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...the protection of Israe l’s democracy is the key to its future. Every thing else is secondary.”
—Naomi Chazan
“Israel’s democratic principles are in need of reinforcement: We must remember
that to this day, the principle of equality is not explicitly enshrined in any Basic
Law, even if the Supreme Court has interpreted it as being part of the right to
human dignity...” — Haaretz, A Move Away From Democracy
“If this trend continues, all vestiges of democracy will one day
disappear, and Israel will become just another Middle Eastern
theocracy.” —NYT, Israel’s Fading Democracy
“One of Israel’s greatest strengths is its origins as a democratic
state committed to liberal values and human rights. Those basic
truths are in danger of being lost.”
—NYT editorial, Israel’s Embattled Democracy “We are at a stage where we are fighting for the soul of Israel…
if you believein organizations that
are on the cutting edge of social change
take bold steps to effect progressive change in Israel
passionately advance a liberal, pluralistic, and just society
are developing an inspirational vision for Israel’s future
in the missions of
ACLU
People for the American Way
Human Rights Campaign
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Southern Poverty Law Center
Economic Policy Institute
Media Matters for America
Center for American Progress
National Partnership for Women & Families
that Israel is striving for an ideal not yet attained
then we share the same values
{We have always asked you to invest in social change with us. This is not about tzedakah, it is about mobilizing resources and strategically investing them in high-impact work that will help us realize the Israel that we dream of — the Israel envisioned by the founders of the State as enshrined in the Declaration of Independence: Peace, Equality, Justice.
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New Initiatives for Democracy
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In the 35 years since its founding, the New Israel Fund has played a critical role in developing and seed-funding Israeli civil society organizations that have had a significant impact on the lives of all Israelis. From the first rape crisis centers to the banning of torture in interrogations, the NIF family
has worked on the cutting edge of social change.
Now we are ready to take bold new steps, using our knowledge, expertise and financial
resources, to effect innovative, progressive social change in Israel.
NIF Total Revenue
1983 2013
$29,403,731$ 449,0 04
V I S I O N A RY: It is time to look past the current
stalemate on key domestic and foreign policy
issues. Our founders envisioned an Israel with a
vibrant “third sector” to effect social change. We
now take their vision to the next level, to build a
shared society, reduce polarization and reaffirm
Israel’s identity as a liberal democracy.
I NTEG R ATE D : NIF envisions an integrated
“ecosystem” where new partners and veteran
grantees work together, developing and using
new tools that reach across sectors and
particular issues. By integrating and unifying
the work of progressive activists across Israel,
we will magnify their impact, move beyond
temporary coalitions and build the architecture
for a revived progressive movement.
FA R - S IG HTE D : Social change is a long
process, two steps forward and one back. The
New Israel Fund has the experience to take the
long view while establishing benchmarks and
evaluating progress in the short term. Using
objective research and best global practices,
we will work towards substantive change in
Israeli society that reverses years of stagnation,
polarization and reliance on ultra-nationalist and
exclusionary paradigms.
BO LD : New ideas are desperately needed in
Israel. Our partnership with think-and-do tanks
and our network of social change professionals
can succeed by researching and recommending
new policies, embracing new strategies and
finding new ways to communicate with an
often-apathetic and cynical Israeli public.
NIF knows that
progress on a few
issues or among
a few population
sectors isn’t
enough — only an interconnected and ambitious
initiative can succeed over the long term in
building a better Israel.
Integrated
Visionary
Far-Sighted
Bold
NIF is…
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New Initiatives for Democracy
Over the past two decades, the Internet has redefined our reality in almost every aspect of life — media consumption, consumer activity, political and social interaction, and more. It has provided an entirely new set of tools that, when used well, can facilitate civic engage-ment, organize and mobilize people around causes, and build constituencies with power.
After California’s Silicon Valley, Israel is the most concentrated hub of technological innovation in the world. In addition to their technological savvy, Jewish Israelis enjoy a sense of ‘civic entitlement’ — they believe that their voices and votes matter.
NIF’s new investments in online organizing seek to capitalize on the potential for smarter use of new technologies to enlarge and empower progressives.
Online Organizing from the Bottom Up
A major component of NIF’s new investment will be seed-funding an Israeli multi-issue platform. The mission of a multi-issue group is to find as many people as possible who agree with a broad range of progressive issues — and then expand their power and influence through strategic, consistent col-lective action. In this bottom-up model, the grassroots themselves decide which issues
will spark the public imagination and garner significant support online.
Bolstering Non-Profits Online
NIF’s action-arm Shatil — alongside ANU, an organization specializing in digital campaigning — will be providing strategic expertise to grassroots organizations to enhance their expertise in online organizing. Shatil will provide a range of trainings and seminars to bring together activists and leaders around online engagement tools and opportunities.
Supporting Issue Organizations and Campaigns
Single-issue campaigns provide a unique opportunity to bring together activists — including unlikely bedfellows — around a specific cause. In their work fighting for freedom of religion, for example, NIF grantee Be Free Israel mobilized over 25,000 people — including a mix of progressives, right-wing secular Russian immigrants, and others who object to ultra-Orthodox hegemony — using mostly online tools. NIF intends to further invest in and support single-issue campaigns and organizations in implementing effective digital strategies.
The Masorti-Mizrachi sector — Israelis of Middle Eastern origin who adhere to traditional Jewish observance — are a key constituency in Israel, and one that cares strongly about many issues of social justice and inclusion. For historic and traditional reasons, however, this constituency has often rejected affiliation with progressive groups and movements.
Founded in 1860, KIAH is the most veteran and distinguished organization operating in this Israeli sector today. In response to increased racism and polarization in Israel, KIAH is expanding beyond its traditional focus on education, and moving to establish itself as a strong public voice for tolerance and democratic values in the Masorti-Mizrachi community.
Together, NIF and KIAH will amplify a Masorti-Mizrachi voice to counter racism, intolerance, and exclusion. We aim to strengthen the dialogue between human rights and other social change organizations that are part of the progressive camp and the Masorti-Mizrachi community. We believe that there can be symbiosis between traditional Jewish and progressive values, and that segments of a community that has long seen itself as marginalized can become valued and valuable allies.
New Initiatives for Democracy
(NIFD) are designed to complement our existing
work and create an ecosystem
in which the whole is greater than the sum of
its parts.
NIFD will BUILD UP
toward power and influence,
REACH OUT to new
constituencies, and FOCUS
IN by concentrating
resources.
How do we build bridges to new constituencies?
By Reaching Mizrachi Communities in ways that emphasize shared values.
Articulate progressive vision and
policy
Engage using digital
tools
Expand the camp
Reclaim national security
Correct media misinformation
and bias
Strengthen progressive leadership
Reach Mizrachi communities
Promote progressive forces in the local arena
The NIF Ecosystem
How can we enlist activists in progressive campaigns?
{{By using Online Engagement to build an activist community.
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Emulating the American conservative movement, Israel’s ultra-nationalist camp developed a well-funded network that dominates Israeli discourse and works to influence politicians and policy-makers, while selectively elevating like-minded organizations and leaders.
Israeli progressives, meanwhile, have failed to articulate an overarching vision that could yield real change. As a result, they are too often viewed as ineffectual, or as the voice of a chastising conscience.
However, the success of the right-wing machine in Israel does not necessarily reflect the political beliefs and values of other broad segments of the Israeli public. Recent polling suggests that more than half of Israelis want real change on core issues facing the country including security, pluralism, social-economic equity, and Jewish-Arab relations.
How can we change the discourse and advance our values?
From Policy to Action
We believe that an applied think tank — in some ways similar to the Center for American Progress — that focuses on changing the public debate in Israel can play a foundational role in building a cohesive set of progressive, democratic initiatives. It can generate new ways to think about old problems; facilitate mobilization through communication and outreach; and put forward clear policy recommendations based on those ideas. Producing strategic research, analyses, and communications, it can respond to and reframe issues dominating the public discourse.
Where Progressive Meets Policy
Enter Molad — the Israeli Center for the Renewal of Israeli Democracy.
Founded in 2012, Molad has quickly established itself as a leading think tank and hub for innovative thinking. In its short existence, it has already undertaken ambitious research on some of Israel’s touchiest subjects; generated significant policy
commentary, analyses, and recommendations; and established itself as the go-to institution for savvy political leaders, the media, and progressive strategists in Israel and abroad.
With NIF’s support, Molad intends to build and reinforce a coherent, strategic policy agenda, promote it through elite channels, and restore viable, intellectual leadership for liberal democracy in Israel.
A Catalyst for Change
Molad also engages political leadership, organizations, journalists, pundits, opinion makers, and diplomats, providing them with fresh analysis and messaging. Its research teams also unearth findings on secret government activity that, when publicized, catalyses real policy change.
Translating ideas into policy, Molad also runs a training program for young leaders. In addition, it holds non-partisan issue briefings for campaign managers and parliamentary aides; workshops on best practices with leading American grassroots organizers, pollsters and campaigners; and sponsors strategic communications forums with leading progressives.
How do we change Israelis’ day-to-day lives for the better?
The local arena, including municipal government, provides an avenue to promote civic engagement. Not only are local issues more likely to impact people’s everyday lives, but citizens advocating and organizing for policy change on the local level have a higher likelihood of success than in comparable country-wide campaigns. With
the left-right schism less acute, alliances across groups and communities are more likely, and the ability to engage diverse constituencies is much greater.
NIF’s operational arm, Shatil has developed an approach to organizing on the local level that deepens roots for democratic change-making in communities
around the country. These efforts establish relationships between national and local players. By identifying and leveraging local campaigns with national ramifications — particularly around issues related to shared society, pluralism, racism, and discrimination — we can influence the national direction.
By Promoting Solutions at the Local Level.
Articulate progressive vision and
policy
Engage using digital
tools
Expand the camp
Reclaim national security
Correct media misinformation
and bias
Strengthen progressive leadership
Reach Mizrachi communities
Promote progressive forces in the local arena
The NIF Ecosystem
With new partners who can Articulate a Progressive Vision and Policy.
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New Initiatives for Democracy
How can we build bridges to communities outside the progressive camp with whom we share values?
How can we move policy from military to political solutions?
National security is a litmus test for leadership in Israel, trumping other issues when citizens decide whom they trust to be in power. Despite the more recent focus on issues of social and economic equity, there is a perception among many Israelis that only the right can be trusted with military security.
Through our partnership with the Council on Peace and Security (CPS), a progressive association of former senior security officials in Israel, we intend to reclaim and redefine the security discourse. By amplifying CPS’ resources and outreach, we can counter the current narrative, which exploits security issues for the purposes of defending the occupation. With our assistance increasing organizational resources, CPS will focus on articulating new and compelling ideas on the immediate and long-term security challenges facing the country, and on redefining the security paradigm in ways consistent with progressive values. They will provide a strong and reputable voice for moderation on security policy issues.
Expanding the Circles
From dialogue to action, Shaharit is working to create new partnerships and jumpstart social change. Russian, Arab, ultra-Orthodox and other Israelis bring fresh voices to the public debate that include their complex religious, cultural, and national identities.
For example, two years of meetings between leading human rights advocates and ultra-religious educators have revealed shared values that inform both human rights and traditional religious discourse and that can underlie a budding partnership. And the first cohort in a year-long leadership program launching in the fall of 2014 will bring together emerging leaders from Israel’s diverse communities who share a commitment to a common set of core values for Israeli society.
Working in the Local Arena
Despite high tensions and increasing polarization between sectors at the national level, there is significant potential for collaboration locally. The successful joint secular/religious effort to fight women’s exclusion in Jerusalem is an excellent example of positive change at the municipal level that also impacted the national agenda. Additionally, prior to the 2013 municipal elections, Shaharit nurtured coalitions that brought together diverse constituencies in 20 locations throughout Israel, creating an inclusive vision for their towns, with some participants eventually going on to join the leadership in their municipalities. They are now expanding this network to include work in the Arab towns of Sakhnin and Arara, and in the northern border town of Kiryat Shemona.
Building the Intellectual Infrastructure
Reframing the conversation and generating innovative ideas are at the core of Shaharit’s mission. Shaharit Fellows, a multicultural team of intellectuals/activists, have already published dozens of articles in the Israeli press; a newly formed group is working to develop a socially conscious economic agenda; and the annual Shaharit Survey on Social and Political Values, now in its second year, will continue to examine the relationship between social and political values and map potential partners between unlikely communities.
In order to mobilize the largest possible constituency in Israeli society for a democratic, shared future, we must build bridges to constituencies that do not identify as progressive but that share goals and values.
Shaharit, a “think-and-do tank,” promotes partnerships that span the divides in Israeli society — right/left, religious/ secular, Jews/Arabs, and Mizrachim/Ashkenazim — with the aim of creating networks vital for future collaboration across sectors. Shaharit conducts research and surveys, promotes intellectual discourse, brings disparate communities together, and facilitates partnerships.
Alongside Shaharit, NIF aims to build coalitions advocating for an Israel rooted in decency, fairness, and social justice.
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Articulate progressive vision and
policy
Engage using digital
tools
Expand the camp
Reclaim national security
Correct media misinformation
and bias
Strengthen progressive leadership
Reach Mizrachi communities
Promote progressive forces in the local arena
The NIF Ecosystem
By partnering with a think-do tank that creates new alliances and possibilities.
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New Initiatives for Democracy
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How do we challenge growing right-wing bias in the media?
Media Monitoring
With no medium left unscrutinized — cable and network TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, and websites — researchers will meticulously scour the media for misinformation. Their work will allow for real-time knowledge of the news cycle, note broader trends in coverage, and foster research items or blog posts. The organization will aim to build a reputation as a trustworthy resource, with the capacity to rapidly respond to unfolding events by disseminating reliable facts and information.
In the last decade, the Israeli media landscape has changed considerably. Many newspapers have been consolidated under right-wing ultra-nationalist ownership, skewing coverage of issues and the editorial voice to the ultra-nationalist perspective. Israel’s most popular newspaper is funded by a conservative American billionaire, hews closely to the Likud line, and is distributed to hundreds of thousands of Israelis every day.
NIF is seed-funding a new organization that will systematically monitor print, broadcast, and online media outlets for falsehoods and misinformation — particularly news or commentary that is inaccurate or misinformed, and that serves to advance an anti-democratic agenda. Like Media Matters in the US, a professional Israeli media monitoring organization can hold journalists and media outlets accountable to the truth and help keep the media a free marketplace of ideas.
Research
Misinformation is most dangerous when it metastasizes. The team of researchers will be critical in catching and responding to errors within the news cycle, in addition to publishing long-form comprehensive research analyzing and influencing the media landscape in Israel. Staffers will fact check and identify instances of inciting or racist language daily.
Campaigns
Beyond rapidly responding to misinformation in the media, the organization will work with online organizers to encourage activist support for campaigns that combat hate speech. Building up a meaningful presence on social media sites will be critical in quickly getting the word out about the organization’s findings. These campaigns will also give ordinary Israelis an opportunity to participate in combating ultra-nationalist “spin” and contribute to rebutting media falsehoods.
How can we engage the next generation in revitalizing Israeli democracy?
Emerging leaders dedicated to the values of liberal democracy need opportunities to collaborate, develop their skills, and grow as social change professionals. Investing in a better trained cohort of young leaders, and enabling them to network, can have a profound influence on the course of the country for a generation.
After years of recruiting and training new leaders from many sectors of Israeli society, Shatil is now developing a program to help existing or emerging leaders expand their skills. While leadership development is not new to Shatil, the initiative proposes new models and uses best practices from other democratic societies. Focusing
on fostering deep knowledge and cooperation within a single issue area, while connecting leaders who share common values, the program facilitates the creation of strategic partnerships among these leaders and other decision-makers and opinion-leaders.
{{ {{With sophisticated Media Monitoring and Rapid Response to misinformation.
By refining training and engagement to Create Progressive Leadership.{ {
Articulate progressive vision and
policy
Engage using digital
tools
Expand the camp
Reclaim national security
Correct media misinformation
and bias
Strengthen progressive leadership
Reach Mizrachi communities
Promote progressive forces in the local arena
The NIF Ecosystem
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New Initiatives for Democracy
NIF’s new programs and partnerships are built on the foundation of our existing relationships with hundreds of social change organizations, and are designed to integrate with them. The diagram below illustrates how our eight new programs will interrelate with 18 existing grantees; the color-coding demonstrates a relationship or an overlap in issues and objectives between existing and new partners.
Developing and
promoting progressive policy
alternatives
p. 8
Articulate
progressive vision and policy
p. 8
Infusing the sector with new tools for
engaging people online — including
starting up a new organization
ONLINE ORGANIZ ING
p. 6
Engage
using digital tools
Establishing a strong public voice
for tolerance and democratic values
in the Mizrahi community
KIAH
p. 7
Reach
Mizrachi communities
Redefining the security
paradigm in the public sphere
based on progressive values
COUNCIL ON PE ACE AND SECURIT Y
p. 11
Reclaim national security
Creating a media monitoring
apparatus to hold journalists and
editors accountable to the truth
MEDIA MONITOR ING STARTUP
p. 12
Correct
media misinformation and bias
Building alliances and
constituencies based on
the “common good”
SHAHARIT
p. 10
Expand
the camp
Leveraging local campaigns
for national impact on issues
related to core values
SHATIL
p. 9
Promote
progressive forces in the local arena
Association of Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
Israel’s oldest and largest human rights organization
Ahoti - Sister for Women in Israel
A Mizrachi-feminist organization that empowers marginalized women
Kav LaOved - Worker’s Hotline
Providing legal aid to Israel’s most disadvantaged workers
Negev Coexistence Forum
Arabs and Jews working for equality for all those living in the Negev
Israel Religious Action Center
The key advocacy organization for religious pluralism in Israel
Breaking the Silence — Veteran Israeli combat soldiers providing testimony about serving
in the occupied territories
The Social Guard — An innovative initiative that maintains a constant civic monitoring
presence in the Knesset
Sikkuy
The preeminent shared society organization in Israel
Adva Center — A non-partisan policy analysis institute focused on economic
equality and social justice
Israel Hofshit (Be Free Israel) — The only Israeli grassroots movement whose mission is promoting freedom of religion and pluralism
B’Tselem
The leading human rights organization working in the occupied territories
Kayan
An Arab feminist organization focused on grassroots capacity building
Public Knowledge Workshop
Promoting open government and public knowledge in the public sphere and among relevant target audiences
Dirasat
A “think-and-do-tank” working on behalf of the Palestinian minority in Israel
Tag Meir Coalition — More than 40 organizations working to “spread the light” with a message of nonviolence, tolerance and anti-racism
Shatil Center for Policy Change
Develops and disseminates skills and strategies for social change
Mossawa
The advocacy center for Palestinian citizens of Israel
Kolech: Religious Women’s Forum
The first Orthodox feminist organization in Israel
Investing in a better networked,
more skilled, and more robust
cohort of young leaders
SHATIL
p. 13
Strengthen
progressive leadership
The NIF Ecosystem
MOLAD, CENTER FOR RENEWAL OF DEMOCRACY AND MITVIM, INSTITUTE
FOR REGIONAL FOREIGN POLICIES
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New Initiatives for Democracy
2013 Donors
2013 NIF Board of Directors
Joan L. TreimanSteven Tulkin & Sydney
KapchanDr. Jonathan W. UhrRichard & Gail UllmanMichael & Marion UsherJack & Margrit
VanderrynDianne VapnekSharisse & James
VergaraD. Jean Veta & Mary
Ann DuttonBarbara VolinElizabeth VorenbergPhilip Wachs & Juliet I.
SpitzerDavid Waksberg & Ellen
BobMilton & Miriam
Waldbaum Family Foundation
Andrea & Arthur Waldstein
The Sarah Wall Memorial Trust
Dr. Bettyruth WalterJohn H. WalterRon & Marilyn WalterJoan WarshawGerald J. & Naomi
WasserburgDavid Wasserman &
Susan GinsbergLeonard M. Wasserman
Henry Webber & Christine Jacobs
Emily Aber & Robert Wechsler
Penny Kirsch Wein & Bruce J. Wein
Alan Weiner & Nancy Maizels
Sanford & Karen WeinerMarilyn (z”l) & Raymond
WeisbergRoger Weisberg &
Karen FreedmanCarl & Jamie WeisbrodBarbara C. WeisenfeldWeiser Family
FoundationCharlotte WeissJed Ariel Weiss & Ilana
Braun WeissJeff & Paula Kramer
WeissNina WeissbergRichard & Beatrice
WernickThe Western Wall for AllCarol & Brad WhiteHoward J. WialRuth Wielgosz &
Benjamin EdelmanLouise W. WienerNoam WienerCarole F. WilderJonathan Wilkenfeld &
Suzanne Stutman
Mordechai & Barbara Winter
Iris WitkowskyCarl WolfEstate of Beverly
Wolfe, (z”l)Susan & Robert WolfeRobert & Joan WolffBrenda A. WolfsonSteven & Elsa WolfsonDrs. Steven & Sybil
WolinFredric Woocher &
Wendy Dozoretz
Carl WoolfCarole YassGerald YassJeff YassLinda YenkinMichael Young & Debra
RaskinJosephus Youngerman
& Ronnie Scharfman
Benjamin & Denise Zalman
B. Andrew Zelermyer & Daniel Romanow
Jonathan F. ZimmanDeborah ZimmerEmer. Prof. Stanley
Zimmering /Brown University
Alan & Monica Zimmerman
Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf & Dr. Jonathan Graf
Margot & Paul Zimmerman
Mark & Stacey ZolandHillit Zwick
Brian Lurie
President Ross, California
Noam Lautman
Vice President in Israel Tel Aviv, Israel
Mary Ann Stein
Vice President in North America Washington, District of Columbia
Stephen Gunther
Treasurer Santa Monica, California
Deborah Bussel
Secretary Miami, Florida
Elah Alkalay
Kfar Mordechay, Israel
Yifat Bitton
Ramat Hasharon, Israel
Naomi Chazan
Jerusalem, Israel
Itzik Danziger
Ra’anana, Israel
Peter Edelman
Washington, District of Columbia
Paul Egerman
Weston, Massachusetts
Franklin Fisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Itzhak (Itzik) Galnoor
Jerusalem, Israel
William (Bill) Goldman
San Francisco, California
Amal Jamal
Yarka, Israel
Dan Kurtzer
Princeton, New Jersey
Daniel Levy
London, United Kingdom
Harriet Mouchly-Weiss
New York, New York
Debra Pell
Beit Zayit, Israel and San Francisco, California
Nicholas Saphir
East Sussex, United Kingdom
Talia Sasson
Beit Zayit, Israel
Carole Segal
Chicago, Illinois
Daniel Segal
Merion Station, Pennsylvania
Peter Shapiro
South Orange, New Jersey
Daniel Sokatch
NIF Chief Executive Officer San Francisco, California
Jeffrey Solomon
New York, New York
Yael Sternhell
Tel Aviv, Israel
Alfred (Fred) Tauber
Concord, New Hampshire and Jerusalem, Israel
$1,000–$2,499 Continued
$1,000 Donor Impact
Three gifts of $1,000 funded
a cooperative restaurant
— born out of the 2011 social
justice protests — that serves as a hub for social
change activists.
The New Israel FundThe New Israel Fund (NIF) is the leading
organization advancing democracy and equality for all
Israelis. We believe that Israel can live up to its founders’ vision of a state that ensures complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants, without regard to religion, race, gender, or national identity.
Widely credited with building Israel’s progressive civil society from scratch, we have provided over $250
million to more than 850 cutting-edge organizations
since our inception. And we are more than a funder; NIF is at philanthropy’s cutting edge thanks in large part to SHATIL.
Shatil Shatil is the New Israel Fund’s Initiative for
Social Change.
SHATIL provides NIF grantees and other social change organizations with hands-on assistance, including training, resources, and workshops on various aspects of non-profit management.
Today, NIF/SHATIL is a leading advocate for democratic
values, builds coalitions, empowers activists, and often
takes the initiative in setting the public agenda.
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Victor J. Goldberg & Patricia A. Waldeck
Laura GoldblumRabbi Rachel
Goldenberg & James Talbott
Debbie J. GoldmanIrle Goldman & Janet
YassenKarla A. GoldmanPhyllis & Alvin GoldmanRobert & Rebecca
GoldmanSusan Sachs GoldmanMeredith J. GoldsmithDebra E. GoldsteinHelen GoldsteinJeffrey & Doris
GoldsteinRabbi Lisa L. GoldsteinSusan Goldstein & Andy
KivelEthan GoldstineArthur & Judith
GoodkindRabbi Donald M. Goor
& Cantor Evan KentEnoch Gordis, M.D.Francine M. GordonWilliam GorinDavid B. GorodetzkyLois Lehrman Grass
FoundationBennett & Marcy GrauRichard & Mary GrayArthur & Kathy GreenBarbara & Isaac GreenJeffrey & Janie GreenSherri Greenbach &
David GoldsteinArthur N. GreenbergGerald & Sharon
GreenbergPeter GreenbergDrs. Peter & Suzanne
GreenbergDavid GreenfieldLiz GreensteinRobert GreensteinWin & Jerry GreenwaldTed & Catherine
GreenwoodSusan E. GrosserMartin & Audrey
GrossmanWalter & Ruth GusdorfRonald & Amy GuttmanJoel Handelman
& Sarah Wolff Handelman
Frederic Haber & Jill Jacobs
Samuel & Marlene Halperin
Eliyahou & Britt HarariDorothy Harman Earl Harris Fifteen
Year Charitable Lead Annuity Trust
Herbert & Stella HarrisVaughn P. HarrisonRichard Harriton &
Heather GoldMartin L. Haubenstock
Robert & Carol Hausman
Rabbi Shai & Rachel Held
Clifford Hendler & Deborah Neipris Hendler
Alice H. HenkinJudith N. HerrFrederick HertzJoshua Herzig-MarxSandra D. HessHighland Park MinyanSteven Hochstadt &
Stephen SassPaul HomerMark & Loraine HorneHoward Horowitz &
Alisse WaterstonJill Horowitz & Jonathan
KaufmanSylvia HorwitzGrace A. HughesArthur HurwitzToby R. HymanStephanie Ives &
Yehuda KurtzerDaniel Jackson &
Claudia MarbachPeter & Karen JakesJuel M. JanisRobert & Ellen JasperArthur & Lorie JuceamBeatrice & Robert KahnRachel Kalikow & David
de Graaf
Michael & Jacqueline Kallay
Sheila B. KamermanGrace KaminsArlene Kanter & Steven
KepnesWilliam & Phyllis KantorDalit Kaplan & Raphael
DascaluNorman & Audrey
KaplanPaula E. KaplanStephen & Rachel
Kaplan
Warren KaplanMichael & Donna
KaplowitzChavi KarkowskyKaruna FoundationRichard Kass & Elaine
SofferKates Diamond Family
FoundationRebecca KatzRichard & Heidi KatzDr. & Mrs. Sidney W.
KatzElie Kaunfer & Lisa ExlerKehila ChadashaTracey Keij-Denton &
Eelco KeijEzra KenigsbergKenneth Kenigsberg,
M.D.Harry & Doraline KestenRabbi Emma Kippley-
Ogman & Benj KammAdina Sue KleimanHugh Klein & Judy
LebedoffJonathan Klein & Amy
SchottenfelsSara & Jonathan KleinKaren Wilk KleinStephen KleinRobert & Joan KlivansMartina & Michael KneeJerry & Sharon
Knoppow
Arieh Konigl & Alice Roston
Scott KoppelmanRabbi Emily Faust
KorzenikVictor & Sarah KovnerRobin KramarowDaniel Kramer & Judith
MogulJane & Brian KrantzMaris & Jesse KrasnowMarvin & Gerry KrausArthur Kreiger &
Rebecca Benson
Dr. Dolores KreismanDoris & George KrevskyStephan & Arlene
KriegerSusan G. KrinskyAllen KronstadtJoan KurianskyDavid & Lucy Kurtzer-
EllenbogenRabbi Lawrence &
Karen KushnerBecky & David LandisBetsy & Donald LandisRenata LandresEva & Arthur LandyPatrick Lacefield &
Dinah LeventhalAlyse LaemmleJohn Antignas & Rabbi
Susan LaemmleDr. Barbara LaferRobert Lafsky, M.D.Ruth & Peter LaibsonEllie & Mark LainerJesse & Dani Lainer-VosRichard Lapedes &
Maureen LynchKenneth LarnerSuzanne & David
LarsenEvely Laser ShlenskyMorelle Lasky LevineElliott & Phyllis LasserStuart Laurence
Ariela Lazar & Daniel Diermeier
Kenneth & Lucy Lehman
Jonathan & Shelah Lehrer-Graiwer
Marcia & Alan LeiferSuzanne LernerStephen O. LesserRabbi Marion Lev-
Cohen, Prof. Steven M. Lev Cohen
Herbert & Bernice Levetown
Irwin & Rachel LevinJeryl Levin & Matthew
HolzmanLeonard & Beryl LevineJohn L. LevinsohnJudith LevitanJack Levy & Judith
BassPaula & Joel LevyZehava & Eyal LevyGloria & William LewitRabbi Michael Lezak &
Rabbi Noa KushnerLee LichterJeffrey & Anna LieblichMarc Lipsitch & Meira
LevinsonAlan Gordon Lipson &
Judith D. HarrisAlan & Sharon LipworthSarah LironEdward & Philip Liston-
KraftStuart Litwin & Laura
Baskes LitwinEllen Livingston & Jason
BrownMichael Livingston &
Anne WeissJeremy LiztNoam LockshinHenry & Elsie LoebGerald & Selma
LotenbergInbar Telem & Martin
LowensteinSteven Lubet & Linda
LiptonMarilyn LuebeckSteven LurieLynchburg Jewish
Community CouncilLeonard S. & Maxine
LyonsPhil & Carol LyonsBernard Lytton, M.D.
Lois & Philip Macht Family Philanthropic Fund of THE ASSOCIATED
Jeffrey D. MacklisDagny MaidmanMichael & Anita MalinaCarol MalnickJudy MannMarvin MarcusPaul & Annette MarcusSteven & Jeanne
MarcusJesse MargolinJudith Margolin & Seth
SchwartzJudith & Michael
MarguliesKenneth & Marlene
MarkisonJonathan Markowitz &
Ruth WengerJohn MarksLarry & Gladys MarksPaulina K. MarksAnthony & Lenore
MartinRabbi J. Rolando
Matalon & Talia HatzorSteven Matthews &
Rebecca SteinDaniel & Noémi MattisThe Max Fund, IncDaniel & Karen MayersMedress Family Fund of
the Jewish Community Foundation
Emily & Bernard Mehlman Family Fund
Joseph A. MeisThomas Meites & Lynn
FrackmanElyce MelmonDaniel Meltzer & Ellen
SemonoffJeffery Mendell & G.
Edgar AdkinsSameer Merchant &
Catherine KeeneAriel & Alison
MeyersteinPhilip MezeyRabbi Rachel Mikva &
Mr. Mark Rosenberg George & Roslyn MillerLindsay & Aaron MillerShirley & Mitchell MillerVicki F. Miller & Warren
ZinnGlenda & David Minkin
Rabbi Joshua & Betsy Minkin
Margaret Mintz & John Birdsall
Judith MishkinRobert & Dale MnookinSeth MorrisonMoser Family
Philanthropic FundMark MoskowitzRabbi Steven
MoskowitzDavid & Jenifer
MumfordEllen & Michael
MundellEvelyn Musher
ShechterJerold & Carol MuskinN. James & Ellen
MyerbergDavid Myers & Nomi
StolzenbergMaxine MyersBenjamin Nahum &
Tamar RoodnerAmy J. NathanCarol NavskyBettyrose NelsonStanley & Adella NemerJean & NerenbergJanet NeuenschwanderErnest & Eva Miriam
NewbrunMs. Iris NewmanMyra & Bruce NewmanDavid & Marcia NimmerSamuel Norich &
Deborah UgoretzIlana Nossel & Jordan
KolarLibby NovackNita NovyChristopher Noxon &
Jenji KohanEdward D. Ohlbaum &
Karyn L. ScherCynthia L OrenstenElissa & William
OshinskyEstelle Nachimoff
PadawerSheryl Parker & James
GrayerRichard & Martha
PastcanDavid Paul & Marilyn
PaulKaren Paul-Stern &
Jonathan SternArthur Peck
Wendy PeikesRabbi Ephraim
Pelcovits & Rachel Weber
Avigdor Pemper & Dr. Mark Rabiner
Miriam Peretsman & Paul Breene
Dan Perlman & Lili Zohar
Daniel & Felice Perlmutter
Joel & Jean PerwinGeoffrey P. PicketPioneer InvestmentsJudith PlaskowRebecca Plaut MautnerAllan & Ruth PleanerWilliam & Karen
PodolskyDinah PoKempner &
Robert KushenSandy Polishuk The Mark E Pollack
FoundationThe Jean & Henry
Pollak Division of the Lucile & Maurice Pollak Fund
Adam Pollock & Michal Lewin-Epstein
Betty Ann PolseRonald PoretzThe Posel FoundationFrances R. PoselSylvia PosnerAdena PotokThe Isaac & Leah M.
Potts Foundation, Inc.Russell & Joni PrattDebbie Rabina & Ulie
BardoshWilliam RabinowitzEdward RaboyPaula J. RackoffAriella & Michael
RadwinRuth Raisfeld &
Leonard BenowichJack RapaportRobert & Margaret
RashtiElinor G. RatnerJulie RatnerMarshall A. RauchAlan & Nancy RaznickDavid Reed & Laurie
Fanger-ReedBarbara & Alan ReefMichael & Lynn
Reichgott
John ReichmanFred N. Reiner & Sherry
Levy-ReinerSue Reinhold &
Deborah NewbrunJulian & Frieda ReitmanEugene & Libby RenkinEli & Adina ReshotkoPaul Resnick &
Caroline RichardsonPeter & Susan RestlerCatherine RibnickDorothy Richman &
Michael SteinmanMarilyn M. RichmanJoseph & Naomi Skop
RichterEllen RifkinRobert & Ellen RinskyZelma RivinArthur & Judy RobbinsRachel & Richard
RobbinsA.J. Robinson & Nicole
EllerineAdam J. RobinsonJeffrey Robinson &
Carol StocktonHarold L. RosenLawrence & Corinne
RosenProfessor Robert E.
RosenGeorge & Dorothy
RosenbaumDiane RosenbergLucille & Jack
RosenbergGerry RosensteinElden & Marjorie
RosenthalSheldon & Rose
Rosenthal
Howard RosofBob Roth Charitable
FundMeyer & Naomi
RothbergEdward RothfarbSteven Rothman &
Kathleen Tierney
Dr. Rothschild & Dr. Baouendi
Dan Rothstein & Ana Karchmer
Judith & Michael Rowland
Cynthia B. RubinJane RubinToby & Robert RubinDr. David & Mrs.
Catharine D. RushEdmond RussellRebecca & David
RussoJonathan L. & Barbara
RyderBarbara Sachs SennAdene Sacks & Joseph
HellersteinAnne SalsburyAmiram & Rena SaminAlfred & Marta
SamulonDavid N. SapersteinMichael J. SaridClaire Satlof & Jeffrey
BedrickDeborah & Larry SayahJudith & Richard
SchachterMachelle N. SchaefferThomas SchatzkiJim & Emily ScheinmanMary Beth SchiffmanPhilip Schild & Shirley
Dichek SchildJean Schiro-Zavela &
Vance ZavelaLeonard & Paula
SchneidermanS. Ruth SchulmanJolie Schwab & David
Hodes
Amy Schwartz & Eric Koenig
J. Sanford & Susan Schwartz
Jonathan SchwartzArthur & Elizabeth
Seagull Lynn & Paul SedwayCharles Segal
Emily Segal & Andrew Ellis
William & Madeline Selden
Karen SenterMargaret & Howard
ShainbergRisa Shames & Neil
SilverstonEdmond & Marla
ShapiroGary & Dana ShapiroJoanne ShapiroStanley & Gertrude
ShapiroGreg Sharenow & Julie
GerstenRochelle E. & Jesse
ShereffSteven Sheriff &
Michele AlperinReuben & Leona
ShevitzVarda Shiffer Robert ShlachterJerry & Cecile ShoreHannah P. ShostackEdwin & Ellen Sue
ShulkinAriella Sidelsky & Roy
AlcalayPeter Siegel & Hope
StevensDonald & Goldie
SilvermanSidney B. SilvermanErnest & Eve SimonAndrea & Nathaniel
SingerMichael & Kathleen
SlaterSteven SlutskyRonda Small & Ira
Wolfman
Seymour SmidtMalcolm & Betty SmithRichard & Greta
SmoloweDeborah Kaufman &
Alan SnitowNaomi SobelRobert Socolow &
Emily Matthews
Eugene Sofer & Judith Bartnoff
Aviam Soifer & Marlene Booth
David & Lea SoiferRabbi Felicia L. SolMay SollSharmon Sollitto &
Michael LedermanRabbi Abigail N.
SoslandMarcia Cohn SpiegelHelen & Thomas SpiroArthur Spitzer &
Elisabeth BoasAlfred & Ruth SporerJames Steiker &
Wendy EpsteinHarold & Vera SteinEdward SteinhouseJane R. SternKenneth Stern & Linda
SteinSusan & Jeffrey SternRobert Stillman & Janet
SurkinEvelyn M. StockEric StockelLeah StolarRabbi Ariel StoneMichael Strassfeld &
Joy LevittWalter I. StraussJoan & Steve SubrinJoe Sultan & Sandy
ChilewichRichard & June SwartzJoel M. SweetRabbi Susan Talve &
Rabbi Jim GoodmanSteven & Sheila TaubeDr. Anna Newman
TaylorRayla G. Temin, in
memory of Howard M. Temin
Bruce TemkinSandy & Bob TemkinTemple Shalom of
NewtonJudith Tenzer BennGregory & Rachel
TertesThe Milford & Lee
Bohm Charitable Foundation
Walter (z”l) & Anne TickMarjorie B. TivenAaron & Ziva TomaresGail TombergGary & Evelyn Trachten
$1,000–$2,499 Continued
2013 Donors 2013 Donors
$2,000 DONOR IMPACT
Three gifts of $2,000
facilitated three conferences
promoting socially-
responsible budget priorities in the run-up
to the Israeli municipal elections.
$1,000 DONOR IMPACT
Nine $1,000 gifts provided
security cameras and
firefighting equipment for
a women refugees’ shelter in south Tel Aviv.
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Gabrielle Sigel & Howard Epstein
The Nancy & Richard Silverman Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Lawrence E. SilvertonKaren SlossDaniel Sokatch & Dana
ReinhardtGary B. SokolThe South Wind
FoundationEugene & Marilyn SteinArthur & Edith Stern
Family FoundationJerry V. SternbergHazel S. StixDavid P. StoneStrear Family
FoundationThe Henry & Marily
Taub FoundationTemple Beth AvodahTemple Israel CenterDiane TrodermanLloyd & Lassie UlmanIra J. WagnerDenis WeilBernard & Jack
WeingartenWomen Donors
NetworkStanley Wulf & Linda
Press Wulf
$2,500-$4,999Anonymous (21)Steve & Joanne AbelSteven W. AbrahamsWilliam & Susan
AbramsJoan AlpertMark & Judith
AronchickBarry & Elizabeth Bar-ElBarg & WalkowHarry & Lore BauerAlvin H. Baum, Jr.Alice BenstonDavid BergerThe Wexler-Beron
Family FoundationBFK FoundationHannah (z”l) & Ernst
BibersteinThe Billstein Family
FoundationIrene & Asher Birnbaum
Rita & Irwin BlittSue & Benjamin BoleyJoseph L. BowerRichard & Barbara
BraunLaura S. Brown, Ph.D.Rabbi Gustav & Sheila
BuchdahlAmy L. CahnRabbi Kenneth Chasen
& Allison LeeRobert CherrySandra ColiverMark DavidowMarcy EisenbergMs. Lisa Erdberg & Mr.
Dennis GibbonsLeroy & Edna Mae
FademLeonard Fein (z”l) Mark Finklestein &
Janet PennNettie FisherFoundation For Middle
East PeaceMr. Murray FrankDiane & Charles L.
FrankelTom & Myrna FrankelBarbara FreedmanZiva Freiman KatzBernard Friedman &
Lesley HyattRabbi Dayle Friedman &
David FerlegerMichael S. FriedmanLarry Garber & Gayle
SchwartzThe Joseph & Anna
Gartner FoundationJeffrey GaynesJanice Gepner & Eric
NewmanAnat S. GevaJack Z. Gilad & Douglas
D. HauerDavid GildinCandice GoldHarold Goldberg & Alisa
Israel GoldbergNathalie & Emanuel
Goldberg Advised Fund of Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester
Bruce N. Goldberger & Esther Sperber
Jerome & Linda GoldenThomas J. GoldsteinBetty B. Golomb
Richard C. GoodwinNadine Joseph & Neil
Goteiner Marcus GottliebRabbi Judy Shanks &
James GracerBarry Green & Jennifer
AltshulerJeffrey & Beth GreenLinda & Richard GreeneEllen GrobmanPaul & Michelle
GrobmanBrenda Gruss & Daniel
HirschEstate of Martin
HamburgerMark HeimanHerman FoundationWillard J. HertzHoward HiattMichal & Jack HillmanLinda Lurie HirschMarvin Hoffman &
Rosellen BrownDale & Stephen
HoffmanIndependent Charities
of AmericaAdam Jacobson & Beth
LevineSimon & Marie Jaglom
Foundation, Inc.Elana Caplan Jassy &
Andrew JassyJewish Federation of
Greater PittsburghJewish Federation of
Greater San Gabriel & Pomona Valleys
Linda & Thomas Kalinowski
Mordechai Kamel & Sara Weinberger
Leslie Kane & M. Manuel Fishman
Kaplan Family Foundation
Sally B. KaplanEzra Jack Keats
Foundation
Leona & Ralph KernDavid M. KiesRuth G. KingSonia & Lawrence KleinJanet L. KolodnerSusan & David KraemerMona B. KreadenLinda & Jake KrigerSusanne & Bruce
LandauPnina LahavElizabeth & Scott LassarDr. Joel L. LebowitzLederer FoundationTerry & Margaret
LenznerRochelle S. LevinToby & Jerry LevineBernard & Lory LevingerJudith Lichtenberg &
David LubanRobyn Lieberman &
Asher KotzCharlotte LindonLouise D. & Morton
J. Macks Family Foundation, Inc.
Michael & Maxine Mantell
Gayle & Jerry MargerThe Returning Wealth
Philanthropic FundAlbert E. Marks
Charitable TrustSilvia MarxMatanThe Mazur Family
FoundationAndrew Lachman &
Ruth W. Messinger
Howard MetzenbergDale S. MillerNorman & Shirlyn MillerThe Mishan FamilyJane & Norman
MoscowitzJack NeedlemanHemda Arad & Yuval
NeemanJane Newman & Amy
Lange
Sharee & Murray Newman
Michael N. NewmarkJohn & Kayla NilesLawrence & Melanie
NussdorfArthur & Judith
ObermayerDonald & Shari OrnsteinWilliam R. PadnosJulia Parzen & Daniel
JohnsonArleen & Aaron PriestSuzanne & Harvey
PrinceLisa & John PritzkerIrving (z”l) & Varda
RabinRoy R. Raizen & FamilyMiriam Arfin (z”l) &
Robert RebitzerPaula & Daniel ReingoldDavid Reisen & Ann
Peck ReisenPaul Resnick & Joan
KarlinMarjorie & Stephen
RichardsDavid W. Rintels &
Victoria RiskinSteven M. Riskin &
Claudine IsaacsDavid & Marian RockerTobey H. RolandSusan Romer & Donald
UngarGaylia Rooks & Joe
Rooks RapportIrwin & Cecilia
Rosenblum
Rabbis Jennie & David Rosenn
Joyce Zinbarg Rosenthal & Steven Rosenthal
Lyle & Gloria Rosenzweig
Jennie RothschildPeter Rukin & Sharon
DjemalMoshe Safdie
Walter & Marjorie (z”l) Salmon
Fain Malsky Charitable Foundation
Louis & Barbara SavrinSteven & Bonni SchiffAlice & Robert SchlossSusan SchorLeonard & Celia
SchuchmanStephen & Patty SegalRenata & Edward SeligRita R. SemelHarold & Myra ShapiroLauren Moskovitz &
Scott SholderSusan and Y. Judd
ShovalMorton J. SilkManny & Jackie
SilvermanDaniel & Maxine SingerBruce SloaneLouis & Jean SlossAbbe & Peter SteinglassThomas H. & Donna M.
Stone FoundationArthur Telegen & Abigail
OstowJeffrey ThomasesDavid & Bonita TurnerSanford & Beth UngarUnited Jewish Fund &
Council of Greater St. Paul, MN
Stephanie A. VendigMilton & Judith ViorstMichael & Judith WalzerGeorge S. WarburgMary Ann & David WarkCecille WassermanDaniel & Katherine
WhalenMax YaffeRobert & Edith Zinn
$1,000-$2,499Anonymous (46)Ruth & Henry AaronJay & Jean AbarbanelSonia S. AbramsKaren AbravanelIris S. AbronsS. James & Mary
AdelsteinPatricia & Ronald AdlerRabbi Rachel Adler PhD
Sari K. AgatstonAvner AharoniMr. & Mrs. Myer M.
AlperinJoel & Barbara AlpertThe Altman Aronow
Charitable FoundationDavid & Penny
AlschulerLiora AlschulerJeff & Lauren AltholzJohn & Betty Ann
AltmanDavid & Linda AltshulerFred H. Altshuler &
Julia W. CheeverBeulah & Ezra
AmsterdamGary Angel & Sharman
Spector-AngelSanford AntignasMichael Appel & Ruth
KrautArthur Applbaum &
Sally RubinRachel Wainer Apter &
Jonathan ApterPaul & Barbara
ArensonWalter & Diane ArikerJeremy Aron-DineHoward I. AronsonDorothy Rose
AschermanBennett Ashley & Ruth
WeinrebEileen Auerbach &
Lawrence BurgheimerMaia AzubelJoAnne & Michael
BanderAaron I. BackDiane & Jean-Loup
BaerMichael & Charlotte
BaerPeggy Bagley &
Douglas GoldhamerLawrence Bailis &
Susan ShevitzJudith BainHarvey & Sonya BarshaJacob BaskinHowell Baum &
Madelyn SiegelWendy BearBarbara BeckWilliam & Debbie
BeckerRuth R. Been
Marc & Elizabeth Berger
Mark BergerRobert L. Bergman
M.D.Esther BerkowWilliam BerleyJim & Diane BerlinerKerrin & Peter BermontLinda Lipsett & Jules
BernsteinMax Bernstein & Karen
RobbinsRalph & Gail BernsteinBeth Haverim Shir
Shalom TempleLiba BeyerDavid & Rachel BialeMarsha & Brian BilzinRichard & Elaine BinderJoseph & Joan BirmanMadeline & Alan
BlinderRabbi Bernard & Bailey
BloomJordan & Judy BloomSteven & Karen
BloombergLauren BlumJoscelyn BlumenthalShirley BobEllen Bogolub & Neil
FriedmanRobert L. BookJeffrey Bornstein &
Veronica SanchezStephanie & Alex
Borns-WeilSheila & Edward BraunNaomi Brenner & Ari
BergerMartin I. & Shirley B.
BreslerDavid Bressler & Susan
Adler-BresslerLeona & Murry BrochinMeryl BrodMarvin & Lois BroderShifra BronznickRenee BrookRabbi Sharon Brous &
David LightKatherine BrowningRabbi Angela Warnick
BuchdahlBuncher Family
FoundationPamela S. BurdmanMarcia BurnamMaria Cancian &
Charles Kalish
Norman L. CantorCarolyn Cavalier
RosenbergJudy & Brad ChaseThe Chasin FamilyAva CheloffBonnie & Mervin
CherrinChizuk Amuno
CongregationMichael J. ChurginCogan Family
FoundationAdina G. Cohen
Albert & Debra CohenAnnebelle & Arnold
CohenGale Mondry & Bruce
CohenIsaac CohenJonathan CohenJonathan & Victoria
CohenStephanie & Charles
CohenStephen B. CohenSteven Cohen & Elsie
SternJonathan CohnSusan Coliver & Robert
HermanCompton FoundationAlan ConenCongregation Beth ElCongregation Emanu-
El B’ne Jeshurun & Rabbi Marc E. Berkson
Congregation Emanu-El
Congregation Rodeph Sholom
Ben N. Teitel Charitable Trust, Gerald Cook, Trustee
Mary I. CoombsBruce & Toni CorwinPaul & Valerie Crane
DorfmanLarry Cuban in memory
of Barbara Cuban
Ruth Cummings Charles & Ada Beth
CutlerMiriam DanielStuart Davidson & Ann
CohenCharles & Jonis DavisJoel Deitz & Barbara
BerkoAnne E. DelaneyJay & Phyllis DenboNancy DickensonHilla Dishon & Uri
Kolodny
Dorothy & Yale Doberne
Ruth Donig-White & Robert White
Gayle Donsky & Morton Stein
Kenneth Douglas Foundation
James DubeyAdam & Shelley DuckerKevin R. DwarkaEbb Point FoundationRichard EbersHarriett M. EcksteinRachel C. EfronDavid & Audrey EggerTom & Ellen EhrlichJack Eiferman & Fern
FisherHeidi & Ron EinhornStanley EisenbergWill & Ann Eisner
Family Foundation, Inc.
The Elovitz FamilyDiana EngelClement & Caroline
ErbmannLee & Esther ErmanSherri Ades FalchukDeborah FalikDr. David S. FankushenLeonard & Stephanie
FarberJay FarbsteinFred Feigenson
Susan Feit & Eitan Stern
Sumner FeldbergAlan & Betty FeldmanAlan Feldman & Carol
SeitchikElliot & Lily Gardner
FeldmanRabbi Ted FeldmanMichael D. FelsenJames E. FennMarc & Gail McClelland
FentonAlbert Feuerwerker
Rabbi Harvey & Sybil Fields
Abigail & Stephen Fisher
Harriet & Albert FishlowLeora FishmanMichael Flamm &
Jennifer McNallyShalom Flank &
Deborah HittlemanBarbara & Isaac
FlorentineDeborah & Marc FogelSteven Foldes & Riv-
Ellen PrellCarl (z”l) & Leonore
FoormanNathan A. FoxRichard & Phyllis
FrancoRuth FrankfurtBarbara & Herb
FranklinGerald & Anne
FreedmanLynn P. FreedmanHarvey & Brenda
FreishtatDeborah M. FreundPeter FreyErnest Fried & Laura
BarbanelMorris F. FriedellElizabeth Friedman
Branoff & Steven Branoff
Anita Friedman & Igor Tartakovsky
Benjamin M. FriedmanBonnie Friedman &
John AtlasDiana FriedmanHoward Friedman &
Sherry LeibowitzJoyce FriedmanK. Bruce & Lois
FriedmanMarty FriedmanRobert Friedman &
Kristina KiehlRabbi Stacy & Frank
FriedmanRabbi Dara FrimmerDaniel & Rosele
FrishwasserRichard M. FuchsDr. Victor R. FuchsRoy & Frida FurmanBarry & Joan
GabermanAndrew Gabor & R. Iris
BaharBarbara Gaffin &
Douglas CahnDennis GaitsgoryElizabeth Carty &
Ernest GalvanWilliam Ganong &
Marilyn NewmanHal & Laure GarnickMia & Joe Buchwald
GellesJerilyn GeltStephen & Rhea
GendzierRabbi Stuart GershonAtherlie K. GiddingLaurie & Stephen
GirskyRuth & Jack Glantz
Family FoundationGina & Ronald GlantzMarian & Arthur
GlasgowMichael S. GlassPenina M. GlazerSandra GlicksmanGLSEN, Inc.Bernice Godine Family
FoundationAlfred & Joan GoldbergAvram & Carol
GoldbergEdward Goldberg &
Barbara G. SaidelMilton & Jean GoldbergNancy Goldberg
$5,000–$9,999 Continued
2013 Donors 2013 Donors
$5,000 DONOR IMPACT
Three gifts of $5,000 funded
a program to develop female
leadership and promote
shared society in the mixed Jewish-Arab town
of Lod.
$10,000 DONOR IMPACT
Four gifts of $10,000
enabled NIF grantee Bina
to run the world’s first
secular yeshiva in Tel Aviv.
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$100,000+Anonymous (6)Kathryn Ames
Foundation, Inc.The Jacob & Hilda
Blaustein FoundationThe Andrea &
Charles Bronfman Philanthropies
Naomi & Nehemiah Cohen Foundation
The Nathan Cummings Foundation
Barbara & Eric DobkinPaul & Joanne EgermanLois & Richard England
Family FoundationThe European UnionThe Everett FoundationThe Fine & Greenwald
FoundationFranklin M. Fisher &
Ellen Paradise FisherFohs FoundationSanford & Linda
GallanterJackson & Irene Golden
1989 Charitable TrustWilliam & Serra
GoldmanStella & Charles
Guttman Foundation, Inc.
Mimi & Peter Haas FundHiatt FamilyMurray KoppelmanCharles B. LawtonPeter S. LawtonLeichtag FoundationCaroline & Brian LurieMiddle East Partnership
InitiativeMoriah Fund, Inc.The Morningstar
FoundationNew Israel Fund
Australia FoundationNew Israel Fund of
CanadaNew Israel Fund
SwitzerlandNew Israel Fund United
KingdomEstate of Helen RehrRepair the WorldRosenzweig
Coopersmith Foundation
Sylvia Sabel & Joel Rubinstein
Peter Shapiro & Bryna Linett
Laszlo N. Tauber Family Foundation
Bonnie & Marty Tenenbaum
Carole & Saul Zabar
$50,000-$99,999Anonymous (8)The Louis & Anne
Abrons FoundationRobert ArnowThe Morton K. & Jane
Blaustein Foundation, Inc.
Bloomberg Philanthropies
The Moses Feldman Family Foundation
Phyllis K. FriedmanLisa & Douglas
Goldman FundJane Gottesman &
Geoffrey BiddleSally Gottesman
Joel & Julia GreenblattStephen Gunther &
Linda EssakowWalter & Elise Haas
FundYad HanadivThe Irving Harris
FoundationHellman FoundationDr. Gabor T. HermanJuliane M. HeymanMichael Hirschhorn &
Jimena MartinezDavid Hochberg
FoundationJoan & Irwin JacobsJewish Community
Federation of San Francisco
The Lee & Luis Lainer Family Foundation
Amy Mandel & Katina Rodis
Maor FoundationYaffa & Paul MaritzJoseph & Harvey
Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds
J.S. & S. Michaan Foundation
Olive Bridge FundOpen Society
Foundations Debra PellSegal Family
FoundationAlan B. Slifka
FoundationSwiss Fed Department
Foreign AffairsDrs. Carol & Terry
Winograd
$25,000-$49,999Anonymous (11)Samuel I. Adler Family
Supporting Foundation
Arnow Family Foundation
Peter & Lucy AscoliEstate of Edith AtkinDavid M. Becker &
Leslie C. SeemanDavid Berg FoundationDiane & Norman
Bernstein FoundationThe Beverly FoundationMichael Bien & Jane
KahnEstate of Ellen BlairThe Cannon Family
FoundationThe Crown FamilyDorot FoundationFischman Family (Steve,
Nancy, Laura, Ben & Wendy)
FJC: A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds
Fox Family FoundationGermanacos
FoundationGreater Miami Jewish
FederationGreen Environment
FundAlan C. Greenberg
FoundationJohn & Kathryn
GreenbergLois & Richard GuntherLorraine Honig - in
memory of Victor Honig
Marvin Israelow & Dorian Goldman
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
Jane & Gerald KatcherJim & Catherine
KoshlandLandau Family
FoundationShelley Levine & Larry
SchwartzJan Abby Liff
Key FoundationThe Purple Lady/
Barbara J. Meislin Fund
Yocheved MintzLeo Model Foundation,
Inc.Harriet Mouchly-Weiss
& Charles WeissLibby & Leo Nevas
Family Foundation, Inc.
Bonnie OrlinVivian OstrovskyStacy & Keith PalagyeElaine ReubenFrederick P. SchafferDaniel & Sheila SegalHanns Seidel StiftungJoan Blum Shayne
Shepard Broad Foundation
Rose L. ShureJeffrey Solomon &
Audrey WeinerSandor & Faye StrausSidney & Lillian TopolPaul Uhlmann Jr.Ruth B. Ziegler
$10,000-$24,999Anonymous (23)Sheldon AlsterRonald M. AnsinIzhar Armony & Naomit
Armony-ErelMadeleine & David
ArnowThe Barn Road
FoundationRichard & Eileen
BazelonMelissa A. Berman &
Richard KlotzMindy Berman &
Andrew SumbergGay Block/The Shlenker
Block Philanthropic Fund
Sally Weiskopf BockHeinrich Boell StiftungJon & Bobbe BridgeThe Bydale FoundationChampaign-Urbana
Jewish FederationThe Chrysalis FundCogan Family
FoundationJonathan Cohen &
Eleanor FriedmanSteven Cohen & Mary
AkersonIlana DeBare & Sam
SchuchatDaniel & Alisa DoctoroffFriedrich Ebert StiftungEmbassy of the United
StatesThe Fine FoundationSylvia FischerForrest and Miriam FossFowey Light Fund, Inc.Thomas & Ann
FriedmanBenjamin & Rachel
GeballeJudith Gelman & Steven
Salop
Bob & Veronique GerberRoger & Brenda Gibson
Family FoundationThe Howard Gilman
FoundationThe Jacob Goldfarb
Charitable FoundationThe Goldhirsh-Yellin
Foundation, Inc.Lynda M. GoldsteinMark & Janet
GottesmanTerry E. GrantJoseph & Beth GreenThomas C. GreenMarc & Diane
GreenwaldLisa & Joshua GreerThe Family of Jonathan
GrossmanHadassah FoundationDr. Jacqueline HellerJames & Marlene
HenersonBob & Phyllis HenigsonGabriel Isakson
Survivors TrustKahanoff FoundationPeter S. KalikowDr. Morton & Merle
KaneSteven & Priscilla
KerstenPaul & Susanne KesterEve Biskind Klothen &
Kenneth KlothenThe Nathan & Helen
Kohler FoundationPeter B. KovlerJ. Hannah Kranzberg Barbara N. KravitzThe Zanvyl & Isabelle
Krieger FundThe Louis J. Kuriansky
FoundationLinda & Frank KurtzRoger LangsdorfHarry & Sadie Lasky
FoundationSusan Morse-LebowElliot & Frances LehmanPaul Lehman & Ronna
StammLew & Laurie LeibowitzPeachy & Mark (z”l)
LevyDr. Russell M. LindenDavid & Barbara
LipmanAndrew & Sara Litt
2013 Donors 2013 Donors
Ted LiveHelen Lowenstein in
memory of Louis Lowenstein
Walter S. Mander Foundation
Dr. Marcia Kramer Mayer
MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger
Ilse MelamidBeth Sieroty MeltzerThe Milton & Sophie
Meyer FundMiddle Road
FoundationRabbi Shira Milgrom &
Prof. David ElcottThe Mills Family
Charitable FoundationLouis Newman & Rabbi
Amy EilbergRaquel H. NewmanFred & Gilda NobelThe Vivian & Paul Olum
FoundationLisa Messinger & Rabbi
Aaron PankenKathleen PeratisRobert Pindyck & Nurit
Eini-PindyckMichael & Jo-Ann PriceCharles H. Revson
FoundationThe Elizabeth B. &
Arthur E. Roswell Foundation, Inc.
Norman RothfeldNancy & Miles RubinGaia FundBettylu & Paul
SaltzmanThe Else & David
Schnur Charitable Trusts
Debra R. SchoenbergCharles & M. R.
Shapiro Foundation, Inc.
Ben & Norma ShapiroJoan & James Shapiro
FoundationSHIFTAlan SierotyPeter J. Silverman &
Janet HeettnerBruce, Steven, Gerald
& Diane Solomon Fund
The Herbert J. & Elene Solomon Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego
Sparkplug FoundationJim & Debby Stein
SharpeHenry SteinerSusan R. StockelMr. & Mrs. Edward
StreimSun Hill FoundationThomases Family
Endowment of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation
Tides FoundationJanet TraubKaren Tucker & Jerry
AvornUncle Mike FoundationUnited Jewish
Endowment FundEmily & Frank VoglPaul & Dorothy
WachterBernard & Jack
WeingartenJohn Weinstein & Heidi
StewartMr. & Mrs. Lawrence
WeisbergWhizin Philanthropic
FundAmos & Ruth WilnaiWinter Cove
FoundationFrances A. WolginOtto & Marianne
Wolman FoundationGenevieve & Justin
WynerGail Bates Yessne &
Peter YessneMarcie & Howard
Zelikow
$5,000-$9,999Anoymous (29)A Wider BridgeWalter & Alice Abrams
Family FundKaren Adler & Larry
GreenwaldAlpern Family
FoundationAmcha For TsedakahAnonymous 13Evan AptakerDeena Aranoff & Adam
BermanNoah & Tamara ArnowAronson Foundation,
Inc.
William & Donna Barrows
Nan BasesPatricia & Allan BeckerFroma & Andrew
BenerofeBernard & Vivian BennSandra J. BerbecoJulie & Jeffrey BercowJessica Bernhardt &
Theodore GoldsteinNancy Bernstein &
Robert SchoenJ.B. Margaret
Blaugrund FoundationHarvey BockErnest & Rita BogenHon. Minna BuckBeth BurnamRobert & Ann
BuxbaumChicago Mercantile
ExchangeAlan Cohen & Robert
BankMarshall & Shirley
CohenThe Silver Tie FundPeter & Barbara CohenSaul & Miriam CohenBarrett & Tria CohnYehudah B. CohnCongregation Beth El
Tzedakah HevraMichael & Rhoda
DanzigerReuben & Rivka DoriEdward & Rose DreyerPeter EdelmanCatherine S. EnglandFabrangen Tzedakah
CollectiveJerome & Nancy FalkRobert & Marjorie
FederConcepción & Irwin
FedermanBenjamin FeingoldRobert L. & Cynthia
Feldman Philanthropic Fund of the Dallas Jewish Community Foundation
William ForbathLois FrankFrankel Family
FoundationNaomi C. FranklinDavid Friedman &
Paulette MeyerRobert & Janine FrierThe Fund for
Reconciliation Tolerance & Peace
Funding ExchangeThe Generations FundDavid Glaser & Leslie
Ann EltonStanley & Ilene GoldJudith F. GoldbergFrances E. GoldmanMarcia & John
GoldmanThe Marvin Naiman
& Margery Goldman Family Foundation
Robert & Ruth Goldston
Robert & Doris GordonDavid & Rita GottliebAlexander GreenbaumSteven Greenberg &
Avra GoldmanEvelyn & Walter Haas,
Jr. FundThe Louis J. & Ruth G.
Herr FoundationHerst Family
Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund
Nehama Hillman Anita HirshSusan HunttingHarry HutzlerMartin IndykDr. Sherry IsraelHoward G. & Samita B.
JacobsRabbi Richard J.
Jacobs & Ms. Susan K. Freedman
Liz & Alan JaffeJewish Federation of
Greater Ann ArborJewish Federation of
Greater Pittsburgh
Jewish Women Foundation of New York
Alan & Carol KaplanCharles & Joann
KaplanEmile KarafiolKarsten Family
FoundationGerri KayDennis & Barbara
KesslerStella & Leonard
KleinrockLauren Kogod & David
SmileyLeslie S. KogodMargaret KohnRobin KosbergHarry Kramer Memorial
FundCharles & Naomie
KremerLouis KruppJed Kwartler & Carol
BarashEdward LabatonSheldon L. & Pearl R.
Leibowitz FoundationThe Renaissance
Foundation, Irving Levin & Stephanie Fowler
Joshua Levin & Debra Fried Levin
Robert & Bonita LevinLisa J. LiebermanRobert B. Lifton &
Carol RosofskySusan LissLois & Irving Blum
FoundationDaniel & Lenore MassHenry MassieCharles & Nola MillerWilliam MindlinMorse Family
FoundationThe Matching Gifts
Program of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Judy W. & Jay A. NadelJonathan M. Nadler
Anita NavonJeffrey NewmanOreg FoundationLisa Orlick-Salka &
Corey SalkaBeth & Ronald OstrowDavid Pesikoff & Sarah
PesikoffJustin PollackThe Honorable Stuart &
Lee PollakMarc B. PorterTUW Posnack
FoundationJill J. Prosky & James
R. PosnerDaniel C. & Lisa R.
PriceElsbeth Reisen & Mark
DyenRobert S. RifkindDavid Roberts & Sue
FischlowitzShai & Judy RobkinJune & Marvin RogulAaron Roland &
Annelise GoldbergSamuel I. ‘Sandy’
Rosenberg FundSeymour & Sylvia
Rothchild Family 2004 Charitable Foundation
Norman RothfieldPhyllis & David
RothmanEstate of Ruth M.
RothsteinAnita RotmanThe Robert Russell
Memorial FoundationDavid Salem & Laurie
AloisioRenee SamsonSteven J. SamuelLela & Gerard SarnatDonald SchapiroSenator Elliot Schewel
& Rosel SchewelMark & Isabel SchifferHarriet & Leonard
SchleyStanley & Kay
SchlozmanRenata & Jack
SchwebelJoshua Segal &
Jennifer GeetterRandee SeigerDeborah Shapira &
Barry SternJonathan B. ShefferNorman Shulevitz
Foundation
$17,000 DONOR IMPACT
One gift of $17,000
enabled the Tag Meir
coalition to organize
solidarity visits to victims of hate crimes at hospitals,
mosques, churches, homes, and even army bases.
$10,000 DONOR IMPACT
Seven gifts of $10,000
funded legal and
advocacy efforts to end
gender segregation and to promote freedom
of marriage.
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Amb. Daniel Kurtzer Co-Chair
Talia Sasson Co-Chair
Michel AbitbolSusan AdelmanKaren AdlerSari AgatstonArieh ArnonAdeeb AwadAvner AzulayZouheir BahloulMark BakerEliyahu BareketMaya Bar-HillelMordechai (Morale) Bar-OnUri Bar-YosefIllan BaruchYossef BeinartOz BenamramHaim Ben ShacharMichael Ben-YairMelissa BermanMindy BermanDavid BernsteinMichael BienAvrum BurgSara CannonRuth CheshinAaron CiechanoverAlan CohenJonathan CohenShlomo CohenYehudah CohnRachel CowanJames CummingsEllen DahrendorfJerome DavidsonAvner De-ShalitReuben DoriOmri DotanIsser DubinskySara EhrmanRachel EliorAmal Elsana Alh’joojLawrence EnglanderUzi EvenSidra EzrahiLeonard (Leibel) Fein (z”l)Lois FrankEllie FriedmanAviva FutorianBarry GabermanLily Galili
Linda GallanterSanford (Sandy) GallanterJoan GarsonJudith GelmanBenny GidronSusie GilbertDavid GoldbergMark GoldbergBruce GoldbergerAmiram GoldblumFrances GoldmanPhyllis GoldmanSally GottesmanDavid GottliebBarbara GreenJeffrey GreenSherri GreenbachLiz GreensteinLois GuntherRichard GuntherHanoch GutfreundYisca HaraniDavid Har’elGilad HarishDorothy HarmanTova HartmanRoni HefetzJackie HellerShira Herzog (z”l)Nehama HillmanMichael HirschhornAvraham InfeldMarvin IsraelowHaim IzraeliJune JacobsDaniel KahnemanArlene KanterEmile KarafiolJudith KarpJane KatcherYadin KaufmanLeslie KimerlingSara KleinJonathan Klein Yehoshua KolodnyJim KoshlandJoan KurianskyLuis LainerBetsy LandisDonald LandisPaul LehmanTerry LenznerShelley LevineJudith Lichtman
Jan LiffRobert (Bud) LiftonRussell LindenBryna LinettNati LinialBarbara LipmanDavid LipmanSusan LissSara LittPierre LoebJonathan LopatinRobin MargoJ. Rolando (Roly) MatalonAviva MeyerSami MichaelCindy MillerDale MnookinRobert MnookinDavid MyersJacob Ner DavidRaquel H. NewmanLouis NewmanCraig NewmarkLisa Orlick-SalkaBonnie OrlinIsraela OronAmos OzSarah Ozacky-LazarAaron PankenIlan PazKathleen PeratisAlon PiltzBarak PlattStuart PollakDaniel PriceUriel ProcacciaRon Pundak (z”l)Paula RackoffFrances RadayClaude RakovskyElaine ReubenRobert RifkindJune RogulIrwin RosenblumNoreen SablotskyMoshe SafdieBettylu SaltzmanDavid SapersteinItzik SaportaGerard SarnatLela SarnatOrna Sasson-LevyRick SchafferHarriet Schley
Joshua SchoffmanLawrence (Larry) SchwartzNancy Schwartz SternoffAmnon SellaHannan SerphosAlla ShainskayaAlice ShalviShimon ShamirJoan ShapiroAliza ShenharRuth SheshinskiVarda ShifferJonathan ShimshoniAvraham Beiga ShochatGabrielle (Gay) SigelMarsha SofferHoward SohnRonny SomeckShaanan StreettGideon Stein Simone SusskindIngrid TauberBonnie TenenbaumGordon TuckerKaren TuckerDavid UmanskySanford (Sandy) UngarFrank VoglAl VorspanPaul WachterMichael WalzerDenis WeilAmi WeinsteinSharon WeintraubDiane WexlerCarol WinogradTerry WinogradRuth WolmanVincent WormsMenachem Ya’ariDan YakirAlex YoffeCarole ZabarMarcie ZelikowFred ZemansDina ZissermanNeta Ziv
Endowed Funds & Planned Gifts
Anonymous (8)Ralph AlpertJohn & Betty Ann AltmanRobert & Judith AppelbaumMaurice & Flora AtkinRuth AuslanderDiane & Jean-Loup BaerJoan I. BergerHoward & Dorothy BergerDavid W. BerkowitzMichael Bien & Jane KahnDeborah BlankDr. Ellen BorenfreundMartin & Geraldine
BrownsteinNorman L. CantorNatalie CaplinClaudia I. ChavesMax Cohen (z”l)Mary I. CoombsJohn W. CottonIlana d’AnconaStephanie DavisShulamit DecktorStanley & Beverly DiamondDouglas E. DuckettAudrey EisenstadtRoberta ElliottWilliam & Barbara FairmanEugene I. FischerSylvia FischerGlenn R. FleischmanGail A. FoormanJohn A. FrankenHenry N. FriedelSonia FuentesSanford & Linda GallanterLeonore B. GersteinGhita D. GinbergZelia K. GoldbergMarjory GoldmanSylvia GoldsteinRena G. GolubFrank & Bette GruskayLois & Richard GuntherHelen Mayer HackerGerald & Carol HalpernEllis and Ellen HarrisTzvee & Shoshana HarrisRuth HarrisonSheldon HearstShirley HeimanDr. Gabor T. HermanJuliane M. HeymanSuzanne R. Hirsch
David Hochberg FoundationNathaniel & Lotte HoffmanDonald & Mary Ann
HorensteinJudith S. HozoreMiriam E. JencksLinda KacserKaren KalishMichael KaplanMs. Yahara KatzeffSharon KleinbaumAlyse LaemmleHenry A. LandsbergerWilliam E. LeavittAllen LeboffPauline W. LedeenRuth LedermanEmanuel & Pauline LernerJan Abby LiffMargit LowensteinInbar Telem & Martin
LowensteinRuth B. LurieMitra Makbuleh, Ph.D.Bernard & Roberta MarcusDaniel & Noémi MattisThe Purple Lady/Barbara J.
Meislin FundShirley & Mitchell MillerLinda B. MillerPatricia A. MillerTheodore & Marylyn MillerAnne P. MintzHarriet Mouchly-Weiss &
Charles WeissLeila MustachiJamie NatelsonLouis Newman & Rabbi Amy
EilbergBarry L. NobelRoberta R. OliffHenry & Sophie OlshinRachel Oriel Berg, Ph.D.Estelle Nachimoff PadawerAllan & Jane PaulsonArthur PeckDoris PfefferDan M. PulcranoLaurayne RatnerA. David & Esther ReddingLeon Reinharth & Francoise
RothmanIrwin J. RobinsonWilliam RosenMarcus M. RosenblumMolly RosenthalHoward & Kathy RosofLori A. RothJane Rubin
David M. SapersteinLela & Gerard SarnatDaniel D. SchechterHanna ScheppsSenator Elliot Schewel &
Rosel SchewelMark Schleisner & Vivien
HoexterTheodor SchuchatMildred A. SchwartzHarold ShamesJoanne ShapiroRose L. ShureEmily SkolnickDavid & Lea SoiferEllen Soren BedaHilde StaniulisElizabeth SteinAnita SteinerSteve TeichnerBruce TemkinBob & Sandy TemkinElizabeth VorenbergPaul & Dorothy WachterBenjamin WardKayla M. Weiner, Ph.D.Marilyn & Raymond WeisbergGinia D. WexlerStephen S. WinterPeter & Gail Bates YessneMargot & Paul Zimmerman Janet Zobel
Estates & Trusts In 2013 NIF received the following estates
Estate of Edith AtkinEstate of Ellen BlairLeonie J. DarwinEstate of Lotte FieldsEstate of Martin HamburgerEarl Harris Fifteen-Year
Charitable Lead Annuity Trust
Joel H. HawtofAdeline HorwitzGabriel Isakson Survivors
TrustLee MautnerEstate of Helen RehrEstate of Ruth M. RothsteinThe Edward R. Stolman TrustEstate of Beverly Wolfe
Endowments, Philanthropic & Memorial Trusts
NIF is grateful to many individuals & foundations for establishing endowments, family endowments & memorial funds. These funds honor or memorialize individuals whose lives & values are reflected in the work of the New Israel Fund.
Rosalyn Amdur Baker Endowment Fund
Moshe & Tzippora Ayalon Fund
Edith S. Coliver Human Rights Fund
The Mitchell & Esther Fisher Law Fellowship
Ford Foundation ACRI FundFord Foundation Endowment
FundFord Foundation Shatil FundPhyllis K. & Howard A.
Friedman FundDafna Izraeli FundGallanter Family Philanthropic
FundHerbert Z. & Rita Gold FundThe A. Hiatt FundToby & Nathan Jelinski FundKahal Foundation Special
FundThe Karsten Family FundNaomi Kies Endowment
FundMiriam Fligelman Levy Cross-
Cultural PrizeYaffa London FundLinda B. Miller EndowmentRaquel Newman Fund for
Professional DevelopmentJosephine Bay Paul
Endowment for the Center for Law & the Child
The Pomegranate B FundThe Hirsch & Braine Raskin
Endowment for Youth & Education
Radov Family Philanthropic Fund
Esther Leah Ritz FundElizabeth Selig FundClara Spitzer Lauder (Tanaka)
FundWendy Weiker-Gordon
Memorial FundMarianne Wolman
Endowment FundRudolph & Sarah Wyner Fund
2013 International Council Planned Giving
The following individuals have generously provided for the future of the New Israel Fund by naming NIF the beneficiary of a will, life insurance policy, retirement plan or by establishing a charitable gift annuity or trust.
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ASSETS 2013 2012
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $5,948,327 $9,293,615
Investments 9,021,247 10,896,184
Pledges receivable, current portion, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $81,713 and $263,324 in 2013 and 2012, respectively 2,912,727 3,560,979
Bequest receivable 2,400,000 -
Accounts receivable 26,636 179,640
Prepaid expenses 60,604 66,304
Total current assets 20,369,541 23,996,722
FURNITURE EQUIPMENT AND LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENT
Furniture, Equipment and Leasehold Improvements, NET 500,195 510,938
OTHER ASSETS
Pledges receivable, net of current portion 9,685 599,855
Deposits 84,918 84,918
Total other assets 94,603 684,773
TOTAL ASSETS $20,964,339 $25,192,433
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 2013 2012
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 1,773,181 1,611,475
Grants payable 4,247,028 5,811,718
Annuity payable, current portion 31,836 48,764
Deferred rent abatement 3,645 -
Total current liabilities 6,055,690 7,471,957
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Deferred rent abatement 87,473 74,796
Annuity payable 96,343 95,729
Total long-term liabilities 183,816 170,525
Total liabilities 6,239,506 7,642,482
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 7,473,819 6,035,327
Temporarily restricted 5,151,017 9,249,160
Permanently 2,099,997 2,265,464
Total net assets 14,724,833 17,549,951
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $20,964,339 $25,192,433
New Israel Fund Statement of Financial PositionAs of December 31, 2013 and 2012
2013 2012 Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Total
REVENUEContributions $24,587,494 $2,377,000 $354 $26,964,848 $29,151,166
Investment 734,408 269,134 - 1,003,542 1,019,288
Special events 798,319 - - 798,319 480,824
Other revenue 637,022 - - 637,022 84,895
Net assets released from donor restrictions 6,744,277 (6,744,277) - - -
TOTAL REVENUES 33,501,520 (4,098,143) 354 29,403,731 30,736,173
EXPENSES
PROGRAM SERVICES
Grants and Shatil 21,901,762 - 21,901,762 23,149,777
Other programs 3,607,601 - - 3,607,601 3,443,037
Total program services 25,509,363 - - 25,509,363 26,592,814
SUPPORTING SERVICES
Management and general 3,817,101 - - 3,817,101 3,756,780
Fundraising 2,902,385 - - 2,902,385 3,068,799
Total supporting services 6,719,486 - - 6,719,486 6,825,579
TOTAL EXPENSES 32,228,849 - - 32,228,849 33,418,393
Change in net assets before other item 1,272,671 (4,098,143) 354 (2,825,118) (2,682,220)
OTHER ITEM
Transfer of assets 165,821 - (165,821) - -
Change in net assets 1,438,492 (4,098,143) (165,467) (2,825,118) (2,682,220)
Net assets at beginning of year 6,035,327 9,249,160 2,265,464 17,549,951 20,232,171
NET ASSETS AT THE END OF YEAR $7,473,819 $5,151,017 $2,099,997 $14,724,833 $17,549,951
Statement of Activities and Change in Net AssetsFor the year ended December 31, 2013 with summarized financial information for 2012
The statement of financial position of New Israel Fund as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 and related statements of activities and changes in net assets for the years there ended have been derived from the audited financial statements. Copies of the audit reports and the complete financial statements are available upon request to Anthony Fullington, Chief Financial Officer at 330 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001.
Please note that the decrease in NIF’s net assets from 2012 took place almost entirely in Temporarily Restricted Net Assets category. This was a result of releases from restriction of funds received prior to 2013. NIF’s Unrestricted Net Assets – our reserve funds – saw an increase of over $1.4 million in 2013.
Financial Statements
Grants and Shatil $21,901,762 68%
Other programs 3,607,601 11%
Management and general 3,817,101 12%
Fundraising 2,902,385 9%
32,228,849 100%
Program and Support Services Expenditures
GRANTS AND Shatil
OTHER PROGRAMS
MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL
FUNDRAISING
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Brian LuriePresident
Daniel SokatchChief Executive Officer
Rachel Liel Executive Director in Israel
By the time you receive it, we hope it is finished. The casualty counts are shocking. The
bitter battle has exacerbated divisions in Israeli society. Palestinian Israelis, peace activists and
the human rights groups the New Israel Fund supports are once again under attack. No matter
how this war ends, it portends more suffering and conflict in the Israel we love.
Long before this latest war, we knew that we, the leaders of the New Israel Fund, had to do
more about the profoundly frightening trends in Israeli society. For too long, ultra-nationalist
extremists supported by a well-funded network have dominated the public and social discourse in
Israel. Although polling shows that those advocating racism, war and exclusion are in the minority,
they have (along with Palestinian extremists) unquestionably helped move Israel into a place of
perpetual conflict, inside and outside its borders.
This Annual Report, then, is something more. It tells you about what we call, in shorthand,
NIFD – NIF’s New Initiatives For Democracy. This is an ambitious new effort to change the public
discourse, mobilize support for progressive values and defend Israeli liberal democracy. With your
support, we will seed-fund and partner with new institutions and initiatives with the long-term
goal of re-invigorating Israel’s commitment to justice, democracy and the ideals of its founders.
In the last 35 years, NIF has nurtured progressive civil society in Israel. That is work we will
continue to do, and we are aligning it carefully and strategically with the NIFD. Please take a
look at the new programs and projects we are funding, and know that even when some of our
strategies change, our core programs, as well as our fundamental values, remain constant.
We have always believed in a democratic and just Israel, at peace with itself and its neighbors.
Now, more than ever, we must do all we can to make that dream a reality.
Sincerely,
Dear FriendsAs we write this letter, the conflict between Israel and Hamas is raging on.
How You Can Help
The New Israel Fund is a powerful engine
for democratic change in Israel. NIF believes that Israel is strengthened by its diversity, and by fulfilling its promise of equality and dignity to all of its citizens. It is also a network of people around the globe who work together in common purpose. When you join together with NIF — as a donor, volunteer, advocate, or activist — you help make change possible.
Travelwww.nif.org/tour
Go behind the headlines and sound bites to examine
the realities of contemporary Israeli life. Meet the
leaders of Israel’s dynamic social change movement.
Learn about key challenges facing Israel as a Jewish
and democratic state and the steps Israelis are taking
to meet these challenges.
Tour participants come back energized partners in
the joint effort to build a more just society in Israel.
Learn+Actwww.nif.org/get-involved
Stay informed about what is happening in Israel and
what you can do to help. Join us for educational
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