New York · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES (New York) receives grants from 2001 organizations whose IRS filings report $385,188,373 to it, the largest being INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC ($44,114,960). 1059 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $183M
- Funders on record
- 2,001
- Grants received
- $385M
- Net assets
- $313M
What Friends of the Israel Defense Forces does
Mission
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (fidf) provides critical support for the health, well-being, and education of israel's protectors.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Well-being programs fidf provided $71.1 million in funding for well-being programs and partnerships, including $50.9 million for well-being initiatives and $20.2 million for construction projects, as presented in the statement of functional expenses. Financial support programs fidf aims to alleviate soldiers' financial stress, economic insecurity, or anxiety regarding financial matters. Among these programs: 1) general financial support includes provision of cash subsidies, holiday gift packages, food vouchers, and other financial assistance for soldiers and reservists' families. In 2025, fidf provided approximately $4.8 million in financial assistance to approximately 10,000 soldiers. 2) the adopt a brigade program connects a donor to a brigade of choice to provide its soldiers with multi-faceted financial support to benefit their welfare and well-being. Special emphasis is given to lone soldiers, who serve with no immediate family in israel to rely upon, and to soldiers from low socio-economic backgrounds. In 2025, fidf provided approximately $6.2 million to sponsor soldier needs in the 29 brigades adopted by fidf. 3) the adopt a battalion program provides year-long recreational…
$67,236,965 spentof which $65,439,569 as grants48% of program spendingHealth programs fidf provided $43.6 million in funding for health-related programs and partnerships, including $24.2 million for well-being initiatives and $19.4 million for health-related construction projects, as presented in the statement of functional expenses. Mental health through its direct funding and program partnerships, fidf is driving the creation of an integrated new system of mental health care for soldiers, reservists, veterans, and their families across israel. 1)construction funding for mental health is provided for facilities dedicated to treatment for ptsd and other mental health needs for soldiers, veterans, and their family members. In 2025, fidf provided approximately $11.8 million for such projects. 2) mental health treatments and ptsd therapy includes care and services provided to soldiers such as screening, therapy and other treatments. In 2025, fidf provided approximately $9.5 million for these services including $7.6 million to fund a health-related construction project in partnership with sheba medical center. 3) recharge weeks is a week-long program that provides soldiers with badly needed rest and relaxation and the chance to process their experiences…
$44,798,185 spentof which $43,600,628 as grants32% of program spendingEducational and scholarship programs impact! Scholarship program fidf's impact! Scholarship program grants full four-year scholarships for higher education to israeli combat or combat-support soldiers from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds who have completed their military service. Donors are paired with prospective students, enabling them to build personal relationships which often last beyond the completion of the recipient's studies. Each scholarship recipient is required to complete 130 hours of community service every year during the full term of the scholarship, choosing from one of the 24 organizations that fidf partners with, empowering students to give back to their communities. In the 2025-2026 academic year, fidf funded 3,221 scholarships. In 2025, fidf granted approximately $15.8 million in total scholarship assistance for portions of the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 academic years. In 2025, fidf sponsored approximately $8.5 million for a range of educational programs designed to support soldiers at every stage of their personal and professional development. These initiatives help ensure a successful transition from high school to higher education or directly into the…
$27,740,829 spentof which $24,307,803 as grants20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $139,775,979.
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 2022 to 2023, from $200M to $336M (+68%).
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: 2021 5% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES’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. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 324 funders to 984 funders, grant income rose $24M → $61M.
166 of 2001 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 2001 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
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 11 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 11 funders to its left
57% 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 FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 31% · 2019 24% · 2020 15% · 2021 13% · 2022 13% · 2023 10% — 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
40% of FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 44 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $162M arriving through sponsors registered in 38 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
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 59 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 59 international nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 19 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES?
- FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES (New York) receives grants from 2001 organizations whose IRS filings report $385,188,373 to it, the largest being INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC ($44,114,960). 1059 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES have?
- IRS filings report 2001 organizations giving $385,188,373 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES, 1059 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES?
- INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC is the largest funder on record, with $44,114,960 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES 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 2001 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