Mission: The purposes of this corporation are to provide relief for, and to minister to the physical well-being of needy persons in israel; to support and maintain public hospitals, clinics, to relieve sickness and distress, and to prevent plague and disease in israel; to support and maintain the hebrew university and other educational and religious insitutions in the holy land and to promote scientific research therein. It shall be within the purpose of this corporation to use as means to the above purposes, research, publication, the establishment and maintenance of charitable, religious and public education activites, agencies and institutions and the aid of any such activities, agencies and institutions already established.
Programs: Pef makes hundreds of grants to charitable organizations for such purposes as: primary and secondary education, scientific research, special needs of women, children, and families in distress, drug abuse, relief for handicapped, arts promotion
I have been donating to P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds for many years. I give them thousands of dollars a year, with names of organizations I choose from their list. Every penny goes to the entities I choose, because P.E.F. doesn't take any part of the donations for administration or fundraising expenses. They send my contributions expeditiously and I receive acknowledgment letters from the recipients. The staff are friendly and helpful. I strongly recommend P.E.F.
I donated $18 to this organization based on the Jewish cultural tradition that charity should be based on the number 18. The Hebrew word chai means two different things: LIFE and the NUMBER 18. This was an error as they do not accept anything lower than $25 because "it is too costly". I find this remarkably insensitive and insulting and can verify that the 20-30 donations I make per year at this rate have never, ever, been returned. I also broke my own personal rule to check organizations on yours and charity navigator's sites and both would have influenced me not to donate.
