NGO Monitor Chart Reveals Some Israeli NGOs Receive Over 70% Of Their Funding From Foreign Governments

In the face of the intense debate over measures the Israeli government wants to put into place to limit the amount of foreign funding Israeli NGOs can receive, NGO Monitor has put together an  FAQ covering the basics of the debate over the massive foreign government funding non-governmental organizations in Israel

Among the points made in the NGO Monitor FAQ:

• An NGO cannot receive a sizable portion if its budget from foreign and still qualify as a non-governmental organization.
  
  
• This foreign funding of NGOs is being done on a scale which is unique to Israel.
  
  
• Many Israeli non-profits do not submit annual reports to the Registrar of Non-Profits (Rasham Amutot)--and this is a violation of Israeli law
  
  
• A number of powerful NGOs receive more than 70% of their annual donations from foreign governments.
  
  
• The major governments which fund Israeli NGOs are the European Union and individual European states including Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain Finland, Belgium, and France.

Here is a chart composed by NGO Monitor, covering Foreign government funding for Israeli political NGOs 2009/2010

NGO	Direct government funding	Indirect government funding	Total government donations (in NIS)	Percentage of total donations
Adalah	EU; Switzerland; joint funds from Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Switzerland	Netherlands (via Oxfam Novib)	Non-transparent
Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)	Germany; Spain; EU; Netherlands; Norway; UK; Netherlands; joint funds from Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Switzerland	Sweden (via Diakonia); Netherlands (via Kerk in Actie)	1,480,469 (in 2009)	53%
Agenda	EU		Non-transparent
Alternative Information Center (AIC)		Sweden (via Diakonia); Netherlands (via ICCO); UK (via Christian Aid); Catalan (via Sodepau); Spanish (via Mundubat); Belgium (via Solidarite Socialiste)	1,701,935 (2009)	76.8%
Bimkom	UK; Spain; Ireland; EU; joint funds from Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Switzerland	Netherlands (via Oxfam Novib)	1,305,675 (2009)	44.3%
Breaking the Silence	Spain; EU; UK; joint funds from Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Switzerland	Netherlands (via ICCO); Sweden (via Diakonia); Ireland (via Trocaire); Denmark (via Dan Church Aid); UK (via Christian Aid)	1,983,472 (2010)	76.3%
B’Tselem	Switzerland; Denmark; EU; Netherlands; Norway; Spain; UK; joint funds from Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Switzerland	Netherlands (via ICCO; Oxfam Novib); Sweden (via Diakonia); Denmark (via Dan Church Aid); Ireland (via Tocaire); UK (via Christian Aid); Germany (via EED)	4,796,664 (2009)	56%
Coalition of Women for Peace	Switzerland; Netherlands; Germany	Germany (via Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung); Netherlands (via ICCO)	Non-transparent
Galilee Society	EU		381,920 (2009)	25.1%
Gisha	Ireland; Netherlands; Norway, UK; EU; joint funds from Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Switzerland	Ireland (via Trocaire)	1,430,747 (2010)	47.3%
HaMoked	Canada; Spain; EU; Finland; France; Norway; Netherlands; joint funds from Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Switzerland	Germany (via E.E.D.); Netherlands (via Oxfam Novib); Sweden (via Diakonia); Ireland (via Trocaire)	4,359,792 (2009)	65%
Ir Amim	EU; Norway; Sweden; UK; joint funds from Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Switzerland	Netherlands (via Oxfam Novib)	2,771,001 (2009)	73.9%
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD)	Spain; EU; joint funds from Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Switzerland			Non-transparent
Ma’an Forum	EU, USA		Non-transparent
Machsom Watch	EU		Non-transparent
Mossawa	EU	Germany (via Friedrich Ebert Stiftung; Heinrich B?ll Stiftung); Sweden (via Diakonia); Netherlands (via Kerk in Actie)	Non-transparent
New Israel Fund (NIF) – Shatil	Belgium; EU		Non-transparent
Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI)	Netherlands; Norway; Spain; Finland; joint funds from Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Switzerland	Netherlands (via ICCO; Cordaid)	670,503 (2010)	28.3%
Physicians for Human Rights- Israel (PHR-I)	Spain; France; Netherlands; EU; Japan; joint funds from Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Switzerland	Sweden (via Diakonia); UK (via Christian Aid); Germany (via EED; Medico International); Switzerland (via Medico Schweiz)	2,590,000 (2010)	53%
Rabbis for Human Rights	Spain; EU; joint funds from Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Switzerland		212,860 (2009)	6%
Sikkuy	EU		97,775 (2009)	5.6%
Women Against Violence	EU		Non-transparent
Yesh Din	Belgium; EU; Norway; Netherlands; Ireland; UK; Germany; joint funds	Netherlands (via Oxfam Novib)	3,132,088 (2009)	72.4%

It seems clear that with so much of their funding relying on foreign governments, some of these NGOs cannot help but be influence by what those governments want them to say.


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