THE TEL AVIV FOUNDATION

Registered charity 293477 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

To promote and assist eductional, religious and relief projects in Tel Aviv-Yafo.

Objects

TO ADVANCE OR ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHARITABLE AIMS OBJECTS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE TEL AVIV FOUNDATION (A NON PROFIT ORGANISATION ESTABLISHED UNDER THE LAWS OF ISRAEL) AND BY ALL SUCH MEANS AS MAY BE CHARITABLE AT LAW TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION FOR THE PRIMARY BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF TEL AVIV, ISREAL OF THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY INDIGENCE AND DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: INHABITANTS OF TEL AVIV

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £257,682 in the year, resulting in accumulated reserves falling to £21,807. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and note that present funding levels are adequate to support activities, despite risks related to reliance on donations and support costs funded by TAFI.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Risk management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 12/02/2025, 104 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 13/11/2023, 13 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 06/12/2022, 36 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Jusidman Family Foundation — “The Jusidman Family Foundation will donate 200 million NIS for the establishment of the Jusidman Rehabilitation Hospital in Sde Dov, which w…” (source page)
• Bernard van Leer Foundation — “The Bernard van Leer Foundation Board discusses Urban95 progress in Tel Aviv” (source page)
• Lou Dunst Trust — “The Lou Dunst Trust supports Warm Homes after-school program” (source page)
• Goodman Foundation — “in ongoing partnership with the Goodman Foundation. The camp hosted approximately 704 students entering 9th grade from across the city” (source page)
• Samueli Foundation — “with support from the Samueli Foundation. The museum will span approximately 1,200 square meters and serve as an experiential space combinin…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dov Itzhak Shamirchair
• AMINA HARRIS
• NEVILLE EISENBERG
• SIMON ROSS

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TIFERES YISROEL.

• TIFERES YISROEL income £187k
• YAFA FOUNDATION income £42k
• TIFERET EYAL income £229k
• KANFEI YONA CHARITABLE TRUST income £25k
• TEL HAI FUND LIMITED income £48k
• KEHAL YETEV LEV income £370k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.