California · Nonprofit
ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL
ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 127 organizations whose IRS filings report $84,589,677 to it, the largest being ADELSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($61,153,000). 64 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 127
- Grants received
- $85M
- Net assets
- $26M
What Israeli-American Council does
Mission
The organization's mission is to build an engaged and united israeli-american community that strengthens the israeli and jewish identity of our next generation, the american-jewish community and the bond between the peoples of the united states and the state of israel.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Next generation programs: iac keshet is a national children's movement providing a framework and resources that empower our community to connect as a family and community through the hebrew language, israeli culture, jewish heritage, and a strong connection to israel. Iac keshet's activities strengthen the identity of children aged 2-9 and entire communities, instilling a sense of social responsibility and commitment. Iac eitanim brings together the next generation's jewish-american and israeli-american middle and high school students for an immersive, innovative, project-based learning experience that strengthens participants' jewish identity, builds their connection to israel, and ignites their "israeliness." mishelanu: a nationwide pro-israel leadership network on dozens of campuses, comprised of first and second-generation israeli-americans who bring the spirit of israel to campus. Ofek hub is an innovative educational platform, featuring live content and online classes with an israeli flavor for all ages at varying levels, while each course brings the spirit of israel into the heart of every home.
$3,977,053 spentof which $71,610 as grants$318,486 earned by the program34% of program spendingThe iac provides other cutting-edge programming and activities, develops and empowers community leaders, and establishes strategic partnerships with a wide array of nonprofit organizations within the jewish american community. Celebrate israel: the iac has a coast-to-coast tradition of celebratory festivals that bring israel into the heart of communities nationwide.
$5,812,395 spentof which $522,098 as grants$872,892 earned by the program49% of program spendingCivic engagement and fighting antisemitism: the iac aims to create a safe space and warm environment for israeli and jewish students on campus, allowing them to share special moments and maintain their connection to their heritage. Beyond networking and holiday events, students also participate in activities such as pro-israel tabling, year-long activism projects, and initiatives against antisemitism on their campus, with the dedicated guidance of a professional iac team and student leaders. A safer future starts with an engaged community. That's why the iac empowers parents and community members to become local change agents and address antisemitism in public spaces. They participate in rallies and events and receive tangible education and tools to make a real difference in their local community.
$1,282,542 spent11% of program spendingLeadership and community building programs: iac edge is a national, cutting-edge, membership-based community of young professionals, ages 22-42, who are passionate about israel and seek extraordinary networking opportunities and professional development. Iac new leadership is a powerful vehicle for cultivating israeli-american leaders impacting the israeli-american and jewish-american communities. Participants take an in-depth journey into their hybrid israeli-american and jewish identities, identifying the unique needs, challenges, and questions of the israeli and jewish-american communities in each region and nationally, while gaining new leadership tools and initiating innovative solutions and strategies.
$745,395 spent$106,151 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,817,385.
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 $32M to $28M (−12%).
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 11% · 2022 8% · 2023 16% · 2024 0% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% 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
Elan Carr
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Naty Saidoff
Chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 26 funders to 43 funders, grant income rose $4.6M → $7.4M.
41 of 127 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 127 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
ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 92% · 2019 82% · 2020 89% · 2021 81% · 2022 78% · 2023 68% — 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
31% of ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 21 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 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
ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7k on record.
- NJ$6k
- MA$796
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 ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
62%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 16 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Israeli-American Coalition for Action · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL?
- ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 127 organizations whose IRS filings report $84,589,677 to it, the largest being ADELSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($61,153,000). 64 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 127 organizations giving $84,589,677 in grants to ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL, 64 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL?
- ADELSON FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $61,153,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 127 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