New York · Nonprofit
AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC
AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC (New York) receives grants from 173 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,093,663 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,817,195). 103 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $75M
- Funders on record
- 173
- Grants received
- $33M
- Net assets
- $898M
What Americans for Ben-Gurion University Inc does
Mission
A4bgu elevates awareness, strengthens donor bonds, and raises funds for ben-gurion university of the negev (bgu) across the united states. We showcase bgu's academic excellence and groundbreaking research to individuals, foundations, organizations, and the media.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ben-gurion university (bgu) support: a4bgu raises funds within the u.s. For ben-gurion university. Support includes, but is not limited to, grants for ongoing operations (e.g. Scholarships/fellowships, student activities), academic research (e.g. Water/environment, cyber security, robotics/artificial intelligence, medical breakthroughs), faculty recruitment, capital projects (e.g. Dormitories, research labs, classroom buildings, conference facilities), community outreach activities to support the development of israel's negev region (e.g. Volunteer and social action to under-resourced communities and individuals, bedouin support, youth clubs, mentoring/tutoring, university prep programs, etc.).
$60,974,830 spentof which $59,816,657 as grants97% of program spendingRaising awareness & education program: a4bgu raises awareness in the u.s. To potential donors about bgu and the negev region in general. A4bgu also educates current and potential donors on various research and community-based initiatives conducted by the university, as well as the negev region in general. A4bgu showcases bgu's academic excellence and groundbreaking research to individuals, foundations, organizations, and the media through various activities, including a series of educational programs, events, and informative digital and print communications featuring bgu's world-renowned research and academic excellence.
$1,737,260 spent3% of program spendingZin fellows leadership program: the a4bgu zin fellows program is an inspiring and transformative opportunity for outstanding americans in their 30s-50s. The eighteen month program consists of two in-person gatherings in the united states followed by an immersive israel experience. Zin fellows represent the best of the best in terms of the next generation. They are current and future american community leaders who are interested in understanding the unique role bgu plays in the development of the negev and the future of israel.
$310,541 spent0% of program spendingThe medical school for international health (msih) program: msih at bgu is a unique medical school that incorporates global health components into all four years of the core m.d. Curriculum. As a small and prestigious medical school, msih offers an m.d. Program that prepares students for a career going far beyond the hospital or private clinic. Students gain the training necessary to make a real impact by practicing medicine while meeting the challenges of global health.
$121,746 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $63,144,377.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $874M to $730M (−16%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
56% of AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Douglas Seserman
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Andrea Goren
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 32 funders to 86 funders, grant income rose $1.8M → $6.5M.
28 of 173 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $19M from 33 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Jewish Communal Fund). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 173 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left
31% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 46% · 2019 19% · 2020 15% · 2021 11% · 2022 16% · 2023 23% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
59% of AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC draws 81% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 22 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC's funding base is broadening — from 32 funders to 86 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 38 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Marcus Gift Film LLC · disregarded
- Charitable Remainder Trusts (4) · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC?
- AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC (New York) receives grants from 173 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,093,663 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,817,195). 103 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 173 organizations giving $33,093,663 in grants to AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC, 103 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,817,195 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 173 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing