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The facts on the ground speak for themselves.

IEF donors have built over 1,200 buildings throughout the land of Israel. Putting that number into context: it is equivalent to IEF donors building every public elementary, middle and high school
in Dallas, Chicago, Philadelphia and Baltimore combined. But IEF donors have built more than schools. IEF buildings are community builders. Places to explore; places to learn; places to
come together.

There is no stronger statement of your commitment to Israel’s future than a capital investment
now. And no partner with a stronger track record than Israel Education Fund.

Any way you look at it, IEF donors have helped build the land of Israel in a really big way.

And still are. You can become part of the story. And let your name live in Israel forever.


Want your name to live in Israel forever? There are over 250 urgently needed capital projects waiting for funding.

CAPITAL OPPORTUNITIES:
Youth Aliyah Villages
The Jewish Agency’s Youth Aliyah operates four residential villages, three of which focus on children from disadvantaged backgrounds, many of whom have suffered from abuse or neglect. There are urgently needed capital projects requiring funding partners at each village: Ramat Hadassah Szold Youth Village located near Haifa; Kiryat Yearim Youth Village near Jerusalem; Ben Yakir Youth Village near Hadera; and, Nitzana located in the Negev desert, on the Egyptian border.

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:
Yesodot / Foundations for Ethiopian-Israeli youth
This Jewish Agency program gives Ethiopian children and teens living in absorption centers crucial support for their new life in Israel. The multi-level program builds their self-esteem, prepares them for a lifetime of learning and addresses their social, emotional and scholastic needs. Yesodot serves over 3,000 children annually, from pre-school through twelfth grade, in over 20 absorption centers throughout Israel. The program is comprised of a range of vital educational projects.

Youth Futures
This unique community-wide program that partners you with Israeli philanthropists is closing the socioeconomic gaps for disadvantaged youth in the Negev and Galilee. At the heart of Youth Future’s success is a team of young adult trustees who serve as role models for each child. Developing personalized approaches to bridge critical gaps—educational, social and extracurricular—the program is dramatically increasing the number of youth who reach their potential.

ATIDIM
ATIDIM is a national program that prepares the top 30% of disadvantaged youth to study in Israel’s best universities and have the opportunity to become part of the prestigious IDF Academic Reserve—a proven fast-track to success in Israeli society. In the context of increasing threats facing Israel, ATIDIM is one of the most important social initiatives underway in Israel today, closing the socio-economic gaps crippling Israel’s periphery by creating equal educational opportunity.

Make a statement now. Let your name live in Israel forever.
During this time of extraordinary challenge for the State of Israel, our capital investment in its infrastructure now sends the strongest possible message, both to her people and to the world, of our unwavering support.

Priorities include: Sheltered housing and community clubs for the elderly in periphery; Mother and child centers in periphery; Regional colleges in periphery; Projects of significance in Jerusalem

• IEF projects reflect a variety of funding levels.
• IEF projects include prominent donor naming opportunities.
• IEF provides the expertise to take your project from vision to reality and a commitment
  to excellence that goes beyond.
• IEF projects are a permanent testament to your life of caring and commitment;
  a physical bond in perpetuity to the land of Israel.
  
  

A look back.
Formally launched in October 1964, the Israel Education Fund was a response of North American donors called to action by David Ben Gurion to close the 'cultural divide' between various immigrant communities in Israel by providing free high school education for all Israeli children.

The strength of Ben Gurion's vision - providing the people of Israel with the cornerstone for a viable modern high school system to secure their future strength and unity - would ultimately transform not only the educational landscape of Israel, but the very fabric of its society.

Ben Gurion looked to the leadership of the United Jewish Appeal and the Jewish Agency for Israel as natural partners. The creation of IEF became their response to the urgent need to augment government resources for Israel's high school construction program through a matching grants formula. At the same time, IEF provided donors in North America with the first opportunity for directed 'hands-on' giving in Israel through UJA. It was a win-win proposition.

As the need for resources extended beyond building Israel's high schools IEF donors met the challenge. Pre-kindergarten and daycare centers for children in every community; public libraries; Israel's vibrant community college system; adult education centers, recreational, sports and senior care facilities; academic scholarships and academic enrichment programming - all have been made possible through the dedication and commitment of donors to Israel Education Fund.

To find out how you can fund an Israel Education Fund capital project or provide an educational scholarship, contact JFNA Overseas Supplemental Giving/IEF.