Jewish Communal Fund
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The Jewish Communal Fund of New York (EIN: 23-7174183) is a 501(c)(3) non profit foundation based in New York. It supports a number of pro-Israel causes.
Grantees
Organisations that have received funding from the fund include:
- The American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, American Freedom Defense Initiative, American Friends of Leket Israel, American Friends of Libi, American Friends of IDC, American Friends of the IDF Rabbinate, American Friends of the Israel Democracy Institute, American Friends of Tel Aviv University, and the America-Israel Friendship League.
Overseas expenditure
In 2011, Central America and the Carribean region received $95,967,188 worth of investment, while the Middle East received $140,000. [1]
Counterjihad organisations
JCF was one of the top contributors to the anti-Muslim think tank Middle East Forum between 2000 and 2009, donating a total of $387,940.[2]
It also gave 70,000 USD to the hardline Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer's American Freedom Defense Initiative in 2013 and 30,000 USD in 2012. [3]
Notes
- ↑ Form 990 2011, Foundation Center, accessed 1 February 2016
- ↑ MEF Funding, rightweb.irc, accessed October 2015
- ↑ IRS 990s 2013 and 2012, reviewed by Spinwatch
