NonprofitsFriends Of The Arava Institute Ltd

Environment

Friends Of The Arava Institute Ltd

NEWTON CENTER, MA

Total revenue

$4.4M

Total expenses

$3.6M

Net assets

$6.2M

Grants received

$22.8M

228 grants

EIN

113485736

Tax year

2023

Mission

To support the critical work of the arava institute for environmental studies through public awareness, student recruitment and fundraising campaigns. To advance cross-broder environmental cooperation in the face of political conflict.

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$4.2M
Program service revenue$429
Investment income$212K
Other revenue
Total revenue$4.4M

Expenses

Grants paid$1.8M
Salaries & benefits$1.1M
Fundraising$61K
Other expenses$653K
Total expenses$3.6M
Total assets$6.5M
Net assets$6.2M

People

50 listed

NameRoleCompensation

MIRIAM MAY

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER EMERITA (TO 05/24)

Board

$251K

40 hrs/wk

RACHEL KALIKOW

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (AS OF 06/24)

Board

$178K

40 hrs/wk

CAROLYN FLAMMEY

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Board

$106K

30 hrs/wk

AMY GOLDMAN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ANAT MOSKOWITZ

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ANN STEHNEY

BOARD MEMBER (TO 09/23)

Board

1 hrs/wk

BERNARD FRIEDMAN

BOARD MEMBER (TO 06/24)

Board

1 hrs/wk

BRENDA JAFFE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

BRETT COHEN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

CERRI FRIEDMAN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

CHET STEIN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

CRAIG MARGOLIS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

DANIEL CAINE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAVID ARFIN

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAVID CAMP

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAVID EISENBERG

BOARD MEMBER (TO 01/24)

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAVID JAFFE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAVID YAFFE

BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 06/24)

Board

1 hrs/wk

DEBRA AARON

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

EILON ADAR

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

EMAN ANSARI

BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 06/24)

Board

1 hrs/wk

ERIC BERZON

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ETHAN GROSSMAN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

FRANK CHUDNOW

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

GARY KORUS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

GWEN BOROWSKY

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

HERSHEL RICHMAN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

HILLEL SALOMON

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

HOWIE RODENSTEIN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

20 hrs/wk

IRENE SCHWIEGER WHITE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

JACK PLATT

BOARD MEMBER (TO 06/24)

Board

1 hrs/wk

JANINE BISKIND

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

JON HARRIS-SHAPIRO

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOSEPH EPPSTEIN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

KAREN SCHAPIRO

CHAIRMAN

Board

8 hrs/wk

MANDY PATINKIN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MARCIE SAMBERG

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MICHAEL MARCUS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MINDY RADLER GLICKMAN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MIRIAM NEWMAN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

NANCY REICHMAN

BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 06/24)

Board

1 hrs/wk

NEAL EPSTEIN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

PETER WEXLER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

RICHARD GOLDMAN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

SAMUEL HENDLER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

SAUL PILCHEN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

SHAI ROBKIN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

SHELDON KAHN

TREASURER

Board

1 hrs/wk

AARON FRANK

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

TAREQ ABU HAMED

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 200 of 228

FromAmountPurposeYear
$100K
MATCHING COMMITMENT PLEDGE
2024
$100K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$48K
DONOR ADVISED, ENVIRONMENT
2024
$45K
General operating support, jumpstarting hope
2024
$13K
JUMPSTARTING HOPE IN GAZA
2024
$10K
ENVIRONMENT & ANIMAL PROTECTION
2024
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$9K
ORGANIZATION SUPPORT
2024
$5K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$5K
payments for assistance to environmental studies and research institute
2024
$4K
UNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
2024
$2K
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2024
$2K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$1K
ORGANIZATIONAL ASSISTANCE
2024
$1K
CONTRIBUTION
2024
$500
ALL GRANTS WERE MADE FOR THE RECIPIENTS' GENERAL PURPOSES.
2024
$371
provide environment education
2024
$1.2M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$391K
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
2023
$105K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$75K
JFGW COMMUNAL SUPPORT GRANTS
2023
$72K
DONOR-ADVISED, ENVIRONMENT
2023
$70K
PUBLIC POLICY AND JEWISH COMMUNAL RESEARCH
2023
$51K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$37K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$35K
General operating support
2023
$35K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$30K
scholarship support for Jordanian and Palestinian students at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
2023
$25K
TO SUPPORT THE ARAVA INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, WHICH PROVIDE THE MIDDLE EAST WITH A NEW GENERATION OF SOPHISTICATED PROFESSIONALS THAT WILL MEET THE REGIONS ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES WITH RICHER AND MORE INNOVATIVE PEACE-BUILDING SOLUTIONS.
2023
$25K
OPERATING EXPENSES
2023
$20K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$18K
FUNDS FOR CHARITY
2023
$10K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$10K
Emergency relief
2023
$8K
2023
$5K
ENDOWMENTS, DONOR ADVISED FUNDS (DAFS), RESTRICTED GIFTS, AND STRATEGY AND IMPACT
2023
$5K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$5K
PAYMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE
2023
$3K
Unrestricted donation
2023
$2K
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2023
$2K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2023
$1K
GENL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2023
$1K
ORGANIZATIONAL ASSISTANCE
2023
$1K
CONTRIBUTION
2023
$500
ALL GRANTS WERE MADE FOR THE RECIPIENTS' GENERAL PURPOSES.
2023
$500
UNRESTRICTED USE BY DONEE
2023
$500
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$104
OTHER CIVIC / COMMUNITY
2023
$100
EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM
2023
$1.2M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$300K
HUMAN WELFARE
2022
$275K
AG FARM TECH RESEARCH PILOT
2022
$88K
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
2022
$75K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$43K
ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS
2022
$36K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$35K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$30K
renewed scholarship support for Jordanian and Palestinian students
2022
$25K
ENVIRONMENTAL
2022
$25K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$20K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$20K
CONTRIBUTION TO HELP SOLVE MIDDLE EAST TRANSBOUNDRY ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
2022
$16K
DONOR-RECOMMENDED, ENVIRONMENT
2022
$15K
ENDOWMENTS & DAF
2022
$15K
PAYMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE
2022
$15K
Environmental
2022
$12K
FUNDS FOR CHARITY
2022
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$10K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$8K
GENERAL DONATIONS
2022
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$2K
MATCHING GIFTS TO EDUCATION
2022
$2K
ORGANIZATIONAL ASSISTANCE
2022
$1K
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2022
$1K
CONTRIBUTION
2022
$500
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$250
ALL GRANTS WERE MADE FOR THE RECIPIENTS' GENERAL PURPOSES.
2022
$250
General operations
2022
$100
EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM
2022
$5.4M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$5.4M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$84K
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
2021
$73K
ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS
2021
$50K
SEE PART IV, TYPE D
2021
$40K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$30K
GENERAL AND/OR PROGRAM SUPPORT - DONOR ADVISED FUNDS
2021
$28K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$21K
DONOR-RECOMMENDED, ENVIRONMENT
2021
$20K
CONTRIBUTION TO HELP SOLVE MIDDLE EAST TRANSBOUNDRY ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
2021
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$11K
General charitable purposes
2021
$3K
General & Unrestricted
2021
$3K
GENERAL MISSION
2021
$2K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$2K
CHARITABLE
2021
$2K
ORGANIZATIONAL ASSISTANCE
2021
$1K
CONTRIBUTION
2021
$360
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$1.2M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$114K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$50K
renewed scholarship support for Jordanian and Palestinian students
2020
$32K
GENERAL OPERATING
2020
$30K
GENERAL AND/OR PROGRAM SUPPORT - DONOR ADVISED FUNDS
2020
$28K
General support
2020
$28K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$25K
Environmental
2020
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$22K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$20K
CONTRIBUTION TO HELP SOLVE MIDDLE EAST TRANSBOUNDRY ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
2020
$17K
ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS
2020
$17K
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
2020
$15K
UNRESTRICTED
2020
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$10K
General Charitable Purposes
2020
$9K
GRANTS TO SOCIAL WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND PURPOSE OF THE FEDERATION.
2020
$6K
Unrestricted
2020
$6K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$5K
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
2020
$5K
FUNDS FOR CHARITY
2020
$4K
PROVIDE FUNDS TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE CHARITY
2020
$4K
BEDOUIN CENTER FOOD EDUCATION
2020
$4K
TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION, IN MEMORY OF RACHEL GARBOW MONROE'S BELOVED FATHER MEL GARBOW, ON BEHALF OF THE WEINBERG FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND STAFF ($1,800 ON BEHALF OF TRUSTEES/$1,800 ON BEHALF OF STAFF)
2020
$3K
General & Unrestricted
2020
$2K
GENERAL MISSION
2020
$1K
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2020
$1K
CONTRIBUTION
2020
$360
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$360
MATCHING GIFTS
2020
$300
GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
2020
$250
MIP PAYOUT FOR 08/18/20
2020
$100
TO ASSISTCHARITABLEACTIVITY
2020
$100
EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM
2020
$1.2M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$40K
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
2019
$32K
GENERAL AND/OR PROGRAM SUPPORT - DONOR ADVISED FUNDS
2019
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2019
$15K
CENTER FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY & ENERGY CONSERVATION
2019
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2019
$11K
General Charitable Purposes
2019
$11K
General support
2019
$7K
ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS
2019
$5K
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
2019
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING
2019
$5K
GRANTS TO SOCIAL WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND PURPOSE OF THE FEDERATION.
2019
$1K
CONTRIBUTION
2019
$107K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2018
$45K
General Support
2018
$37K
DONATION TO THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN MEMORY OF ARNOLD & RUTH FEUERSTEIN
2018

Funded by

$22.8M from 83 funders · 228 grants · 2017–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$17.8M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$656K · 7 grants · 2017–2023

Jewish Community Foundation

$426K · 9 grants · 2018–2024

Jewish National Fund

$383K · 6 grants · 2018–2022

Firefly Scientists Foundation

$375K · 2 grants · 2022–2024

Karl Asch Foundation Inc

$300K · 1 grant · 2022

Ben N Teitel Charitable Trust

$284K · 5 grants · 2018–2024

Details

EIN113485736
NTEE codeC60
Subsection03
Ruling date2000-03
Formed1999
Employees14
Volunteers52
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