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← FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES.

Totals

Total revenue
$281,961,247
Total expenses
$143,165,470
Contributions and grants received
$280,005,585
Grants paid
$111,899,696
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$117,838,098
Management and general expenses
$11,621,062
Fundraising expenses
$13,706,310
Program service expenses (Part III)
$117,838,098

Program services were 82.3% 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

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN W RUBIN ESQ

    SECRETARY AND GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICKI ALON

    DIRECTOR (THRU 9/23)

    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

  • FRED GLUCKMAN

    DIRECTOR (THRU 9/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MITCHELL GOLD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GABE GROISMAN

    DIRECTOR (THRU 9/23)

    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

  • BARBARA LEFF

    DIRECTOR (THRU 9/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TIMOTHY LEVART

    DIRECTOR

    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

  • NORMAN SMITH

    DIRECTOR (THRU 9/23)

    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

  • ZACK ZALBEN

    DIRECTOR (THRU 9/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ARI ZWEIG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVEN WEIL

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $647,055
    From this org
    $610,471
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,584
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $610,471
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,887
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,697
    Filer's total
    $647,055

  • NADAV PADAN

    NATIONAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $485,812
    From this org
    $470,372
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,440
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $399,510
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $70,862
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,440
    Filer's total
    $485,812

  • ALAN SRULOWITZ

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $347,367
    From this org
    $319,883
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,484
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $311,383
    Bonus
    $8,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,284
    Filer's total
    $347,367

  • ARI DALLAS

    CHIEF OPERATING OFF & SENIOR V.P

    Total calculated
    $258,100
    From this org
    $248,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,600
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,000
    Bonus
    $8,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $258,100

  • TAMIR OPPENHEIM

    VICE PRESIDENT, CENTRAL REGION

    Total calculated
    $262,856
    From this org
    $239,499
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,357
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,499
    Bonus
    $16,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,987
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,370
    Filer's total
    $262,856

  • GALIT BRICHTA

    VICE PRESIDENT, NORTHEAST REGION

    Total calculated
    $358,818
    From this org
    $333,296
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,522
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $317,296
    Bonus
    $16,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,972
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,550
    Filer's total
    $358,818

  • JENNA GRIFFIN

    VICE PRESIDENT, SOUTHERN REGION

    Total calculated
    $233,861
    From this org
    $222,167
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,694
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,167
    Bonus
    $16,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,668
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,026
    Filer's total
    $233,861

  • LESLEY PLACHTA

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 9/23)

    Total calculated
    $253,846
    From this org
    $253,846
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,538
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $67,308
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $253,846

  • REBECCA RAFELSON

    DIRECTOR, BRANDS & COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $180,100
    From this org
    $173,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,600
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,000
    Bonus
    $8,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $180,100

  • PNINIT COLE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $236,585
    From this org
    $223,607
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,978
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,607
    Bonus
    $16,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,978
    Filer's total
    $236,585

  • AMARELLE GREEN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $208,700
    From this org
    $180,467
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,233
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,467
    Bonus
    $16,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,533
    Filer's total
    $208,700

  • DINA BEN ARI

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $202,210
    From this org
    $194,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,585
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,125
    Bonus
    $7,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,585
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $202,210

  • JENNIFER SCHER

    VICE PRESIDENT, MID-ATLANTIC REGION

    Total calculated
    $192,060
    From this org
    $185,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,060
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,000
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,060
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $192,060

  • JEFF KLEIN

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $203,601
    From this org
    $187,394
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,207
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,394
    Bonus
    $16,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,485
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,722
    Filer's total
    $203,601

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 — 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
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 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 4A
SEVERANCE PAYMENT DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2023, LESLEY PLACHTA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $67,308. THIS AMOUNT IS REPORTED ON SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B(III).
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
2023
Filed
9 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432849349300808

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