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American Friends of Connections Israel Inc

EIN 26-4147225 · Oakland, NJ

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthNot ratedToo small or too little detailGovernanceNot ratedThe short tax form does not cover thisImpact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

CONNECTIONS ISRAEL WAS FOUNDED IN 2001 TO BRING SUPPORT TO IDF SOLDIERS AND ISRAELI SOCIETY. SINCE THEN OUR ORGANIZATION HAS BROUGHT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SUPPORT PACKAGES FROM OVERSEAS TO SUPPORT ISRAEL, BROUGHT SUPPORT TO IDF SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN FROM OVERSEAS AND DIRECTED OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE ON EDUCATION MISSIONS THROUGHOUT ISRAEL. WE ASSIST IN AIDING SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN FROM ABROAD BY IMPROVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN ISRAEL(LIVING SITUATION, ADOPTIVE FAMILIES, MEALS, ADVICE AND SUPPORT AND AID IN FINDING EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING AFTER SERVICE. FOR PURIM WE HAVE ADOPTED UNITS IN THE ISRAELI NAVY. WE HAVE DEVELOPED A LONG LASTING TRADITION TO CONNECT SCHOOLS, CONGREGATIONS, SYNAGOGUES AND INDIVIDUALS TO THE IDF THROUGHT THE TRADITION OF GIVING WHAT IS KNOWN AS MISLOACH MANOT DURING PURIM.EVERY CLASS, INDIVIDUAL,OR COMMUNITY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH AN IDF UNIT DURING PURIM BY SPONSORING THE MISLOACH WHICH ARE BASKETS, GIFTS OR FOOD AND DRINK TO FAMILIES ACROSS ISRAEL.

Income
$83,785
Spending
$2,069
Reserves
27.1 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 100%

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 (1)
  1. WE PROVIDE TOURS TO AMERICAN VISITORS OF HISTORIC SITES IN ISRAEL AND PROVIDE NEEDED CLOTHING AND OTHER BASIC HUMAN ESSENTIALS TO THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES SUCH AS FLEECE JACKETS. WE PROVIDE ALL AMERICANS WHO COME TO ISRAEL TO MAKE IT THEIR PERMANENT HOME THE NECESSARY HUMAN ASSISTANCE TO GET SETTLED, SEEK EMPLOYMENT AND HELP WITH THE MOST BASIC HUMAN NEEDS.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. 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 October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.

    Status was revoked on May 15, 2012 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on May 15, 2012.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  3. 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 October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since December 2013.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. 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 21, 2026.

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