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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES.

Totals

Total revenue
$187,538,523
Total expenses
$141,390,348
Contributions and grants received
$180,699,804
Grants paid
$107,397,808
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$11,534,394
Other revenue
-$4,695,675
Total assets, end of year
$383,993,388
Total liabilities, end of year
$78,830,588
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$305,162,800
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$113,524,726
Management and general expenses
$12,347,267
Fundraising expenses
$15,518,355
Program service expenses (Part III)
$113,524,726

Program services were 80.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • MOREY LEVOVITZ

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NILY FALIC

    CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ARTHUR STARK

    CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RABBI PETER WEINTRAUB

    CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARC PERLMAN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBIN SELATI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN W RUBIN ESQ

    SECRETARY & GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HARVEY AXELROD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARY BALTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SAMMY BAR-OR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL BENEDICT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RONNY BEN-JOSEF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAX BLANKFELD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AL BRODY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOUG BUNIM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT BURMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT N COHEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRED DISTENFELD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM FOX

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALBERT FRANK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AARON GANZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MITCHELL GOLD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HARRY GROSS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BERNIE GROVEMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID HAGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSEPH HANANO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LARRY HOCHBERG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL HYMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MEIR IZAK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AVI KANER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL KARLIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALAN KATZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHMUEL KATZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALICE KLEIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NETTA KORIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD KWAL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TIMOTHY LEVART

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NATHAN LEWINGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN MERMELSHTEIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHARON MISHKIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GERALD MIZEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SAM MOSHE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WENDY MOSKOWITZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JORDE NATHAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SPENCER PARTRICH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT POLAK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMITAI RAZIEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HYLA RUBY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ARI RYAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HAIM SABIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MONICA SASSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RON SEDLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MORRIE SILVERMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARRY SOBEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LLOYD SOKOLOFF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID WIENER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHAHRAM YAGHOUBZADEH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • OFER YARDENI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ARI ZWEIG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AARON BROWN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TODD COPELAND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CLIVE FIELDS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC HARON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSAN REICHENTHAL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVEN WEIL

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $699,943
    From this org
    $658,065
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,878
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $634,081
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $23,984
    Deferred
    $25,959
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,919
    Filer's total
    $699,943

  • NADAV PADAN

    NATIONAL DIRECTOR & CEO

    Total calculated
    $410,345
    From this org
    $397,925
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,420
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $387,580
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $10,345
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,420
    Filer's total
    $410,345

  • ALAN SRULOWITZ

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $338,867
    From this org
    $312,043
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,824
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $312,043
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,624
    Filer's total
    $338,867

  • ARI DALLAS

    CHIEF OPERATING OFF

    Total calculated
    $249,600
    From this org
    $240,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,600
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $249,600

  • TAMIR OPPENHEIM

    VICE PRESIDENT, CENTRAL REGION

    Total calculated
    $249,288
    From this org
    $223,707
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,581
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,707
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,888
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,693
    Filer's total
    $249,288

  • GALIT BRICHTA

    VICE PRESIDENT, NORTHEAST REGION

    Total calculated
    $352,560
    From this org
    $325,801
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,759
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $325,801
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,560
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,199
    Filer's total
    $352,560

  • JENNA GRIFFIN

    VICE PRESIDENT, WESTERN REGION

    Total calculated
    $260,520
    From this org
    $247,479
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,041
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $247,479
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,020
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,021
    Filer's total
    $260,520

  • PNINIT COLE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NE AFFINITY GROUPS

    Total calculated
    $248,428
    From this org
    $237,046
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,382
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $237,046
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,382
    Filer's total
    $248,428

  • AMARELLE GREEN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BAY AREA CHAPTER

    Total calculated
    $270,140
    From this org
    $238,123
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,017
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $228,123
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,852
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,165
    Filer's total
    $270,140

  • ANAT CHAVKIN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WESTCHESTER/CT CHAPTER

    Total calculated
    $204,308
    From this org
    $175,678
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,630
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,678
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,231
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,399
    Filer's total
    $204,308

  • JEFF KLEIN

    NATIONAL DIRECTOR, PLANNING GIVING

    Total calculated
    $204,200
    From this org
    $187,401
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,799
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,401
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,099
    Filer's total
    $204,200

  • KAREN LYNN BENSON

    VICE PRESIDENT, PEOPLE & CULTURE

    Total calculated
    $223,600
    From this org
    $203,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,725
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,875
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,125
    Filer's total
    $223,600

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
TAX INDEMNIFICATION AND GROSS-UP PAYMENTS TAX INDEMNIFICATION AND GROSS UP OF PAYMENTS ARE PROVIDED TO THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR IN RELATION TO THE TUITION ALLOWANCE. THIS WAS TREATED AS A TAXABLE BENEFIT.
PART I, LINE 7
NON-FIXED PAYMENTS BONUSES ARE PAID BASED ON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL WIDE STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL GOALS. ALL NON-FIXED PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN PART VII AND SCHEDULE J COMPENSATION REPORTING.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
29 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513029349302236

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