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Friends of Israel Scouts
Also known as Dba Tzofim North America
Friends of Israel Scouts reported $12.3 million in revenue and $11.6 million in expenses for calendar year 2024. Of every $100 it spent, $92.83 went to program services, $7.12 to management and general costs and $0.05 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was program service revenue such as fees, sales and contracts: 86.8% of the total. Revenue rose 55% between 2019 and 2024. Source: Form 990, 2024.
Where $100 of spending went
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $12MFor context, the median across 469 covered international, foreign affairs & national security charities: $89.04 programs, $8.28 management, $2.68 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $12MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | 2024 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 92.8% | 86.1% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 7.1% | 8.0% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 0.1% | 2.6% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.00 | $0.03 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 12.2% | 96.6% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 86.8% | 0.0% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | Not reported | $341,362 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | Not reported | 1.06% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 4.7 | 7.5 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 10 of 10 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
2024 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseTzofim tzabar: scouting activities in the US
Shachbag camp: high school age scout camp in israel
Garin tzabar: education program for students who wish to travel to israel to do community service
6 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
2024 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b10 · 10 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14No
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aNo
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2Yes
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bYes
- Employees Part I, line 561
- Volunteers Part I, line 6100
Private foundation grants it received
9 private foundations reported grants to Friends of Israel Scouts totaling $203K on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.
Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.
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Every number above is copied from Friends of Israel Scouts's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for Friends of Israel Scouts, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.
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Of every $100 Friends of Israel Scouts spent in 2024, $92.83 went to programs. The full breakdown, from its IRS Form 990:
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Questions people ask
How much of Friends of Israel Scouts's spending goes to programs?
In calendar year 2024, Friends of Israel Scouts reported that 92.8% of its $11.6 million in expenses went to program services, 7.1% to management and general and 0.1% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
Where does Friends of Israel Scouts get its money?
Of $12.3 million in revenue in calendar year 2024, 12.2% came from contributions and grants and 86.8% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is Friends of Israel Scouts a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 13-3843506 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- 2024: Form 990 for calendar year 2024, object 202503219349302415 · read the filing · XML
- 2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202443179349304479 · read the filing
- 2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022 (amended), object 202400339349300105 · read the filing
- 2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021, object 202233189349302203 · read the filing
- 2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020, object 202103519349301410 · read the filing
- 2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019, object 202013179349302511 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 13-3843506: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.