Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE ISRAEL INSTITUTE INC
THE ISRAEL INSTITUTE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,060,894 to it, the largest being Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation ($4,295,626). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $3.0M
What The Israel Institute Inc does
Mission
The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Campus teaching: campus teaching programs are the core area of action for the israel institute's work. These programs are designed to expand student access to high-quality courses about israel at leading universities in the united states and abroad. Activities include bringing israeli scholars to teach at u.s. And canadian campuses for semester-long, annual, and multi-year placements as visiting faculty or postdoctoral teaching fellows; sending israeli scholars to teach intensive courses about israel at universities in other countries; and supporting the expansion of courses in israel studies among established professors and universities.
$3,770,334 spentof which $3,125,669 as grants97% of program spendingAcademic ecosystem programs support our campus teaching programs at u.s. Campuses through workshops for professors to improve pedagogy and workshops for leading undergraduates interested in learning more about israel.
$128,526 spentof which $87,100 as grants3% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,898,860.
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 $4.2M to $21M (+392%).
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.
97% of THE ISRAEL INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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
Ariel Roth
Executive director
Board chair
Steven Davidoff Solomon
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $1.5M → $223k.
7 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 INSTITUTE INC’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 INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 76% · 2019 74% · 2020 75% · 2021 82% · 2022 31% · 2023 67% — 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
25% of THE ISRAEL INSTITUTE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
THE ISRAEL INSTITUTE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $752k 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 INSTITUTE INC is better cushioned than half of the 718 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 718 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE ISRAEL INSTITUTE INC
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
14%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 12 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ISRAEL INSTITUTE INC?
- THE ISRAEL INSTITUTE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,060,894 to it, the largest being Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation ($4,295,626). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ISRAEL INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $10,060,894 in grants to THE ISRAEL INSTITUTE INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ISRAEL INSTITUTE INC?
- Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $4,295,626 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ISRAEL INSTITUTE INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 17 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