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

2014

Its total charitable contributions for that year amounted to $1.925.950, distributed as follows:

American Freedom Law Center ($5,000) | American Friends of IDC ($5,000) | American Friends Keshet Eilon, Inc ($2,000) | American Friends of Tel Aviv University ($50,000) | American Friends of the Open University ($20,000) | American Islamic Forum for Democracy ($20,000) | Americans for Oxford Inc ($5,000) | Americans for Peace and Tolerance ($20,000) | Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation ($5,000) | CAMERA ($50,000) | Center for Islamic Pluralism ($10,000) | Central Fund of Israel ($25,000) | Commentary ($4,500) | David Horowitz Freedom Center ($55,000) | Eagles Wings ($5,500) | Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity ($4,500) | Fountain House ($1,000) | Friends of Israel Initiative Inc ($50,000) | Fuel for Truth ($1,000) | Gatestone Institute ($1,015,000) | Hoover Institution ($5,000) | Human Rights Voices ($25,000) | JCC Rockland ($6,000) | Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs ($30,000) | Jewish Community Relations Council ($20,000) | Jihad Watch ($5,000) | Kasparov Chess Foundation ($5,000) | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts ($2,500) | Middle East Forum ($331,000) | Middle East Media Research Unit ($30,000) | National Committee on American Foreign Policy ($5,000) | National Review Institute ($34,700) | Police Athletic League ($3,250) | REPORT Inc ($50,000) | Ruth's Heart ($5,000) | Institute for Policy Research ($25,000)

2013

American Freedom Law Center ($5,000) | American Friends of Keschet Elron ($2,000)| American Friends of Mee Pamm ($10,000)| American Friends of Tel Aviv University ($10,925)| American Islamic Forum for Democracy ($20,000) | American Friends of the Israel Museum ($2,000) | American Spectator Foundation ($27,500) | Arthur M Sackler Gallery ($1,000) | Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America ($40,000) | Center for Islamic Pluralism ($10,000)| Center for Security Policy ($5,000) | Central Fund of Israel ($20,000)| Clarion Fund Inc ($10,000) | Commentary Inc ($5,000) | | Conference of President of Major Jewish Organization ($50,000) | Foundation for Defence of Democracies ($20,000) | Foundation for Democracy in Russia ($15,000) | Franklin Institute ($15,000) | Friends of Israel Initiative Inc ($50,000) | Fuel for Truth ($25,000)| Hadassah ($50,000) | Harvard Law School ($10,000) | Honest Reporting ($5,000)| International Israel Allies Caucus Foundation Inc ($15,000) | Investigate Project on Terrorism Fund ($25,000) | JCC Rockland ($16,000) | Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs ($30,000) | Middle East Forum ($1,042,000)| Middle East Media Research Institute ($10,000)| National Christian Leadership Conf of Israel ($15,000) | National Committee American Foreign Policy ($10,000) | National Trust for Historical Preservation ($16,667)| National Review Institute ($10,000)| New York Historical Society ($5,000)| Open University Foundation ($50,000)| Project Veritas ($20,000)| Restoration Weekend ($5,000)| The Foundation for Cultural Review ($10,000)| The Israel Project ($15,000)| Zionist Organisation of America ($10,000)

2012

2012 grant recipients included: Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation ($2,000)| American Friends of Keshet Eilon, Inc ($5,000)| American Friends of Tel Aviv University ($1,100) | American Islamic Forum for Democracy ($30,000)| American Spectator Foundation ($50,000) | Committee For Accuracy for Middle East Reporting America ($82,080)| Cancer Research Institute Inc ($1,500) | Center Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia ($11,000)| Center for Islamic Pluralism ($20,000)| Center for Jewish Community Studies ($20,000) | Center for Security Policy ($10,000)| Central Fund of Israel ($30,000)| Commentary ($5,000) | Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations ($20,000) | Conference of Presidents Fund ($20,000)| David Horowitz Freedom Center ($22,750)| Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity ($15,000)| Encounter for Culture and Education Inc ($20,000)| FJC/ZOA Donors Fund ($5,000) | Friends of Ir David Inc ($6,000) | Friends of Israel Initiative ($40,000)| Friends of Sheba Medical Center ($5,000)| FUEL FOR TRUTH ($20,000)| Harvard University ($10,000)| HonestReporting ($5,000)| Investigative Project on Terrorism Foundation ($25,000)| Israel Emergency Alliance-Elnet ($3,000)| JCC Rockland ($6,000)| Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs ($20,000)| Jewish Theater of New York | Jihad Watch ($5,000)| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts ($2,800) | Middle East Forum ($1,212,000)| Middle East Media Research Institute ($40,000)| NCLCI ($10,000)| Open University Foundation ($46,000)| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc ($65,000) | The Alexander Hamilton Society ($15,000)| The Israel Museum ($500)| The Israel Project ($5,000)| The New Press | StandWithUs ($3,000) | UJA-Federation of New York ($70,000)

2011

2011 grant recipients included: Advancing Human Rights: $10,000, American Friends of the Henry Jackson Society: $10,000, CAMERA, American Friends of Keshet Elion: $1,000, American Friends of NGO Monitor: $10,000, American Friends of Sheba Medical Centre: $5,000, American Friends of the Israel Museum: $1,250, American Friends of the Open University: $3,500, American Islamic Congress: $5,000, American Islamic Forum for Democracy: $10,000, American Spectator Foundation: $20,000, CAMERA: $15,000, Central Fund of Israel: $10,000, David Horowitz Freedom Center ($10,000), Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $20,000, Holocaust Museum Watch: $1,000, HonestReporting ($500), the Hudson Institute: $170,000, the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs: $20,000, Jewish Institute for national Security Affairs: $5,000, the Middle East Forum: $345,000, the Middle East Media Research Institute: $25,000, National Committee on American Foreign Policy: $20,000, the Harbour League: $250, and the Zionist Organization of America: $5,000.

2010

2010 grant recipients included: American Islamic Forum for Democracy ($5,000) | CAMERA ($13,900)| Center for Security Policy ($1,500) | Central Fund of Israel ($25,000) | Christians for Fair Witness on the Middle East ($8,000) | Commentary magazine ($2,500)| Darfur Human Rights Organization ($500)| Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations ($10,000)| Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity ($10,000)| Foundation for Democracy in Iran ($2,000)| Hudson Institute ($151,325)| David Horowitz Freedom Center ($5,000)| Foundation for Defense of Democracies ($10,000)| Investigative Project on Terrorism ($36,000)| Manhattan Institute ($25,000)| Middle East Forum ($246,500)| Middle East Media Research Institute ($30,000)| Atlantic Bridge ($10,000)| The Claremont Institute ($750) | Zionist Organization of America ($5,000)

2000-2009

Between 2000 and 2009, the fund gave $94,500 to the US-based anti-Muslim organisation Middle East Forum.

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