzerland to pursue its scholarly and humanistic goals with the main objective of fostering understanding of the three monotheistic religions: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

The first goal of the Foundation was to publish the three holy texts as a single set of books, to enable people everywhere not only to draw on the spiritual source of their own faith, but also to become better acquainted with the spiritual sources of their neighbors’ faith. This publication occurred in 2006 with the publication of the boxed set of the three Holy Books, the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Holy Qur'an.

The second goal of FIIRD, strongly supported by The Levant Foundation, was to create a post-doctoral program at the University of Geneva in the field of interreligious and intercultural dialogue whereby several Fellows would participate in approved research and publish their results, all done with the goal of searching for peace between the major Religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

The University of Balamand is a private, non-profit, and independent institution of higher learning, which was founded in 1988 by His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV, Patriarch of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church in the city of Tripoli, Lebanon. The University is dedicated to the study of the arts, humanities, sciences, and all professional fields, which serve the interests and needs of the local and regional community.

The Levant Foundation and the family of Jamal Daniel provided all funds necessary for the design and construction of the Aida & Halim Daniel Building which houses the School of Tourism and Hotel Management, the first such facility in the region. Undergraduate and graduate degrees are awarded and designed to prepare young men and women to better serve the hospitality industry which is an essential part of the Lebanese economy.

Rice University is ranked as one of the nation's leading research universities with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, groundbreaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions towards the betterment of the world.

The Levant Foundation, with Mr. Daniel’s support, was a major contributor to the endowment created by the Arab American Education Foundation for the purpose of establishing the Chair of Arab Studies within the History Department of Rice University.

In 2021, with the support of The Levant Foundation, UConn established the Levant Endowment within Dodd Impact Programs to support programs related to Levantine History, geography, economy, culture, and identity. The programs will be integrated into UConn’s Abrahamic Initiative, which serves as an innovative umbrella that fosters cross-border research, intercultural communication, and regional academic collaboration. Support from the Levant Foundation will facilitate workshops, discussions, research, and experiential learning that will give participants the opportunity to exchange views and learn from a diverse group of peers, colleagues, and experts.

In 2011, The Levant Foundation established the Jamal Daniel Study of the Levant to support scholars and students in the study of the Levantine region – its history, culture, society, religion, and current political context. The gift provided graduate student scholarships, fellows, and a visiting professorship.

In 2015, the Levant Foundation also established the Jamal Daniel Endowed Scholarship Fund to support undergraduate and medical students at Georgetown University who demonstrate financial need and are residents of the Levant.