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The Israel Lobby

Israel Affinity Organizations: Advocacy

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BGAdvocacy IAOs leverage and focus the collective might of the other affiliated IAOs, from federations and JCRCs to the wealthy donors that fund subsidy IAOs, on massive public relations campaigns, targeting Congress and the White House as well as key government agencies. The political clout, focused at the federal level, has made massive annual (and ad hoc add-ons during the year) “aid legislation” providing funding for weapons and programs in Israel such as the “Iron Dome” missile defense system, and non-binding resolutions pledging political and diplomatic support, an entitlement that can never be rationally debated or reassessed. Though often reported in the news media as military “sales” to Israel, the arms deals represent a transfer of tax dollars for Israel to either purchase U.S. arms or invest in its own weapons programs, most of which produce high-margin exports for Israel. IAO advocacy organizations exert pressure on politicians via their indirect and direct influence on campaign contributions and their ability to field opposing primary candidates if an incumbent fails to be sufficiently deferential. A study of lobbying on Capitol Hill that interviewed hundreds of staffers reveals that there is no such thing as being “too deferential” to AIPAC.

Advocacy IAOs publish news and information while continually organizing public events to promote Israel. The American Israel Education Foundation, an arm of AIPAC, takes politicians, journalists and other elites on free trips to promote Israeli policy objectives. Other IAO advocacy organizations attack enemies by censuring, suing and attempting to defund critics of Israel. Linkages have been formed between Israel and advocacy IAOs, and between advocacy IAOs. For example, all executives of an umbrella organization called the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations are automatically members of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which does most of the lobbying on Capitol Hill. Media watchdog advocacy IAOs try to buff up Israel’s image through story placement and censuring unfavorable press.

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Incorporation or IRS Ruling Year EIN Employees Volunteers Organization Actual US Revenue 2012  Forecast US Revenue 2020
1963 530217164 401 0 American Israel Public Affairs Committee  $        71,844,486  $     157,348,849
1946 131818723 409 3500 Anti-Defamation League  $        53,574,910  $        66,972,652
1935 131624240 144 185 Jewish Federations of North America  $        49,030,087  $        37,839,387
1906 135563393 294 1896 American Jewish Committee   $        47,887,833  $        33,422,450
1989 521623781 0 0 American Israel Education Foundation  $        43,681,414  $     133,816,849
2002 230053483 0 5 Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council  $        12,221,956  $        20,168,779
1985 521386172 17 50 Republican Jewish Coalition  $        10,067,507  $        11,376,271
1984 521376034 63 15 Washington Institute for Near East Policy  $          9,732,737  $        16,359,891
2001 010566033 72 97 Israel Emergency Alliance aka Standwithus  $          8,716,377  $        14,248,475
2001 134174402 37 32 Foundation for the Defense of Democracies  $          7,267,839  $        38,496,438
1936 530179971 264 295 B'i B'rith International  $          7,002,140  $          7,802,064
2003 371472882 39 10 The Israel Project  $          5,901,857  $        16,080,274
2007 223951652 19 0 Israeli American Council  $          5,530,886  $        10,211,421
1997 522068483 19 5 Middle East Media Research Institute  $          4,909,892  $        14,257,190
1986 237749796 12 Middle East Forum  $          4,676,303  $        10,409,993
2005 202777557 0 25 J Street Education Fund  $          4,316,060  $        11,500,032
1976 521233683 15 0 Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs  $          3,783,167  $          7,668,883
1983 521332702 33 10 Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting  $          3,601,895  $          6,236,794
1988 521601976 15 21 Center for Security Policy  $          3,289,105  $        11,248,765
1944 131624104 35 300 Jewish Council for Public Affairs  $          3,128,795  $          2,944,759
2002 161616489 26 The David Project  $          2,824,763  $          5,737,356
2006 134331855 0 0 Investigative Project on Terrorism Foundation  $          2,524,640  $          4,272,406
1920 135628475 28 73 Zionist Organization of America  $          2,489,207  $          3,721,577
2007 133610041 16 Commentary  $          2,463,839  $          1,855,992
2008 800263559 0 0 Israel Strategic Alternative Energy Foundation  $          2,108,436  $          5,906,631
2012 460540994 2 The Israel Institute  $          2,014,918
1978 133509867 10 0 Americans for Peace Now  $          1,839,184  $          1,656,581
2008 262387657 4 United Against a Nuclear Iran  $          1,790,454  $          5,642,496
1982 133116652 5 Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations Fund  $          1,619,517  $          2,613,619
2010 273480535 0 0 Friends of Israel Initiative  $             805,883  $          3,898,427
2010 272572894     Emergency Committee for Israel  $          1,450,157  $          4,876,514
2006 205845679 6 3 Clarion Fund  $          1,374,578  $             151,442
2009 264392915 15 16 Foreign Policy Initiative  $          1,344,013  $          3,224,163
2007 262971061 0 0 American Friends of NGO Monitor aka Report  $          1,246,110  $          6,681,979
2001 061611859 2 0 Middle East Media Watch DBA Honest Reporting  $          1,229,784  $        12,470,712
2011 300664947 13 6 Israel on Campus Coalition  $          1,158,638  $             129,316
1990 521706068 National Jewish Democratic Council  $          1,138,648  $             741,722
2004 201651102 11 Hasbara Fellowships  $          1,132,933  $          1,123,949
2012 454724565 10 1 Gatestone Institute  $          1,099,023    
2007 260501656 3 4 International Israeli Allies Caucus Foundation  $          1,066,890  $        33,212,115
1972 132700517 6 0 National Conferences on Soviet Jewry  $             981,622  $          1,257,270
2003 141891915 2 12 Israel Venture Network  $             775,242  $          2,397,856
1964 132500881 9 Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations  $             609,761  $             568,184
1985 521433850 3 0 National Jewish Policy Center  $             603,781  $             685,664
2001 770571579 0 0 Israel21C  $             575,811  $             593,632
2008 263402247 0 5 Israel-America Academic Exchange  $             551,100  $          4,090,513
2004 201381912 5 0 Institute for the Study of Global Anti-Semitism and Policy  $             490,881  $                         -  
1994 943092706 0 0 Facts and Logic about the Middle East   $             465,341  $             852,097
2006 201437733 Secure Community Network  $             433,960  $             468,121
1934 131675650 0 0 Jewish Labor Committee  $             419,965  $             403,074
2008 261416892 Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa  $             394,184  $          2,396,842
1993 132679404 6 30 American Zionist Movement  $             387,922  $             770,585
2011 451683502 United Nations Watch  $             380,488
2010 272402908 5 0 Lawfare Project  $             358,939  $          1,755,801
1932 131679610 0 0 American Jewish Congress  $             357,569  $                65,642
1916 135611746 1 11 Religious Zionists of America Mizrachi Hapoel Hamizrachi  $             357,321  $                90,863
2010 453204617 4 Louis D. Brandeis Center  $             351,913  $          9,717,074
2011 450949784 4 Jewish News Service  $             334,978  $          1,401,657
2003 421565640 2   Scholars for Peace in the Middle East  $             286,340  $          2,819,322
2006 204329740 Endowment for Middle East Truth  $             278,166  $          4,524,744
1972 510181418 0 0 Americans for a Safe Israel  $             266,286  $             196,287
2002 352162870 Minnesotans Against Terrorism  $             228,210  $             213,991
2012 460774311 0 2 AMCHA Initiative  $             199,155
1984 680028695 0 20 Jewish Public Affairs Committee Of California  $             157,467  $             134,418
2010 263766713 Judaism Alive  $             130,334  $             270,876
1996 113259920 Phyllis Chesler Organization  $             122,437  $             111,682
2005 270095260 Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia  $                53,280  $                52,309
2003 050538790 Myths and Facts  $                18,085  $                11,043
2,082 6,633  $     403,457,399  $     762,176,762

In aggregate, Israel Affinity Organizations were the number two “charity” in America in 2012, just behind the United Way, but ahead of the Salvation Army. Given their above-average growth rate, it is reasonable to assume they will soon be number one, if they are not already. That is because the Iran nuclear threat campaign—a manufactured crisis—appears to have mobilized levels of financial support not achieved since the late 1930s through the end of the 1940s.

Most of the financial data in this report and in the following tables has been gathered by examining the IRS form 990 tax returns filed by each IAO. To achieve a common basis of comparison, data reported by an IAO on a year 2012 form 990 is counted entirely as 2012 data, even if an organization’s fiscal year does not end on December 31. The figure in the “launch” column is the year the organization was established, incorporated or received IRS tax-exempt status. EIN (employee identification number) is the organization’s unique taxpayer ID number. EE is claimed employees for the year 2012, while Vol. is the claimed number of volunteers.

The revenue figure used in the column “2012” is from IRS form 990 line 12, “total revenue.” This line, the net of public and government contributions (most government contributions are negligible), plus any program-related activities, plus or minus investment returns, provides the best snapshot of actual year resources available to implement an IAO’s programs. No attempt is made to net out conduit transfers. Therefore, if an IAO solicits and receives $10,000 in public contributions, only to transfer that amount to another IAO, aggregate IAO revenue counted for the year will be $20,000. Figures for IAO employees and volunteers are those reported by the organization’s most recent available IRS form 990. Figures for year 2020 revenue are the author’s forecast using regression analysis of revenue growth from 2001-2012 (or from the IAO’s launch year, if that occurred after 2001).

A blank in the 2020 column indicates an IAO appears to be on revenue track to become defunct by that year or earlier. Some organizations are listed that have no 2012 revenue or that may have been defunct by that year. Many of these appear in the full online database at IsraelLobby.org if they were involved in interesting activities, such as illegal settlements, or espionage, as mentioned in the case of the Alliance for Competitive Technology.

Source: Big Israel: How Israel's Lobby Moves America

 
 
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