Abraham Fund Initiatives

Mission:
Founded in 1989, The Abraham Fund Initiatives (AFI),
www.abrahamfund.org works to advance coexistence,
equality and cooperation among Israel's Jewish and Arab
citizens by creating and operating large-scale initiatives,
cultivating strategic grassroots projects and conducting
public education and advocacy that promote its vision of
shared citizenship and opportunity for all of Israel's citizens.
Based in Jerusalem and New York, The Abraham Fund sees
civic equality for Israel's Jewish and Arab citizens as a moral
and pragmatic imperative, whereby individual rights and the
political, cultural and religious character of the Arab minority
must be clearly and unambiguously recognized and respected.

FINANCIAL EFFICIENCY EVALUATION:
According to Charity Navigator (www.charitynavigator.org),
America’s leading charity evaluator, AFI has an overall
Rating of four stars (four stars is the highest rating.)
Charity Navigator provides the following financial
breakdown of AFI based on 990 tax returns trough 2006:

Overall Rating: 4 stars ****
Organizational Efficiency: Efficiency Rating 4 stars ****
Program Expenses: 84.4%
Administrative Expenses: 7.6%
Fundraising Expenses: 7.8%
Fundraising Efficiency: $0.05 (AFI spends $0.05 to raise $1)

Organizational Capacity: Capacity Rating 4 stars ****
Primary Revenue Growth: 22.9%
Program Expenses Growth: 21.0%
Working Capital Ratio (years) 0.46
(AFI can sustain itself for 0.46 years without
generating new revenue.)
Organizational capacity refers to an organization’s ability
to sustain itself over time. Charities that exhibit consistent
revenue and expenses growth are more like to sustain their
programs and services over the long haul.

AFI has net assets of $2,168,938. Compensation for its
President, Ami Nahshon, was $275,000 which represents
6.32% of expenses. For comparison purposes, compensation
for the President of the American Jewish World Service,
Ruth Messinger, was $191,000 which represent 0.79% of
Expenses.


Recent News:
Arab Women and the Workplace: A seminar entitled
“Challenges Facing the Arab Woman and her Integration into
the Workplace” was held last week in Shaghor and Nahef.
70 women, along with Mayor Ahmad Dabah, attended the
Shaghor seminar and 30 women attended the Nahef seminar.
The aim of the seminars is to expose women to the program
“Sharikat Hi’a” sponsored by The Abraham Fund as part of
its “Women in the Workplace “ initiative.

Recommendations:
The Abraham Fund Initiatives is a highly efficient non-profit
and is well positioned to continue supporting its programs
and services. For comparison purposes, Airline Ambassadors
International, a non-profit associated with the United Nations
that provides humanitarian aid to children and families
worldwide, has been given an overall rating of two stars by
Charity Navigator.

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