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{{short description|'''Vice president of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America'''}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Steven Hefter
| occupation = Company director
| known_for = Vice president of the [[Jewish Institute for National Security of America]]
| education = Stanford University; M.B.A., Harvard
| nationality = United States
}}
'''Steven Hefter''' is an American company director. He is listed as a vice president of the [[Jewish Institute for National Security of America]] (JINSA) on the organisation's IRS Form 990 filings.<ref name="JINSAHef">Jewish Institute for National Security of America, [https://jinsa.org/person/steven-hefter/ Steven Hefter], official biography dated 19 September 2019, accessed 11 November 2026.</ref><ref name="JINSAAbout">Jewish Institute for National Security of America, [https://jinsa.org/about/ About Us], accessed 11 November 2026.</ref><ref name="PPJINSA">ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/521233683 The Jewish Institute For National Security Of America (EIN 52-1233683)], compilation of Form 990 filings, accessed 11 November 2026.</ref>

== Jewish Institute for National Security of America ==
An official JINSA biography dated 19 September 2019, and the organisation's official About page retrieved on 11 November 2026, give his education and career as set out below. JINSA files IRS returns under the name The Jewish Institute For National Security Of America, Employer Identification Number 52-1233683. ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer's compilation of those returns, opened on 11 November 2026, lists Steven Hefter as a vice president, with reportable compensation of $0 from the organisation, on the Form 990 filings for the years ended 31 December 2019 through 31 December 2024. The Form 990 for the year ended 31 December 2024, filed on 24 November 2025, again lists him as a vice president with $0 compensation. He does not appear on the extracted officer lists for the 2013–2015 or 2017–2018 returns in that compilation. The 2016 return does not include an extracted officer table.<ref name="JINSAHef" /><ref name="JINSAAbout" /><ref name="PPJINSA" />

{| class="wikitable"
! Year ended
! Title on the return
! Compensation from the organisation
! Return
|-
| 31 December 2024
| Vice President
| $0
| Form 990, filed 24 November 2025
|-
| 31 December 2023
| Vice President
| $0
| Form 990, filed 2 November 2024
|-
| 31 December 2022
| Vice President
| $0
| Form 990, filed 15 November 2023
|-
| 31 December 2021
| Vice President
| $0
| Form 990, filed 14 November 2022
|-
| 31 December 2020
| Vice President
| $0
| Form 990, filed 4 November 2022
|-
| 31 December 2019
| Vice President
| $0
| Form 990, filed 12 November 2020
|}

== Career and education ==
The official JINSA biography records that he earned his undergraduate degree from [[Stanford University]] and an M.B.A. from [[Harvard University]], that he has worked for [[Goldman Sachs]] and [[Morgan Stanley]], and that he is currently a partner at an independent advisory firm. It states that he is a founding member of the [[Simon Wiesenthal Center]]'s Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, and that he has been involved with Chicago Action for Soviet Jewry, the [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee]], and [[Friends of the Israel Defense Forces]].<ref name="JINSAHef" /><ref name="JINSAAbout" />

== External links ==
* [https://jinsa.org/person/steven-hefter/ Jewish Institute for National Security of America, official biography]
* [https://jinsa.org/about/ Jewish Institute for National Security of America, About Us]
* [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/521233683 ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, The Jewish Institute For National Security Of America (EIN 52-1233683)]

== Notes ==
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[[Category:United States]]
[[Category:Businesspeople]]
[[Category:Israel Lobby]]

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