Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE ISRAEL FOREVER FOUNDATION
THE ISRAEL FOREVER FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $521,303 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($200,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $236k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $521k
- Net assets
- $-69869
What The Israel Forever Foundation does
Programs
Experiential learning - content and programming developmentthe expert materials and resources crafted by israel forever reach over 1 million people around the world. The research, development, design, and presentation of these materials enables the implementation of programming and activity that is the flagship of israel forever's work. We infuse history, current events, discussion, and fact sharing into the calendar of current jewish life, providing timely and relevant points of connection for our followers and ambassadors.additional program activities include: jerusalem above politics, jerusalem forever, making a difference in challenging times, conversation starters, sos mom, sos chagim kit, the battle for critical thinking and constructive dialogue, and light blue and white.
$57,206 spentWebsite, communications and marketingisrael forever's famed website content and weekly thematic mailings are sent to over 78,000 direct recipients, with an average open rate of 13%. The mailings are shared as well with over 1 million followers through social media networks. Each week's mailing contains original content, resources, and materials for distribution to our subscribers and global community members.
$65,671 spentSocial media engagementisrael forever social media presence and networking is a primary element of our virtual engagement and continues to grow annually, with new members, new materials, new connections. The result is the continued expansion of the recognition of israel forever as an instrumental organization in fostering the connection to israel and jewish identity for jews around the world. Additional program activities include: cooking israel for purim, israel75: together as one, declaration day, hearing elie's echo, leadership development program, and a jew today.
$61,637 spentIsrael forever offers hands-on engagement opportunities across global community networks and for participants of every generation. We facilitate the voluntary creation of thousands of letters and postcards directed toward lone soldiers in the idf, holocaust survivors living in israel, and israelis with special needs. We provide programmatic and sponsorship opportunities to engage soldiers, their wives and families, survivors, and rescuers, with therapeutic art projects and art installations to improve the quality of the healing experience in trauma centers and hospitals. We continue to serve as witnesses and to document and share the vital events and information relating to the war, our collective fight against terror and against the tides of antisemitism. Additional program activities include: israel under attack, know torah and the blue and white unity.
$89,110 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-PF.
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 2019 to 2020, from $194k to $12k (−94%).
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
Dr Elana Yael Heideman
Executive director
Board chair
Richard D Heideman
President/chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $2k → $242k.
5 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 THE ISRAEL FOREVER 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.
How concentrated its funding is
THE ISRAEL FOREVER FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 THE ISRAEL FOREVER FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 68% · 2019 50% · 2022 50% · 2023 58% — 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
0% of THE ISRAEL FOREVER FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 11% 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
68% of THE ISRAEL FOREVER FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $166k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 9 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $355k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
THE ISRAEL FOREVER FOUNDATION receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $521k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE ISRAEL FOREVER 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ISRAEL FOREVER FOUNDATION?
- THE ISRAEL FOREVER FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $521,303 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($200,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE ISRAEL FOREVER FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $521,303 in grants to THE ISRAEL FOREVER FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ISRAEL FOREVER FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ISRAEL FOREVER FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 18 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