Israel Emergency Alliance
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
STANDWITHUS IS AN INTERNATIONAL, EDUCATION ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO INFORMING THE PUBLIC ABOUT ISRAEL & COMBATING EXTREMISM & ANTI-SEMITISM. WE BELIEVE EDUCATION IS THE ROAD TO PEACE. (SEE CONTINUATION ON SCHEDULE O)
- Income
- $27.1 million
- Spending
- $27.1 million
- Spent on programs
- 92%
- Reserves
- 10.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 96%
- Employees
- 156
- Volunteers
- 50
- Highest pay
- $389,824, ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 86 out of 100. Higher than 79% of charities in its peer group (international, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 10.2 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 16% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 0% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 1% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1592% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 4 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 35% of charities in its peer group (international, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2545 of 45 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $12.4 million spent. UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGE========================SINCE ITS INCEPTION, STANDWITHUS PROFESSIONALS HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT THE SAME ANTISEMITIC PROPAGANDA PROMOTED ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES IS ALSO APPEARING IN HIGH SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE, ALL WITH THE SAME DESTRUCTIVE GOALS. THESE EFFORTS SEEK TO FOSTER ANIMOSITY TOWARD ISRAEL AND ITS SUPPORTERS, LEADING TO CALLS FOR BOYCOTTS AND PUNISHMENTS TARGETING ISRAEL ALONE. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)EXAMPLES OF THESE RELENTLESS CAMPAIGNS INCLUDE:-BOYCOTTS AND DIVESTMENT CAMPAIGNS TARGETING ONLY ISRAEL-RALLIES SUPPORTING HAMAS TERRORISM OR CALLING FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST ISRAELIS-PROMOTION OF MISINFORMATION ABOUT ISRAEL AND JEWS-HOLOCAUST DENIAL AND HOLOCAUST INVERSION (ACCUSING JEWS OF BEING NAZIS)THESE RACIST TACTICS THREATEN NOT ONLY JEWISH PEOPLE AND ISRAEL BUT ALSO NON-JEWISH INDIVIDUALS WHO SUPPORT ISRAEL.EDUCATIONAL EVENTS AND MATERIALS FOR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES====================================================FOR 24 YEARS, STANDWITHUS HAS BEEN EDUCATING AND INSPIRING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ABOUT ISRAEL AND COMBATING ANTISEMITISM. THE SAME STRATEGIES AND TOOLS USED ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES ARE IMPLEMENTED IN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE U.S.STANDWITHUS SUPPORTS COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN MANY WAYS:-FUNDING EVENTS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS-PRODUCING PUBLICATIONS AND FILMS IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES-HOSTING CONFERENCES, FILM SCREENINGS, AND DISCUSSIONS-PROVIDING EXPERT SPEAKERS AND INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPSSTUDENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS-EMERSON FELLOWSHIP: A YEAR-LONG LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS ACROSS THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD.-KENNETH LEVENTHAL HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP: A YEAR-LONG PROGRAM FOR U.S. AND CANADIAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOCUSED ON LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY TRAINING.-ISRAELLINK CURRICULUM: A DYNAMIC AND INTERACTIVE PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, USED IN HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE.-ISRAEL FELLOWSHIP ON ISRAELI COLLEGES: A YEAR-LONG LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR HUNDREDS OF ISRAELI STUDENT LEADERS ON THEIR CAMPUSES. -ISRAELI HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM "TEVEL" WHICH MENTORS OUTSTANDING STUDENTS FOR A YEAR-LONG PROGRAM IN MULTIPLE CITIES ACROSS THE STATE OF ISRAEL. STANDWITHUS IS ALSO THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRODUCER AND DISTRIBUTOR OF WELL-DOCUMENTED, COLORFUL, AND ENGAGING PUBLICATIONS ABOUT ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF COPIES ARE DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY, IN HARD COPY AND PDF, ACROSS CAMPUSES, CHURCHES, SYNAGOGUES, AND COMMUNITY CENTERS.OUR FILMS, EDUCATIONAL MEMES AND "CAROUSELS" REACH MILLIONS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS EACH WEEK, WITH OVER 2 BILLION INTERACTIONS SINCE OCTOBER 7, 2023.
- $6.6 million spent. CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN THE U.S.===================================================STANDWITHUS IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS A TRUSTED RESOURCE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO EDUCATE THEIR COMMUNITIES ABOUT ISRAEL AND COUNTER ANTISEMITISM.WE PROVIDE:-TRAINING, MATERIALS, FUNDING, AND SPEAKERS FOR SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, CHURCHES, AND SYNAGOGUES-CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, AND FILM EVENTS ACROSS THE U.S.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES, STANDWITHUS ASSISTS STUDENTS FACING ANTISEMITIC MISINFORMATION AND DISCRIMINATION, SUCH AS EXCLUSIONARY POLICIES LIKE THOSE AT BERKELEY LAW, WHERE STUDENT GROUPS BANNED "ZIONIST" SPEAKERS.BECAUSE ZIONISM SIMPLY REPRESENTS THE BELIEF THAT ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO EXIST IN PEACE AND SECURITY IN ITS ANCESTRAL HOMELAND, SUCH BANS ARE INHERENTLY ANTISEMITIC AND MARGINALIZE JEWISH AND PRO-ISRAEL STUDENTS.STANDWITHUS RESPONDS RAPIDLY TO SUPPORT STUDENTS, OFFERING GUIDANCE AND CREATING NEW MATERIALS AS NEEDED, TO CHALLENGE LIES AND HOSTILITY. THE EMERSON FELLOWSHIP AND KENNETH LEVENTHAL INTERNSHIP EMPOWER STUDENTS TO TAKE LEADERSHIP ROLES AND SPEAK UP FOR TRUTH.TODAY, STANDWITHUS OPERATES PROGRAMS ON SIX CONTINENTS, WITH OFFICES IN THE U.S., ISRAEL, CANADA, THE U.K., THE NETHERLANDS, AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL, AND ARGENTINA, REACHING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS EVERY YEAR.
- $3.8 million spent. ISRAEL OFFICE=========IN 2005, STANDWITHUS OPENED ITS ISRAEL OFFICE TO EDUCATE INTERNATIONAL VISITORS AND SUPPORT YOUNG ISRAELIS. THE OFFICE RECENTLY EXPANDED AND NOW INCLUDES A STATE-OF-THE-ART AUDITORIUM IN JERUSALEM, WELCOMING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AND GROUPS EACH YEAR. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)OUR WORK IN ISRAEL INCLUDES:-PARTNERING WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO EDUCATE THEIR MEMBERS-TRAINING ISRAELI COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BECOME ARTICULATE REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR COUNTRY-PRODUCING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT, CONFERENCES, AND ISRAEL MISSIONSTHE STANDWITHUS SOCIAL MEDIA DEPARTMENT, MANAGED FROM ISRAEL, REACHES MILLIONS WEEKLY, INCLUDING THROUGH MULTILINGUAL FACEBOOK PAGES SUCH AS OUR ARABIC-LANGUAGE PLATFORM, WHICH ENGAGES AUDIENCES THROUGHOUT THE ARAB WORLD.THE STANDWITHUS SOCIAL MEDIA DEPARTMENT, MANAGED FROM ISRAEL, REACHES MILLIONS WEEKLY, INCLUDING THROUGH MULTILINGUAL FACEBOOK PAGES SUCH AS OUR ARABIC-LANGUAGE PLATFORM, WHICH ENGAGES AUDIENCES THROUGHOUT THE ARAB WORLD.
- $2.2 million spent. HIGH SCHOOL ========================SINCE LAUNCHING IN 2012, THE STANDWITHUS HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT HAS PREPARED STUDENTS TO FACE ANTISEMITISM BEFORE THEY ARRIVE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.IN 20242025, MORE THAN 200 LEVENTHAL INTERNS ARE PARTICIPATING ACROSS THE U.S. AND CANADA.MANY HIGH SCHOOL STANDWITHUS/LEVENTHAL ALUMNI GO ON TO BECOME EMERSON FELLOWS IN COLLEGE, CONTINUING THEIR LEADERSHIP JOURNEYS WITHIN STANDWITHUS.NEW AND EXPANDED PROGRAMS AT STANDWITHUS DURING THE LAST FEW YEARS INCLUDE: ==================================================================== RECENT GROWTH AND INNOVATION INCLUDE:-MASSIVE EXPANSION OF SOCIAL MEDIA REACH, NOW ENGAGING MILLIONS WEEKLY-NEW OFFICES AND PROGRAMS IN THE NETHERLANDS, AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL, AND SOUTH AFRICA-RABBIS UNITED, A NATIONAL INITIATIVE BRINGING RABBIS OF ALL DENOMINATIONS TOGETHER WITH FREE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR CONGREGATIONS-HOLOCAUST EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE CLASSROOM ACROSS THE US, REACHING OVER 30,000 STUDENTS IN ITS FIRST FIVE YEARS-CURRICULUM OVERSIGHT DEPARTMENT, MONITORING K12 MATERIALS FOR ANTISEMITIC CONTENT AND MENTORING TEACHERS AND PARENTS TO KEEP ANTI-JEWISH BIGOTRY OUT OF K-12.-CENTER FOR COMBATING ANTISEMITISM, OFFERING ANTI-BIAS AND SENSITIVITY TRAINING TO INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING THE MEDICAL FIELD-EXPANDED LEGAL, SOCIAL MEDIA, CAMPUS, AND HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS FOLLOWING OCTOBER 7, 2023. WE NOW HAVE OVER 550 PRO-BONO ATTORNEYS AND FIRMS WORKING WITH OUR OWN PROFESSIONAL TEAM OF 10 IN-HOUSE ATTORNEYS.-PRODUCTION OF NEW EDUCATIONAL FILMS THAT CONTINUE TO ATTRACT MILLIONS OF VIEWERS ANNUALLY ON OUR GROWING SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMSCONCLUSION=====================THROUGH ITS GLOBAL NETWORK OF EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND DIGITAL PLATFORMS, STANDWITHUS CONTINUES TO BE A POWERFUL FORCE FOR TRUTH, EDUCATION, AND UNITY.OUR PROGRAMS EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO PROUDLY STAND WITH ISRAEL, COMBAT ANTISEMITISM, AND BUILD BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR NON-JEWISH ALLIES AROUND THE WORLD.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2002.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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