Since the 1980s Saudi Arabia has provided foreign assistance to many countries and organizations.
Between 1976 and 1987, Saudi developmental aid amounted to US$49 billion.[1] In 2006, it was reported that the country was the biggest per capita donor, though the aid had only been given to Muslim countries.[1] The first donation given to a non-Muslim country was in 2006.[1] Saudi charities, including those linked to the Saudi royal family, have been implicated as funding terrorism through purported charity donations,[2][3] as well as funding radical Islam movements.[4]