What is AnsarPool?
Some of the most valuable Islamic-studies work — translating a forgotten manuscript, transcribing a khutbah series, building a Qur'an tool — costs too little to attract a grant and too much for one person to pay alone. AnsarPool lets a community chip in together, watch the work happen in real time, and get any unspent money back.
How it works
1
A project is proposed
A creator — a scholar, developer, or organisation — describes the work. We calculate the AI cost, add a safety buffer, and set a funding goal in clean £5 increments.
2
The community funds it
Supporters pledge in small amounts — default £25, adjustable up or down. Once the goal is reached, the work starts automatically. You can watch live as it runs.
3
Costs are published and any surplus returned
When the work is done, the actual cost is published openly for anyone to verify. Any money left over is either returned to donors or — if they prefer — added to a shared community fund that helps the next project. The budget is then closed. No further spending is possible.
What happens to leftover money?
We never keep overfunded money as profit. When a campaign raises more than the actual cost, donors choose — at pledge time — what to do with their share:
Return it to me — we refund your portion automatically.
Pass it forward — it goes into a shared community fund. Anyone who can't quite cover their project can draw from this fund, with the same transparency and the same public record.
Every pound in and every pound out is recorded on our public transparency page — you can check it any time.
What “Ansar” means here
The Ansar were the helpers — the Madinan Muslims who welcomed and supported the early Muslim community. We chose the name because we want donors to see themselves as enablers, not buyers. You're not purchasing a product; you're making something possible that wouldn't happen otherwise. The work continues to benefit people long after the campaign ends — sadaqa jariyah in spirit, if not in legal form.
Good to know
- Invite-only for now. We are not open to the public yet. Campaigns are limited to a small group of trusted projects while we make sure everything works as it should.
- UK only, card payments only. We accept card payments via Stripe. UK pounds (GBP) only. We'll expand this as the platform grows.
- Not a registered charity. Donations are not gift-aid eligible. AnsarPool is run by an individual operator (UK sole trader) with full financial transparency published openly.