JNF Charitable Trust
The JNF Charitable Trust (Charity number: 225910, Incorporated on 21 July 1939) is the main vehicle for the Jewish National Fund UK trading as JNF UK. It is also a registered charity - number: 225910. [1]
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Finances
| Year | Income (£) | Sources | Donations/Grants (£) | Recipients of Grants/Donations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 12,157,000 | - | 11,318,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 7,501,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 3,817,000 | [2] |
| 2011 | 9,962,000 | - | 11,721,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 7,257,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 4,464,000 | [3] |
| 2012 | 17,537,000 | - | 9,655,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 7,374,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 2,281,000 | |
| 2013 | 13,855,000 | - | 12,699,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 4,978,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 7,721,000 | [4] |
| 2014 | 13,431,000 | - | 4,315,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 4,265,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 50,000 | |
| 2015 | 14,389,000 | - | 13,068,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 8,853,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 4,215,000 | [5] |
| 2016 | 12,417,000 | - | 9,829,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 7,914,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 1,915,000 | |
| 2017 | 17,038,000 | - | 8,918,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 8,167,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 751,000 | [6] |
| 2018 | 22,255,000 | - | 11,779,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 8,904,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 2,875,000 | |
| 2019 | 16,505,000 | - | 15,599,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 8,492,000 (UK Via KKL Charity Accounts: 8,164,000)
Funding of projects in Israel: 7,107,000 [7] | |
| 2020 | 15,411,000 | - | 12,052,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 8,495,000 (UK Via KKL Charity Accounts: 8,332,000) Funding of projects in Israel: 3,557,000 |
Misleading donors?
In June 2021, the Fundraising Regulator in the UK found that the JNF Charitable Trust was not guilty of misleading donors after a complaint by the campaign group ‘Stop the JNF’ stated otherwise. The complaint by ‘Stop the JNF’ stated that the “charity’s description of its work in the Negev and of the situation in the Negev itself, was so inaccurate or incomplete as to mislead some people” and “the information about the funding related to the Derech Eretz Leadership Programme omitted significant information about the extent of the project's connection with the armed forces in Israel.”
‘Stop the JNF’ pointed to the fact the JNF listed the following about the 2 donation locations:
“The Negev is a large desert region in the south of Israel which comprises around 55% of Israel's landmass and is largely unpopulated. It is home to less than 10% of Israel's population. The Negev region is incredibly poor and is in need of support.”
And
Derech Eretz was a:
"leadership programme providing marginalised youth aged 17-21 the opportunity for life-changing growth and development throughout all three stages of service in the Israel Defense Forces (pre-army support and preparation, ongoing mentorship during service and post-army guardianship. Derech Eretz encourages participants to take responsibility for their lives - helping to make their military service more meaningful, whilst laying the groundwork for a life of personal fulfilment, success,
and giving to the community.”
The complainant contrasted the above with information on Derech Eretz website which said:
"Programs include a six-month pre-army Mechina which provides guidance for admission to elite and combat army units..." and "High school students from the lower strata of society need extra help to achieve a useful and meaningful army seMce [sic]. They have a harder time qualifying for popular elite army units which require advance preparation... Graduates of the program are motivated and well equipped with skills and experiences that will allow them to excel in the military".
As well as pointing to a Ha’aretz article which detailed a JNF Charitable statement from 2017 which said that supporting project in Negev "will not only improve the lives of those who already call the Negev and the Galilee home but will create incentives for people to settle and stay in these areas." Other complaints said that projects in the Negev towns of Umm Al-Hiran and Al-Araqib were connected with the OR Movement which the complaint called a “radical Jewish settler movement.”
JNF replied to the allegations saying that the Derech Eretz programme has no military content and is solely social-educational. Whereas the complaints raised regarding Negev were done so by “a politically motivated movement with its ow/n agenda" and the projects are non-political and provide relief for the region in need.
The Fundraising Regulator came to the outcome that the JNF Charitable Trust had not misled donors in either of the two cited cases and no evidence of deliberate ambiguousness or attempt to mislead. [8]
Funding of projects in Israel 2020
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 27,000 | |
| Benji Hillman | 57,000 | |
| Refua Vesimcha | 250,000 | |
| Be’re Sova – Soup Kitchen | 10,000 | |
| Ben Hashitin – Leadership Programme | 30,000 | |
| Derech Eretz – Youth Programme | 2,000 | |
| Garin Harel in Tzohar | 37,000 | |
| Keren Shalom Community Project | 30,000 | |
| Ruhama Forest | 22,000 | |
| Latet | 47,000 | |
| Hakeren Leyedidot | 44,000 | |
| Meitarim Lachish | 75,000 | |
| Matan Avrut Adadit | 77,000 | |
| Rachashei Lev | 170,000 | |
| Yad Tamar | 85,000 | |
| Student Village in Kibbutz Misgav Am | 57,000 | |
| Afike Orot – Ofakim | 25,000 | |
| Bnei HaMenashe Community | 9,000 | |
| Be’re Milka Community | 20,000 | |
| Others | 179,000 | |
| Legacies | 1,024,000 |
In 2020, JNF Charitable Trust donated funds to a number of projects as outlined above. Details of particular projects are as follows.
£77,000 was donated to Matan Arvut Hadadit – an organisation that makes payments to families below the poverty line. Funds also went to Mitzpe Ramon to advance employment opportunities for the deprived.
Funds were directed to the deprived town of Yerucham. Funds were aimed at the gaps in infrastructure – including a new daycare centre and the renovation of nurseries, development of entrances to the village and to help build a special needs employment centre. In the town of Kiryat, similar aims were established such as a ‘House of Excellence’, which aimed to close the gaps in education support for lower socioeconomic groups.
Funds also went to Refua V’simcha, an organisation that aims to improve the conditions of those in need, and Mariann’s early childhood centre which works with children with ADHD and autism.
£85,000 was donated to Yad Tamar to assist in the well-being of cancer patients. Tenufa Bakehila, which improves the lives of the socio-economically deprived in areas such as Sderot, Kiryat Malachi and Ashkelon, also received funds. In Sderot, an elderly care and treatment centre was established. The Moadoniot Organisation in Hatzor Haglilit was also supported. The organisation removes children from at-risk families and placed them in protected environments.
£2,000 was donated to the Derech Eretz youth programme with aims to develop skills in teenagers in deprived areas. £9,000 went to Bnei HaMenashe Community – a community that aspires people to move from India to Israel.
Finally, £1.2 million, since 2018, was donated to schools – primarily those in the UK (16 schools assisted in 2020). Two are specifically identified through the JNF 6th Form Programme: JNF and Yavneh College. In 2020, the 6th Form programme enable speakers such as Gideon Falter, Lyn Julius, Alex Vaskevitch, Alan Mendoza and Baroness Deech.
Funding of projects in Israel 2019
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 17,000 | |
| Benji Hillman | 67,000 | |
| Environmental Projects | 31,000 | |
| Refua Vesimcha | 317,000 | |
| Amit High School | 70,000 | |
| Be’er Sova | 10,000 | |
| Bet Hashitin | 15,000 | |
| Derech Eretz | 32,000 | |
| Ezra LeMarpeh | 2,000 | |
| Garin Harel in Tzohar | 15,000 | |
| Hof Ahskelon community centre | 20,000 | |
| Israel Is | 13,000 | |
| Kerem Shalom | 15,000 | |
| Kiryat Melachi Kindergartens | 20,000 | |
| Meitarim Lachish | 10,000 | |
| Rachashei Lev | 260,000 | |
| Ruach Dromit | 1,000 | |
| Simcha Layeled | 43,000 | |
| Tenufa Bakehila | 30,000 | |
| Yad Tamar | 53,000 | |
| YBA – Bnei Akiva | 21,000 | |
| Nitzan Lanoar therapeutic farm for youth at risk | 10,000 | |
| Legacies | 276,000 |
In 2019, donations from JNF included those to the town of Yerucham. Funds were donated with the aim of alleviating social deprivation, poverty and exclusion. Specific projects included an early childhood education centre, developing a music conservatory, a senior and special needs employment centre and development of playgrounds and entrances.
In Kiryat Malachi, a town in the south of Israel, funds helped develop The Ottensooser Young Adult Centre as well as renovation of entrances, kindergartens (cost of £20,000), Amit High School, Eli Cohen Primary School and a community park.
Arad, a deprived town, was also helped via JNF funded projects. These included renovating the Oron Theatre and youth projects such as building the Joy Bickler Arad Youth Centre (Joy Bickler being an Israel supporter) and renovating the Bnei Akiva Youth centre. Kindergartens and the Ye’elim Ofarim School were also renovated as well as a club for the hearing impaired
In Mitzpe Ramon, funds helped build a business valley, a community centre music studio, a school computer room and a water playground. JNF funds have also been used to build flats for new Olim; to help establish immigrants in Israel.
Uran Forests were also planted in Yerucham, Kiryat Malakhi, Mitzpe Ramon, Bnei Dekalimin.
Elsewhere, donations (£2,000) helped establish a medical centre (the Ezra Le Marpen rehabilitation centre) in Sderot. A new outpatient centre at a cancer care unit was also developed in Ruach Dromit. £317,000 was donated to Refua Vesimcha - a charity providing services to improve the conditions of patients. JNF also worked with the Sderot municipality and Ministry of Education to upgrade educational opportunities.
Funds were also donated to the Eshkol Music School whilst other projects such as the Bikurim school for performing arts and Jonathan Wohl Music School in the Ono Academic College was also supported in 2017 by JNF.
In Shavei Darom, a town near the Gaza Strip, the development of a sports ground was funded.
Funds also supported Ahuzat Ya’akov - an organisation that helps integrate ultra-orthodox Israelis into wider society – to help renovate their campus. Other organisations supported include Masa Israeli, an organisation that aims to strengthen Zionist identity by communicating with students, Shiur Acher – an organisation that supports underprivileged students and El-Sayad Bedouin High School.
Scholarships for the Bedouin community were also part-funded by the JNF; £13,000 was donated to the Bedouin Academy.
Tenufa Bakehila – an organisation that supports deprived areas in Kiryat Gav and Kiryat Malachi received £30,000, Krembo wings – a youth movement for special needs children, Eden Karmia an organisation that provides a framework for survivors of abuse (£42,000). Orr Shalom, in Ashkelon, an organisation that removes children from homes of abuse was supported through the renovation of foster homes.
HaShomer HaChadash, a neighbour watch initiative that aims to protect farmland, was given funds to maintain presence and to run educational leadership programmes. £30,000 was donated to Derech Eretz for a leadership programme that aimed to develop skills in teenagers and strengthen connections to Israel.
JNF funds in 2019 also helped SAHI – an organisation that combats hungry and Project Connect which works with holocaust survivors by providing internet and renovating flats (through the ‘Living in Dignity’ programme) along with an Immediate Assistance Fund for survivors below the poverty line. JNF also hosted ‘Notes of Hope’ concert – a tribute to holocaust victims.
OR Me’Ophir – an organisation that helps Ethiopian Israelis – has been assisted with funds for programmes to improve living conditions, the environment and integration.
Funding has also been granted to Yad Tamar to assist cancer patients (£53,000) and strengthen the well-being of outpatients, to Moadoniot in Hatzor Haglilit (who take children to protected environments from at-risk families) and Marianne’s early childhood and family centre.
Funds have also been directed to increase the connection between the UK and Israel through trips to the Negev region and the Israeli Education Grant Programme which increase education about Israel in UK schools (including the Festival of Spoke Irvit - an initiative that sees Israeli Actors visit UK schools).
Funding of projects in Israel 2018 [6]
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 27,000 | |
| Benji Hillman | 23,000 | |
| Environmental Projects | 51,000 | |
| Refua Vesimcha | 80,000 | |
| Bedouin Academy | 13,000 | |
| Gevim School | 30,000 | |
| Massa Israeli | 148,000 | |
| Derech Eretz | 30,000 | |
| Meitarim Lachish | 7,000 | |
| Ramat Hanegev YAFE | 70,000 | |
| Rachashei Lev | 267,000 | |
| Reut Sderot | 10,000 | |
| Tenufa Bakehila | 20,000 | |
| Legacies | 559,000 |
In 2018, donations from JNF included those to the town of Yerucham. Funds were donated with the aim of alleviating social deprivation, poverty and exclusion. Specific projects included an early childhood education centre, the development of a music conservatory and the development of playgrounds and entrances.
In Kiryat Malachi, a town in the south of Israel, funds helped develop The Ottensooser Young Adult Centre as well as the renovation of entrances, kindergartens, Amit High School, Eli Cohen Primary School and a community park.
Arad, a deprived town, was also helped via JNF funded projects. These included renovating the Oron Theatre and youth projects such as building the Joy Bickler Arad Youth Centre (Joy Bickler being an Israel supporter) and renovating the Bnei Akiva Youth centre. Kindergartens and the Ye’elim Ofarim School were also renovated as well as a club for the hearing impaired.
In Mitzpe Ramon, funds helped build a business valley, a Community centre music studio, a school computer room and a water playground. JNF funds have also been used to build flats for new Olim; to help establish immigrants in Israel.
Uran Forests were also planted in Yerucham, Kiryat Malakhi, Mitzpe Ramon, Bnei Dekalimin.
Elsewhere, donations helped establish a medical centre (the Ezra Le Marpen rehabilitation centre) in Sderot. A new outpatient centre at a cancer care unit was also developed in Ruach Dromit. £500,000 was donated to Refua Vesimcha - a charity providing services to improve the conditions of patients.
Funds were also donated to the Eshkol Music School whilst other projects such as the Bikurim school for performing arts and Jonathan Wohl Music School in the Ono Academic College was also supported in 2017 by JNF.
In Shavei Darom, a town near the Gaza Strip, the development of a sports ground was funded.
Funds also supported Ahuzat Ya’akov - an organisation that helps integrate ultra-orthodox Israelis into wider society – to help renovate their campus. Other organisations supported include Masa Israeli, an organisation that aims to strengthen Zionist identity by communicating with students, Shiur Acher – an organisation that supports underprivileged students and El-Sayad Bedouin High School.
Scholarships for the Bedouin community were also part-funded by the JNF; £13,000 was donated to the Bedouin Academy.
Tenufa Bakehila – an organisation that supports deprived areas in Kiryat Gav and Kiryat Malachi received £20,000, Krembo wings – a youth movement for special needs children, Eden Karmia an organisation that provides a framework for survivors of abuse (£42,000). Orr Shalom, in Ashkelon, an organisation that removes children from homes of abuse was supported through the renovation of foster homes.
HaShomer HaChadash, a neighbour watch initiative that aims to protect farmland, was given funds to maintain presence and to run educational leadership programmes. £30,000 was donated to Derech Eretz for a leadership programme that aimed to develop skills in teenagers.
JNF funds in 2017 also helped SAHI – an organisation that combats hungry and Project Connect which works with holocaust survivors. JNF also hosted ‘Notes of Hope’ concert – a tribute to holocaust victims.
OR Me’Ophir – an organisation that helps Ethiopian Israelis – has been assisted with funds for programmes to improve living conditions, the environment and integration.
Funding has also been granted to Yad Tamar to assist cancer patients and strengthen well-being of outpatients and Moadoniot in Hatzor Haglilit who take children to protected environments from at-risk families.
Funds have also been directed to increase the connection between the UK and Israel through trips to the Negev region and the Israeli Education Grant Programme which increases the education of Israel in UK schools.
Funding of projects in Israel 2017 [10]
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 30,000 | |
| Benji Hillman | 50,000 | |
| Environmental Projects | 55,000 | |
| Emergency Projects | 2,000 | |
| Alon kindergarten | 10,000 | |
| Barzilay Hospital | 25,000 | |
| Desert Stars | 20,000 | |
| Derech Eretz | 88,000 | |
| Eden Karmia | 42,000 | |
| Havatzelet | 10,000 | |
| Kiryat Malachi kindergartens | 18,000 | |
| Refua Vesimcha | 500,000 | |
| Sachlav Kindergarten | 24,000 | |
| Yerucham Early Childhood Centre | 43,000 | |
| Other | 3,000 | |
| Legacies | 888,000 |
In 2017, donations from JNF included those to the town of Yerucham. Funds were donated with the aim of alleviating social deprivation, poverty and exclusion. Specific projects included an early childhood education centre (which received £43,000), developing a music conservatory, Lake Yerucham Recreation Park, Urban Forests and the renovation of communal areas in former social housing buildings.
In Kiryat Malachi, a town in the south of Israel, funds helped develop The Ottensooser Young Adult Centre as well as renovation of entrances, kindergartens (which received £18,000), Amit High School, Eli Cohen Primary School and a community park.
Arad, a deprived town, was also helped via JNF funded projects. These included renovating the Oron Theatre and youth projects such as building the Joy Bickler Arad Youth Centre (Joy Bickler being an Israel supporter) and renovating the Bnei Akiva Youth centre. Kindergartens and the Ye’elim Ofarim School were also renovated as well as a club for the hearing impaired
In Mitzpe Ramon, funds helped build a business valley, a Community centre music studio, a school computer room and a water playground.
Uran Forests were also planted in Yerucham, Kiryat Malakhi, Mitzpe Ramon, Bnei Dekalimin.
Elsewhere, donations helped establish a medical centre (the Ezra le Marpen rehabilitation centre) in Sderot. A new outpatient centre at a cancer care unit was also developed in Ruach Dromit. £500,000 was donated to Refua Vesimcha - a charity providing services to improve the conditions of patients.
Funds were also donated to the Eshkol Music School whilst other projects such as the Bikurim School for Performing Arts and Jonathan Wohl Music School in the Ono Academic College was also supported in 2017 by JNF.
In Shavei Darom, a town near the Gaza Strip, the development of a sports ground was funded.
Funds also supported Ahuzat Ya’akov - an organisation that helps integrate ultra-orthodox Israelis into wider society – to help renovate their campus. Other organisations supported include Masa Israeli, an organisation that aims to strengthen Zionist identity by communicating with students, Shiur Acher – an organisation that supports underprivileged students and El-Sayad Bedouin High School.
Scholarships for the Bedouin community were also part-funded by the JNF. As was Tenufa Bakehila – an organisation that supports deprived areas in Kiryat Gav and Kiryat Malachi, Krembo wings – a youth movement for special needs children, Eden Karmia an organisation that provides a framework for survivors of abuse (£42,000). Orr Shalom, in Ashkelon, an organisation that removes children from homes of abuse was supported through the renovation of foster homes.
HaShomer HaChadash, a neighbour watch initiative that aims to protect farmland, was given funds to maintain presence and to run educational leadership programmes. £88,000 was donated to Derech Eretz for a leadership programme that aimed to develop skills in teenagers.
JNF funds in 2017 also helped SAHI – an organisation that combats hungry and Project Connect with works with holocaust survivors. JNF also hosted the ‘Notes of Hope’ concert – a tribute to holocaust victims.
OR Me’Ophir – an organisation that helps Ethiopian Israelis – has been assisted with funds for programmes to improve living conditions, the environment and integration.
Funding has also been granted to Yad Tamar to assist cancer patients and strengthen the well-being of outpatients as well as Moadoniot in Hatzor Haglilit who take children to protected environments from at-risk families.
Funds have also been directed to increase the connections between the UK and Israel through trips to the Negev region and the Israeli Education Grant Programme which increases education of Israel in UK schools.
Funding of projects in Israel 2016 [5]
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 23,000 | |
| Benji Hillman | 74,000 | |
| Environmental Projects | 52,000 | |
| Emergency Projects | 29,000 | |
| Sderot – Ezra Lemarpeh | 6,000 | |
| Carasso Science Park | 70,000 | |
| Desert Stars | 20,000 | |
| Refua Vesimcha | 200,000 | |
| JDC (Edible Gardens) | 10,000 | |
| Eshkol Music School | 20,000 | |
| Macon Arava | 2,000 | |
| Derech Eretz | 1,000 | |
| Other | 3,000 | |
| Legacies | 379,000 |
In 2016, donations from JNF included those to the town of Yerucham. Funds were donated with the aim of alleviating social deprivation, poverty and exclusion. Specific projects included an early childhood education centre, a music conservatory, Lake Yerucham Recreation Park, Urban Forests and the renovation of communal areas in former social housing buildings.
In Kiryat Malachi, a town in the south of Israel, funds helped develop The Ottensooser Young Adult Centre as well as renovation of entrances, kindergartens, Amit High School and a community park.
Arad, a deprived town, was also helped via JNF funded projects. These included renovating the Oron Theatre and youth projects such as building the Joy Bickler Arad Youth Centre (Joy Bickler being an Israel supporter) and renovating the Bnei Akiva Youth centre. Kindergartens and Entrances were also renovated.
In Mitzpe Ramon, funds helped build a business valley, a Community centre music studio and a school computer room.
Elsewhere, donations helped establish a medical centre (the Ezra le Marpen rehabilitation centre) in Sderot. A new outpatient centre at a cancer care unit was also developed in Ruach Dromit. £200,000 was donated to Refua Vesimcha - a charity providing services to improve the conditions of patients.
£20,000 was donated to the Eshkol Music School whilst other projects such as the Bikurim school for performing arts and Jonathan Wohl Music School in the Ono Academic College was also supported in 2016 by JNF.
In Shavei Darom, a town near the Gaza Strip, the development of a sports ground was funded.
Funds also supported Ahuzat Ya’akov - an organisation that helps integrate ultra-orthodox Israelis into wider society – to help renovate their campus. Other organisations supported include Masa Israeli, an organisation that aims to strengthen Zionist identity by communicating with students, Shiur Acher – an organisation that supports underprivileged students and El-Sayad Bedouin High School.
Scholarships for the Bedouin community were also part-funded by the JNF. As was Tenufa Bakehila – an organisation that supports deprived areas in Kiryat Gav and Kiryat Malachi, Krembo wings – a youth movement for special needs children, Eden Karmia an organisation that provides a framework for survivors of abuse. Orr Shalom, in Ashkelon, an organisation that removes children from homes of abuse was supported through the renovation of foster homes.
HaShomer HaChadash, a neighbour watch initiative that aims to protect farmland, was given funds to maintain presence and to run educational leadership programmes. £1000 was donated to Derech Eretz for a leadership programme that aimed to develop skills in teenagers.
Funding of projects in Israel 2015 [11]
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 2,000 | |
| Benji Hillman | 74,000 | |
| Nitzana/Yerucham Derech Eretz programmes | 135,000 | |
| Yerucham Expansion and Renovation of Music Conservatory | 165,000 | |
| Yerucham – Equipping Second Floor of Learning Centre | 25,000 | |
| Yerucham – Renovating Renanim Kindergarten | 25,000 | |
| Equipping New Kindergartens for Autistic Children in Be’re Sheva | 35,000 | |
| HaShomer HaChadash | 157,000 | |
| Bikurim – Youth Village | 24,000 | |
| Bikurim – Music School | 304,000 | |
| Shavei Darom – Ampitheatre | 76,000 | |
| Shavei Darom – Construction of sports ground | 87,000 | |
| Nachson Pre Army Programme – Developing New Campus in Eshkol | 117,000 | |
| Kiryat Malachi – Renovation of state kindergartens | 262,000 | |
| Ono Academic College | 1,000,000 | |
| Matnat Shichrur (Heritage Gift) – 10-day trips for new soldiers to learn about Israel | 33,000 | |
| Ofanim | 32,000 | |
| Be’re Sova | 26,000 | |
| Meitarim Lachish Pre Army Programme – Equipping the campus of Eliav | 29,000 | |
| The Carasso Science Museum | 86,000 | |
| Ruach Dromit | 24,000 | |
| Sderot young adult centre | 18,000 | |
| Gvahim accelerator programme | 143,000 | |
| Shiur Acher | 49,000 | |
| Nitzanei Hanegev | 35,000 | |
| Ramat Hanegev | 42,000 | |
| Ahuzat Negev Ofakim | 34,000 | |
| Kiryat Malachi | 24,000 | |
| Renovation of Yachini Community Centre | 29,000 | |
| Yerucham – Yeruham Design Terminal | 48,000 | |
| Yerucham – Renovation of Communal Areas | 37,000 | |
| Hof Ashkelon Regional Council | 58,000 | |
| Ofakim | 134,000 | |
| Yerucham Developing Public Gardens | 174,000 | |
| Kiryat Malachi – Development of the entrances | 416,000 | |
| Kiryat Malachi – Community Park | 87,000 | |
| Arad | 66,000 | |
| Eden Karmia | 143,000 | |
| Orr Shalom – Renovation of Forster Homes | 25,000 |
In 2015, £304,000 was donated to support the Bikurim Music School in Eshkol, £135,00 to a Derech Eretz youth programme, £24,000 to Ruach Dromit Care Cancer Centre.
Funds have also supported business hubs such as the valley in Mitzpe Ramon and The Hive ion Ashdod.
Elsewhere, £157,000 was donated to HaShomer HaChadash – an organisation that promotes Zionism through land protection and youth leadership – and £25,000 to Orr Shalom to assist in the development of foster homes. £26,000 to Earth’s Promise – a community garden in Be’re Sheva, £143,000 to Gvahim for an employment programme. JNF also sponsors the Soroka Medical Research Initiative.
In Yerucham, £174,000 was donated for the development of public gardens, £165,000 for a music conservatory, £48,000 to develop a design terminal that will support young developers, £37,000 for the renovation of communal areas of former social housing buildings. In addition, £25,000 helped build a learning centre in Yerucham, £25,000 was aimed to renovate a kindergarten and £49,000 was donated to Shiur Archer – an organisation that gives underprivileged kids access to industry professionals.
In Kiryat Malachi, £24,000 was donated for general renovations while £416,000 was directed at the development of entrances, £87,000 for a community park. Other projects in Kiryat Malachi include developing kindergartens and a community centre.
Funding of projects in Israel 2014
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 32,000 | |
| Kiryat Gat Mariann’s early childhood centre | 52,000 | |
| Nitzana/Yerucham Derech Eretz programmes | 216,000 | |
| Reut SderotAssociation | 34,000 | |
| Beit HaOle-Needy Immigrants | 35,000 | |
| Yerucham – Early Children Centre | 69,000 | |
| Arava – pre-school education centre | 29,000 | |
| HaShomer HaChadash | 146,000 | |
| Bikurim – Youth Village | 89,000 | |
| Ezra le’Marpe – Sderot | 195,000 | |
| Ruach Dromit | 27,000 | |
| Hashomer HaChadash Caravans Unit | 73,000 | |
| Laika Youth | 26,000 | |
| Desert Stars | 45,000 | |
| Sderot Youth Centre | 1,000,000 | |
| Arad Youth Centre | 81,000 | |
| Ayalim Student Village | 1,624,000 | |
| Café Britain in southern Israel | 487,000 | |
| Gvahim | 65,000 | |
| Arad Ayalim garden renovation | 41,000 | |
| OR- Har Amasa Community Centre | 44,000 | |
| Sderot – bicycle trail | 325,000 | |
| Ofakim – a park and playground | 325,000 | |
| Yerucham – Northern Entrance and Lake Camping Site | 568,000 | |
| Arad | 244,000 | |
| Earth Promise | 49,000 | |
| Mitzpe Ramon | 162,000 | |
| Kiryat Malachi – adult youth centre | 139,000 | |
| Gvahim accelerator programme | 37,000 | |
| Kibutz Erez Shaar Hanegev – Opus TV | 28,000 | |
| Arava – adoption of 15 families | 406,000 | |
| Rahat Shelters | 29,000 | |
| Tzuk Eitan 9 Gaza war effort | 144,000 | |
| Refua Vesimcha | 73,000 | |
| Ofakim – day centre for senior centres | 122,000 | |
| Orr Shalom – Beer Sheva cluster of family group home | 30,000 |
In 2014, £89,000 was donated to support the Bikurim Music School in Eshkol, £45,000 to Desert Stars – a Bedouin Youth Leadership Programme, £216,000 to the Derech Eretz Youth Programme and £27,000 to Ruach Dromit – a cancer care centre.
Beit HaOleh – an organisation that supports immigrants – also received funds. £487,000 was gifted to Café Britannia – a Holocaust Survivors Club, £30,000 to Orr Shalom to renovate foster homes. Elsewhere, £49,000 was donated to Earth Promise to build a community garden and £146,000 to HaShomer HaChadash an organisation that combines land protection through a youth leadership programme.
Donations were also made to the Soroka Medical Research Initiative for the training for young doctors and Dror Israel – an educators’ organisation. £69,000 was made to the Yerucham Early Childhood Centre. £1,000,000 was donated to the Sapir Music School in Sderot, £139,000 to the Young Adults Centre in Kiryat Malakhi and £1,624,000 to student volunteer organisation Ayalim.
Other projects funded were Shiur Acher – an organisation that connects underprivileged young people to business leaders – and Gvahim – a career accelerator programme that received £65,000.
The OR Har Amasa Community Centre (donations totalling £44,000 in 2014) is part of the OR Movement which the Palestine Campaign states "has supported the construction of the Jewish town of Hiran, which aims to replace the Palestinian Bedouin village of Umm-al-Hiran, which has been subject to forcible evacuation." [12]
Funding of projects in Israel 2013 [13]
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 35,000 | |
| Arad Early Childhood Centre | 349,000 | |
| Halutzit/Nitzana/Yerucham Derech Eretz programmes | 87,000 | |
| BeerSheva Sports Hall and Empowerment Centre | 35,000 | |
| Ezra le’Marpe – Sderot | 1,848,000 | |
| Medical Research – Soroka Hospital BeerSheva | 69,000 | |
| Yerucham Youth Leadership Centre | 38,000 | |
| HaShomer HaChadash | 114,000 | |
| Sderot Young Adult Centre | 35,000 | |
| Kiryat Gat Young Adult Centre | 44,000 | |
| Ayalim Student Villages | 35,000 | |
| Benji Hillman | 32,000 | |
| Sderot - Nachshon | 97,000 | |
| Ofakim Community Playgrounds | 78,000 | |
| Sensory Garden for the Blind | 32,000 | |
| Gvahim accelerator programs | 30,000 |
In 2013, donations from the JNF Charitable Trust helped establish the Sapir Music College in Sderot. Other donations included: £35,000 to the Ayalim Student Village for renovations and £30,000 to The Hive in Gvahim – a programme that connects highly skilled talents to Israel. Funds also supported Kiryat Gat Sports Club and Enrichment Centre, Derech Eretz Pre and Post Army Enrichment that aims to build “socially aware Israeli leaders”, a business hub in Mitzpe Ramon and Eshkol Music School.
£349,000 was donated to the Arab Early Childhood Centre, £114,000 to HaShomer HaChadash – an organisation that helps communities by training and providing volunteers to work with police, £78,000 to construct playgrounds in Ofakim, £1,848,000 to Ezra Le’Marpe to provide specialist medical supplies, £97,000 to Nachshon – a social leadership programme in Sderot, £32,000 for a sensory garden, £69,000 for medical research at Sokora Hospital Be’er Sheva and £38,000 for the Yerucham Youth Leadership Centre.
Funds in 2013 also supported the Community Gardens Project and OR Movement Projects (establishing towns in the Negev region).
Funding of projects in Israel 2012 [3]
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 58,000 | |
| Benji Hillman | 53,000 | |
| Haluzit pre-army program | 319,000 | |
| Eshkol youth village | 82,000 | |
| Yerucham early childhood centre | 280,000 | |
| Jewish Scouts | 299,000 | |
| Sderot Sapir College | 148,000 | |
| HaShomer HaChadash | 137,000 | |
| Ayalim student villages | 132,000 | |
| Kiryat Gat sports and enrichment centre | 58,000 | |
| Community Garden project | 74,000 | |
| Carmel and Chiran Forests | 53,000 | |
| Jerusalem Botanical Gardens | 105,000 | |
| Mitzpe Ramon business and technology hub | 824,000 | |
| Gvahim Ashdod accelerator programme | 61,000 | |
| JBG Scholarships | 4,000 |
£319,000 worth of funds donated by JNF Charitable Trust in 2012 were used to support Halutzit – “a group of 21st Century Zionist pioneers” – to support the building of school dormitories.
In the Eshkol region, near the Gaza Strip, £82,000 was directed to build parks and playgrounds in the settlement towns of Shuva and Avashalom as well as supporting a Holocaust Survivors Club. £58,000 to Kiryat Gat sports club and enrichment centre, £137,000 to the volunteer service HaShomer HaChadash, £132,000 to Ayalim Association Community Centre in Arad (an organisation that provides volunteers to support in disadvantaged communities). In addition to £148,000 to Sderot Sapit College to build a music academy and £824,000 for a business hub in Mitzpe Ramon.
Funding of projects in Israel 2011[14]
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 47,000 | |
| Aleh | 6,000 | |
| Ayalim | 82,000 | |
| Habbanim Park | 102,000 | |
| Shuva | 25,000 | |
| Tel Sheva Playground | 85,000 | |
| Chiran Forest | 35,000 | |
| Avshalom Park | 42,000 | |
| Arad | 337,000 | |
| Dimona | 335,000 | |
| Be'erot Yitzchak | 64,000 | |
| Hura Village infrastructure | 51,000 | |
| HaShomer Hachadash | 84,000 | |
| Eshkol Youth Centre | 24,000 | |
| Holocaust Centre | 50,000 | |
| Kisharit | 124,000 | |
| JBG Scholarships | 17,000 |
Over £1 million worth of funds donated by JNF Charitable Trust in 2011 were used to support Halutzit – “a group of 21st Century Zionist pioneers” – in order to construct new communities in the Negev region. These include roads, irrigations, foundations and schools, including the construction of a boys dormitory. Money that was donated to the two of Sderot was used for the construction of town entrances
Donations have also been used for the regeneration of the town of Ofakim, projects included a public park (£102,000), Ayalim and Zionist community building and construction of a student village (£82,000) and the Association of the Development of Ofakim which aims to encourage young people to remain in the area.
£84,000 went to HaShomer HaChadash which provides security to farms, £64,000 to Be’erot Yitzchak to preserve a heritage site. Funds were also donated to the Eshkol region (near Gaza Strip) to improve the quality of life: £24,000 for youth centre development, £35,000 for a park and playground in Sheva and £42,000 for the same in Avshalom. In Gvahim, donations were used to assist economic development. £47,000 was donated to Beit Uri, a residential home for disabled teenagers.
Elsewhere, £337,000 was donated to develop the Arad Performing Arts Centre, £85,000 to the Tel Sheva Campus for Special Education and Rehabilitation, £51,000 to Green Hura (Hura being a Bedouin Town outside Beersheva) to improve quality of life and £50,000 to the British Social Club for Holocaust Survivors in Israel.
Funding of projects in Israel 2010[2]
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 44,000 | |
| Aleh | 237,000 | |
| Ayalim | 58,000 | |
| SPNI | 47,000 | |
| Lord Sacks Forest | 165,000 | |
| Arad (Ulpena) | 27,000 | |
| Arad (Other) | 80,000 | |
| Halutzit | 1,097,000 | |
| OR | 242,000 | |
| Sderot | 402,000 | |
| Ichlu Reim | 60,000 | |
| Leket | 30,000 | |
| Koret | 75,000 | |
| JBG Scholarships | 18,000 |
Over £1 million worth of funds donated by JNF Charitable Trust in 2010 were used to support Halutzit – “a group of 21st Century Zionist pioneers” – to construct new communities in the Negev region. These included projects related to roads, irrigation, building foundations and schools.
£400,000 was contributed to the rebuilding of Sderot – a town near the Gaza strip which was targeted. £85,000 was donated to Ayalim Association which offered student volunteers to under-developed regions and £27,000 went to supporting a Zionist Secondary School for Girls (called Ulpena) in Arad (£80,000 in total for this region). £237,000 went towards Medical Care in Aleh Negev and £165,000 to Lord Sacks Forest (restoration). £242,000 was donated to OR Negev (part of the OR Movement) for the building of infrastructure in Negev.
£30,000 donated to Table to Table (a food rescue service), £44,000 to a residential home for disabled teenagers called Beit Uri, £60,000 to Ichlu Re’im an NGO that combats hunger, £75,000 to Gardener Microeconomics Initiative (Koret) to help those on low incomes. £47,000 to SPNI – "awaiting a decision".
On 30 March 2011, in the House of Commons a motion was tabled welcoming the work of the ‘Stop the JNF’ campaign. The motion went on to describe the work of the JNF and “its ongoing illegal expropriation of Palestinian land, concealing of destroyed Palestinian villages beneath parks and forests, and prevention of refugees from returning to their homes; notes that the JNF's constitution is explicitly discriminatory by stating that land and property will never be rented, leased or sold to non-Jews…” [15]
Contact
Since November 2016 it has been registered at Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, London, England, NW4 2BF (the majority of all JNF related companies are registered at this address).
Previous addresses:
- May 2004 - November 2016: JNF House, Spring Villa Park, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 7ED
- May 1997 - May 2004: 58-70 Edgware Way, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 8GQ
- Incorporation - May 1997: Harold Poster House, Kingsbury Circle, Kingsbury, NW9 9SP [16]
Notes
- ↑ JNF Charitable Trust, Charity Commission archived on 25 Nov 21
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 JNF Charitable Trust, Accounts 2010
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 JNF Charitable Trust Accounts 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 JNF Charitable Trust Accounts 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 JNF Charitable Trust, Accounts 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 JNF Charitable Trust, Accounts 2018
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 JNF Charitable Trust, Accounts 2020
- ↑ The Fundraising Regulator’s decision into a complaint by Dr (blank), with 62 other complainants, about JNF Charitable Trust, Fundraising Regulator, Ref 00013462, June 2021, available at https://www.stopthejnf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Fundraising-Regulator-Decision.pdf
- ↑ JNF Charitable Trust Accounts 2019
- ↑ JNF Charitable Trust Accounts 2017
- ↑ JNF Charitable Trust Accounts 2015
- ↑ Stop the Jewish National Fund UK, Palestine Campaign, archived on 11 Jan. 22 at https://archive.ph/wip/zBeNL
- ↑ JNF Charitable Trust Accounts 2013
- ↑ JNF Charitable Trust Accounts 2011
- ↑ 8. Early day motion 1677, JEWISH NATIONAL FUND, Session: 2010-11, 30 March 2011, parliament.uk, archived on 1 February 2022 at https://archive.ph/wip/VQrud
- ↑ JNF Charitable Trust Companies House archived on 25 Nov. 21
