PEF Posts its 2016 Financial Statement and Form 990
PEF Israel Endowment Funds, Inc. posted its Financial Statement and Form 990 for 201. These documents may be found, along with downloadable copies of its IRS Determination Letter and statements and returns from prior years at the Reports/Filings tab on its website...
PEF Posts its 2015 Financial Statement and Form 990
PEF Israel Endowment Funds, Inc. today posted its Financial Statement and Form 990 for 2015. These documents may be found, along with downloadable copies of its IRS Determination Letter and statements and returns from prior years at the Reports/Filings tab on its...
Aid from Israel all over the world
The Israeli government and Israeli NGOs send aid and assistance to help people in crisis all over the world. Here is a recently published interactive map that shows the extent of this aid. Isra-Aid, Israeli Flying Aid and Tevel B’Tzedek are three PEF approved Israeli...
Charity focused on high-tech employment in NY Times
New York Times article showcasing efforts by Israeli Government and NGOs to train and place Israeli Arab Bedouins in high-tech industry highlights ITWorks. ITWorks won bids to operate a program which trains and helps place Arab graduates in tech companies. According...
during these difficult times…
an update from Emek Medical Center in Afula... which could have been written by any PEF approved hospital in Israel As horrific acts of inhumanity flood the world’s media and politicians on every side of every conflict jostle to boost their ratings, there is one small...
2014 Financial Statement and Form 990
Today P.E.F Israel Endowment Funds, Inc. posted its 2014 Financial Statement and Form 990. These documents can be found at the Reports/Filings page on our web site.
Herzog Hospital’s Ethiopian Nurse’s Aide Project
Herzog Hospital is one of many Israeli hospitals on our approved list and we are proud of Herzog Hospital's Ethiopian nurse's aide training program. PEF has been involved with funding this project from its inception and we are gratified that it has been recently...
Dramatic Increase in Number of PEF Charities in 2014
There was a dramatic increase in the number of newly registered Israeli charities listed with P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds in the past year. In the prior year there were 81 amutot which successfully applied and were approved to receive donor advised grants from PEF....
Read morePEF, in particular, is an enigma: The organization is extraordinarily big, with $69 million in grants made in 2013 — more than all but the largest Jewish federations. Yet it has just five employees and paid its top-compensated employee just $124,000. Largely run by volunteers, PEF is a mega-“friends of” organization that also manages endowed funds for major donors. The group maintains a list of more than 1,000 Israeli charities that it has determined are eligible to receive American donors’ gifts. According to its president, Geoffrey Stern, the group covers its overhead with fees charged to its endowed funds, and doesn’t take any expenses out of regular gifts.
Read more: How To Be a ‘Friend’ and Get a Tax Break in Return The Jewish Daily Forward December 16, 2014
P.E.F. “an enigma” in Israel philanthropy – Jewish Daily Forward
The Jewish Daily Forward captures our unique position in Israel philanthropy.The feature article - overly zealous in critiquing fundraising costs incurred by Friends organizations - get's it right regarding PEF's no-nonsense approach.PEF is the choice for donors who...