10 Things You Didn't Know About Birthright Israel Foundation
1) WE LIVE TO GIVE.
Birthright Israel Foundation exists in order to help support Birthright Israel. While the trip itself is a gift to Jewish young adults around the world, someone has to foot the bill. As Birthright Israel’s fundraising arm, we have helped give this gift to more than 750,000 eligible Jewish young adults over the past two decades. As for our participants, we don’t discriminate based on economic status, upbringing, or level of Jewish involvement. In fact, we are constantly searching for the less connected. We won’t rest until every eligible Jewish young adult in the world claims their birthright.
2) WE DON’T DO IT ALONE.
Raising funds in the U.S. is a year-round job for Birthright Israel Foundation. Some of our sources include the State of Israel and Jewish organizations like the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) and Jewish Agency for Israel. Nearly 70 percent of our donations come from individual donors and philanthropists around the world. These generous donors are lighting the way for the next generation of Jews.
3) OUR WORK NEVER STOPS.
It costs $3,500 to send one person to Israel. We aim to send 50,000 Jewish young adults to Israel every year. So we continue to raise funds nonstop, year after year, every year.
