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Giving to Israel: American Institutional Philanthropy to Israeli Nonprofits
The Israeli nonprofit sector raises more than half of its philanthropic funding from abroad; thus, the scope of giving from US to Israel...
Mar 18


Effectiveness is Not Enough: The Total Effect of the Tax Policy Toward Charitable Giving – Boundaries, Take-Up, and Effectiveness
Tax benefits for charitable giving are widespread. Governments waive tax revenues, aiming to encourage donors to increase their giving to...
Mar 10


Government-Foundations Partnerships: Rationales and Influence on Policy
This study explores the perceptions of senior professionals from government ministries and philanthropic foundations regarding the...
Dec 31, 2024


Philanthropy and Local Authorities:Direct Donations and Municipal Foundations
The relationship between philanthropy and local authorities is based on a fundamental and reciprocal need and can embody various...
Nov 26, 2024


A Case Study: The Forum to Address Food Insecurity and Poverty in Israel
This is the tale of a dedicated group, predominantly women, who spearheaded a partnership involving dozens of foundations and individual...
May 15, 2024


Philanthropy, Gender and Democracy: Accountability and role perceptions of leading womenin the Israeli elite philanthropy
This work offers an ethnography of elite philanthropy from gender perspective. It is fundamentally an attempt to understand how the...
Feb 21, 2024


Giving More than Ever Before: Israelis’ Donations and Volunteering During Swords of Iron War
We asked a representative sample of the Israeli public about donations and volunteering over the past seven days during the war. The...
Nov 5, 2023


Swords of Iron 2023: Snapshots on the Civil Society and Philanthropy
Almost immediately after the outbreak of the "Swords of Iron" war, the Forum of Foundations in Israel, JFN Israel and the Institute for...
Oct 26, 2023


Philanthropic Giving: Considerations in Establishing Foundations in Israel (Executive Summary)
The report explores the considerations philanthropists encounter when deciding to establish a philanthropic foundation in Israel using...
Jul 31, 2023


The Nonprofits Yearbook 2020
The Yearbook of Nonprofits in Israel is a publication based on the online reports of nonprofits to the Israeli Corporation Authority...
Jun 21, 2023


Democracy in Crisis: Shrinking Space for Civil Society in Israel
The bill to amend the Income-tax ordinance ( to tax donations from foreign state entities) reads that an NPI that “interferes in the...
Feb 1, 2023


Institutional Philanthropy in Israel: Characteristics, Trends, Challenges
This study aims to chart the profile and role of institutional philanthropy in Israel by improving understanding of the main...
Apr 26, 2022


Global Philanthropy Environment Index - Israel
GPEI is a one-of-a-kind global report prepared by more than 100 country-level experts who have assessed the environment for philanthropy...
Mar 20, 2022


Philanthropic Actors amid COVID-19 Crisis: Together or Apart? Accelerating intra-philanthropic colla
Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 Pandemic, and the various partnerships formed in the Israeli elite-philanthropy field throughout...
Jan 29, 2022


Who Gives, Who Gets, and How do We Know? The Promises and Limitations of Administrative Data for Cro
Cross-border philanthropy occurs across multiple dimensions simultaneously. Seemingly domestic actors become players in international...
Nov 16, 2021


Generosity in times of crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic presented a unique opportunity to study how people living across different countries and contexts, with various...
Oct 10, 2021


COVID-19 Crisis Snapshots
This series was conducted and written in real time - in April-May 2020, against the background of a call that arose from the field of...
Apr 1, 2020


CSR in Transition: from Voluntary to Mandatory – the Indian Case
The study presented here summarizes the first stage of a bilateral (Israeli and Indian) academic effort. This scholarly endeavor involves...
Jan 1, 2020


Philanthropy in Israel 2016: Patterns of Individual Giving
Using a representative random sample of 614 Jewish and Arab Israeli adults (18+) we asked questions about attitudes of Israelis towards...
Jan 1, 2019


Creating Conversations: From CSR Practice to Precept
Corporate Social Responsibility is an ever-evolving concept. Amidst the progressive pressure of adopting sustainable business practices,...
Jan 1, 2019
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