WAl Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art is a non-profit arts organization founded in 1998 and based in the Old City (Jerusalem). Its programming includes Contemporary art exhibitions, live music, an artist residency program, and workshops.
WAm Yisrael Foundation is a Tel Aviv and New York-based foundation and umbrella nonprofit organization for a variety of initiatives that promote Zionist engagement among Jewish young adults residing in Israel, including providing leadership platforms for young Jews who have made Aliyah, or are contemplating immigration to Israel.
WThe Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) was created in 1972 as an independent, non-partisan not-for-profit organization with the mission of protecting human rights and civil rights in Israel and the territories under its control. ACRI is Israel's oldest and largest human rights organization. Headquartered in Tel Aviv, with offices in Jerusalem, and Nazareth, the organization promotes transparency and accountability in government.
WBat Kol is an Israeli organization for lesbians who are Orthodox Jews.
WDarca Schools is a non-profit organization operating a network of 40 schools and learning centers located in Israel's geographic and socio-economic periphery.
WThe Ehvam - International Spiritual Center for Peace also known as the Arava Spiritual Center, which is located in the southern Arava region in Israel, is a non-profit, non-governmental, and non-political organization founded in 2007 by Dvora Tzvieli. It is funded by donations through the "Shita Vechochma" NPO.
WFriends of Schneider is the official charity of Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel.
WHamakor, officially known as Hamakor – Israeli Society for Free and Open Source Software, is an Israeli non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of free and open source software in Israel.
WHeroes for Life is a non-governmental organization founded in 2013 by three officers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) who had served in the Duvdevan unit for eight years. They started a trip after performing military service together, a trip that the IDF soldiers normally perform after completing the military service.
WHofesh, officially Hofesh - Freedom from Religion is an Israeli organization advocating separation of religion and state and stopping the religious coercion in Israel, objecting to repentance activity and going against it. The organization is an affiliate of Atheist Alliance International.
WThe Hotline for Refugees and Migrants (Hotline) is a human rights organization that utilizes direct service provision, litigation, and advocacy to uphold the rights of refugees, migrant workers, and survivors of human trafficking in Israel. In Hebrew, the organization is known as המוקד לפליטים ולמהגרים.
WIsrael Advanced Technology Industries or IATI is the umbrella organisation of the hi-tech and life sciences industries in Israel, which includes venture capital funds, R&D centres of multinational corporations, local small and large companies, technological and business incubators, acceleration programs for startup companies (accelerators), commercialisation companies of universities, hospitals, academia, service providers, municipalities, local councils and others.
WIsrael Democracy Institute, established in 1991, is an independent center of research and action dedicated to strengthening the foundations of Israeli democracy. It is located in Jerusalem, Israel.
WIsrael Diamond Institute (IDI) is a non-profit public interest company in Israel that represents organizations and institutions involved in Israel’s diamond industry. The main functions of the Institute are marketing and business development, promotion of rough diamond trading, professional training, security consultancy, technological research and development and trade shows.
WIsrael Elwyn (IE) is an Israeli nonprofit organization that provides services and programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It serves over 5,100 people from all age groups. The goal of the organization is to create a society in which people with disabilities have equal rights and can determine their own future and way of life. With the help of its programs, children and adults with disabilities gain the tools needed to lead more independent lives within the community.
WThe Israel National Council for the Child, in Jerusalem, Israel, is an Israeli independent non-profit non-governmental organization that advocates for children's rights and well-being. The organization serves all religions, ethnicities, and income levels in Israel.
WThe Jewish Agency for Israel is the largest Jewish non-profit organization in the world. It was established in 1929 as the operative branch of the World Zionist Organization (WZO). The stated mission of the Agency is to "ensure that every Jewish person feels an unbreakable bond to one another and to Israel no matter where they live in the world, so that they can continue to play their critical role in our ongoing Jewish story."
WThe Jewish People Policy Institute is a non-profit organization with the purpose of promoting and securing the Jewish people and Israel. The institute is a professional policy planning apparatus and a strategic thought process for the Jewish people in the most fundamental subjects concerning the Jewish people. The institute is served by most prominent public figures from the government, academia, the private sector in Israel and Jewish communities around the world, who constitute the think tank of this body.
WKenafayim (Wings) is an Israeli nonprofit organization founded in 2004 to establish a unique multidisciplinary arts center, the first of its kind in the world. The organization was founded by Dalit Sharon and Rina Padwa, two artists with rich experience in their respective fields, to create a platform for artistic and social activity and provide a unique place for artists with special needs and for artists who are dealing with mental health problems.
WMishmeret Yesha is an Israeli organization that trains Israeli settlers in counterterrorism techniques and the use of weapons to guard Israeli outposts and settlements against Palestinian attack. It was founded in 1988 and its name means "Guardians of Yesha." Yisrael Danziger is head of operations for the organization and one of its three founders. Danziger is a native of Brooklyn, New York.
WThe Movement for Quality Government in Israel is an Israeli non-profit organization that claims a membership of about 17,000. Formed as a protest movement in March 1990 during the coalition crisis, it is today the leading public petitioner to the Supreme Court of Israel.
WNefesh B'Nefesh, or Jewish Souls United, a nonprofit organization, promotes, encourages and facilitates Aliyah from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The organization aims to remove or minimize the financial, professional, logistical, and social obstacles that potential Olim face. Nefesh B'Nefesh works in close cooperation with the Jewish Agency for Israel, the Government of Israel and major Jewish organizations across various denominations, and assists people of all ages in the pre- and post-Aliyah process, offering resources such as financial aid, employment guidance and networking, assistance navigating the Israeli system, social guidance and counseling. Since 2002 Nefesh B'Nefesh has brought over 60,000 Olim to Israel. In 2011 Nefesh B'Nefesh co-founder Yehoshua Fass received the Moskowitz Prize for Zionism on behalf of the organization.
WNeve Shalom, also known as Wāħat as-Salām is a cooperative village in Israel, jointly founded by Israeli Jews and Arabs in an attempt to show that the two peoples can live side by side peacefully, as well as to conduct educational work for peace, equality and understanding between the two peoples. The village is located on one of the two Latrun hilltops overlooking the Ayalon Valley, and lies midway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Falling under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council, in 2019 it had a population of 323.
WPalestinian Media Watch is an Israel-based nongovernmental organization and media watchdog group. Founded in 1996 by Itamar Marcus, Palestinian Media Watch documents cases of incitement in Palestinian media. It describes itself as "an Israeli research institute that studies Palestinian society from a broad range of perspectives by monitoring and analyzing the Palestinian Authority through its media and schoolbooks."
WPoem for Rent is a nonprofit project for arts distribution founded in Israel. Poems on bulletin boards are posted in the same format as standard "house for rent" posts with several detachable tear-offs on the bottom. Instead of a telephone number, quotes from the poem are written on the tear-offs. This way, anyone who passes by can read the poem and pick a tear-off with a quote they liked from the poem.
WThe Pride House in Beersheba is a local LGBT organization in Beersheba, Israel, that works for the LGBT community in Beersheba and the Negev, promotes LGBT rights in Israel, Beersheba and the Negev in particular, and has various social activities for the local LGBT community. The organization has been active since 2000, as a local branch of the Israeli LGBT association, and in 2015 separated from the organization and established itself as a separate local organization.
WSar-El, is a non-profit service organization, subordinate and under the direction of the Israeli Logistics Corps, for Israeli citizens living abroad, and who now wish to finalize their status with the military. The program is also open to non-Israeli citizens who wish to participate in a service program akin to national service, without enlisting in the Israeli Defense Forces. The program usually consists of three weeks of volunteer service on different rear army or air force bases, doing non-combative work. The program also has one and two week service periods. In the case of non-Israelis, they must be aged 17 years or older, and in the case of Israeli citizens, they must be 30 years of age or older, and have for some reason or another not completed their national service requirement.
WShaharit – Creating Common Cause is an Israeli think tank and nonprofit organization, which was founded as a "think- and do- tank" in 2012 to forge a new social partnership between all segments of Israeli society and create a new common denominator by transcending the hackneyed dichotomies between Right and Left, Jewish and Arabs, religious and secular, Mizrahim and Ashkenazim, etc. Shaharit's overarching goal is to "forge common ground between all the groups in Israeli society thereby creating a sustainable future that allows everyone to thrive." The organization is active on several fronts in parallel—local civic groups, an intellectual think tank, and building working groups within and between the various communities that make up Israeli society.
WSherut Leumi is an alternative voluntary national service in Israel for those who are ineligible for service in the Israel Defense Forces or object to serving in the army for religious or other reasons.
WShoval - All is created for your glory is an initiative of Jewish orthodox lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Israel that actively promotes tolerance and understanding of LGBT people within religious communities in Israel through meeting with educators. It is a cooperation of gay men from Havruta, and lesbian women from Bat Kol, and is supported and promoted by these organizations. The organisation's name derives from the second of the Sheva Brachot.
WPolis – The Jerusalem Institute of Languages and Humanities is a non-profit academic institution based in Jerusalem, Israel founded in 2011 in response to the renewed worldwide interest in ancient languages and civilizations and to revive the study of the humanities through the study of Western and Eastern cultural sources.
WTsofen High Technology Centers Ltd is an Israeli-registered public benefit company based in Nazareth, northern Israel, established as a joint Arab and Jewish nonprofit organization promoting hi-tech in Israeli Arab society, as a lever for economic development and the creation of a shared society in Israel, based on equal participation in a sustainable economy. Tsofen's mission is to integrate Arabs into Israel’s hi-tech sector and bring hi-tech centers to Arab cities.
WWomen's Spirit: Financial Independence - for Women Victims of Violence is an Israeli Amruta that offers women victims of domestic violence the tools and support with which to become financially independent. The organization seeks to raise awareness of violence against women and provide women with the tools and skills to become personally and financially independent.
WYad Levi Eshkol is the official non-governmental organization commemorating Israeli prime minister Levi Eshkol. The organization was founded in accordance with a government resolution made in 1970. Yad Levi Eshkol is carrying public activities in the fields of education, research and documentation. Its founding chairwoman was Mrs. Miriam Eshkol who headed the organization until 2008.
WYashar LaChayal is an Israeli non-profit organization which was founded in the summer of 2006, during the Second Lebanon War. It is one of many organizations whose purpose is to provide for soldiers in the Israel Defense Force in various ways. All of the organization's overhead expenses are paid for by a philanthropist. Its name, Hebrew for "straight to the soldier," thus reflects the fact that donations made will go towards the humanitarian needs of Israeli soldiers without a percentage going towards the organization's overhead costs.
WYRF, a non-profit organization, is the US partners of Darca schools - a network of 28 high schools and two learning centers in disadvantaged communities in Israel. YRF provides strategic guidance, research and philanthropic support to Darca Schools.