The Jewish Lobby

A list of worldwide Jewish political organizations. . . . . updated June 27, 2025

The Jewish Lobby
The largest single-issue lobby in the USA

The Jewish Lobby consists primarily of the leaders of some 500 Jewish organizations that lobby (advocate, promote, convince, pester, make one’s voice heard) at the Federal, state, and local levels to both government and society in support of the political/societal concerns of Judaism. The vast majority of these organizations are in the USA, with most others in Israel and the EU. Total endowments of these groups is in the billions, with annual expenditures in the many hundreds of millions. Monies come from the diaspora Jewish communities and Israel. It’s unknown how many funds come directly or indirectly from the Israeli government. 

The Jewish Lobby is the organized political arm of Judaism, of the Jewish community and is particularly active in the USA and other countries. Its influence on the US Federal government as measured by both direct and indirect funding is widely reported to be an order of magnitude larger than the total funding of lobbies from all other minorities combined. This funding by the Jewish Lobby in the last 2024-2025 US election cycle was well over a hundred million dollars, whereas for instance, the total funding by lobbies representing the African American and Hispanic minorities were each of the order of several millions of dollars. Such a result is notable because Hispanics comprise about 20% and African Americans comprise about 14% the total US population, or about 35% combined, whereas Jews comprise only about 2.2% the total US population. To say that Jews hit way above their representation is an understatement. 

The Jewish Lobby is the organized political arm of Judaism, of the Jewish community.

The political and social concerns of these organizations go far beyond just Israel, although Israel is of major concern. Many of these concerns involve activity beyond the normal monetary funding of government in election campaigns and other government campaigns to concerns directed to influence public opinion. 

Most notable of these other concerns involve the legal definition and governmental/societal response to antisemitism, which incorporates the International Holocaust Alliance definition of “antisemitism” into both state and Federal law, and legal restrictions on methods to supposedly counter antisemitism; the political and/or dominant roles played by Jews in government and society; the control of the public debate on such concerns via the formulation of a Jewish public narrative; the control of what is politically correct in such a debate; the passage of laws deemed necessary to protect Jews as a group separate from all other U.S. groups; the many funding methods used to transfer U.S. citizen monies tax free to both Israel and US Jewish citizens, and many others. 

In U.S. popular discourse, there is the term, “Israel Lobby,” and many Jewish leaders claim that use of the term, “Jewish Lobby,” is an act of antisemitism. In precise terms, the government/social lobby activities concerning Israel are only part of the activities conducted by the entire Jewish Lobby, as explained above. 

Thus, the list of organizations below have political and social agendas. The list doesn’t include the many Jewish organizations that are solely religious, cultural, and charitable by nature. Some Jewish organizations are multi-purposed, and if it appears on this list, it’s because it has involved itself with political or social proselytizing in some way. 

The leaders and key personnel of these organizations make up the bulk of the organized political arm of Judaism, although countless Jewish individuals are enrolled to maintain the activity and funding for these political and social concerns. 

At the end of the list of Jewish groups, below, are listed some of the relatively few non-Jewish groups that are known to promote Jewish/Israeli political interests. These groups can be considered to be part of the “Israel Lobby,” although they are a minuscule part as measured by membership and funding. 

Comments on funding levels and the effectiveness of political/societal influence appear after the lists. In addition, the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which is the most well known U.S. Jewish lobbying group, is only a minuscule part of the entire Jewish Lobby, although it plays perhaps the single most significant role in the Lobby, and it does much to guide and organize strategies and funding efforts by the entire lobby. 
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Jewish Political Organizations

* Signifies U.S. Political Action Committee (PAC).
# Signifies organizations in countries outside the USA.

On this list, 534 total groups.
Number of groups in the U.S.: 390, of which 49 are PACS.
Number of groups outside the USA: 144.  

Aish HaTorah
Academic Engagement Network
Academic Friends of Israel
Academic Study Group on Israel
Act.il
Action*
ActiveFence# (Israel)
Agudath Israel of America
Aish Global# (Israel, with global offices in 100 cities)
Aish Ha’Am# (Israel, operates in the USA)
Aleph Institute
Algemeiner Journal Corporation (publishes the Algemeiner Journal)
Alliance Israélite Universelle# (France)
Allies for Israel* 
Alpha Epsilon Pi
Am Yisrael Foundation# (Israel, with key office in NYC)
Am Yisrael Chai Atlanta
Am Yisrael Chai Fund
Amana# (Israel)
Ameinu
American Action Network
American Conference of Cantors 
American Forum for Israel (within the World Zionist Congress)
American Friends of Kohelet Policy Forum
American Friends of Likud
American Friends of NGO Monitor 
American Israel Chamber of Commerce of Industry (USA and Israel)
American-Israel Democracy Coalition 
American Israel Education Foundation 
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 
American Israel Public Affairs Committee*
American Israel Public Affairs Committee Super*
American Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
American Jewish Committee (AJC) – an extremely large coordinator of nearly 20
      programs and departments involving both national and international offices.
American Jewish Committee Detroit
American Jewish Committee Paris# (France)
American Jewish Congress (AJCongress)
American Jewish University
American Principles*
American Zionist Movement (comprised of 33 separate organizations)
Americans for a Safe Israel 
Americans for Good Government*
Americans for Peace Now (APN)
Americans for Tomorrow's Future
American Sephardi Federation
Americans United in Support of Democracy*
Amirim
AMIT
Amplify Israel Initiative
Anchorage Charitable Fund
Anne Frank Center
Anne Frank House
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
Antisemitism Campus Taskforce
Ari Fuld Project
Arizona Politically Interested Citizens*
Arutz Sheva
Asper Foundation
Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers# (Israel)
Association of Reform Zionists of America (ARZA)
Atlantic Jewish Council
Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation (Offices in US and Poland)
Avi Chai Foundation
Azrieli Foundation# (Israel)
Badger* 
Baltimore Jewish Council Antisemitism Committee.
B'nai B'rith International 
B'nai B’rith Canada
Bard Center for the study of Hate 
Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews
Bay Area Jewish Community Relations Council
BAYPAC*
BBYO (B’nai B’rith Youth Organization)
Beacon Coalition
Because I Care*
Begin–Sadat Center for Strategic Studies# (Israel)
Betar# (Israel, with some offices in the USA)
Beyachad# (Israel)
Beyachad (Russian-Jewish Zionist group)
Bi-County*
Bi-National R&D (BIRD) Foundation
Birthright (Taglit-Birthright Israel)
Bnei Akiva (The largest religious Zionist youth movement in the world, in over 42 countries with approximately 125,000 members)
B’nai B’rith (in over 50 countries with “tens of thousands” of members)
B'nai B’rith Canada# (Canada)
Bnai Zion Foundation
Board of Deputies of British Jews (affiliation with World Jewish Congress)#
Bodman Foundation
Brandeis Center (Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law - LDB)
- maintains some 20 law student chapters in separate law colleges.
Breira (organization)
Bristol Jewish Society (J-Soc, UK)
Britain Israel Communications & Research Centre# (U.K.)
Bronfman Jewish Education Centre# (Canada)
BZ Media
California Legislative Jewish Caucus
California*
Campaign Against Antisemitism# (U.K.)
Campus Reform (largest filer of antisemitic complaints under Title VI)
Canadian Centre of Israel and Jewish Affairs#
Canadian Institute for Jewish Research (CIJR)#
Canadian Jewish Congress# (Canada)
Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee# (Canada)
Canadian Zionist Federation# (Canada)
Canary Mission
Capital*
CEJI – A Jewish Contribution to an Inclusive Europe# (Belgium)
Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs# (Canada, also called, the Canadian Centre
of Israel and Jewish Affairs)
Center for Jewish Community Studies (part of Jewish Center for Public Affairs)
Center for Jewish History
Center for Middle East Policy (within Brookings Institution)
Center for Security Policy 
Central Conference of American Rabbis 
Central Council of Jews# (Germany)
Central Fund of Israel 
Central Massachusetts Chabad 
Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland# (Germany, successor to Centralverein Deutscher Staatsburger Judischen Glaubens)
Center for Jewish History
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Central Welfare Office of Jews in Germany# (Germany)
Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs# (Canada)
Chabad Lubavitch
Chabad on Campus International
Chai PAC*
Chicago Jewish Alliance
Chicago Jewish Historical Society
Chicagoans for Better Congress*
Chili*
Citizens Concerned for Natl Interest*
Citizens Organized*
CityPAC* (Chicago)
City Israel Society (at King’s College London)# (U.K.)
Civil Society Forum
Cleveland Council of Soviet Anti-Semitism
Coalition for Jewish Values  
Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies (Brandeis University)
Combat Antisemitism Movement - unites over 850 worldwide organizations, with
	Advisory Board, Senior Advisors, and Staff dominated by Jews) 
Commentary
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting (CAMERA), 
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA)
Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Community Federation of Richmond
Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater
Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Community of the Virginia Peninsula
Community Security Service
Community Security Trust# (UK)
Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France# (France, umbrella organization representing French Jewish institutions, official affiliate of the World Jewish Congress)
Concert# (Israel)
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (NY office, but worldwide)
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (unites 51 orgs)
Congressional Action Cmte of Texas*
Congressional Israel Allies Caucus (CIAC)
Congressional Jewish Congress
Connecticut Good Government*
Conseil Reppresentatif des Institutions Juives de France (CRIF)# (France)
Conservative Friends of Israel (UK)
Consortium for The Teaching of Hebrew Language and Culture
Cooperman Family Fund for a Jewish Future
Coordinating Council of Jerusalem
Creative Community for Peace
Cyberwell
David Project 
David Horowitz Freedom Center
David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies 
Dayton Jewish Observer
Delaware Valley*
Democratic Majority for Israel*
Democrats for Israel Committee*
Desert Caucus*
Development Corporation for Israel/Israel Bonds
Documenting Israel
Dorshei Torah v’Tzion# (Israel, operates in the USA)
East Midwood* 
eJP (eJewishPhilantropy, acquired by the Jewish Insider in 2020)
Emergency Committee for Israel 
Emerson Family Foundation
Emunah of America
Endowment for Middle East Truth
Enter: The Jewish Peoplehood Alliance# (Israel, operates in N.America)
Eris & Larry Field Family Foundation
Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) 
European Jewish Association# (Belgium)
European Jewish Congress# (Belgium)
European Jewish Parliament# (Belgium)
European Union of Jewish Students# (Belgium)
Federation CJA (Combined Jewish Appeal)# (Canada)
Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS# (Russia)
Florence Avenue Initiative
Florida Congressional Committee*
Florida Jewish Democrats
Foreign Policy Initiative (PNAC 2.0) 
Foreign Policy Research Institute
(The) Forward (formerly The Jewish Daily Forward)
Foundation for Jewish Camp
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
Foundation to Combat Antisemitism
Freedom Center 
Friends of Ir David
Friends of Israel*
Friends of Israel# (U.K.)
Friends of Israel Initiative
Friends of Israel Scouts (Tzofim, both U.S. and Israel)
Friends of Israeli Defense Forces
Friends of Paratrooper Sniper Unit 2002
Friends of Simon Weisenthal Center# (Canada)
Genesis Prize
German organization Honestly Concerned# (Germany)
Gottesman Fund
Grand Canyon State Caucus* (Arizona)
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Habonim Dror 
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America
Hanoar Hatzioi# (Israel)
Hasbara Fellowships
Heartland* (Ohio)
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Hebron Fund
Hellen Diller Family Foundation
Heritage Foundation
Hertog Foundation
Herut Zionists# (Israel, with global reach, goes by the names World Herut, and
Herut North America, originally founded by Ze’ev Jabotinsky)
Herzl Institute in Jerusalem# (Israel)
HIAS
Hillel Deutschland# (Germany)
Hillel International
Histadrut
Hochberg Family Foundation
Holocaust Memorial Council 
Honest Reporting Canada# (Canada)
Honeymoon Israel
Hornstein Program for Jewish Professional Leadership (Brandeis University)
House Jewish Caucus
Hudson Institute
ICE – Israeli Community Europe E.V.# (Germany)
Independent Australian Jewish Voices# (Australia)
Independent Jewish Voices# (Canada)
Independent Jewish Voices (U.S.)
Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism: four centers: 
Yale University
Tel Aviv University# (Israel)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem# (Israel)
Technical University of Berlin# (Germany)
Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies
Institute for Contemporary Affairs# (Israel)
Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis
Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy
Institute for National Security Studies# (Israel)
Institute for Zionist Strategies# (Israel)
International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians# (Israel)
International Diplomacy Initiative# (Israel)
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (aka Stand for Israel)
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance# (Germany)
International Institute for Counter-Terrorism# (Israel)
International Legal Forum# (Israel)
Iranian American Jewish Federation
Israel Allies Foundation# (Israel, aka the International Israel Allies Caucus Foundation)
Israel365# (Israel)
Israel365 Action# (Israel, with many operational offices in the USA)
Israel Advocacy Group
Israel American Council
Israel and Co. (iTrek, since 2018)
Israel Britain Alliance# (U.K.)
Israel Democracy Institute’s International Advisory Council# (Israel)
Israel Film Council (Israel government) # (Israel)
Israel Friends (part of Worldwide Friends Foundation)
Israel Hasbara Project# (Israel)
Israel Hayom  (biased newspaper in Israel, most widely distributed)# (Israel)
Israel Land Fund (ILF)# (Israel)
Israel on Campus Coalition
Israel Policy Forum
Israel Project
Israel Institute of New Zealand# (NZ)
Israeli-American Coalition for Action
Israeli American Council
Israeli Business Club
Israeli Business Forum of New York
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs# (Israel)
JACPAC*
JCC Association of North America
J Street
J Street PAC* 
Jacobson Family Foundation 
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs# (Israel)
Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security# (Israel)
Jerusalem Post# (Israel newspaper)
Jewish Agency for Israel# (Israel)
Jewish Community Center Global, a network of over 1,000 worldwide 
Jewish Community Centers
Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles
Jewish Community Relations Council of the Bay Area
Jewish Community Relations Council of Chicago
Jewish Community Relations Council of Detroit
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington
Jewish Community Relations Council of Long Island
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York 
Jewish Communal Fund
Jewish Council for Education & Research*
Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Jewish Daily Forward
Jewish Defense League
Jewish Democratic Council of America 
Jewish Electorate Institute
Jewish Federation of Baltimore
Jewish Federation of Central Alabama
Jewish Federation of Cincinnati Hillel
Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburg
Jewish Federation of Greater Portland
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
Jewish Federations of North America (Since 2009, formerly United Jewish
Communities, which was a 1999 merger of United Jewish Appeal, Council
of Jewish Federations, and United Israel Appeal. Now represents 350
independent Jewish communities.)
Jewish Future Promise (formerly Jewish Future Pledge)
Jewish Futures Foundation Inc
Jewish Futures Trust# (U.K.)
Jewish Insider
Jewish Institute for Liberal Values 
Jewish Institute for National Security of America  
Jewish Leadership Conference 
Jewish Leadership Council# (U.K.)
Jewish Labor Committee
Jewish Labor Movement# (U.K.)
Jewish National Fund# (Israel, USA, and 20 other countries. AKA Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael, KKL-JNF)
Jewish Neighborhood Development Council of Chicago
Jewish News Syndicate 
JewishOnCampus
Jewish People Policy Institute# (Israel)
Jewish Party# (Czechoslovakia)
Jewish Party# (Romania)
Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI)
Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California
Jewish Socialists' Group# (U.K.)
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago
Jewish Virtual Library
Jewish Voice for Labour# (U.K.)
Jewishwebsite.com
Jewish Women International
Jewish Women’s Foundation of Greater Pittsburgh
Jews for Jesus
Jews for Israeli-Palestinian Peace# (Sweden)
Jim Joseph Foundation
JLens
JNF Charitable Trust# (Jewish National Fund – UK)
Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs* 
KCL Israel Society# (at King’s College London)
J Street
Kela Shlomo# (Israel)
Kentucky-Israel Caucus
Keren Hayesod (United Israel Appeal, the leading fundraising organization for Israel, connecting the global Jewish community and friends of Israel to support the country’s most pressing needs)# (Israel)
Keren Kayemet LeIsrael-JNF# (Israel)
Keren Keshet Foundation 
Kimama Israel# (Israel)
Klarman Family Foundation
Knesset Christian Allies Caucus# (Israel, supports over 50 parliamentary groups in parliamentary government all over the world)
Kohelet Policy Forum# (Israel. Israeli Jewish lawyers from here help write the anti-BDS laws now in 38 U.S. States.)
Kol Israel Foundation
Kol Israel (Faction of World Zionist Foundation)# (Israel)
Kol Yisrael (Hillel International)
Koum Family Foundation
Labour Friends of Israel# (U.K.)
Lawfare Project
Lawyers for Israel# (UK)
Lisa and Michael Leffell Foundation
Livnot U'Lehibanot# (Israel)
Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law
Louisiana for American Security*
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
Masa Israel Project# (Israel)
Maccabee Task Force
Magshimey Herut (based in the U.S. with global projects)
Maimonides Fund
Marcus Foundation
Maryland Jewish Alliance
Matzpinim# (Israel)
Megamot Shalom
Mellman Group
Mercaz-USA (Zionist Organization of the Conservative Movement)
Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus
Mida# (Israel)
Middle East Forum
Middle East Media Research Institute  
Middle East & Central Asia Research Center# (Israel)
Milstein Family Foundation
Ministry of Diaspora Affairs# (Israel government)
Ministry of Strategic Affairs# (Israel government)
Ministry of Tourism# (Israel government)
MirYam Institute
Misgav Institute for National Security# (Israel)
MIT-Israel Alliance
MIT-Kalaniyot
Montana Jewish Project
Mosaic Magazine
Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies# (Israel)
Moskowitz Foundation 
Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council
MZ Foundation
NA’AMAT# (USA and Israel, “Movement of Working Women and Volunteers)
National Coalition Supporting Soviet Jewry
National Conference of Synagogue Youth
National Council of Jewish Women
National Council of Young Israel
National Council Supporting Eurasian Jewry
National Jewish Democratic Council*
National Jewish Advocacy Center
North Carolina Jewish Caucus
Nefesh B'Nefesh 
Never Again Action
New England Israeli Business Council
New Fraternal Jewish Association
New Jersey Democratic State Committee Jewish Caucus
New Jersey-Israel Commission
Newton and Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust
New York Solidarity Network* 
New York State Young Democrats Jewish Caucus
Newton and Rochelle Becker charities
Nextbook
NGO Monitor# (Israel)
nocamels.com
NorPAC*
Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism (Official U.S. Fed Gov Office)
Olami  
One Jerusalem
Onward Israel
Operation Israel
Orthodox Union Advocacy Group (PR for the Orthodox Union)
ORT America, Inc. (Society for Trades and Agricultural Labor)
Palestinian Media Watch
Partners for Progressive Israel 
The Paul E. Singer Foundation
Peace Now (Shalom Achshav)# (Israel) 
PEF Israel Endowment Funds
Pennsylvania Jewish Legislative Caucus
Philadelphia Israel Chamber of Commerce
Pinsker Center# (U.K.)
Portland Jewish Academy
PR commando unit# (Israel)
Progressives for Israel 
Pro-Israel America*	
Public Diplomacy Directorate# (Primary office for Israeli Hasbara)
Qahal
Rabbi Cantor Marie Betcher
Rabbinical Assembly
Rabbinical Council of America
Reconstructing Judaism
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Associationqws
Reform Movement Alumni for Israel
Regavim# (Israel)
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Religious Zionists of America 
Republican Jewish Coalition*
Reut Group (formerly the Reut Institute)# (Israel)
Rita & Irwin Hochberg Family Foundation (aka, Defense of Democracies)
Ruderman Family Foundation
Russell Berrie Foundation
Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research# (Israel)
Secure Community Network (Largest Jewish Security Organization in the USA)
Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (Operates globally)
ScienceAbroad# (Israel)
Scottish Council of Jewish Communities# (Scottland)
Secure Community Network
Shalem Center in Jerusalem# (Israel)
Shalom Hartman Institute# (Israel)
Shiloh Policy Forum
Shurat HaDin# (Israel, aka Israel Law Center)
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Sixth & I
Snider Foundation
Solidarity* (aka Forward Majority)
Stand With Us (aka, StandWithUS, and Israel Emergency Alliance)
Start-Up Nation Central
StopAntisemitism
Students Supporting Israel
Students Against Antisemitism, Inc.
Swedish Zionist Federation# (Sweden)
Sussex Friends of Israel# (U.K.)
Talk Israel
Teach Coalition (Political arm of the Orthodox Union)
Tehran Jewish Committee# (Iran)
Texan’s for Israel
Tikvah 
(The) Times of Israel# (Israel)
To Protect Our Heritage PAC*
Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust
Tribe of Nova Foundation
Turkish Democracy Project
UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers# (UK)
UK Lawyers for Israel# (U.K.)
Union des Progressistes Juifs de Belgique# (Belgium)
Union for Reform Judaism (UAHC) (aka, Union of Amercan Hebrew
Congregations)
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (arm of UAHC)
Central Conference of American Rabbis (second arm of UAHC) 
Union of Councils for Soviet Jews
Union of Jewish Students# (U.K.)
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
Union of Progressive Jews in Germany# (Germany)
United Against Nuclear Iran
United Americans In Israel*
United Democracy Project* (associated with AIPAC)
UJA-Federation
United Jewish Communities (since 2009, Jewish Federations of North America)
United Jewish Community of the Virginia Peninsula
United Jewish Israel Appeal# (Israel)
United Nations Watch (UN Watch)# (Belgium)
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
U.S. House of Representatives Jewish Caucus
US Israel*
USC Shoah Foundation
Voices of Israel# (Israel)
Volunteers for Israel
Vote4Israel.org (associated with Beyachad)
Vote Reform
The Walder Foundation
Washington Institute for Near East Policy 
We Believe in Israel# (U.K.)
Wechsler Family Foundation
WerteInitiative. jüdisch-deutsche Positionen# (Germany)
Westchester Jewish Council
White House Liaison to the Jewish Community (U.S. staff)
William Rosenwald Family Fund
Women of Reform Judaism
Women's Alliance for Israel / World Alliance for Israel*
Women's International Zionist Organization (USA and Israel, WIZO)
Women's League of Conservative Judaism
Women's Pro-Israel National*
Women’s Zionist Organization of America
World Jewish Congress# (Israel)
World Jewish Congress American Section (Fund raising arm)
World Union for Progressive Judaism#  (Umbrella Organization)
World Union of Jewish Students# (Israel, with global reach)
World Zionist Organization# (Israel)
Worldwide Friends Foundation
Yehuda and Anne Neuberger Foundation 
Yesha Council# (Israel)
Young Jewish Leadership*
Young Judaea
Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland# (Germany, “The Central Council of Jews in Germany,” the largest ubrella group, with 23 state associations and 104 Jewish communities, approximately 92,000 in 2021)
Zioness
Zionist Federation of Germany# (Germany)
Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland (Reps over 30 organizations)#
Zionist General Council# (Israel, the supreme governing body coordinating
all World Zionist Congresses)
Zionist Organization of America

Non-Jewish Political Organizations (part of the Israel Lobby)

Allies for a Strong Canada# (Canada)
Christian Broadcasting Network
Christian Television Network
Christians United for Israel (John Hagee)
Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem
Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI)
Jews for Jesus
Passages
Philos Project
Proclaiming Justice to the Nations
Stand for Israel 
Texans for Israel
United with Israel
Vision for Israel

Funding Levels of Organizations

Jewish Political Action Committees (PAC) contributed to a total of $71,300,000 to U.S. elections from 1990 to 2020, with an average of $3,400,000 per year, and in the years 2016 – 2020, the average was $8,300,000 per year: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/pro-israel-pacs-campaign-contributions
The term “Israel Lobby” that most writers use for this Lobby fails to do justice to the extraordinary scope and composition of this special interest group, since the Lobby addresses all Jewish political concerns, not just Israel; the leaders of the U.S. Jewish political organizations above are virtually all U.S. Jewish citizens, and the number and impact of non-Jewish organizations that support Israel is minuscule compared to this huge block of Jewish organizations. 
Shown below are funding levels of some of the above organizations, and contributions to most them are tax-deductible donations (according to Allison Weir). The above link to the Jewish Virtual Library provides funding levels for some of the individually named PACs in the list.  
•	The World Zionist Congress, which meets to vote every 5th year, alone controls $1 Billion of annual funds that go to leading Jewish organizations, including the World Zionist Organization, the Jewish Agency, the Keren Hayesode (United Israel Appeal), and the Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (https://www.timesofisrael.com/upcoming-wzo-election-sees-orthodox-liberal-struggle-opportunity-for-north-american-jews/).
•	The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC): $100s million endowment; $100 million annual revenues.
•	The American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF): $26 million annual revenues.
•	The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP): $23.5 million net assets. $9.4 million annual revenues.
•	Anti-Defamation League (ADL): $115 million net assets, $60 million annual revenues.
•	International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (aka Stand for Israel): $100 million annual revenues.
•	The Israel Project: $11 million annual budget.
•	Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces (FIDF): $80 million net assets, $60 million annual revenues.
•	Hadassah (Women’s Zionist Organization of America): $400 million net assets, $100 million annual revenues.
•	The Jim Joseph Foundation: $837 million net assets.
•	The Avi Chai Foundation: $615 million total assets.
•	Jewish Federations: $3 billion annual revenues.
•	Jewish Community Relations Councils, in cities all over U.S.: Boston annual revenues $2.5 million; Louisville annual revenues $7-10 million; Detroit $734,000, New York $4.5 million, etc.
•	Hillel: in 2020, generated almost $45 million. In 2016, a $38 million grant from the Marcus Foundation. In 2015, a $16 million grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation.
•	JINSA Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs: $3 million annual revenues.
•	Center for Security Policy: $4 million annual revenues.
•	Foreign Policy Initiative (PNAC 2.0): $1.5 million annual revenues.
•	MEMRI Middle East Media Research Institute: $5.2 million.
•	Birthright: $55 million.
•	David Project: $4.4 million.
•	CAMERA Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America: $3.5 million.
•	The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) is led by an Orthodox Jew, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein. He claims that this organization has raised over $600 million since inception and receives over $100 million yearly donations. There’s confusion among many of the Christian donors who think the money goes for Christian evangelism to Jews, but they are mistaken and Eckstein is actually against such evangelism to Jews. https://mycharisma.com/israeljewishroots/standing-with-israel/where-your-israel-donation-really-goes/
•	Some people report that Christian Zionism support for Israel is much larger than U.S. Jewish support through U.S. Jewish political organizations. The largest U.S. Christian organization is reportably John Hagee’s Christians United for Israel (CUFI), which claims to have 10 million members, though such claims aren’t too meaningful because a “member” means only that CUFI has your email address. Better number estimates are 30,000-50.000. CUFI also claims to have contributed about $100 million towards Israeli projects over its lifetime. That comes to less than $6 million per year, which is a drop in the bucket compared only to the annual expenditures of AIPAC. CUFI has the same problem that ICFJ (above) has: many Christian donors believe the money goes towards converting Jews in Israel to Christianity, but it doesn’t. Hagee gets Jewish advice from CUFI’s own executive director, David Brog, a Conservative Jew, and Brog brought two other Jews on board: Shari Dollinger as a coordinator and Ari Morgenstern as communications director. Brog is said to run CUFI as a political lobbying campaign for Jews, yet emphasizes the message that evangelical Christians support Israel. Many wealthy Jews have donated tens of thousands of dollars to CUFI, and Brog assures them they are “safe” because CUFI will never proselytize. Thus, even the largest Christian-right Zionist organization is largely run by Jews and fulfills Jewish political objectives. https://mycharisma.com/israeljewishroots/standing-with-israel/where-your-israel-donation-really-goes/
•	There’s no doubt that the major, overwhelming monetary and political support for Jewish political interests comes from the Jewish communities in Israel and the Diaspora. 

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Various Facts and Comments

1. Jewish Funding Levels of Politicians

As of January 2024, the top ten U.S. politicians getting Jewish money since 1990 are:

#1 Joe Biden, $4,346,264
Biden is a key figure in securing record sums of U.S. aid to the Jewish state and helped block a 1998 peace proposal with Palestine. He stated that there are “no red lines” that Israel could cross that would result in a loss of American support, giving Israeli Jews a carte blanche to break any rules, norms or laws they want, resulting in Apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and war crimes such as the bombing of schools, hospitals and places of worship, mass starvation, collective deadly punishment, including the use of white phosphorous munitions on civilians. Most all the arms Israel is using come supplied directly by the U.S. In November, 2023, the Biden administration rubber-stamped another $14.5 billion military aid package to Israel, ensuring the carnage would continue, and enrolling themselves in likely war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.
#2 Robert Menéndez, $2,483,205
He claims that Israel, based on Zionism, a form of fascism, and the United States are intrinsically linked and were founded on the same principles.
#3 Mitch McConnell, $1,953,160
He’s famous for his attempt to force through legislation criminalizing BDS, in direct violation of our first Amendments rights to free speech.
#4 Chuck Schumer, $1,725,324
This long-time senator, a pillar of the U.S. Jewish Community, has taken the lead in steering the public conversation away from Israel’s crimes and towards a supposed rise in antisemitism across America. “To us, the Jewish people, the rise in antisemitism is a crisis. A five-alarm fire that must be extinguished,” the New York Senator said, adding that “Jewish-Americans are feeling singled out, targeted and isolated. In many ways, we feel alone.” Schumer is a skilled obfuscator and propagandist for the Jewish Tribe, enhancing the propaganda efforts that Israel funds with tens of millions of dollars annually for its “Hasbara” efforts. The idea that antisemitic hate is exploding across the United States comes largely from a report published by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), headed by Jonathan Greenblatt, which claims that antisemitic incidents have risen by 337% since October 7. Buried in the small print, however, is the fact that 45% of these “antisemitic” incidents the ADL has tallied are pro-Palestine, pro-peace marches calling for ceasefires, including ones led by Jewish groups like If Not Now or Jewish Voice for Peace. He writes:
“Today, too many Americans are exploiting arguments against Israel and leaping toward a virulent antisemitism. The normalization and intensifying of this rise in hate is the danger many Jewish people fear most.” 
He labeled Dave Zirin, a Jewish journalist, as an antisemite for supporting Palestinians. Schumer has led the U.S. Senate to push through military aid packages to Israel, even as it carries out actions many have labeled war crimes, writing that:
“One of the most important tasks we must finish is taking up and passing a funding bill to ensure we, as well as our friends and partners in Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific region, have the necessary military capabilities to confront and deter our adversaries and competitors.”
#5 Steny Hoyer, $1,620,294
Hoyer demanded that “Congress must immediately and unconditionally fund Israel,” and give Netanyahu the green light to do whatever he pleases. And referring to Israel, which Jews established via settler colonization of Palestine, and in which Jews maintain illegal occupations, “..this is your place of security, this is your place of sovereignty, this is your place of safety.”
Hoyer also voted in favor of a bill stating that anti-Zionism is inherently antisemitic, thereby declaring all criticism of Israel to be invalid and racist.
#6 Ted Cruz, $1,299,194
On an interview with Breaking Point on YouTube, Cruz said, "I don’t condemn anything Israel does" just after the interviewer quoted an Israeli spokesman of advocating the use of a nuclear bomb on Gaza. 
#7 Ron Wyden, $1,279,376
In 2017, he co-sponsored a bill that made it a federal crime, punishable by a maximum prison sentence of 20 years, for Americans to participate in or even encourage boycotts against Israel and illegal Israeli settlements. Such a bill would be in direct violation of the First Amendment. 
#8 Dick Durbin, $1,126,020
He owes his political career to the Israel lobby. In 1982, the then-obscure college professor benefitted enormously from AIPAC money to defeat incumbent Paul Findley, a strong proponent of the Palestinian people. Recently, he called for immediate military aid to Israel and co-signed a senate resolution reaffirming Washington’s support for Israel’s “right to self-defense” in the wake of October 7.
#9 Josh Gottheimer, $1,109,370
He co-sponsored a bill equating opposition to Israeli government policy with antisemitism and introduced legislation to block and criminalize boycotting the state of Israel. He tried to pressure Rutgers University into calling off an event that protested for Palestinian rights. He wrote, “Last night, 15 of my Democratic colleagues voted AGAINST standing with our ally Israel and condemning Hamas terrorists who brutally murdered, raped, and kidnapped babies, children, men, women, and elderly, including Americans. They are despicable and do not speak for our party,”
#10 Shontel Brown, $1,028,686
She wrote, “Let’s be clear: Israel is not an apartheid state. Any mischaracterizations otherwise attempt to delegitimize Israel, a robust democracy, and will only serve to fuel rising antisemitism. I will always advocate for a strong U.S.-Israel relationship founded on our shared values.” She received more pro-Israel money than any other politician nationwide during the 2021-2022 election cycle, helping her overcome a double-digit polling deficit to defeat Nina Turner, a democratic socialist and former co-chair of Bernie Sanders’ 2020 campaign. 

Highest 24 Jewish Funding Levels for U.S. Congressmen, (From https://www.trackaipac.com/shame , Feb. 2025)

1. Rep. George Latimer [D-NY-16]
AIPAC Donations: $2,447,999
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $19,102,140

2. Rep. Wesley Bell [D-MO-01]
AIPAC Donations: $2,396,385
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $12,281,104

3. Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ-05]
AIPAC Donations: $896,058
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $1,880,012

4. Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
AIPAC Donations: $877,641
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $2,310,392

5. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY-08]
AIPAC Donations: $770,875
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $1,635,617

6. Rep. Glenn Ivey [D-MD-04]
AIPAC Donations: $766,165
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $2,978,704

7. Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI-11]
AIPAC Donations: $726,816
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $5,178,275

8. Rep. Ritchie Torres [D-NY-15]
AIPAC Donations: $683,006
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $1,528,002

9. Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA-33]
AIPAC Donations: $680,073
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $867,635

10. Rep. Mike Johnson [R-LA-04]
AIPAC Donations: $600,330
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $898,393

11. Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK-04]
AIPAC Donations: $593,456
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $645,206

12. Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA-41]
AIPAC Donations: $581,436
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $932,261

13. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL-25]
AIPAC Donations: $544,252
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $956,334

14. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL-26]
AIPAC Donations: $487,832
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $913,701

15. Rep. Jake Auchincloss [D-MA-04]
AIPAC Donations: $484,575
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $627,946

16. Rep. Don Davis [D-NC-01]
AIPAC Donations: $441,228
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $996,722

17. Rep. Valerie Foushee [D-NC-04]
AIPAC Donations: $429,955
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $727,836

18. Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY-05]
AIPAC Donations: $418,488
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $606,017

19. Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME-02]
AIPAC Donations: $406,621
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $638,755

20. Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX-10]
AIPAC Donations: $390,109
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $887,313

21. Rep. Chris Pappas [D-NH-01]
AIPAC Donations: $368,290
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $512,833

22. Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL-22]
AIPAC Donations: $352,662
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $600,942

23. Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY-06]
AIPAC Donations: $348,439
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $466,974

24. Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]
AIPAC Donations: $339,103
U.S. Jewish Lobby Total: $737,13

2. The Center for Responsive Politics

The Center for Responsive Politics, publisher of OpenSecrets.org, tracks all lobbies and PACs, and describes the 'background' of those 'Pro-Israel' PACs as, "A nationwide network of local political action committees, generally named after the region their donors come from, supplies much of the pro-Israel money in U.S. politics. Additional funds also come from individuals who bundle contributions to candidates favored by the PACs. The donors' unified goal is to build stronger Israel-United States relations and to support Israel in its negotiations and armed conflicts with its Arab neighbors." 

The Center for Responsive Politics: 1990–2006 data shows that "pro-Israel interests have contributed $56.8 million in individual, group and soft money donations to federal candidates and party committees since 1990." [$3.6 mpy] In contrast, Arab-Americans and Muslims PACs contributed slightly less than $800,000 during the same (1990–2006) period.  In 2006, 60% of the Democratic Party's fundraising and 25% of that for the Republican Party's fundraising came from Jewish-funded PACs. According to a Washington Post estimate, Democratic presidential candidates depend on Jewish sources for as much as 60% of money raised from private sources.

AIPAC president Howard Friedman says "AIPAC meets with every candidate running for Congress. These candidates receive in-depth briefings to help them completely understand the complexities of Israel's predicament and that of the Middle East as a whole. We even ask each candidate to author a 'position paper' on their views of the U.S.-Israel relationship – so it's clear where they stand on the subject." 

According to Mitchell Bard, Israel lobbyists also educate politicians by:
taking them to Israel on study missions. Once officials have direct exposure to the country, its leaders, geography, and security dilemmas, they typically return more sympathetic to Israel. Politicians also sometimes travel to Israel specifically to demonstrate to the lobby their interest in Israel. Thus, for example, George W. Bush made his one and only trip to Israel before deciding to run for President in what was widely viewed as an effort to win pro-Israel voters' support.[24]

Mearsheimer and Walt quote Morris Amitay, former AIPAC director as saying, "It's almost politically suicidal ... for a member of Congress who wants to seek reelection to take any stand that might be interpreted as anti-policy of the conservative Israeli government."[83] They also quote a Michael Massing article in which an unnamed staffer sympathetic to Israel said, "We can count on well over half the House – 250 to 300 members – to do reflexively whatever AIPAC wants."[84] Similarly they cite former AIPAC official Steven Rosen illustrating AIPAC's power for Jeffrey Goldberg by putting a napkin in front of him and saying, "In twenty-four hours, we could have the signatures of seventy senators on this napkin."[85] 

American journalist Michael Massing argues that there is a lack of media coverage on the Israel lobby and posits this explanation: "Why the blackout? For one thing, reporting on these groups is not easy. AIPAC's power makes potential sources reluctant to discuss the organization on the record, and employees who leave it usually sign pledges of silence. AIPAC officials themselves rarely give interviews, and the organization even resists divulging its board of directors."[60] Massing writes that in addition to AIPAC's efforts to maintain a low profile, "journalists, meanwhile, are often loath to write about the influence of organized Jewry. ... In the end, though, the main obstacle to covering these groups is fear."[60] Steven Rosen, a former director of foreign-policy issues for AIPAC, explained to Jeffrey Goldberg of The New Yorker that "a lobby is like a night flower: it thrives in the dark and dies in the sun."[118]