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AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE US - ISRAEL BINATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE US - ISRAEL BINATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $400,000 to it, the largest being THE ROSALINDE AND ARTHUR GILBERT FOUNDATION ($400,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $75k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $400k
- Net assets
- $11k
What American Friends of the US - Israel Binational Science Foundation does
Mission
The mission of the american friends of the u.s.-israel binational science foundation (afbsf) is to ensure the continuation of collaborative world-class scientific research by israeli and american scientists through the us israel binational science foundation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
With direction from a multidisclipinary board of directors, we involve philanthropic individuals and foundations to provide financial resources to ensure premier american and israeli scientists to continue their scientific innovation between the two countries through our support of collaborative world-class research.
$75,000 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $75,000.
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 2017 to 2018, from $77k to $64k (−18%).
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.
100% of AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE US - ISRAEL BINATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (89% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 9 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.
Board chair
Paul S Rovinsky
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $100k → $75k.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE US - ISRAEL BINATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE US - ISRAEL BINATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 THE US - ISRAEL BINATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION's revenue fell 61% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 479 science & tech nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE US - ISRAEL BINATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE US - ISRAEL BINATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE US - ISRAEL BINATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $400,000 to it, the largest being THE ROSALINDE AND ARTHUR GILBERT FOUNDATION ($400,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE US - ISRAEL BINATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $400,000 in grants to AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE US - ISRAEL BINATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE US - ISRAEL BINATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION?
- THE ROSALINDE AND ARTHUR GILBERT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE US - ISRAEL BINATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 1 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing