Klarman Family Foundation
The Klarman Family Foundation is a grant making foundation based in Boston. The organisation was founded by Seth A. Klarman, a "Boston-based pro-Israel billionaire."[1] The journalist Max Blumenthal describes Klarman as "one of the pro-Israel community’s most prolific financial angels and also one of its most ideologically hardline."[2]
The Klarman Family Foundation describes itself as having three main areas of focus:
- Advancing understanding of the biological basis of health and illness
- Supporting the global Jewish community and the State of Israel
- Expanding access to vital services and enrichment opportunities in Greater Boston[3]
Regarding Israel the foundation have stated that:
- the Klarman Family Foundation maintains an unwavering commitment to demonstrating Jewish values and supporting the Jewish people and the State of Israel... We believe Israel is essential to the Jewish experience and even to Jewish survival. In an environment of growing anti-Semitism, Israel is the one Jewish state — a historic homeland where every Jew is welcome. Israel’s significance extends beyond its importance to the Jewish people. It is also a dynamic, diverse and democratic society, with an entrepreneurial spirit that has helped make it a global leader in science, technology and medicine. The Klarman Family Foundation is committed to improving the quality of life and access to opportunities for all Israeli citizens so that they may benefit from the country’s prosperity.[4]
The foundation also states that it is working with Yad Hanadiv to improve educational and career opportunities for Arab-Israelis.[4]
Foundation Grantees
Organisations supported by the foundation include:
American Friends Leket Israel, American Friends of Libi, American Friends of Maoz-Seal, American Friends of Reut Institute, American Friends of Tel Aviv University, American Friends of Yahad In Unum, American Islamic Congress, American Jewish Committee, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, American Jewish World Service, American Society for Yad Vashem, Anti-Defamation League, Birthright Israel Foundation, Center for Jewish History Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, Commentary Inc., Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) Facing History and Ourselves, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, Friends of ELNET, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, Friends of Yemin Orde, Gateways Access to Jewish Education, Hadassah (The Women's Zionist Organization of American), Israel On Campus Coalition, Israel Project, Jewish Funders Network, Jewish Vocational Service, Jewish Women International, Jewish Women's Archive, Keshet, Middle East Media and Research Institute (MEMRI) One Family, PEF Israel Endowment Funds, The David Project, The Jewish Federations of North America, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, United States Holocaust Memorial Council [5]
Notes
- ↑ Max Blumenthal, "Weddady’s Free Arabs, American Islamic Congress and the pro-Israel funders who helped them rise," Electronic Intifada, 7 May 2013
- ↑ Max Blumenthal, "American Task Force on Palestine finds funding from anti-Palestinian billionaire and a repressive monarchy," Mondoweiss, 27 Nov 2013
- ↑ Klarman Family Foundation Website Current Areas of Focus. Accessed 5 March 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Klarman Family Foundation Website Global Jewish Community and the State of Israel. Accessed 5 March 2015.
- ↑ Data compiled from filings of Form 990s 2002 - 2013.
