Jewish Communal Fund
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The Jewish Communal Fund of New York (EIN: 23-7174183) is a 501(c)(3) non profit foundation based in New York. It supports a number of pro-Israel causes and also sends significant funds to organisations pushing Islamophobia.
The JCF is a donor-advised fund:
- 'Jewish Communal Fund (JCF) facilitates and promotes charitable giving to sectarian and nonsectarian organizations through donor advised funds and provides support to Jewish organizations in New York. We enable individuals and families to achieve their philanthropic goals simply and effectively, with full confidentiality.' [1]
Contents
Grantees
Organisations that have received funding from the fund include:
- The American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, American Freedom Defense Initiative, American Friends of Leket Israel, American Friends of Libi, American Friends of IDC, American Friends of the IDF Rabbinate, American Friends of the Israel Democracy Institute, American Friends of Tel Aviv University, and the America-Israel Friendship League.
JCF was also one of the top contributors to the anti-Muslim think tank Middle East Forum between 2000 and 2009, donating a total of $387,940.[2]
2014
- American Freedom Defense Initiative: $40,000
- American Committee for the Advancement of Truth in the Middle East: $40,930
- American Enterprise Institute: $130,000
- American Friends of IDC: $7,180
- American Friends of Leket Israel: $203,808
- American Friends of Libi: $77,201
- American Friends of Tel Aviv University: $120,244
- American Israel Education Foundation: $4,479,279
- American Jewish Committee: $744,610
- American Israel Joint Distribution Committee: $1,351,890
- Americans for Peace and Tolerance: $10,000
- Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith: $276,823
- Cato institute: $11,851
- Center for New American Security: $25,000
- Central Fund of Israel: $1,889,416
- Clarion Fund: $238,082
- Commentary: $49,850
- CAMERA: $85,280
- David Horowitz Freedom Center: $12,400
- Etzion Foundation: $302,661
- Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $385,600
- Friends of the Israel Defense Forces: $1,140,538
- Gatestone Institute: $55,136
- Hasbara Fellowship: $133,680
- Henry Jackson Society: $35,000
- Heritage Foundation: $26,750
- Hudson Institute: $23,750
- Human Rights Watch: $44,086
- Imagination Productions: $96,854
- Imagine Foundation: $63,277
- Institute for Humane Studies: $100,000
- Institute for Media Analysis: $30,000
- International Rescue Committee: $151,836
- Investigative Project on Terrorism: $84,800
- Israel Independence Fund: $40,633
- Israel on Campus Coalition; $110,000
- Media Research Center: $16,000
- Middle East Forum: $24,250
- Middle East Media and Research Institute: $26,146
- Middle East Media Watch: $12,706[3]
2013
- American Freedom Defense Initiative: $70,000[4]
- America-Israel Friendship League: $99,600
- American Committee for the Advancement of Truth in the Middle East: $25,000
- American Enterprise Institute: $225,000
- American Friends of IDC: $13,800
- American Friends of Leket Israel: $309,588
- American Friends of Libi: $5,300
- American Friends of Tel Aviv University: $814,836
- American Israel Education Foundation: $1,695,500
- American Jewish Committee: $708,056
- American Israel Joint Distribution Committee: $1,745,046
- Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith: $249,859
- Central Fund of Israel: $1,112,004
- Clarion Fund: $36,200
- Commentary: $32,500
- CAMERA: $55,480
- David Horowitz Freedom Center: $15,200
- Etzion Foundation: $204,380
- Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $234,800
- friends of the Israel Defense Forces: $847,454
- Heritage Foundation: $18,000
- Human Rights Watch: $41,886
- Imagination Productions: $168,500
- Imagine Foundation: $31,908
- Independence Fund: $195,000
- International Rescue Committee: $76,199
- Investigative Project on Terrorism: $51,250
- Israel Project: $264,000
- Media Research Center: $15,100
- Middle East Forum: $31,150
- Middle East Media and Research Institute: $396,170
- Middle East Media Watch: $12,660[5]
2012
- American Freedom Defense Initiative: $30,000[6]
- Acumen Fund: $7,500
- American Coalition Against a Nuclear Iran: $20,000
- American Committee for the Advancement of Truth in the Middle East: $48,000
- American Enterprise Institute: $25,000
- American Friends of IDC: $26,000
- American Friends of Leket Israel: $159,036
- American Friends of Libi: $5,100
- American Friends of Tel Aviv University: $39,518
- American Israel Education Foundation: $1,552,946
- American Jewish Committee: $631, 578
- American Israel Joint Distribution Committee: $1,439,029
- Americans for Peace and Tolerance: $10,000
- Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith: $343,823
- Central Fund of Israel: $1,089,500
- Commentary: $103,750
- CAMERA: $39,602
- David Horowitz Freedom Center: $10,250
- Etzion Foundation: $193,658.
- Foreign Policy Initiative: $25,000
- Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $72,800
- Friends of Elnet: $100,000
- Friends of the Israel Defense Forces: $916,185
- Heritage Foundation: $29,186
- Hudson Institute: $12,500
- Imagination Productions: $39,500
- Imagine Foundation: $20,285
- International Rescue Committee: $72,347
- investigative Project on Terrorism: $88,500
- Israel Emergency Alliance: $25,350
- Israel Independence Fund: $10,000
- Israel Project: $18,600
- Media Research Center: $10,050
- Middle East Forum: $17,880
- Middle East Media and Research Institute: $124,390
- Middle East Media Watch: $8,510
- Israel Endowment Fund: $2,719,032
- Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program: $37,529 [7]
2011
Grantees included:
- David Horowitz Freedom Center: $116,480
- Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $128,600
- Middle East Forum: $109,610
- Investigative Project on Terrorism: $51,500[8]
2010
Grantees included:
- David Horowitz Freedom Center: $46,360
- Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $88,600
- Middle East Forum: $18,700
- Investigative Project on Terrorism: $26,800[9]
Overseas expenditure
In 2011, Central America and the Carribean region received $95,967,188 worth of investment, while the Middle East received $140,000. [10]
In 2012 it invested $383,000 in and granted $1,800 to the Middle East and North African region, and granted $100,000 to Europe, $1,000 to North America. It also invested $79,470,544 in the Central American Region. [11]
Contact
Jewish Communal Fund
575 Madison Avenue
Suite 703
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212.752.8277
Fax: 212.319.6963
rep@jcfny.org [1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jewish Communal Fund, Jewish Communal Fund, accessed 1 December 2016.
- ↑ MEF Funding, rightweb.irc, accessed October 2015
- ↑ Jewish Communal Fund, 990 Form, 2014. accessed 26 October 2016.
- ↑ IRS 990s 2013 and 2012, reviewed by Spinwatch
- ↑ Jewish Communal Fund, 990 Form, 2013. accessed 26 October 2016.
- ↑ IRS 990s 2013 and 2012, reviewed by Spinwatch
- ↑ Jewish Communal Fund, 990 Form, 2012. accessed 26 October 2016.
- ↑ Jewish Communal Fund, 990 Form, 2011. accessed 14 November 2016.
- ↑ Jewish Communal Fund, 990 Form, 2010. accessed 14 November 2016.
- ↑ Form 990 2011, Foundation Center, accessed 1 February 2016
- ↑ Jewish Communal Fund, 990 Form, 2012. accessed 26 October 2016.
