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CENTRAL FUND OF ISRAEL

EIN 13-2992985 CEDARHURST, NY

Revenue 2024
$96,947,478
Expenses 2024
$88,572,708

Program services were 99.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q123
Classification
2700
Street
461 CENTRAL AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Established in 1979 as a volunteer charity with the motto what you give is what you get, CFI was designed by its founders, Arthur and Hadassah Marcus, to enable one hundred percent of donations to reach charities in Israel. Over the years, CFI has received the Jerusalem Prize for volunteerism, accolades from the Chief Rabbinate, an award from PM Menachem Begin and accolades from hundreds of charities in Israel. We do not solicit or advertise. By word of mouth alone we have grown into a significant charitable force in Israel. Aiding over 400 charities and institutions each year we help the nation of Israel to thrive.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Promoting Charitable Activities in Israel

  • Community projects:The organization undertakes community projects which benefit the welfare of the citizens and the land of Israel. During this past year we witnessed another significant increase in Anti-Semitism in all its forms. The threats to the nation of Israel, the land of Israel, the people of Israel and the supporters of Israel all around the world continues to rise daily. All media, but particularly social media continues to see an explosion of classical Anti-Semitism and many new modern forms of hatred. Voices of demonstrations, boycotts, divestment, and even total destruction of the state and its people are heard in classrooms, university campuses, newspapers, parliments all over the world and i'm sorry to say even in the halls of congress of our majestic country. The enemies of the Jewish nation constantly search for new ways to harm us. There are many who have not given up on their dream to destroy us physically. The venom heard throughout is reminiscent of the 1930's and its disastrous consequences to humanity. CFI continues supporting those charities which are combating Anti-Semitism, the BDS movement and threats of annihilation of the Jewish people.Our community projects are meant to increase public awareness to the realities of Anti-Semitism and combat it wherever it is found; whether through use of the legal system or social media. We need to educate the world of the evil affects of Anti-Semitism. Not even 100 years removed from the Holocaust, we see history repeating itself. Our grants also go to assist in the construcion and maintenance of community facilities throughout Israel.

    Expenses $52,562,414 · Grants $52,562,414

  • Social services, humanitarian aid, aid to the poor:Helping those in need is at the core of the organization. Charity means helping those in need whether it be in education, building structures, security or medicine. Our humanitarian aid is targeted to those people in need, whether it be monetary, physical or emotional. This category includes aid to food kitchens, children at risk, aid to terror victims and their families, aid to refugees and new immigrants, special education, after school programs, womens health programs etc.Due to the war which insued after Israel was attacked on Oct 7th, 2023, the need for these social services increased by many millions of dollars as the needs were so great for refugees. The traumas from PTSD in Israel today is a major issue and we have multiple organizations dealing with this from many different angles.

    Expenses $15,359,530 · Grants $15,359,530

  • Support of educational programs and institutions: As in the past, there is a great overlap of humanitarian services as many educational programs service the humanitarian aspects of education as in scholarships and special education. There is also an overlap with community projects as there is a constant need to expand existing, and build new schools as the population increases.This category witnessed a large increase last year due to the war and this year has maintained that increased need.

    Expenses $12,640,519 · Grants $12,640,519

  • Security ProgramsSecurity is built into every aspect of Israeli society. All programs whether they be communal, educational or religious, have security concerns as an integral part of their being. The programs included in this category refer specifically to programs involved in security.

    Expenses $3,250,841 · Grants $3,250,841

  • Support of religious institutions:Provided grants that are primarily for the support, maintenance and construction of synagogues and other religous institutions and religious programs.

    Expenses $2,912,776 · Grants $2,912,776

  • Medical ServicesMedical services are a large part of community and humanitarian programs due to the war . Listed in this category would be only services who specifically deal with medical issues and maintenance and construction of medical facilities

    Expenses $1,618,531 · Grants $1,618,531

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jay Marcus

    President

    Total calculated
    $120,000
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jeff Most

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Dr Linda Kalish Marcus

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Mitchell Eichen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Michael Fischberger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Yehuda Marcus

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jacob Weichholz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $96,947,478
    Expenses
    $88,572,708
    Contributions
    $95,231,904
    Grants paid
    $88,344,611
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $109,179,379
    Expenses
    $96,119,535
    Contributions
    $107,054,323
    Grants paid
    $95,979,162
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $74,247,260
    Expenses
    $73,817,799
    Contributions
    $73,849,870
    Grants paid
    $73,668,027

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $55,454,981
    Expenses
    $55,173,972
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,861,859

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $48,947,790
    Expenses
    $44,850,305
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,580,850

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $48,219,177
    Expenses
    $42,439,185
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,483,365

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $39,602,245
    Expenses
    $36,651,475
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,703,373

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.