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The [[Lisa and Michael Leffell Foundation]] (EIN: 31-6633021) is a grant making foundation which supports a large number of Jewish and pro-Israel organisations in both the United States and Israel.

It is described as 'dedicated to Jewish education and strengthening security and vibrancy of the State of Israel'.  <ref> [http://www.jinsa.org/leadership/michael-leffell Michael Leffell], JINSA, accessed 27 January 2018 </ref>

The Lisa and Michael Leffell Foundation is a major donor to [[Friends of the Israel Defense Forces]], the US body that sends funds to the Israeli [[Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers]]. Between 2002-2013 the foundation donated $910,830 to the FIDF.<ref>
Data compiled from filings of Form 990s 2002 - 2013. </ref> 
==Foundation Grantees== 

Organisations the foundation has supported include: 

the [[Aleh Negev Foundation]], [[American Enterprise Institute]], the [[American Friends of Hazon]], [[American Friends of IDC]], the [[American Friends of the Reut Institute]], [[American Israel Cooperative Enterprise]], the [[American Israel Educational Foundation]], [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee]] (AIPAC) the [[American Jewish Committee]], [[Anti defamation League]], [[Bipartisan Policy Center]], [[Center for Israel Education]],[[Christians for Fair Witness in the Middle East]], [[Commentary Magazine]], [[Council on Foreign Relations]], the [[David Project]], [[Friends of Yemin Orde]], [[Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America]], [[Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism Fund]], [[Institute for the study of Global Antisemitism and Policy]] (ISGAP) [[Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund]], [[Israel At Heart]], [[Israel on Campus Coalition]], the [[Israel Project]], the [[Jewish Communal Fund]], the [[Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs]], [[Jewish National Fund]], the [[Manhattan Institute]], [[Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel]], the [[Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies]], the [[Middle East Media Research Institute]] (MEMRI), [[New Israel Fund]], [[PEF Israel Endowment Funds]], [[Planned Parenthood]], the [[Reut Institute]], [[StandWithUs]], the [[Temple Israel Center]], [[The Media Line]], [[United Jewish Appeal]], the [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy]], the [[World Jewish Congress]], [[Wounded Warrior Project]]. <ref>
Data compiled from filings of Form 990s 2002 - 2013. </ref>
===2015===
In May 2015, the foundation sponsored a three-day seminar on 'the Impact of Israel on American Jewry' in Westchester, New York.<ref name ="Organization of American Historians">Organization of American Historians Website [http://www.oah.org/programs/news/2015-leffell-seminar-on-the-impact-of-israel-on-american-jewry/ 2015 Leffell Seminar on the Impact of Israel on American Jewry: Call for Applications]. Accessed 18 February 2015.</ref>
===2014 grantees===
Included: [[Henry Jackson Society]] - USD$15,000  <ref> IRS Form 990s reviewed by Spinwatch </ref>

==People== 
===Directors (circa 2012) ===

[[Michael Leffell]] (Director) | [[Lisa Leffell]] (Director)

===Contact===

:Address:
:600 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor
:New York, NY
:10022

:Phone:(646) 532-2445

==Notes==

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[[Category:Israel]]