Jewish National Fund Keren Kayemeth Le Israel , Inc.
Jewish National Fund Keren Kayemeth Le Israel , Inc.
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Mission
Founded in 1901, Jewish National Fund is a non-profit organization. JNF is the caretaker of the land of Israel, on behalf of its owners - Jewish people everywhere. The organization has planted over 210 million trees, built over 100 dams and reservoirs, developed over 250,000 acres of land, and created more than 400 parks throughout Israel enhancing the quality of life for all of Israel's citizens. For more information on JNF or to plant trees in Israel, call 800-542-TREE (8733) or visit the JNF Web site at www.jnf.org.
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A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND UNITED NATIONS NGO (NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION), JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (JNF) GIVES ALL GENERATIONS OF JEWS A UNIQUE VOICE IN BUILDING A PROSPEROUS FUTURE FOR THE LAND OF ISRAEL AND ITS PEOPLE. JNF BEGAN IN 1901 AS A DREAM AND VISION TO REESTABLISH A HOMELAND IN ISRAEL FOR JEWISH PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. JEWS THE WORLD OVER COLLECTED COINS IN ICONIC JNF BLUE BOXES, PURCHASING LAND AND PLANTING TREES UNTIL ULTIMATELY, THEIR DREAM OF A JEWISH HOMELAND WAS A REALITY. JNF STRIVES TO BRING AN ENHANCED QUALITY OF LIFE TO ALL OF ISRAELS RESIDENTS AND TRANSLATE THESE ADVANCEMENTS TO THE WORLD BEYOND. JNF IS "GREENING" THE DESERT WITH MILLIONS OF TREES, BUILDING THOUSANDS OF PARKS ACROSS ISRAEL, CREATING NEW COMMUNITIES AND CITIES FOR GENERATIONS OF ISRAELIS TO CALL HOME, BOLSTERING ISRAELS WATER SUPPLY, HELPING DEVELOP INNOVATIVE ARID AGRICULTURE TECHNIQUES AND EDUCATING BOTH YOUNG AND OLD ABOUT THE FOUNDING AND IMPORTANCE OF ISRAEL AND ZIONISM. IN 2019 JNF ENTERED ITS 118TH YEAR AS ONE OF THE WORLDS OLDEST JEWISH NON-PROFITS AND MAINTAINS A SPECIAL AND HISTORIC CONNECTION TO ISRAEL IN THAT ITS EARLY WORK HELPED CREATE THE LAND AND EMPOWER ITS PEOPLE TO LATER BECOME A NATION. JNF IS SYNONYMOUS WITH THE BLUE BOX AND PLANTING TREES IN ISRAEL, AND HAS EVOLVED INTO SEVEN MAJOR PROGRAM AREAS, EACH WITH ITS OWN MAJOR GOALS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN ISRAEL TO HELP PUT INTO PLACE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE MAINLY DONOR-DESIGNATED. CONTINUING ON WORK BEGUN IN 2013, JNFS ONE BILLION DOLLAR ROADMAP FOR THE NEXT DECADE CAMPAIGN, HAS CREATED GROUND-BREAKING NEW VENTURES FOCUSING ON CONNECTING THE NEXT GENERATION TO ISRAEL, BUILDING COMMUNITIES IN ISRAELS PERIPHERY REGIONS OF THE NEGEV AND GALILEE, AND CREATING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ECOLOGY, SPECIAL NEEDS, AND HERITAGE PRESERVATION. JNF ENHANCES QUALITY OF LIFE BY BUILDING NEW COMMUNITIES AND BOLSTERING EXISTING ONES. JNFS BLUEPRINT NEGEV CAMPAIGN IS HELPING TO BRING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW RESIDENTS TO THE NEGEV DESERT AND ITS GO NORTH CAMPAIGN IS FOCUSING ON THE COMMUNITIES OF NORTHERN ISRAEL. JNFS WORK IN COMMUNITY BUILDING INCLUDES, BEER SHEVA RIVER PARK, JNFS SDEROT INDOOR RECREATION CENTER, CENTRAL ARAVA MEDICAL CENTER, ESHKOL RESILIENCE CENTER, PROJECT WADI ATTIR AND HALUTZA. COMMUNITY BUILDING JNFS LAUDER EMPLOYMENT CENTER, HAS SERVED OVER 3,500 BENEFICIARIES TO DATE WITH 1,000 NEW JOBS CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH 300 EMPLOYERS, AND A RETENTION RATE OF 85% OF INTERNSHIP GRADUATES IN THE NEGEV, THANKS TO SECURING JOBS FOLLOWING THE PROGRAM. JNFS NETGEV HI-TECH HUBS (A PARTNERSHIP WITH CISCO ISRAEL) IN HURA AND DIMONA PROVIDED HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS WITH ONGOING TRAINING AND TECHNICAL COURSES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND USE OF REMOTE WORK-SPACE. MORE THAN 1,200 HAVE ATTENDED WORKSHOPS AND PARTICIPANTS HAVE SEEN A 35% INCREASE IN INCOME THANKS TO MENTORING, NETWORKING, AND CO-WORKING OFFICE SPACE. NETGEV DIMONA HOSTED AMAZON WEB SERVICES FOR A FULL DAY OF COMPETITIVE TRAINING SEMINARS, ATTRACTING OVER 50 YOUNG DEVELOPERS FROM AROUND THE NEGEV. IN ADDITION, THE LAUDER EMPLOYMENT CENTER RECEIVED 120 APPLICATIONS FOR 20 INTERNSHIP SPOTS OFFERED TO ENGINEERING STUDENTS FROM VARIOUS NEGEV COLLEGES AT TOP NEGEV COMPANIES INCLUDING SODASTREAM AND OSEM FOODS. THIS SUCCESS LED JNF AND RONALD LAUDER TO ESTABLISH THE LAUDER EMPLOYMENT CENTER IN THE GALILEE FOR 2020. IN SDEROT, JNFS SDEROT INDOOR RECREATION CENTER ALLOWS CHILDREN TO HAVE FUN SAFELY; ABOUT 10,000 VISITS TOOK PLACE IN 2019. THE CITY IS GROWING AND JNF IS WORKING ON FOUR NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SITES IN THE SDEROT AREA. IN ADDITION, CHILDREN CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM THE C. HUGH FRIEDMAN MUSIC PROGRAM THAT OPENED IN 2017. IN HALUTZA, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 20,000 MEDICAL VISITS FROM RESIDENTS TO THE HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST HALUTZA MEDICAL CENTER, WHICH OPERATES A DENTAL CLINIC, PHARMACY, AND PHYSICAL THERAPY CLINIC. IN ADDITION, COMMUNITY ACCESS TO EMERGENCY SERVICES WAS ENHANCED THANKS TO A LEAD GIFT FROM RUTH AND BERNIE MINTZ AND THE PROVISION OF A NEW FIREFIGHTING VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTING COURSE WAS ESTABLISHED THAT ALREADY HAS 45 NEW RECRUITS FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. SCORES OF CHILDREN ENJOY THE AREAS GROSSMAN DAYCARE CENTER, AND THE CHARLENE VENER WOMENS INITIATIVE EMPOWERS WOMEN WITH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMMING. AN ADDITIONAL EDUCATION BUILDING INCORPORATING STATE-OF-THE-ART LABORATORIES WAS CONSTRUCTED AT THE LOCAL GIRLS SCHOOL IN NAVEH. THE NEWLY LAUNCHED HALUTZA STUDENT PROGRAM WILL OFFER GRADUATING BEN GURION UNIVERSITY STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RELOCATE TO AND LIVE IN HALUTZA. THE NEW SHLOMIT CENTRAL PARK IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE FIVE-ACRE PARK WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL, GIVING CHILDREN IN HALUTZA THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY IN A WIDE COMMUNAL AREA. CONSTRUCTION ON A NEW HALF-SIZE OLYMPIC POOL WILL COMMENCE IN 2020. IN THE GAZA ENVELOPE, JNF BROKE GROUND ON THE NEW ESHKOL PLAYSCHOOL KINGDOM, A STATE-OF-THE-ART EDUCATIONAL CAMPUS THAT WILL PROVIDE A SAFE PLACE FOR 3,000 KIDS TO LEARN AND PLAY, JUST A FEW MILES AWAY FROM THE GAZA BORDER. THE FACILITY WILL INCORPORATE THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. JNF FINISHED THE NEW PROTECTED WING OF THE ESHKOL RESILIENCE CENTER, WHICH SERVICES ALL THE RESIDENTS FROM THE AREA. STRAIGHT FROM THE TOP OF MASADA, WHERE OUR BE INSCRIBED PROGRAM IS HAPPENING, JNF DEDICATED A TORAH TO KIBBUTZ KEREM SHALOM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING KIBBUTZIM IN THE REGION. IN THE CENTRAL ARAVA, THE RICHARD AND NANCY SIMCHES ARAVA EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTER IS COMPLETE, ENABLING SAFER RECREATION AND PEACE OF MIND TO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN THE AREA. ONE HUNDRED HOUSING LOTS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN IDAN, EIN YAHAV, HATZEVA, AND ZUQUIM. THERE ARE 350 LOTS UNDER VARIOUS STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION (MAINLY INFRASTRUCTURE). - CONSTRUCTION OF THE TOBY & MORT MOWER COMMUNITY CENTER IN ZUQUIM WAS COMPLETED. - THE NEW KINDERGARTENS IN SAPIR AND HATZEVA ARE BOTH OPERATIONAL. - THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ARAVA AQUATIC SPORTS CENTER IS UNDERWAY AND MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GIFT FROM EGL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. THE FACILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY PASSOVER 2020. JNF AFFILIATE MAKOM, A NETWORK OF COMMUNITIES FOCUSED ON EMPOWERING AND REVITALIZING TOWNS AND VILLAGES IN THE NEGEV AND GALILEE WHILE BRINGING NEW FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS TO POPULATE THESE AREAS, NOW HAS 207 UNIQUE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, WITH 18,700 MEMBERS AND IMPACTING OVER 580,000 PEOPLE! IN SDEROT, FIVE MAKOM COMMUNITIES MADE OF 300 MEMBERS DIRECTLY IMPACT THE LIVES OF 20,000 PEOPLE. OTHER EXAMPLES OF MAKOM COMMUNITIES: THE MODERN ORTHODOX MAKOM COMMUNITY IN MITZPE RAMON HAS GROWN TO 320 MEMBERS, INCLUDING A POST ARMY MIDRASHA, AND A FAMILY CENTER THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT TO FOSTER THE GROWTH OF YOUNG FAMILIES IN THE REGION. IN THE ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITIES OF THE NORTHERN NEGEV, THE HINENI ETHIOPIAN URBAN AGRICULTURAL CENTERS BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE OLDER AND YOUNGER GENERATIONS OF ETHIOPIAN JEWS, BY TEACHING TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES TO YOUNGER GENERATIONS, AND TO VISITORS FROM ALL OVER ISRAEL. AS PART OF THE GO NORTH CAMPAIGN, THE WESTERN GALILEE IS A FOCAL POINT OF JNFS WORK IN DEVELOPING THE NORTH, WITH NEARLY 40% OF ITS LOCAL ECONOMY CONNECTED TO THE TOURISM INDUSTRY. THE JNF WESTERN GALILEE TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER, LOCATED IN AKKO AND MANAGED BY JNF AFFILIATE WESTERN GALILEE NOW (WGN) HAS BECOME THE GATEWAY TO THE HIDDEN BEAUTY OF THE WESTERN GALILEE, WITH 30,000 VISITORS IN 2019. THE GALLERY AT THE TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER HAS HOSTED THREE DIFFERENT LOCAL ARTIST EXHIBITIONS, EACH DEMONSTRATING A DIFFERENT ASPECT OF THE RICH CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF THE REGION, WHILE SHARING THE STORIES OF THE LOCAL ARTISTS WHO ARE PART OF WGN. WGN NOW BOASTS 52 DIVERSE MEMBER BUSINESSES, COLLECTIVELY PROVIDING 650 JOBS TO LOCAL RESIDENTS AND EXPANDING. IN 2019, WGN HAS BEGUN A SIX-MONTH TOURISM TRAINING PROGRAM IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MAALE YOSEF REGIONAL COUNCIL. THIS PROGRAM, SUPPORTED BY THE LOCAL MINISTRIES, WILL HELP CREATE MORE TOURISM OPPORTUNITIES AND ATTRACT BUSINESSES TO THE REGION. THE NEW WGN AND JNF TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER WEBSITES, IN BOTH ENGLISH AND HEBREW, GIVES VISIBILITY TO THE LOCAL MEMBERS AND PROVIDES AUTOMATED GUIDES TO BRING THOUSANDS OF VISITORS TO THE WESTERN GALILEE, GREATLY CONTRIBUTING TO ITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE BEIT ASHER FOOD INNOVATION CENTER ON THE GREENBAUM FAMILY CAMPUS IN THE UPPER EASTERN GALILEE WILL SERVE AS A RESEARCH INCUBATOR, SMALL BUSINESS HUB, AND OPEN WORK-SPACE FOR THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES. THE CENTER WILL HELP REALIZE THE DYNAMIC VISION OF ISRAEL TO LEAD THE GLOBAL FOOD TECH INDUSTRY, WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, HIGH TECH FOOD COMPANIES, AND THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY TO COME TOGETHER UNDER ONE ROOF TO CREATE A POWER CENTER OF KNOWLEDGE. PLANNING FOR THE GALILEE CULINARY INSTITUTE (GCI) BY JNF ON THE MARVIN SUKONIK CAMPUS IS WELL UNDERWAY. THE INITIATIVE DIRECTED BY CHEF LIOR LEV SERCA
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The mission of the non-profit, as stated in the filing, is “Jewish national fund gives all generations of jews a unique voice in building a prosperous future for the land of israel and its people.”.
When referring to its tasks, they were described as: “Jewish national fund gives all generations of jews a unique voice in building a prosperous future for the land of israel and its people.”.
- The non-profit is operating legally in the state of NY.
- The non-profit's address for the year 2020 is listed as 42 East 69th Street, New york, NY, 10021 in the filing.
- The form submitted by the non-profit organization for 2020 reports 294 employees.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Has foreign activities.
- Is a donor advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $8,672,359.
- The CEO compensation package within the organization is established through a review and approval process by an independent body.
- The organization elects its board members.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has a foreign financial account.
- The organization has 36 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1926.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule J.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $24,500,021 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $7,916,064 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization pays grants to individuals.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has a written whistleblower policy.
- The organization has fundraising events.
- The organization has grants to organizations.
- The organization's financial statements were reviewed by an accountant.
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