{ "title": "Canadian Charity Pipeline to Israel", "total_2024": 276000000, "key_charities": { "jnf_canada": { "name": "Jewish National Fund of Canada", "status": "CHARITABLE STATUS REVOKED (Aug 2024)", "cra_finding": "358 pages documenting repeated and serious non-compliance", "hidden_donations": "Omitted over $100M in donations between 2003-2023", "source": "https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/breaking-canada-revenue-agency-formally-revokes-the-charitable-status-of-the-jewish-national-fund-jnf-of-canada-and-neeman-foundation-of-canada/", "significance": "JNF funded settlements in occupied Palestine with tax-deductible Canadian donations" }, "moral_arc": { "name": "Moral Arc", "revenue_2024": 110000000, "sent_to_israel": 49000000, "settlement_support": "At least 4 recipients actively supporting illegal settlements" }, "sheba_medical": { "name": "Canadian Friends of Sheba Medical Center", "total_12_years": 28000000, "recipient": "Sheba Medical Center, Israel" }, "united_israel_appeal": { "name": "United Israel Appeal of Canada", "source": "https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/how-united-israel-appeal-of-canada-funds-israels-illegal-occupation/", "finding": "Funds Israels illegal occupation per Just Peace Advocates" } }, "pattern": "Tax-deductible Canadian charity donations fund Israeli settlements, occupation, and military infrastructure. JNF had status revoked after hiding $100M+ in donations. $276M total in 2024 alone.", "sources": [ "https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/2024-donations-how-canadian-charities-funneled-money-to-israels-occupation-apartheid-and-genocide-in-2024/", "https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/an-update-on-2024-donations-to-israels-occupation-apartheid-and-genocide/" ], "idf_funding": { "czca": { "name": "Canadian Zionist Cultural Association (CZCA)", "function": "One of 6 orgs worldwide authorized to raise donations for IDF", "amount_2019": 1700000, "recipient": "Yahad (United for Israels Soldiers)", "status": "Registered Canadian charity — tax deductible", "violation": "CRA regulations prohibit funding foreign militaries" }, "asi_canada": { "name": "Association for the Soldiers of Israel - Canada", "url": "https://www.asicanada.org/", "function": "Directly funds IDF soldiers" }, "fidf": { "name": "Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF)", "url": "https://www.fidf.org/", "function": "International org supporting IDF" }, "pattern": "Canadian taxpayer-subsidized charities funnel millions to IDF. Government pays up to a third via tax credits. CRA regulations violated but rarely enforced until JNF revocation.", "cbc_source": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canadian-charities-israeli-settlement-movement-west-bank-9.6939381", "cdn_dimension": "https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/canadian-charitable-donations-going-to-israels-military" }, "neeman_foundation": { "name": "Neeman Foundation of Canada", "status": "CHARITABLE STATUS REVOKED (alongside JNF)", "source": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/canada-strips-2-pro-israel-charities-of-tax-free-status-including-flagship-jnf/" }, "scale": { "five_year_total": "1 BILLION+ dollars from Canadian charities to Israel", "annual_2024": 276000000, "jnf_2016": 28000000 }, "military_recruitment": { "garin_tzabar": { "name": "Friends of Israeli Scouts Garin Tzabar program", "function": "Helps Canadians enlist in IDF (lone soldiers)", "note": "Foreign Enlistment Act prohibits recruiting for foreign army — yet these orgs operate as charities" }, "disabled_veterans_israel": "Beit Halochem Canada — supports IDF veterans", "magen_david_adom": "Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel", "asi_canada": "Association for Soldiers of Israel Canada — financial + moral support to active duty IDF" }, "academic_paper": { "title": "Tracking Financial Complicity in Israeli War Crimes and Genocide: Instances of Aiding and Abetting in the Canadian Charitable Sector", "source": "https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/statecrime.14.2.0001", "significance": "Peer-reviewed academic paper documenting Canadian charity complicity in war crimes" }, "petition": { "number": "e-4922", "source": "https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4922", "topic": "Parliamentary petition on Canadian charities funding Israeli occupation" }, "cra_revocations": { "total": 12, "list": [ { "name": "JNF Canada", "date": "Aug 2024", "reason": "Hid $100M+" }, { "name": "Ne eman Foundation", "date": "Aug 2024" }, { "name": "Mazel Charity Fund", "date": "Oct 18, 2025" }, { "name": "Masorti Judaism Foundation", "date": "Oct 25, 2025", "reason": "Conduit for non-qualified donees" }, { "name": "Herut Canada", "date": "Nov 15, 2025" }, { "name": "CZCA", "date": "Feb 21, 2026", "reason": "Increasing efficiency of foreign armed forces (IDF)" }, { "name": "Canada Charity Partners", "date": "Feb 21, 2026", "reason": "Funded illegal settlements" } ], "extended_list": [ { "name": "Gates of Mercy", "date": "2019", "reason": "Non-exclusive charitable purposes" }, { "name": "Beth Oloth Charitable Organization", "date": "2019", "reason": "Documentation failures" }, { "name": "Colel Chabad Lubavitch Foundation of Israel", "date": "2022", "reason": "Non-compliance" }, { "name": "Kupas Hachesed Meoroth", "date": "2022", "reason": "Non-compliance" }, { "name": "Chasdei Levy Yitzcok", "date": "2023", "reason": "Non-compliance" }, { "name": "JNF Canada", "date": "Aug 2024", "reason": "Hid $100M+ in donations over 20 years" }, { "name": "Neeman Foundation", "date": "Aug 2024", "reason": "Non-compliance (alongside JNF)" }, { "name": "Mazel Charity Fund", "date": "Oct 18, 2025", "reason": "Non-compliance" }, { "name": "Masorti Judaism Foundation", "date": "Oct 25, 2025", "reason": "Conduit for non-qualified donees" }, { "name": "Herut Canada", "date": "Nov 15, 2025", "reason": "Non-compliance" }, { "name": "CZCA", "date": "Feb 21, 2026", "reason": "Increasing efficiency of foreign armed forces (IDF)" }, { "name": "Canada Charity Partners", "date": "Feb 21, 2026", "reason": "Funded illegal settlements" } ], "note": "Updated: 12 total Israel-linked charity revocations from 2019-2026. 7 in the 2024-2026 escalation period." }, "cra_revocation_details": { "czca": { "date": "2026-02-21", "finding": "Increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of a foreign armed forces", "specifics": [ "Funded IDF Duvdevan Unit — elite counter-terrorism commando unit", "Funded Erez Foundation — veterans of IDF alpine unit", "Scholarships and mentorship programs specifically for IDF special forces veterans" ], "source": "https://thecjn.ca/news/jewish-charitys-tax-status-revoked-for-multiple-violations-including-israeli-military-support-cra-letters-show/" }, "ccp": { "date": "2026-02-21", "finding": "Funded illegal settlement organizations", "funded_orgs": [ "Jewish Community Hebron", "Ateret Cohanim — settler organization in East Jerusalem", "Geula Titnu Larets", "Temple Institute — Third Temple movement" ], "source": "https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/why-did-the-cra-revoke-czca-and-ccps-charitable-status-supporting-a-foreign-armed-forces/" }, "jnf_appeal_dismissed": { "date": "2024-11-08", "finding": "Federal Court summarily dismissed JNF application for review", "source": "https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/friends-dont-let-friends-fund-apartheid-stop-jnf-canadas-attempt-to-evade-cra-revocation/" } } }