International Fellowship of Christians and Jews

What International Fellowship of Christians and Jews does

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ, operating as 'The Fellowship') is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1983 by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, headquartered in Chicago with operational offices in Jerusalem, Toronto, and Seoul. It is the largest organization globally focused on building bridges between Christian and Jewish communities, raising approximately $303 million annually from a base of 3.1 million supporters — predominantly Evangelical Christians — and disbursing funds through four core program pillars: Isaiah 58 (poverty relief for elderly Jews, Holocaust survivors, orphans, and families in Israel and the former Soviet Union); Guardians of Israel (security support, bomb shelters, and first-responder funding); On Wings of Eagles (aliyah/Jewish immigration, with 6,000+ immigrants assisted in 2025 and 780,000+ since inception); and With Dignity and Fellowship (direct-delivery elderly support). Since the October 7, 2023 attacks, the organization has committed over $300 million in emergency aid to Israel.

The Fellowship runs a multi-channel fundraising operation accepting one-time and recurring donations, IRA Qualified Charitable Distributions, appreciated stock, cryptocurrency (via Engiven), Donor Advised Funds, planned giving/Charitable Gift Annuities, and workplace matching gifts, with an average gift of ~$82 across roughly 11,000 donations per day. Programmatic delivery is executed through its wholly owned operational arm HaKeren L'Yedidut (led by Ayelet Shiloh Tamir) and partner organizations including Magen David Adom, The Jewish Agency for Israel, The Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel, and hundreds of local soup kitchens and social service providers. Distribution and donor engagement leverage an extensive media ministry: 80 million weekly TV viewers, 22.4 million weekly radio listeners across 1,750 outlets, 1.9 million Facebook followers, and 4.9 million email subscribers, with church partnerships spanning 4,000 congregations.

Revenue mechanics rely on donor relationship maintenance rather than product pricing: 76 cents of every dollar flows to programs, supported by BBB Wise Giving Alliance accreditation, Charity Navigator four-star rating, GuideStar Platinum Transparency, and Forbes Top 100 Charities recognition (#66 in 2025, fifth consecutive year). Leadership is anchored by President and Global CEO Yael Eckstein (daughter of the founder, who died in 2019), with a board chaired by Rev. Johnnie Moore. The organization has no AI/ML capabilities disclosed and operates as a program-delivery nonprofit rather than a technology company, with technology limited to standard payment processing, donor matching integrations, and digital media publishing.

Name

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews

Legal name

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews

Website

https://ifcj.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1983 that raises approximately $303 million annually from 3.1 million Christian supporters to deliver humanitarian aid — food, security, aliyah, and medical care — to vulnerable Jewish populations across Israel, the former Soviet Union, and 47+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Aid Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132), Religious Organizations (81311), Other Grantmaking and Giving Services (813219)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE), Public Charities & Grantmaking Intermediaries (BPAGAKAE)

Keywords

• Humanitarian aid services
• Nonprofit fundraising
• Poverty relief programs
• Interfaith bridge building
• Disaster relief assistance

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Primary revenue stream from individual donors contributing one-time or recurring gifts through various channels including online donations, phone, mail, cryptocurrency, and stock donations. The organization receives around 11,000 gifts per day with an average gift being $82.
2. Corporate Matching Gifts: Many companies offer programs to match employee contributions to charitable organizations, allowing donors to double or triple the impact of their gifts.
3. Monthly Giving Programs: Friends of The Fellowship monthly partner program provides ongoing critical care to vulnerable populations through recurring monthly donations.
4. Planned Giving and Legacy Gifts: Donors can make legacy gifts through wills, trusts, or Charitable Gift Annuities (CGA) that provide income back to donors.
5. IRA Charitable Rollovers: Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD) from IRAs for individuals 70½ or older, allowing tax-free transfers directly to charity up to $111,000 annually.
6. Donor Advised Fund: Donors can contribute to a Donor Advised Fund and receive an immediate tax deduction while recommending grants to The Fellowship over time.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews raises charitable donations primarily from Christian supporters worldwide and distributes humanitarian aid to Jewish communities in Israel, the former Soviet Union, and across 47+ countries. Its core offerings are four program pillars: poverty relief (food, clothing, medicine) through Isaiah 58 and With Dignity and Fellowship; security support through Guardians of Israel (bomb shelters, first responder equipment); aliyah/immigration through On Wings of Eagles; and educational/interfaith bridge-building content via radio, television, and podcasts. Programs are funded by individual donations, monthly recurring gifts, legacy/planned giving, IRA rollovers, stocks, and cryptocurrency.

Product overview

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (The Fellowship) operates as a humanitarian nonprofit organization rather than a technology product company. Its service portfolio consists of four core program pillars: (1) Isaiah 58 for alleviating poverty through food, medicine, and emergency assistance; (2) Guardians of Israel for providing security and emergency preparedness; (3) On Wings of Eagles for facilitating aliyah (Jewish immigration to Israel); and (4) supporting fellowship through educational outreach. These core programs are supplemented by advocacy initiatives including Flags of Fellowship and Stand for Israel, media content production including Holy Land Moments radio broadcasts, television specials (Protect Jews, Forgotten Jews), and two podcasts (Nourish Your Biblical Roots and On The Frontlines). The organization also operates a product catalog selling Israeli goods. The overall architecture is program-based rather than platform-plus-modules, with all offerings serving the singular mission of building bridges between Christians and Jews while providing humanitarian aid to Israel and Jewish communities worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Isaiah 58 Program
• Guardians of Israel
• On Wings of Eagles
• With Dignity and Fellowship
• Flags of Fellowship
• Stand for Israel
• Nourish Your Biblical Roots Podcast
• On The Frontlines with Mark Levin and Yael Eckstein
• Donation Catalog

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2 million people helped in 2025
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Magen David AdomcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Magen David Adom (Israel's national emergency medical service) to deliver five refurbished ambulances to Christian and Druze communities in Syria near Israel's northern border. Ambulances include medical rescue bags to strengthen emergency response capabilities in areas with limited access to lifesaving care.
• The Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in IsraelcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to fund an emergency support line providing doctor home visits, medical advice, psychological consultation, and emergency call buttons for Holocaust survivors.
• The Jewish Agency for IsraelcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partnership for aliyah (Jewish immigration to Israel) programs, helping Jews escape poverty and anti-Semitism worldwide and return to their biblical homeland.
• International Nepal FellowshipminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal implementing partner for humanitarian programs, mentioned in context of Nepal drought parametric insurance program supported by Humanity Insured.
• Lev Echad (One Heart)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVolunteer organization partnered with for cleanup efforts and community support in Israeli communities affected by missile attacks.
• HaKeren L'YedidutcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThe Fellowship's operational arm which implements programming in Israel, the former Soviet Union, and the rest of the Jewish world. Led by Director General Ayelet Shiloh Tamir.
• MASA Israel JourneyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMASA programs for young adults 18-30 including internship programs. Previously grew program from 5,000 to 10,000+ participants annually. Partnership history through leadership connections.
• Yad LaKashishminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Yad LaKashish (Lifeline for the Elderly) organization supporting poor elderly in Israel through various programs.

Scale indicators28 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Chabad-Lubavitch: Chabad is a major Jewish religious and humanitarian movement operating globally with welfare, education, and immigrant aid programs serving Jewish communities. It parallels IFCJ's Jewish community support mission and aliyah/immigration assistance activities.
• Samaritan's Purse: Samaritan's Purse is a large evangelical Christian humanitarian organization with parallel donor base and disaster response, medical, and Christian outreach programs. Its evangelical Christian constituency and direct-to-consumer fundraising model closely mirrors IFCJ's approach.
• World Vision: World Vision is one of the largest faith-based humanitarian organizations globally, raising comparable scale of private donations from Christian supporters and operating child sponsorship, disaster relief, and poverty programs. IFCJ mirrors World Vision's model of donor-supported humanitarian aid with a faith-based framing.
• The Jewish Agency for Israel: The Jewish Agency is IFCJ's core aliyah implementation partner and operates directly parallel programs in immigration to Israel, global Jewish education, and emergency response for Jews in distress. Ayelet Shiloh Tamir, IFCJ's HaKeren Director General, was previously COO of The Jewish Agency.
• Magen David Adom: MDA is Israel's national emergency medical service and a core operational partner of IFCJ. While MDA focuses on medical and emergency response, its fundraising model and donor engagement with diaspora Jewish and Christian communities parallels IFCJ's outreach approach.
• American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC): The JDC is a major Jewish humanitarian organization serving vulnerable Jews in Israel and 70+ countries, with aliyah and elderly care programs directly overlapping IFCJ's Isaiah 58 and On Wings of Eagles programs. Board member Jacob Schimmel of IFCJ is a past Vice President of JDC.
• Hadassah: Hadassah is a major American Jewish women's organization supporting humanitarian, medical, and education programs in Israel. It overlaps with IFCJ on Jewish community support, advocacy, and Israeli humanitarian missions, with a similar donor engagement model.

Broad incumbents

• American Red Cross: The American Red Cross is a broad incumbent humanitarian organization with emergency response, disaster relief, and international humanitarian programs. While not faith-based, it represents a comparable scale nonprofit humanitarian model with multi-channel fundraising infrastructure.
• Catholic Relief Services: CRS is the official humanitarian agency of the US Catholic community, operating global poverty relief, emergency response, and humanitarian programs. As a large faith-based humanitarian organization, it parallels IFCJ's faith-driven donor model and international aid delivery.
• International Rescue Committee (IRC): The IRC is a leading global humanitarian organization operating in crisis and conflict zones, providing services to displaced populations. It mirrors IFCJ's emergency response, refugee assistance, and humanitarian aid delivery in conflict geographies including Ukraine and the Middle East.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TheFellowship
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/IFCJ25
• Instagraminstagram.com/the_fellowship
• Facebookfacebook.com/FellowshipFan
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/international-fellowship-of-christians-and-jews

Compliance12 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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