2013 Annual Report

nifnifNew Israel Fund:

New Initiatives for Democracy

...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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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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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.


(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.


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The NIF Ecosystem

With new partners who can Articulate a Progressive Vision and Policy.

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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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The NIF Ecosystem

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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.

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The NIF Ecosystem

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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


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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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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2013 NIF AR

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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2013 NIF Annual Report

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


$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


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


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.


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.

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