Milstein Family Foundation

'The Milstein Family Foundation is a US-based private grantmaking foundation.

Mission

The mission of the Foundation is:

'to strengthen the State of Israel, the homeland of the Jewish People, and its special ties with the United States of America; and to ensure the special affinity to the State of Israel of the young and future Jewish generations. Our philanthropic philosophy is to educate and train students and young professionals to identify with their Jewish roots, connect with the State of Israel, ignite their Jewish pride, and provide them with facts and the knowledge to advocate for the State of Israel and the Jewish people in their schools, campuses, among their friends, and in their communities.'

Focus

The foundation supports a range of pro-Israel organisations including the Israeli-American Council (IAC),the American Israel Education Foundation (the educational wing of AIPAC), StandWithUs, Hillel, AISH HaTorah, Hasbara Fellowships, the Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC), Taglit-Birthright Israel, Christians United for Israel, the Washington Institute, the UCLA Foundation and Nahal Haredi.'

Financials

Assets: $15,786,656 as of 2015

Grants

2014

Gave $1,105,900 worth of grants, including :

• Aish Ha Torah: $68,600
• Christians United for Israel: $1,000
• American Israel Education Foundation: $200,000
• Ashreinu A Jewish Education Network: $56,300
• Hasbara Fellowships: $5,000
• Israeli American Council: $25,200
• StandWithUs: $25,000
• CAMERA: $10,000
• David Horowitz Freedom Center: $5,000
• JINSA: $5,000
• Stand By Me: $10,000
• American Friends of IDC: $2,000
• Anti-Defamation League: $3,000
• European Leadership Network: $3,000
• Investigative Project on Terrorism: $5,000
• Birthright Israel: $40,000
• Endowment for Middle East Truth: $10,000
• Fuel for the Truth: $12,000
• Israel on Campus Coalition: $25,000
• Israel Allies Foundation: $25,000

2013

Gave out $1,208,955 in grants, including :

• Aish Ha Torah: $11,300
• American Israel Education Foundation: $313,020
• Ashreinu A Jewish Education Network: $30,000
• Hasbara Fellowships: $60,000
• Israeli American Council: $18,000
• StandWithUs: $76,500
• CAMERA: $10,000
• Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $10,000
• Christians United for Israel: $20,000
• David Horowitz Freedom Center: $5,000
• Middle East Media Research Institute: $20,000
• UCLA Foundation: $50,000
• JINSA: $5,000
• Stand By Me: $10,000
• American Friends of IDC: $2,000
• Anti-Defamation League: $1,000
• Friends of the IDF: $71,800
• European Leadership Network: $5,000
• Investigative Project on Terrorism: $5,000
• WIZO L.A: $1,800

2012

Gave out $1,432,000 in grants, including :

• Investigative Project on Terrorism: $5,000
• Imagination Productions: $15,000
• Friends of the IDF: $15,000
• European Leadership Network: $2,000
• Anti-Defamation League: $2,000
• American Friends of IDC: $2,000
• Central Fund of Israel: $5,000
• Stand By Me: $25,000
• JINSA: $5,000
• Birthright Israel: $36,000
• The Israel Project: $20,000
• UCLA Foundation: $50,000
• Middle East Media Research Institute: $10,000
• Christians United for Israel: $20,000
• David Horowitz Freedom Center: $5,000
• Middle East Forum: $10,000
• Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $10,000
• CAMERA: $25,000
• StandWithUs: $163,000
• Hasbara Fellowships: $30,000
• American Israel Education Foundation: $237,500
• Aish Ha Torah: $60,000

People

The Foundation website presents its 'people' as follows :

• Gila Milstein: born in Morocco and immigrated to Israel when she was six years old. A graduate of the Rothschild Hospital Nursing School, she served as an officer in the Israeli army. An active community leader and philanthropist, Gila sits on the Board of several organizations, including the American-Israel Education Foundation and StandWithUs. She serves the President of Stand By Me, an organization that supports Israeli-American cancer patients and their families in Los Angeles, as well as the President of MERONA Campus Leadership Foundation, an organization that nurtures leadership amongst pro-Israel students on college campuses.

• Adam Milstein is an active philanthropist, real estate investor, and community leader. A native of Israel, he served in IDF during the Yom Kippur War, and graduated from the Technion in 1978. Upon his arrival in the US in 1981, Adam earned an MBA from USC and began a career in Commercial Real Estate in Southern California in 1983. Adam is a Managing Partner at Hager Pacific Properties, a private commercial real estate investment firm.

• Adam Milstein is a co-founder and National Chairman of the Israeli-American Council, where he is the chair of their national expansion. He also sits on the Board of several organizations, including, the Israel on Campus Coalition, StandWithUs, Hasbara Fellowships,Jewish Funders Network, AISH Los Angeles, AIPAC National Council and the Los Angeles Board of Birthright Israel. Along with his wife, Gila, Adam Milstein is a co-founder of Sifriyat Pijama B’America, an organization that provides free monthly books in Hebrew, teaching Jewish values to more than 15,000 Israeli-Jewish-American families in the United States.

Contact

website: http://www.milsteinff.org/