JNF Charitable Trust
The JNF Charitable Trust (Charity number: 225910, Incorporated on 21 July 1939) is the main vehicle for the Jewish National Fund UK trading as JNF UK. It is also a registered charity - number: 225910. [1]
Finances
| Year | Income (£) | Sources | Donations/Grants (£) | Recipients of Grants/Donations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 12,157,000 | - | 11,318,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 7,501,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 3,817,000 | [2] |
| 2011 | 9,962,000 | - | 11,721,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 7,257,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 4,464,000 | [3] |
| 2012 | 17,537,000 | - | 9,655,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 7,374,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 2,281,000 | |
| 2013 | 13,855,000 | - | 12,699,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 4,978,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 7,721,000 | [4] |
| 2014 | 13,431,000 | - | 4,315,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 4,265,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 50,000 | |
| 2015 | 14,389,000 | - | 13,068,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 8,853,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 4,215,000 | [5] |
| 2016 | 12,417,000 | - | 9,829,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 7,914,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 1,915,000 | |
| 2017 | 17,038,000 | - | 8,918,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 8,167,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 751,000 | [6] |
| 2018 | 22,255,000 | - | 11,779,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 8,904,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 2,875,000 | |
| 2019 | 16,505,000 | - | 15,599,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 8,492,000 (UK Via KKL Charity Accounts: 8,164,000)
Funding of projects in Israel: 7,107,000 [7] | |
| 2020 | 15,411,000 | - | 12,052,000 | Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 8,495,000 (UK Via KKL Charity Accounts: 8,332,000) Funding of projects in Israel: 3,557,000 |
Funding of projects in Israel 2020 [7]
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 27,000 | |
| Benji Hillman | 57,000 | |
| Refua Vesimcha | 250,000 | |
| Be’re Sova – Soup Kitchen | 10,000 | |
| Ben Hashitin – Leadership Programme | 30,000 | |
| Derech Eretz – Youth Programme | 2,000 | |
| Garin Harel in Tzohar | 37,000 | |
| Keren Shalom Community Project | 30,000 | |
| Ruhama Forest | 22,000 | |
| Latet | 47,000 | |
| Hakeren Leyedidot | 44,000 | |
| Meitarim Lachish | 75,000 | |
| Matan Avrut Adadit | 77,000 | |
| Rachashei Lev | 170,000 | |
| Yad Tamar | 85,000 | |
| Student Village in Kibbutz Misgav Am | 57,000 | |
| Afike Orot – Ofakim | 25,000 | |
| Bnei HaMenashe Community | 9,000 | |
| Be’re Milka Community | 20,000 | |
| Others | 179,000 | |
| Legacies | 1,024,000 |
Funding of projects in Israel 2019 [8]
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 17,000 | |
| Benji Hillman | 67,000 | |
| Environmental Projects | 31,000 | |
| Refua Vesimcha | 317,000 | |
| Amit High School | 70,000 | |
| Be’er Sova | 10,000 | |
| Bet Hashitin | 15,000 | |
| Derech Eretz | 32,000 | |
| Ezra LeMarpeh | 2,000 | |
| Garin Harel in Tzohar | 15,000 | |
| Hof Ahskelon community centre | 20,000 | |
| Israel Is | 13,000 | |
| Kerem Shalom | 15,000 | |
| Kiryat Melachi Kindergartens | 20,000 | |
| Meitarim Lachish | 10,000 | |
| Rachashei Lev | 260,000 | |
| Ruach Dromit | 1,000 | |
| Simcha Layeled | 43,000 | |
| Tenufa Bakehila | 30,000 | |
| Yad Tamar | 53,000 | |
| YBA – Bnei Akiva | 21,000 | |
| Nitzan Lanoar therapeutic farm for youth at risk | 10,000 | |
| Legacies | 276,000 |
Funding of projects in Israel 2018 [6]
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 27,000 | |
| Benji Hillman | 23,000 | |
| Environmental Projects | 51,000 | |
| Refua Vesimcha | 80,000 | |
| Bedouin Academy | 13,000 | |
| Gevim School | 30,000 | |
| Massa Israeli | 148,000 | |
| Derech Eretz | 30,000 | |
| Meitarim Lachish | 7,000 | |
| Ramat Hanegev YAFE | 70,000 | |
| Rachashei Lev | 267,000 | |
| Reut Sderot | 10,000 | |
| Tenufa Bakehila | 20,000 | |
| Legacies | 559,000 |
Funding of projects in Israel 2017 [9]
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 30,000 | |
| Benji Hillman | 50,000 | |
| Environmental Projects | 55,000 | |
| Emergency Projects | 2,000 | |
| Alon kindergarten | 10,000 | |
| Barzilay Hospital | 25,000 | |
| Desert Stars | 20,000 | |
| Derech Eretz | 88,000 | |
| Eden Karmia | 42,000 | |
| Havatzelet | 10,000 | |
| Kiryat Malachi kindergartens | 18,000 | |
| Refua Vesimcha | 500,000 | |
| Sachlav Kindergarten | 24,000 | |
| Yerucham Early Childhood Centre | 43,000 | |
| Other | 3,000 | |
| Legacies | 888,000 |
Funding of projects in Israel 2016 [5]
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 23,000 | |
| Benji Hillman | 74,000 | |
| Environmental Projects | 52,000 | |
| Emergency Projects | 29,000 | |
| Sderot – Ezra Lemarpeh | 6,000 | |
| Carasso Science Park | 70,000 | |
| Desert Stars | 20,000 | |
| Refua Vesimcha | 200,000 | |
| JDC (Edible Gardens) | 10,000 | |
| Eshkol Music School | 20,000 | |
| Macon Arava | 2,000 | |
| Derech Eretz | 1,000 | |
| Other | 3,000 | |
| Legacies | 379,000 |
Funding of projects in Israel 2015 [10]
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 2,000 | |
| Benji Hillman | 74,000 | |
| Nitzana/Yerucham Derech Eretz programmes | 135,000 | |
| Yerucham Expansion and Renovation of Music Conservatory | 165,000 | |
| Yerucham – Equipping Second Floor of Learning Centre | 25,000 | |
| Yerucham – Renovating Renanim Kindergarten | 25,000 | |
| Equipping New Kindergartens for Autistic Children in Be’re Sheva | 35,000 | |
| HaShomer HaChadash | 157,000 | |
| Bikurim – Youth Village | 24,000 | |
| Bikurim – Music School | 304,000 | |
| Shavei Darom – Ampitheatre | 76,000 | |
| Shavei Darom – Construction of sports ground | 87,000 | |
| Nachson Pre Army Programme – Developing New Campus in Eshkol | 117,000 | |
| Kiryat Malachi – Renovation of state kindergartens | 262,000 | |
| Ono Academic College | 1,000,000 | |
| Matnat Shichrur (Heritage Gift) – 10 day trips for new soldiers to learn about Israel | 33,000 | |
| Ofanim | 32,000 | |
| Be’re Sova | 26,000 | |
| Meitarim Lachish Pre Army Programme – Equipping the campus of Eliav | 29,000 | |
| The Carasso Science Museum | 86,000 | |
| Ruach Dromit | 24,000 | |
| Sderot young adult centre | 18,000 | |
| Gvahim accelerator programme | 143,000 | |
| Shiur Acher | 49,000 | |
| Nitzanei Hanegev | 35,000 | |
| Ramat Hanegev | 42,000 | |
| Ahuzat Negev Ofakim | 34,000 | |
| Kiryat Malachi | 24,000 | |
| Renovation of Yachini Community Centre | 29,000 | |
| Yerucham – Yeruham Design Terminal | 48,000 | |
| Yerucham – Renovation of Communal Areas | 37,000 | |
| Hof Ashkelon Regional Council | 58,000 | |
| Ofakim | 134,000 | |
| Yerucham Developing Public Gardens | 174,000 | |
| Kiryat Malachi – Development of the entrances | 416,000 | |
| Kiryat Malachi – Community Park | 87,000 | |
| Arad | 66,000 | |
| Eden Karmia | 143,000 | |
| Orr Shalom – Renovation of Forster Homes | 25,000 |
Funding of projects in Israel 2014 [4]
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 32,000 | |
| Kiryat Gat Mariann’s early childhood centre | 52,000 | |
| Nitzana/Yerucham Derech Eretz programmes | 216,000 | |
| Reut SderotAssociation | 34,000 | |
| Beit HaOle-Needy Immigrants | 35,000 | |
| Yerucham – Early Children Centre | 69,000 | |
| Arava – pre-school education centre | 29,000 | |
| HaShomer HaChadash | 146,000 | |
| Bikurim – Youth Village | 89,000 | |
| Ezra le’Marpe – Sderot | 195,000 | |
| Ruach Dromit | 27,000 | |
| Hashomer HaChadash Caravans Unit | 73,000 | |
| Laika Youth | 26,000 | |
| Desert Stars | 45,000 | |
| Sderot Youth Centre | 1,000,000 | |
| Arad Youth Centre | 81,000 | |
| Ayalim Student Village | 1,624,000 | |
| Café Britain in southern Israel | 487,000 | |
| Gvahim | 65,000 | |
| Arad Ayalim garden renovation | 41,000 | |
| OR- Har Amasa Community Centre | 44,000 | |
| Sderot – bicycle trail | 325,000 | |
| Ofakim – a park and playground | 325,000 | |
| Yerucham – Northern Entrance and Lake Camping Site | 568,000 | |
| Arad | 244,000 | |
| Earth Promise | 49,000 | |
| Mitzpe Ramon | 162,000 | |
| Kiryat Malachi – adult youth centre | 139,000 | |
| Gvahim accelerator programme | 37,000 | |
| Kibutz Erez Shaar Hanegev – Opus TV | 28,000 | |
| Arava – adoption of 15 families | 406,000 | |
| Rahat Shelters | 29,000 | |
| Tzuk Eitan 9 Gaza war effort | 144,000 | |
| Refua Vesimcha | 73,000 | |
| Ofakim – day centre for senior centres | 122,000 | |
| Orr Shalom – Beer Sheva cluster of family group home | 30,000 |
The OR Har Amasa Community Centre (donations totalling £44,000 in 2014) is part of the OR Movement which the Palestine Campaign states "has supported the construction of the Jewish town of Hiran, which aims to replace the Palestinian Bedouin village of Umm-al-Hiran, which has been subject to forcible evacuation." [11]
Funding of projects in Israel 2013 [12]
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 35,000 | |
| Arad Early Childhood Centre | 349,000 | |
| Halutzit/Nitzana/Yerucham Derech Eretz programmes | 87,000 | |
| BeerSheva Sports Hall and Empowerment Centre | 35,000 | |
| Ezra le’Marpe – Sderot | 1,848,000 | |
| Medical Research – Soroka Hospital BeerSheva | 69,000 | |
| Yerucham Youth Leadership Centre | 38,000 | |
| HaShomer HaChadash | 114,000 | |
| Sderot Young Adult Centre | 35,000 | |
| Kiryat Gat Young Adult Centre | 44,000 | |
| Ayalim Student Villages | 35,000 | |
| Benji Hillman | 32,000 | |
| Sderot - Nachshon | 97,000 | |
| Ofakim Community Playgrounds | 78,000 | |
| Sensory Garden for the Blind | 32,000 | |
| Gvahim accelerator programs | 30,000 |
In 2013, donations from the JNF Charitable Trust helped establish the Sapir Music College in Sderot. Other donations included: £35,000 to the Ayalim Student Village for renovations and £30,000 to The Hive in Gvahim – a programme that connects highly skilled talents to Israel. Funds also supported Kiryat Gat Sports Club and Enrichment Centre, Derech Eretz Pre and Post Army Enrichment that aims to build “socially aware Israeli leaders”, a business hub in Mitzpe Ramon and Eshkol Music School.
£349,000 was donated to the Arab Early Childhood Centre, £114,000 to HaShomer HaChadash – an organisation that helps communities by training and providing volunteers to work with police, £78,000 to construct playgrounds in Ofakim, £1,848,000 to Ezra Le’Marpe to provide specialist medical supplies, £97,000 to Nachshon – a social leadership programme in Sderot, £32,000 for a sensory garden, £69,000 for medical research at Sokora Hospital Be’er Sheva and £38,000 for the Yerucham Youth Leadership Centre.
Funds in 2013 also supported the Community Gardens Project and OR Movement Projects (establishing towns in the Negev region).
Funding of projects in Israel 2012 [3]
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 58,000 | |
| Benji Hillman | 53,000 | |
| Haluzit pre-army program | 319,000 | |
| Eshkol youth village | 82,000 | |
| Yerucham early childhood centre | 280,000 | |
| Jewish Scouts | 299,000 | |
| Sderot Sapir College | 148,000 | |
| HaShomer HaChadash | 137,000 | |
| Ayalim student villages | 132,000 | |
| Kiryat Gat sports and enrichment centre | 58,000 | |
| Community Garden project | 74,000 | |
| Carmel and Chiran Forests | 53,000 | |
| Jerusalem Botanical Gardens | 105,000 | |
| Mitzpe Ramon business and technology hub | 824,000 | |
| Gvahim Ashdod accelerator programme | 61,000 | |
| JBG Scholarships | 4,000 |
£319,000 worth of funds donated by JNF Charitable Trust in 2012 were used to support Halutzit – “a group of 21st Century Zionist pioneers” – to support the building of school dormitories. In the Eshkol region, near the Gaza Strip, £82,000 was directed to build parks and playgrounds in the settlement towns of Shuva and Avashalom as well as supporting a Holocaust Survivors Club. £58,000 to Kiryat Gat sports club and enrichment centre, £137,000 to the volunteer service HaShomer HaChadash, £132,000 to Ayalim Association Community Centre in Arad (an organisation that provides volunteers to support in disadvantaged communities). In addition to £148,000 to Sderot Sapit College to build a music academy and £824,000 for a business hub in Mitzpe Ramon.
Funding of projects in Israel 2011[13]
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 47,000 | |
| Aleh | 6,000 | |
| Ayalim | 82,000 | |
| Habbanim Park | 102,000 | |
| Shuva | 25,000 | |
| Tel Sheva Playground | 85,000 | |
| Chiran Forest | 35,000 | |
| Avshalom Park | 42,000 | |
| Arad | 337,000 | |
| Dimona | 335,000 | |
| Be'erot Yitzchak | 64,000 | |
| Hura Village infrastructure | 51,000 | |
| HaShomer Hachadash | 84,000 | |
| Eshkol Youth Centre | 24,000 | |
| Holocaust Centre | 50,000 | |
| Kisharit | 124,000 | |
| JBG Scholarships | 17,000 |
Over £1 million worth of funds donated by JNF Charitable Trust in 2011 were used to support Halutzit – “a group of 21st Century Zionist pioneers” – who construct new communities in the Negev region. These include roads, irrigations, foundations and schools, including the construction of a boys dormitory. Money that was donated to the two of Sderot was used for the construction of town entrances
Donations have also been used for the regeneration of the town of Ofakim, projects included a public park (£102,000), Ayalim and Zionist community building and construction of a student village (£82,000) and the Association of the Development of Ofakim which aims to encourage young people to remain in the area.
£84,000 went to HaShomer HaChadash which provides security to farms, £64,000 to Be’erot Yitzchak to preserve a heritage site. Funds were also donated to the Eshkol region (near Gaza Strip) to improve the quality of life: £24,000 for youth centre development, £35,000 for a park and playground in Sheva and £42,000 for the same in Avshalom. In Gvahim, donations were used to assist economic development. £47,000 was donated to Beit Uri, a residential home for disabled teenagers.
Elsewhere, £337,000 was donated to develop the Arad Performing Arts Centre, £85,000 to the Tel Sheva Campus for Special Education and Rehabilitation, £51,000 to Green Hura (Hura being a Bedouin Town outside Beersheva) to improve quality of life and £50,000 to the British Social Club for Holocaust Survivors in Israel
Funding of projects in Israel 2010[2]
| Destination/Organisation in Israel | Incoming Resources (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Beit Uri | 44,000 | |
| Aleh | 237,000 | |
| Ayalim | 58,000 | |
| SPNI | 47,000 | |
| Lord Sacks Forest | 165,000 | |
| Arad (Ulpena) | 27,000 | |
| Arad (Other) | 80,000 | |
| Halutzit | 1,097,000 | |
| OR | 242,000 | |
| Sderot | 402,000 | |
| Ichlu Reim | 60,000 | |
| Leket | 30,000 | |
| Koret | 75,000 | |
| JBG Scholarships | 18,000 |
Over £1 million worth of funds donated by JNF Charitable Trust in 2010 were used to support Halutzit – “a group of 21st Century Zionist pioneers” – who construct new communities in the Negev region. These include roads, irrigations, foundations and schools.
£400,000 was contributed to the rebuilding of Sderot – a town near the Gaza strip which was targeted. £85,000 was donated to Ayalim Association which offered student volunteers to under-developed regions and £27,000 went to supporting a Zionist Secondary School for Girls (called Ulpena) in Arad (£80,000 in total for this region). £237,000 went towards Medical Care in Aleh Negev and £165,000 to Lord Sacks Forest (restoration). £242,000 was donated to OR Negev (part of the OR Movement) for the building of infrastructure in Negev.
£30,000 donated to Table to Table (a food rescue service), £44,000 to a residential home for disabled teenagers called Beit Uri, £60,000 to Ichlu Re’im an NGO that combats hunger, £75,000 to Gardener Microeconomics Initiative (Koret) to help those on low incomes. £47,000 to SPNI – awaiting a decision.
Contact
Since November 2016 it has been registered at Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, London, England, NW4 2BF (the majority of all JNF related companies are registered at this address).
Previous addresses:
- May 2004 - November 2016: JNF House, Spring Villa Park, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 7ED
- May 1997 - May 2004: 58-70 Edgware Way, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 8GQ
- Incorporation - May 1997: Harold Poster House, Kingsbury Circle, Kingsbury, NW9 9SP [14]
Notes
- ↑ JNF Charitable Trust, Charity Commission archived on 25 Nov 21
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 JNF Charitable Trust, Accounts 2010
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 JNF Charitable Trust Accounts 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 JNF Charitable Trust Accounts 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 JNF Charitable Trust, Accounts 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 JNF Charitable Trust, Accounts 2018
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 JNF Charitable Trust, Accounts 2020
- ↑ JNF Charitable Trust Accounts 2019
- ↑ JNF Charitable Trust Accounts 2017
- ↑ JNF Charitable Trust Accounts 2015
- ↑ Stop the Jewish National Fund UK, Palestine Campaign, archived on 11 Jan. 22 at https://archive.ph/wip/zBeNL
- ↑ JNF Charitable Trust Accounts 2013
- ↑ JNF Charitable Trust Accounts 2011
- ↑ JNF Charitable Trust Companies House archived on 25 Nov. 21
