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Friends of the Israel Defense Forces

EIN 13-3156445International New York Large

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Their job is to look after Israel. Ours is to look after them.

Established in 1981, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) mission is to offer educational, cultural, recreational, social services programs, and facilities that provide hope, purpose, and life-changing support for the soldiers who protect Israel and Jews worldwide.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.05Overall score
out of 100

92.60Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$122,871,409

Total expenses · USD$96,974,455

Program expenses

$74,282,432.53 recorded amount

76.6%

Fundraising expenses

$11,927,857.97 recorded amount

12.3%

Administrative expenses

$10,570,215.60 recorded amount

10.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.09 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Meir Klifi-Amir
Recorded compensation: $1,062,639.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.09%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Friends of the Israel Defense Forces
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	Established in 1981, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) mission is to offer educational, cultural, recreational, social services programs, and facilities that provide hope, purpose, and life-changing support for the soldiers who protect Israel and Jews worldwide.
`ein` EIN	13-3156445
`tot_exp` Total expenses	96974455.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.109
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.12300000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7659999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	92.6
`leader` Recorded leader	Meir Klifi-Amir
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	1062639.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0109
`motto` Tagline	Their job is to look after Israel. Ours is to look after them.
`name` Charity name	Friends of the Israel Defense Forces
`tot_rev` Total revenue	122871409.0
`score` Overall score	94.05
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	International Peace, Security, and Affairs
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	74282432.52999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	11927857.965000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	10570215.595

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-3156445
Source category: International
Source subcategory: International Peace, Security, and Affairs
Recorded location: New York (NY)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.