AIPAC

Name

AIPAC

Legal name

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee

Website

https://aipac.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Advocacy and Lobbying

NAICS

Political Organizations (813940), Political Organizations (81394)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Government Accountability, Ethics & Anti-Corruption Advocacy (BPAGAFAN)

Keywords

• Political lobbying services
• Grassroots advocacy
• Political action committee
• Government relations
• Membership association

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Contributions and Donations: AIPAC is funded by American citizens who contribute to the organization. They have a club membership program with tiers starting at $1,800 annually for Washington Club membership, with higher tiers including Capitol Club ($3,600), Senate Club ($10,000), President's Cabinet ($25,000), Chairman's Council ($36,000), Minyan ($100,000), and Trustees Circle ($250,000). The organization also accepts appreciated securities donations.
2. AIPAC PAC Contributions: AIPAC operates a political action committee that collects contributions from members and contributes to political candidates who support the U.S.-Israel relationship. Contributions to AIPAC's PAC are used to support pro-Israel candidates in elections.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AIPAC is a U.S. lobbying and political advocacy organization that mobilizes American citizens to support pro-Israel U.S. policy. It operates a Political Action Committee (PAC) that contributes to Democratic and Republican candidates, runs a tiered Club Membership program with annual contributions from $1,800 to $250,000, and conducts direct lobbying of Congress on issues including security assistance and missile defense cooperation with Israel.

Product overview

AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) is an American grassroots organization that advocates for strong U.S.-Israel relations through its Political Action Committee (PAC), which is the largest pro-Israel PAC helping elect pro-Israel candidates. The organization operates a tiered Club Membership program offering exclusive events and access to policymakers at contribution levels from $1,800 to $250,000 annually. Additional offerings include educational resources (memos, bill summaries, press releases), an online store, the Tomorrow Campaign for planned giving, and internship opportunities. AIPAC functions as a membership-based advocacy organization rather than a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AIPAC PAC
• Club Membership Program
• AIPAC Store

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $4 billion in U.S. security assistance to Israel secured through Congressional appropriations
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• U.S. CongresscoreOthersAIPAC works extensively with Democrats and Republicans in Congress to advance the U.S.-Israel partnership. The organization lobbies Congress to pass annual U.S. security assistance to Israel, support missile defense cooperation, and fund joint defense programs. AIPAC has successfully influenced multiple defense authorization and appropriations bills benefiting U.S.-Israel cooperation.
• American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIEF is the charitable organization affiliated with AIPAC. AIEF supports AIPAC programs that are consistent with its status as a charitable and educational organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. AIEF Tax ID: 52-1623781.
• United Democracy Project (Super PAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIPAC's super PAC, the United Democracy Project, has spent over $221 million since 2022 influencing Democratic primaries. The super PAC supports pro-Israel candidates and opposes those critical of Israel. It raised $61.6 million in the second half of 2025.
• Israel (Government of)coreOthersAIPAC is explicitly not funded or directed by the Israeli government. The organization is an American grassroots organization funded exclusively by American citizens. However, AIPAC's mission is to strengthen the U.S.-Israel partnership and works to advance policies beneficial to Israel.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• J Street: J Street is a pro-Israel, pro-peace American lobbying organization that competes with AIPAC in advocating for U.S. policy toward Israel, but from a more progressive-leaning position. Both organizations fundraise from American Jews, lobby Congress, run PAC activity, and seek to influence the U.S.-Israel relationship, making them the closest direct rival.
• Zionist Organization of America: ZOA is a longstanding pro-Israel advocacy organization that, like AIPAC, mobilizes American supporters to influence U.S. policy toward Israel through lobbying and grassroots engagement. While ZOA focuses more on ideological/educational advocacy and AIPAC on electoral politics, both compete for the same pro-Israel donor base and Congressional attention.
• National Rifle Association (NRA): The NRA is a large American membership-based advocacy organization with a major PAC that influences elections and lobbies Congress on Second Amendment rights. Like AIPAC, it monetizes a deeply held cause through tiered membership, runs political spending at scale, and relies on grassroots mobilization of millions of members to influence policy.
• NAACP: The NAACP is a large American advocacy organization with a membership base, federal lobbying operation, and political spending arm that influences elections on civil rights issues. It is structurally analogous to AIPAC as a 501(c)(4)-style advocacy body operating across multiple chapters with a PAC and affiliated 501(c)(3) (NAACP Legal Defense Fund).
• Planned Parenthood Federation of America: Planned Parenthood operates a 501(c)(3) service arm, a 501(c)(4) advocacy arm, and a federal PAC (Planned Parenthood Votes), engaging in large-scale grassroots mobilization and political spending on a single high-salience policy issue. Its structure—membership-based advocacy, electoral spending, and Congressional lobbying—closely mirrors AIPAC's organizational architecture.
• ACLU: The ACLU is a major American advocacy organization with millions of members, federal lobbying operations, and a PAC, focused on civil liberties. Like AIPAC, it sustains influence through grassroots mobilization, tiered membership giving, and bipartisan engagement on a defined set of policy priorities.
• Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD): FDD is a Washington-based foreign policy think tank and advocacy organization that influences U.S. policy toward Israel and the broader Middle East through research, lobbying, and Congressional engagement. It is a peer in the foreign-policy advocacy space, though smaller in scale and operating more through policy research than electoral mobilization.
• Sierra Club: The Sierra Club is a large membership-based environmental advocacy organization with a PAC and significant federal lobbying presence, mobilizing millions of members on a single policy domain. Its operational model—tiered dues, grassroots mobilization, and political spending—closely resembles AIPAC's structure, scaled to environmental advocacy.
• Club for Growth: Club for Growth is a politically active 501(c)(4) and PAC that influences primary elections and lobbies Congress on free-market policy. Like AIPAC's United Democracy Project, it operates a high-spending super PAC focused on electoral intervention, and competes for the same donor ecosystem of politically engaged, high-net-worth Americans.

Broad incumbents

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the largest business advocacy organization in America, with a powerful PAC that spends hundreds of millions influencing federal elections and lobbies Congress on a broad portfolio of issues. It is a comparable scale player in the advocacy-PAC space, though focused on broad business interests rather than a single policy domain like AIPAC.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/aipac
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@AIPAC
• Facebookfacebook.com/aipac
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aipac
• Instagraminstagram.com/aipac

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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