Friends of the Israel Defense Forces

Nonprofit · Grant recipient New York, NY EIN 13-3156445

Funding Overview

From IRS Form 990 filings · 2025–2026

Total received

$25.8M

Foundation funders

187

Grants recorded

200

Years covered

2025–2026

Who funds Friends of the Israel Defense Forces?

Friends of the Israel Defense Forces is funded by 187 grantmakers, led by Jewish Communal Fund ($6.7M), National Philanthropic Trust ($3.4M), Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago ($1.4M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $25.8M in grants to Friends of the Israel Defense Forces between 2025–2026.

FunderTotal givenGrantsYears
Jewish Communal Fund$6,669,30222025
National Philanthropic Trust$3,388,13112025
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago$1,394,14512025
Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund$1,222,02312025
Sig and Mimi Feiger Family Foundation$1,150,00012025
Donald Levin Family Foundation$1,000,00012025
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc$942,75322025
Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego$755,12612025
Dallas Jewish Community Foundation$615,19622025
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc$489,15232025
Smotrich Family Foundation$400,00012025
Jewish Federation of Columbus$330,00012025
Houston Jewish Community Foundation$281,12012025
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma$203,14412025
Jewish Federation of Greater Houston$200,50012025
Jarvis Foundation$193,00012025
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc$190,86012025
Schneur Family Foundation$189,95012025
The Ayco Charitable Foundation$188,70012025
FJC$187,55012025
California Community Foundation$170,00012025
Marvin and Betty Danto Family Foundation$170,00012025
Charities Aid Foundation America$162,48112025
JRM Family Foundation$156,64022026
Nevada Community Foundation Inc$150,00012025
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Tidewater Jewish Foundation Inc$130,65212025
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund$127,60032025
United Way Miami Inc$116,10112025
The Chicago Community Trust$110,50012025
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia$108,59712025
Jewish Foundation of Memphis$105,88612025
E Evan Foundation$105,12512025
Strauss Foundation TD$102,00012025
Happy Baby Foundation$100,00012025
David & Lucille Robbins Foundation Inc$100,00012025
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Mercer Inc$96,70012025
Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore$86,27112025
The Arthur and Janet Hershaft Foundation$77,00012025
The Toby and Nataly Ritter$76,00012025
Jewish Community Foundation of Central New York Inc$76,00012025
Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation$75,00012025
The Leo H Rudnick Family Trust Inc$75,00012025
Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc$73,35222025
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc$67,64022025–2026
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$65,00012025
Hochberg Family Foundation$65,00012025
Ann & Robert Fromer Charitable Fdn Inc$60,00012025
Leo V Berger Fund$60,00012025
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey Inc$56,21012025
Columbus Jewish Foundation$51,98012025
Tova Leidesdorf Charitable Tr$50,95212025
Isadore & Bertha Gudelsky Family Fnd Inc$50,05012025
The Fuchs Family Foundation Inc$50,00012025
Sam Halpern Family Foundation Inc$50,00012025
The David J Soloway Foundation Inc$50,00012025
Angell Family Foundation$50,00012025
Feldenkreis Family Foundation Inc$50,00012025
Gail and Sheldon Goodman Family$50,00012025
Lois and Larry Davis Family Foundation$50,00012025
Ira and Maryjo Sherman Family$50,00012025
The Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Family Foundation$50,00012025
Smart Family Foundation of New York$50,00012025
Melvin S Cohen Foundation Inc$50,00012025
Tannenbaum Family Foundation$45,00012025
Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor$40,19612025
The Karen W Miller & Barry H Miller$40,00012025
Harold and Penny B Blumenstein$36,90022025
Monster Energy Cares$36,00012025
Flesch Family Foundation$36,00012025
Sollar Foundation Inc$36,00012025
The Frances W Schwartz and Daniel L Schwartz Charitable Foundation$36,00012025
RothkopfGreenberg Family$35,40012026
The Avery Goldberg Family Foundationinc$35,32112025
The Rothschild Family Foundation Inc$35,00022025–2026
Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemeth Leisrael) Inc$35,00012025
Levis a Tr-a & R Levis Fdn-JLM Ttee$35,00012025
Steven & Bede Levinson Foundation Inc$35,00012025
Communities Foundation of Texas Inc$34,87012025
Loni & Jeff Rush Family Foundation$32,50012025
Oregon Jewish Community Foundation$32,05012025
William and Cynthia Marcus$32,00012025
Jackson & Irene Golden 1989 Charitable Trust$30,00012025
Landenberger Family Foundation$30,00012025
The Steiner Family Foundation$30,00012025
Joseph F Stein Family Foundation Inc$30,00012025
United Jewish Community of Broward County Inc$29,50012025
Top Jewish Foundation Inc$26,59112025
Robert and Jill Granader Family Foundation$25,00012025
The Richard S Glasser Family Foundation$25,00012025
The Cooper Family Foundation Inc$25,00012025
The Moskow Foundation$25,00012025
Susie and Alan B Levan Family$25,00012025
Tikkun Olam Steinberg Foundation Inc$25,00012025
J Blair & Tena Frank Foundation$25,00012025
Gerry Farber Family Foundation Inc$22,50012025
The San Diego Foundation$21,50012025
The Edward S Gordon Foundation$20,30012025
David & Ruth Moskowitz Family Charitable Foundation$20,00012025
Philip and Daniele Barach Family Foundat$20,00012025
Philip J Solondz Family Foundation$20,00012025
Sidgmore Family Foundation$20,00012025
The Rita Poretsky Memorial Fund Inc$20,00012025
Jim and Elaine Wolf Foundation$20,00012025
Shahmoon Family Foundation Inc$20,00012025
Jeffrey a Marine and Joni G Marine Charitable Foundation$20,00012025
The Rose and Bernard Strauss Foundation$20,00012025
Lewis Family Trust$20,00012025
Daniel S Berman Family Foundation$20,00012025
The Warburg Pincus Foundation$20,00012025
Jack and Gitta Nagel Foundation$20,00012025
Shirley and David Toomim Family$20,00012025
The Meyers Foundation$19,00012025
Monroe & Florence Nash Foundation Inc$18,00012025
The Aaron and Cecile Goldman Family$18,00012025
The Bradd J Gold Family Foundation$16,20012025
Jewish Community Foundation of Orange County$15,79612025
Shomof Family Foundation$15,15012025
Zionist House Inc$15,00012025
The Alex and LIL Erdeljan Foundation$15,00012025
A&M Snyder Family Foundation$15,00012025
Joseph and Sally Handleman Foundation Tr$15,00012025
Mollie Parnis Livingston Foundation Inc$15,00012025
John Weil Uhlmann Family$15,00012025
Five C Foundation Inc$15,00012025
Herbert M Citrin Charitable Foundation I$15,00012025
The Robert Margolis Foundation Inc$15,00012025
Camiener Foundation$15,00012025
Silverberg Family Foundation Inc$15,00012025
The Nancy Friday Foundation$14,00012025
Jewish Community Federation of Greater Rochester NY Inc$13,37012025
JEWISHColorado$12,98012025
The Mark and Jane Wilf$12,20012025
Carl & Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation$12,00012025
Howard & Helaine Resnick Foundation$11,16512025
RLD Foundation$10,18012025
The Herbert and Dorothy Kunstadt Foundat$10,10822025–2026
Irving & Francine Suknow Foundation$10,00012025
Segal Charitable Foundation$10,00012025
Mills Family Charitable Foundation$10,00012025
Marjory & Donald Epstein Family$10,00012025
Breitman Family Foundation Inc$10,00012025
The Myron P Leven Foundation$10,00012025
Jeanne & Richard Kaskey Foundation$10,00012025
The Ruttenbergkagan Foundation$10,00012025
The Chernow Fund Inc$10,00012025
David T Nash Charitable Foundation$10,00012025
The Lester M and Sally Entin Foundation$10,00012025
The Kohn-Joseloff Foundation$10,00012025
Harmony Fund Inc$10,00012025
Morris Morgenstern Foundation$10,00012025
Eddie and Jo Allison Smith$10,00012025
Michael S Rosen Foundation$10,00012025
Anne & Jacob Starr Foundation$10,00012025
CornellWeinstein Family Foundation$10,00012025
Heyman Family Foundation$10,00012025
Boca Rio Foundation Inc$10,00012025
The Snider Foundation$10,00012025
Fine Family Charitable Foundation$10,00012025
Michael Irving Ornest Family Foundation$10,00012025
Merrill Schneider Foundation$10,00012025
SAFTY5 Foundation$10,00012025
Lawrence Friedland Foundation Inc$10,00012025
Rhoda & David Chase Family$10,00012025
Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family$10,00012025
Frank & Fay Katlin Family Foundation$10,00012025
Marc and Jamie Cohen Family$10,00012025
Shemtob Foundation$10,00012025
Armond & Rose Caplan Foundation$10,00012025
The Zachs Family Foundation Inc$10,00012025
Poll Family Foundation$10,00012025
Herbert and Ellen Levitt Foundation Inc$10,00012025
The Benjamin and Susan Winter Foundation$10,00012025
Atkinson Family Foundation$10,00012025
Kate Cassidy Foundation$10,00012025
The Leslie & Roslyn Goldstein Foundation$10,00012025
The Falic Family Private Foundation$10,00012025
Central New York Community Foundation Inc$10,00012025
The San Francisco Foundation$10,00012025
The Selig Foundation Inc$9,50012025
Greater Washington Community Foundation$9,36012025
HMA Charitable Trust$9,20012025
The Alan and Jill Miller Foundation$4,50012026
Robert & Linda Friedman Foundation$2,00012026
Arthur and Doris Boschan Family Fund$1,31012026
The Edward and Florence Paley Foundation$1,00012026
Chaim J & Fay R Fortgang Family$1,00012026
Bernard & Nita Trugman Charitable Trust$1,00012026

Funding over time

Grant dollars and counts received per year

$0$10M$20M$30M188 grants2025 12 grants2026

From 2025 to 2026, annual grant giving ranged from $247K (2026) to $25.5M (2025). In 2026 it made 12 grants totaling $247K.

What grants has Friends of the Israel Defense Forces received?

Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first

YearFunderPurposeAmount
2026JRM Family FoundationDONATION$106,640
2026JRM Family FoundationDONATION$50,000
2026RothkopfGreenberg FamilyCharitable$35,400
2026T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving IncMULTIPLE$34,200
2026The Rothschild Family Foundation IncGENERAL PURPOSE$10,000
2026The Alan and Jill Miller FoundationTO HELP FUND THE RECIPIENT'S OPERATING BUDGET$4,500
2026Robert & Linda Friedman FoundationGENERAL$2,000
2026Arthur and Doris Boschan Family FundCHARITABLE$1,310
2026The Edward and Florence Paley FoundationTHE PURPOSE OF THE DONATION IS TO AID THE DONEE ORGANIZATION IN FULFILLING ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE$1,000
2026Chaim J & Fay R Fortgang FamilyGENERAL OPERATIONS$1,000
2026Bernard & Nita Trugman Charitable TrustGENERAL$1,000
2026The Herbert and Dorothy Kunstadt FoundatGeneral Fund Contribution$108
2025National Philanthropic TrustINTERNATIONAL$3,388,131
2025Jewish Communal FundIN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE$3,334,651
2025Jewish Communal FundIN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE$3,334,651
2025Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoGRANTS FROM DONOR ADVISED FUNDS- OPERATING SUPPORT$1,394,145
2025Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundGENERAL SUPPORT$1,222,023
2025Sig and Mimi Feiger Family FoundationUNRESTRICTED FOR GENERAL USE OF CHARITY$1,150,000
2025Donald Levin Family FoundationUNRESTRICTED$1,000,000
2025Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncDAF - International Social Services$894,253
2025Jewish Community Foundation of San DiegoGENERAL$755,126
2025Dallas Jewish Community FoundationHUMAN SERVICE$407,046
2025Smotrich Family FoundationRELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES$400,000
2025Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta IncDonation$364,062
2025Jewish Federation of ColumbusGeneral$330,000
2025Houston Jewish Community FoundationGeneral Support$281,120
2025Dallas Jewish Community FoundationINTERNATIONAL$208,150
2025Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & SonomaHUMAN SERVICES$203,144
2025Jewish Federation of Greater HoustonEmergency Support$200,500
2025Jarvis FoundationTO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION$193,000

Showing 30 most recent of 200 recorded grants.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who funds Friends of the Israel Defense Forces?

Friends of the Israel Defense Forces is funded by 187 grantmakers, led by Jewish Communal Fund ($6.7M), National Philanthropic Trust ($3.4M), Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago ($1.4M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $25.8M in grants to Friends of the Israel Defense Forces between 2025–2026.

Who is Friends of the Israel Defense Forces's largest funder?

Jewish Communal Fund is the largest recorded funder of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, with $6.7M across 2 grants (2025).

How much grant funding has Friends of the Israel Defense Forces received?

IRS 990 filings record $25.8M in grants to Friends of the Israel Defense Forces across 200 grants from 187 funders between 2025–2026. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.

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