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American Friends of IDF Widows and Orphans Organization Inc

American Friends of IDF Widows and Orphans Organization Inc (New York) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,690,146 to it, the largest being Hope Foundation of Iranian-American Jewish Communities ($500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$1.3M
Funders on record
24
Grants received
$1.7M
Net assets
$1.3M
1/24 repeat funders
01What it does

What American Friends of IDF Widows and Orphans Organization Inc does

Mission

American Friends of IDFWO is dedicated to providing financial, emotional, and social support to the families of Israeli soldiers who have sacrificed their lives in service. We aim to honor their legacy and help rebuild the lives of widows and orphans.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. American Friends of IDFWO is dedicated to providing financial, emotional, and social support to the families of Israeli soldiers who have sacrificed their lives in service. We aim to honor their legacy and help rebuild the lives of widows and orphans. This is accomplished by providing grants to other non-profit organizations in Israel. In 2024, the organization was still developing its program.

    $1,300 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,300.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

12 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of American Friends of IDF Widows and Orphans Organization Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 23 of 24 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

American Friends of IDF Widows and Orphans Organization Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

65% 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 American Friends of IDF Widows and Orphans Organization Inc.

30%
largest funder
66%
top three
~5
effective funders

“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.

Where its funders are

63% of American Friends of IDF Widows and Orphans Organization Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $619k that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 9 states.

IL
NY
MA
OH
NJ
RI
CA
MD
DE

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

American Friends of IDF Widows and Orphans Organization Inc receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1.7M to it.

Operating margin99% · outside the comparable range
Months of reserve860.1mo · outside the comparable range

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

7% of spending goes to programs.

Program 7%Management 93%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds American Friends of IDF Widows and Orphans Organization Inc?
American Friends of IDF Widows and Orphans Organization Inc (New York) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,690,146 to it, the largest being Hope Foundation of Iranian-American Jewish Communities ($500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does American Friends of IDF Widows and Orphans Organization Inc have?
IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $1,690,146 in grants to American Friends of IDF Widows and Orphans Organization Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of American Friends of IDF Widows and Orphans Organization Inc?
Hope Foundation of Iranian-American Jewish Communities is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like American Friends of IDF Widows and Orphans Organization 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 24 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