Fundraising

Nearly three years after Oct. 7, Israeli donations keep climbing as philanthropy shifts to recovery

JGive CEO Ori Ben-Shlomo says donations rose from NIS 160 million before Oct. 7 to nearly NIS 400 million last year, as Israeli philanthropy shifts from emergency relief toward rehabilitation.

JGive founder and CEO Ori Ben Shlomo.
Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup, presides at an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021; illustrative.

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 Haredim protest against the IDF draft on Highway 4 outside Bnei Brak; illustrative, April 6, 2025.

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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks during the opening ceremony of the Damascus International Fair in Damascus, Syria, August 26, 2026.

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Fundraising for nonprofits decreased by 5% in 2022

The disastrous international economic situation negatively affected many non-profits.

 Israeli money bills.

Jewish Agency, North America federation raise $3 million for Masa Israel

This donation comes at a turbulent time for Jews in former Soviet Union countries, resulting in many of them looking to spend time in Israel.

Masa welcomes new fellows demand for long-term programs in Israel rise

Fundraising push launched to help Ethiopian Israeli terror victim's kids

Tadasa Tashume Ben Ma'ada was one of two victims of the Jerusalem bus bombing terrorist attack, alongside 16-year-old Arye Schechopek. 

 Family and friends attend the funeral of Tadasa Tashume Ben Ma'ade, who died of his wounds suffered in a bomb attack at the entrance to Jerusalem, at Har HaMenuhot Cemetery in Jerusalem, November 27, 2022.

Grapevine: Heroic haredim

Movers and shakers in Israeli society

The protagonists of ‘Kippat Barzel,’ playing infantrymen in the Netzah Yehuda Battalion, pose at their base.

BeeHero raises $42M for Precision Pollination as a Service platform

For several years, BeeHero has focused on the construction of the world’s largest bee and pollination dataset.

 A beekeeper

Adelson, Bronfman call on Jews to invest in Birthright Israel - exclusive

Dr. Miriam Adelson: "We will continue to be the largest donors of Birthright Israel."

Jewish youth from around the world take part in Birthright Israel's Mega Event

The NYC Marathon that helps Holocaust survivors

There are an estimated 60,000 Holocaust survivors still living in the US. Of those, a third live at or below the poverty line – that is 20,000 people over the age of 77.

 Holocaust survivor Arie Pinsker, who was in Auschwitz as a child, at the Auschwitz Museum last month

Israeli start-up Upstep raises NIS 2m., goes to crowdfunding

Upstep’s sales volume of insoles in the US in 2021 was over 34,000 pairs and the figures for 2022 are expected to show a doubling of that volume.

 Upstep

How are Israelis using partying to help African communities in need?

Three friends in Tel Aviv are working with Innovation: Africa to turn good parties into good deeds

 PARTYING HEARTILY in Tel Aviv for a good cause.

EU set to train 15,000 Ukrainian troops, provide more arms funding for Kyiv

Several EU countries have already been instructing Ukrainian troops on how to use specific weapons and this will continue.

 Flags of European Union and Ukraine flutter outside EU Parliament building, in Brussels, Belgium, February 28, 2022