Friends of Blue and White

Programs

1. The organization arranged administered and facilitated the attendance by Israeli representatives including a former senior Israeli government official and retired military officer at numerous events and meetings in the U.S. and U.K. to speak at events and meet with leading religious and community leaders. The purposes included to promote dialogue understanding mutual respect pluralism and to demonstrate that Israel is a liberal democratic country and to describe the challenges posed including the humanitarian disaster situation of hostages their families and people of different religious ethnicity formerly living in the conflict zones. The activities included preparation and scheduling for public speaking and meetings including with media outlets leading U.S. and foreign journalists and comprehensive briefings and meetings with U.S. and other countries leaders.

   $31,260 spent$100,000 earned by the program
   17% of program spending

2. The organization planned organized and facilitated travel and meetings for Israel Representatives and the Blue and White Party Chairman to New York City and Washington D.C. during September 2024 to participate in the Middle Eastern American Dialogue Conference MEAD and other events and meetings. The MEAD conference is an international bipartisan summit dedicated to fostering dialogue between the U.S. and the Middle East. This included organizing and facilitating related meetings with American Jewish leadership to promote the organizations mission and vision for a democratic diverse and vibrant State of Israel and seeking to foster greater understanding between Israelis and diaspora Jews focusing on facilitating dialogue among the various interests in bipartisan meetings for the purposes of promoting the organizations mission.

   $32,914 spent$18,000 earned by the program
   18% of program spending

3. The program services of the organization in Israel were primarily to plan organize explain and promote the organizations mission including addressing the dire humanitarian crisis of the hostages held by Hamas and their families and the hardship of the evacuated communities of differing religions and ethnicity formerly living in the conflict zones. The activities were largely conducted by the organizations consultants in planning organizing and facilitating in person and virtual meetings with religious leaders and the representatives of major U.S. organizations visiting Israel including the Jewish National Fund the Anti-Defamation League the Conference of Presidents of Jewish Organizations Jewish Federations of various cities and AIPAC and also included meetings with ambassadors of various countries. The consultants also participated in organizing and administering the programs services of the organization conducted in the U.S. The program services included organizing and conducting numerous visits to conflict areas most dramatically impacted by the conflict including meetings and events with evacuated families and community leaders. Some of the revenues from donations reflected…

   $80,588 spent$186,000 earned by the program
   45% of program spending

4. The organization made a grant of $36,000 to P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds for charitable purposes.

   $36,000 spent
   20% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $180,762.