The Israel Lobby

Israel Affinity Organizations: Subsidy

Data

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 America