Abstraction Fund

Nina Rosenwald, President and Treasurer of the Fund

The Abstraction Fund is a New York-based foundation, whose President and Treasurer since 2011 is the philanthropist Nina Rosenwald. In 2012 the secretary was Georgette Gelbard and the director Joel Zbar. Gelbard is also a director of the Gatestone Institute.

People

• Nina Rosenwald - President/treasurer
• Georgette Gelbard - Secretary
• Joel Zbar - Director

Donors

In 2012 the Fund had one donor, the William Rosenwald Family Fund which donated $2,654,334.

Grant recipients

Grant recipients of the Abstraction Fund in $ USD
Organisation	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Total 2009-2015
Atlantic Bridge	-	10,000	-	-	-	-	-	10,000
American Freedom Law Center	-	-	-	-	5,000	5,000	-	10,000
American Friends of the Henry Jackson Society	-	-	10,000	-	-	-	-	10,000
American Friends of IDC	-	-	-	-	-	5,000	-	5,000
American Friends Keshet Eilon	-	-	1,000	5,000	2,000	2,000	-	10,000
American Friends of Tel Aviv University	-	-	-	1,100	10,925	50,000	-	62,025
American Islamic Congress	-	-	5,000	-	-	-	-	5,000
American Islamic Forum for Democracy	-	5,000	10,000	30,000	20,000	20,000	-	85,000
CAMERA	10,000	13,900	15,000	82,080	40,000	50,000	-	200,980
Center Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia	-	-	-	11,000	-	-	-	11,000
Center for Islamic Pluralism	-	-	-	20,000	10,000	10,000	-	40,000
Center for Security Policy	25,000	1,500	-	10,000	5,000	-	-	16,500
Central Fund of Israel	10,000	25,000	10,000	30,000	20,000	25,000	-	110,000
Christians for Fair Witness on the Middle East	-	8,000	-	-	-	-	-	8,000
The Claremont Institute	-	750	-	-	-	-	-	750
Clarion Fund	10,000	-	-	-	10,000	-	-	10,000
Commentary	-	2,500	-	5,000	5,000	4,500	-	17,000
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations	-	10,000	-	20,000	-	-	-	30,000
Darfur Human Rights Organization	-	500	-	-	-	-	-	500
David Horowitz Freedom Center	6,000	5,000	10,000	22,750	-	55,000	-	92,750
Foundation for Defense of Democracies	15,000	10,000	20,000	-	20,000	-	-	50,000
Foundation for Democracy in Iran	-	2,000	-	-	-	-	-	2,000
Friends of Israel Initiative	-	-	-	40,000	50,000	50,000	-	140,000
Fuel for Truth	-	-	-	20,000	25,000	1,000	-	46,000
Gatestone Institute	-	-	-	-	-	1,015,000	550,000	1,565,000
Hadassah	-	-	-	-	50,000	-	-	50,000
Honest Reporting	1,000	-	500	5,000	5,000	-	-	10,500
Hoover Institution	-	-	-	-	-	5,000	-	5,000
Hudson Institute	155,000	151,325	170,000	-	-	-	-	321,325
Institute for Policy Research	-	-	-	-	-	25,000	-	25,000
Investigative Project on Terrorism	15,000	36,000	-	25,000	25,000	-	-	86,000
Israel Project	-	-	-	5,000	15,000	-	-	20,000
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs	-	-	20,000	20,000	30,000	30,000	-	100,000
Jewish Community Relations Council	-	-	-	-	-	20,000	-	20,000
Jihad Watch	-	-	-	5,000	-	5,000	-	10,000
Manhattan Institute	-	25,000	-	-	-	-	-	25,000
Middle East Forum	95,000	246,500	345,000	1,212,000	1,042,000	331,000	-	3,176,500
Middle East Media Research Institute	10,000	30,000	25,000	40,000	10,000	30,000	-	135,000
National Committee on American Foreign Policy	-	-	20,000	-	10,000	5,000	-	35,000
National Review Institute	-	-	-	-	10,000	34,700	-	44,700
StandWithUs	-	-	-	3,000	-	-	-	3,000
Zionist Organization of America	10,000	5,000	5,000	-	-	-	-	10,000

External resources

• Form 990 - 2009, FoundationCenter.org
• Form 990 - 2010, FoundationCenter.org
• Form 990 - 2011, FoundationCenter.org
• Form 990 - 2012, FoundationCenter.org
• Form 990 - 2013, FoundationCenter.org