about us
Our history
Israel Friends mission is to save as many Israeli lives as possible.
The organization was founded by a team with decades of experience in supply chain and logistics companies – founding these businesses and building them into multimillion dollar enterprises.
Israel Friends operates under the 501(c)3 of the Worldwide Friends Foundation, which brings critical lifesaving aid to crisis zones. The organization has provided over $50 million dollars in critical aid to crisis zones.
Israel Friends was founded on October 7th, had a chartered plane in the air on October 10th with 100+ reservists and filled with emergency equipment in the cargo hold, and to date has provided over $20,000,000 in critical aid to the people of Israel.
The organization will continue to efficiently and effectively deliver essential equipment, medical supplies, and humanitarian aid, and will continue to do so as long as the State of Israel needs our support.
How Israel Friends is Different
Israel Friends is different from other organizations for a few clear reasons.
Founded by successful, for-profit entrepreneurs, the organization is run like a startup. This is seen with a lean team, flexible working structure, and a dynamic perspective to problem solving.
This ingenuity is bolstered by a set of founders, advisors, and executives with decades of management experience – thereby providing the infrastructure of a strong & healthy organization with the flexibility of a Tel Aviv startup.
This combined set of backgrounds has allowed the organization to easily partner with the Israeli government, ministries, and army – since Israel Friends focuses on providing an outsized impact by solving deep critical problems.
Israel Friends values a for-profit perspective with a nonprofit mission; expertise in crisis management and aid delivery; collaboration without duplication of efforts; avoiding bureaucracy and focusing on impact; and always providing an outsized impact.
“It is our responsibility to help Israel protect its civilians.”
Teddy Raskin
Co-Founder, Worldwide Friends
FOUNDER'S STATEMENT
In the face of unique challenges, your unwavering support has enabled us to respond swiftly and effectively, embodying the spirit of collaboration and compassion that defines our organization.
We came to Israel to deliver critical aid and to show the world we stand together. “Never Again” is all of our responsibility. The Israeli people are not alone. Jews and those who stand up for democracy all over the world are united once again.
Besides for the pain and human suffering of those affected by the historically brutal Hamas terrorist attack on October 7th, the resilience, strength (“koach”), and resolve of the Jewish people cannot be denied.
The Jewish people have over 3,000 years of thriving life in Jerusalem. This is supported by carbon-dated archeological evidence, and is widely documented across physical non-negotiable artifacts.
The basic values of family, education, philanthropy, and community are what enable Israel to shine as the lone democracy in the region. Amidst the most blatant antisemitism since the Holocaust, and the most horrific terror attack in the nation’s history, we will protect Israel at all costs.
Israel and the Jewish people have a right to exist.
Israel lives.
Israel will always live.
Am Yisrael Chai
Meet the Israel Friends Founders
Our Founding Partners
Israel Friends would not be able to achieve our mission without the support and backing of our invaluable founding partners. Thank you for standing with us, enabling us to make a real and lasting difference in the lives of those who depend on us.
