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Israel Affinity Organizations: Advocacy
Data
 Advocacy
IAOs leverage and focus the collective might of the other affiliated
IAOs, from federations and JCRCs to the wealthy donors that fund subsidy
IAOs, on massive public relations campaigns, targeting Congress and the
White House as well as key government agencies. The political clout,
focused at the federal level, has made massive annual (and ad hoc
add-ons during the year) “aid legislation” providing funding for weapons
and programs in Israel such as the “Iron Dome” missile defense system,
and non-binding resolutions pledging political and diplomatic support,
an entitlement that can never be rationally debated or reassessed.
Though often reported in the news media as military “sales” to Israel,
the arms deals represent a transfer of tax dollars for Israel to either
purchase U.S. arms or invest in its own weapons programs, most of which
produce high-margin exports for Israel. IAO advocacy organizations exert
pressure on politicians via their indirect and direct influence on
campaign contributions and their ability to field opposing primary
candidates if an incumbent fails to be sufficiently deferential.
A study of lobbying on Capitol Hill that interviewed hundreds of
staffers reveals that there is no such thing as being “too deferential”
to AIPAC.
Advocacy IAOs publish news and information while continually organizing
public events to promote Israel. The American Israel Education
Foundation, an arm of AIPAC, takes politicians, journalists and other
elites on free trips to promote Israeli policy objectives. Other IAO
advocacy organizations attack enemies by censuring, suing and attempting
to defund critics of Israel. Linkages have been formed between Israel
and advocacy IAOs, and between advocacy IAOs. For example, all
executives of an umbrella organization called the Conference of
Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations are automatically
members of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which does most
of the lobbying on Capitol Hill. Media watchdog advocacy IAOs try to
buff up Israel’s image through story placement and censuring unfavorable
press.
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|
Incorporation or IRS Ruling Year |
EIN |
Employees |
Volunteers |
Organization |
Actual
US Revenue 2012 |
Forecast US Revenue 2020 |
|
1963 |
530217164 |
401 |
0 |
American Israel Public Affairs Committee |
$
71,844,486 |
$
157,348,849 |
|
1946 |
131818723 |
409 |
3500 |
Anti-Defamation League |
$
53,574,910 |
$
66,972,652 |
|
1935 |
131624240 |
144 |
185 |
Jewish Federations of North America |
$
49,030,087 |
$
37,839,387 |
|
1906 |
135563393 |
294 |
1896 |
American Jewish Committee |
$
47,887,833 |
$
33,422,450 |
|
1989 |
521623781 |
0 |
0 |
American Israel Education Foundation |
$
43,681,414 |
$
133,816,849 |
|
2002 |
230053483 |
0 |
5 |
Jewish Agency for Israel - North
American Council |
$
12,221,956 |
$
20,168,779 |
|
1985 |
521386172 |
17 |
50 |
Republican Jewish Coalition |
$
10,067,507 |
$
11,376,271 |
|
1984 |
521376034 |
63 |
15 |
Washington Institute for Near East
Policy |
$
9,732,737 |
$
16,359,891 |
|
2001 |
010566033 |
72 |
97 |
Israel Emergency Alliance aka
Standwithus |
$
8,716,377 |
$
14,248,475 |
|
2001 |
134174402 |
37 |
32 |
Foundation for the Defense of
Democracies |
$
7,267,839 |
$
38,496,438 |
|
1936 |
530179971 |
264 |
295 |
B'i B'rith International |
$
7,002,140 |
$
7,802,064 |
|
2003 |
371472882 |
39 |
10 |
The Israel Project |
$
5,901,857 |
$
16,080,274 |
|
2007 |
223951652 |
19 |
0 |
Israeli American Council |
$
5,530,886 |
$
10,211,421 |
|
1997 |
522068483 |
19 |
5 |
Middle East Media Research Institute |
$
4,909,892 |
$
14,257,190 |
|
1986 |
237749796 |
12 |
|
Middle East Forum |
$
4,676,303 |
$
10,409,993 |
|
2005 |
202777557 |
0 |
25 |
J Street Education Fund |
$
4,316,060 |
$
11,500,032 |
|
1976 |
521233683 |
15 |
0 |
Jewish Institute for National Security
Affairs |
$
3,783,167 |
$
7,668,883 |
|
1983 |
521332702 |
33 |
10 |
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East
Reporting |
$
3,601,895 |
$
6,236,794 |
|
1988 |
521601976 |
15 |
21 |
Center for Security Policy |
$
3,289,105 |
$
11,248,765 |
|
1944 |
131624104 |
35 |
300 |
Jewish Council for Public Affairs |
$
3,128,795 |
$
2,944,759 |
|
2002 |
161616489 |
26 |
|
The David Project |
$
2,824,763 |
$
5,737,356 |
|
2006 |
134331855 |
0 |
0 |
Investigative Project on Terrorism
Foundation |
$
2,524,640 |
$
4,272,406 |
|
1920 |
135628475 |
28 |
73 |
Zionist Organization of America |
$
2,489,207 |
$
3,721,577 |
|
2007 |
133610041 |
16 |
|
Commentary |
$
2,463,839 |
$
1,855,992 |
|
2008 |
800263559 |
0 |
0 |
Israel Strategic Alternative Energy
Foundation |
$
2,108,436 |
$
5,906,631 |
|
2012 |
460540994 |
2 |
|
The Israel Institute |
$
2,014,918 |
|
|
1978 |
133509867 |
10 |
0 |
Americans for Peace Now |
$
1,839,184 |
$
1,656,581 |
|
2008 |
262387657 |
4 |
|
United Against a Nuclear Iran |
$
1,790,454 |
$
5,642,496 |
|
1982 |
133116652 |
5 |
|
Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish
Organizations Fund |
$
1,619,517 |
$
2,613,619 |
|
2010 |
273480535 |
0 |
0 |
Friends of Israel Initiative |
$
805,883 |
$
3,898,427 |
|
2010 |
272572894 |
|
|
Emergency Committee for Israel |
$
1,450,157 |
$
4,876,514 |
|
2006 |
205845679 |
6 |
3 |
Clarion Fund |
$
1,374,578 |
$
151,442 |
|
2009 |
264392915 |
15 |
16 |
Foreign Policy Initiative |
$
1,344,013 |
$
3,224,163 |
|
2007 |
262971061 |
0 |
0 |
American Friends of NGO Monitor aka
Report |
$
1,246,110 |
$
6,681,979 |
|
2001 |
061611859 |
2 |
0 |
Middle East Media Watch DBA Honest
Reporting |
$
1,229,784 |
$
12,470,712 |
|
2011 |
300664947 |
13 |
6 |
Israel on Campus Coalition |
$
1,158,638 |
$
129,316 |
|
1990 |
521706068 |
|
|
National Jewish Democratic Council |
$
1,138,648 |
$
741,722 |
|
2004 |
201651102 |
11 |
|
Hasbara Fellowships |
$
1,132,933 |
$
1,123,949 |
|
2012 |
454724565 |
10 |
1 |
Gatestone Institute |
$
1,099,023 |
|
|
2007 |
260501656 |
3 |
4 |
International Israeli Allies Caucus
Foundation |
$
1,066,890 |
$
33,212,115 |
|
1972 |
132700517 |
6 |
0 |
National Conferences on Soviet Jewry |
$
981,622 |
$
1,257,270 |
|
2003 |
141891915 |
2 |
12 |
Israel Venture Network |
$
775,242 |
$
2,397,856 |
|
1964 |
132500881 |
9 |
|
Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish
Organizations |
$
609,761 |
$
568,184 |
|
1985 |
521433850 |
3 |
0 |
National Jewish Policy Center |
$
603,781 |
$
685,664 |
|
2001 |
770571579 |
0 |
0 |
Israel21C |
$
575,811 |
$
593,632 |
|
2008 |
263402247 |
0 |
5 |
Israel-America Academic Exchange |
$
551,100 |
$
4,090,513 |
|
2004 |
201381912 |
5 |
0 |
Institute for the Study of Global
Anti-Semitism and Policy |
$
490,881 |
$
- |
|
1994 |
943092706 |
0 |
0 |
Facts and Logic about the Middle East |
$
465,341 |
$
852,097 |
|
2006 |
201437733 |
|
|
Secure Community Network |
$
433,960 |
$
468,121 |
|
1934 |
131675650 |
0 |
0 |
Jewish Labor Committee |
$
419,965 |
$
403,074 |
|
2008 |
261416892 |
|
|
Association for the Study of the Middle
East and Africa |
$
394,184 |
$
2,396,842 |
|
1993 |
132679404 |
6 |
30 |
American Zionist Movement |
$
387,922 |
$
770,585 |
|
2011 |
451683502 |
|
|
United Nations Watch |
$
380,488 |
|
|
2010 |
272402908 |
5 |
0 |
Lawfare Project |
$
358,939 |
$
1,755,801 |
|
1932 |
131679610 |
0 |
0 |
American Jewish Congress |
$
357,569 |
$
65,642 |
|
1916 |
135611746 |
1 |
11 |
Religious Zionists of America Mizrachi
Hapoel Hamizrachi |
$
357,321 |
$
90,863 |
|
2010 |
453204617 |
|
4 |
Louis D. Brandeis Center |
$
351,913 |
$
9,717,074 |
|
2011 |
450949784 |
4 |
|
Jewish News Service |
$
334,978 |
$
1,401,657 |
|
2003 |
421565640 |
2 |
|
Scholars for Peace in the Middle East |
$
286,340 |
$
2,819,322 |
|
2006 |
204329740 |
|
|
Endowment for Middle East Truth |
$
278,166 |
$
4,524,744 |
|
1972 |
510181418 |
0 |
0 |
Americans for a Safe Israel |
$
266,286 |
$
196,287 |
|
2002 |
352162870 |
|
|
Minnesotans Against Terrorism |
$
228,210 |
$
213,991 |
|
2012 |
460774311 |
0 |
2 |
AMCHA Initiative |
$
199,155 |
|
|
1984 |
680028695 |
0 |
20 |
Jewish Public Affairs Committee Of
California |
$
157,467 |
$
134,418 |
|
2010 |
263766713 |
|
|
Judaism Alive |
$
130,334 |
$
270,876 |
|
1996 |
113259920 |
|
|
Phyllis Chesler Organization |
$
122,437 |
$
111,682 |
|
2005 |
270095260 |
|
|
Center for Democracy and Human Rights in
Saudi Arabia |
$
53,280 |
$
52,309 |
|
2003 |
050538790 |
|
|
Myths and Facts |
$
18,085 |
$
11,043 |
|
|
2,082 |
6,633 |
|
$
403,457,399 |
$
762,176,762 |
In aggregate, Israel Affinity Organizations were
the number two “charity” in America in 2012, just behind the United Way,
but ahead of the Salvation Army. Given their above-average growth rate,
it is reasonable to assume they will soon be number one, if they are not
already. That is because the Iran nuclear threat campaign—a manufactured
crisis—appears to have mobilized levels of financial support not
achieved since the late 1930s through the end of the 1940s.
Most of the financial data in this report and in
the following tables has been gathered by examining the IRS form 990 tax
returns filed by each IAO. To achieve a common basis of comparison, data
reported by an IAO on a year 2012 form 990 is counted entirely as 2012
data, even if an organization’s fiscal year does not end on December 31.
The figure in the “launch” column is the year the organization was
established, incorporated or received IRS tax-exempt status. EIN
(employee identification number) is the organization’s unique taxpayer
ID number. EE is claimed employees for the year 2012, while Vol. is the
claimed number of volunteers.
The revenue figure used in the column “2012” is
from IRS form 990 line 12, “total revenue.” This line, the net of public
and government contributions (most government contributions are
negligible), plus any program-related activities, plus or minus
investment returns, provides the best snapshot of actual year resources
available to implement an IAO’s programs. No attempt is made to net out
conduit transfers. Therefore, if an IAO solicits and receives $10,000 in
public contributions, only to transfer that amount to another IAO,
aggregate IAO revenue counted for the year will be $20,000. Figures for
IAO employees and volunteers are those reported by the organization’s
most recent available IRS form 990. Figures for year 2020 revenue are
the author’s forecast using regression analysis of revenue growth from
2001-2012 (or from the IAO’s launch year, if that occurred after 2001).
A blank in the 2020 column indicates an IAO
appears to be on revenue track to become defunct by that year or
earlier. Some organizations are listed that have no 2012 revenue or that
may have been defunct by that year. Many of these appear in the full
online database at IsraelLobby.org if they were involved in interesting
activities, such as illegal settlements, or espionage, as mentioned in
the case of the Alliance for
Competitive Technology.
Source: Big Israel: How Israel's Lobby Moves
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