New York · Nonprofit
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIV
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIV (New York) receives grants from 190 organizations whose IRS filings report $105,658,253 to it, the largest being GRAY FOUNDATION ($25,000,000). 104 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $153M
- Funders on record
- 190
- Grants received
- $106M
- Net assets
- $200M
What American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ does
Mission
American Friends of Tel Aviv University (aftau) raises awareness and funds to support tel aviv university (tau) and advance its three-part mission of education, research and community building in the us. Aftau shares the innovative work the university contributes to the world and builds bridges between the us and israel.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Program support and equipment - funds are used to support and pay for staff for programs that are available on-line such as classes, or programs within israel for underprivileged students to attend university classes. Equipment includes things used to teach or to do research, such as microscopes, materials needed to perform experiments, etc.
$11,633,177 spentof which $10,876,088 as grants19% of program spendingBuildings and campus improvements - funds are used to improve the tel aviv university campus including but not limited to building new labs, adding space and modernizing existing buildings on campus whether lecture halls, research facilities or student housing
$26,036,424 spentof which $26,036,424 as grants42% of program spendingResearch - tel aviv university is the a globally ranked research institution and the number one research university in israel. Funds for research are used by faculty members and scientists across all disciplines including but not limited to medicine, technology, cyber, environment, engineering, psychology and others. For example, funds are used to pay for phd students to work in the labs to conduct the research.
$9,816,971 spentof which $9,816,971 as grants$1,283,299 earned by the program16% of program spendingScholarships and fellowships
$7,205,593 spentof which $7,205,593 as grants12% of program spendingCenters
$5,714,352 spentof which $5,714,352 as grants9% of program spendingInstitutes and chairs
$1,973,811 spentof which $1,973,811 as grants3% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $62,380,328.
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 2024 to 2025, from $114M to $206M (+80%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 4% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIV’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Jennifer Gross
CEO (through 2/2024)
Board chair
Dr Garry Rayant
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 56 funders to 62 funders, grant income rose $2.6M → $14M.
28 of 190 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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: $53M from 25 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Silicon Valley Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIV raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIV’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 190 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 TEL AVIV UNIV has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 18% · 2018 18% · 2019 36% · 2020 31% · 2021 31% · 2022 38% · 2023 35% — growing more concentrated.
“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
36% of AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIV's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIV draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 24 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIV runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 59 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 59 international nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIV receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $47k on record.
- Department of Defense$37k
- Department of State$10k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIV
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 50 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Dr George S Wise Founddation · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIV?
- AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIV (New York) receives grants from 190 organizations whose IRS filings report $105,658,253 to it, the largest being GRAY FOUNDATION ($25,000,000). 104 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIV have?
- IRS filings report 190 organizations giving $105,658,253 in grants to AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIV, 104 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIV?
- GRAY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIV 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.
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 190 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