Hasbara Fellowships

What Hasbara Fellowships does

Hasbara Fellowships is a US-registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded around 2001 and headquartered at 228 Park Ave S, New York, with a 34-person staff and active operations in Canada. The organization's stated mission is to counter rising antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment on North American college and high school campuses by training Jewish and pro-Israel students to become confident, knowledgeable advocates and student leaders.

The core product is a 7–10 day immersive leadership mission to Israel priced at $249 plus a $400 refundable deposit against a fully-loaded program value exceeding $3,600, with the balance cross-subsidized by donations. Participants meet with senior Israeli figures including the President, Knesset members, IDF officers, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials, and tour strategic sites such as the West Bank, Gaza border, and Lebanon border. Surrounding the flagship mission is a product ecosystem spanning a High School Internship, free Advocacy Training Seminars (online advocacy, BDS response, public engagement, alliance building), printed and digital Resource Guides (Unmasking BDS, IHRA-aligned antisemitism materials, indigenous-claims material), monthly Virtual Leadership Sessions, free Tabling Campaign materials, Campus Microgrants, and a three-step Legal Tools program operated in partnership with the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law.

The go-to-market is community-led: recruitment runs through Hillels, Chabad houses, Jewish Federations, synagogues, and word-of-mouth across hundreds of campuses, amplified by a blog, email, and an active social presence on Instagram, Facebook, X, and YouTube. Revenue is generated entirely through tax-deductible donations from individuals and foundations (US via direct giving, Canada via CHIMP Charitable Impact Foundation), with a $1 million 3x matching campaign launched in November 2025 signaling active fundraising momentum. Cumulative impact cited includes 3,000+ Israel Trip alumni and roughly 200 active yearly fellows across North America.

Name

Hasbara Fellowships

Legal name

Hasbara Fellowships

Website

https://hasbarafellowships.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hasbara Fellowships is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that trains Jewish and pro-Israel college and high school students in North America as campus advocates through subsidized immersive Israel missions, free advocacy seminars, resource guides, campus microgrants, and legal support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pro-Israel Advocacy and Education Programs

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Research Grants, Fellowships & Stipends (International) (EDAIAOAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Education & Teaching Volunteer Programs (EDAIAGAD)

Keywords

• Israel advocacy training
• Campus antisemitism programs
• Student leadership missions
• Pro-Israel education
• Jewish student activism

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Hasbara Fellowships is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (Tax ID: 20-1651102). Revenue is generated entirely through donations from individuals, foundations, and partner organizations. The organization is publicly funded and relies on charitable contributions to subsidize Israel program costs, campus operations, and educational resources.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Hasbara Fellowships runs immersive Israel leadership missions and an integrated campus advocacy program for Jewish and pro-Israel students in North America. It delivers subsidized 7-10 day trips to Israel alongside advocacy training seminars, resource guides, a high-school internship, virtual leadership sessions, campus microgrants, tabling campaigns, and a legal support partnership to help students counter antisemitism and anti-Israel activism on campus. The work is sustained by donations and an alumni network of over 3,000 former program participants.

Product overview

Hasbara Fellowships operates as a unified platform offering educational and advocacy programs for Jewish and pro-Israel students. The core offerings include: Israel Programs (immersive leadership missions to Israel), High School Internship, Advocacy Training Seminars, Resource Guides, Virtual Leadership Sessions, Tabling Campaigns, Legal Tools (in partnership with Brandeis Center), and Campus Microgrants. These products work together to empower students with training, resources, funding, and tools to advocate for Israel on college campuses across North America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Israel Programs (Student Leadership Missions to Israel) Immersive 7-10 day fully-funded leadership missions to Israel for North American college students, providing firsthand exposure to Israeli politics, culture, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Students tour strategic sites, meet Israeli leaders, and receive advocacy training; program fee is $249 plus a $400 refundable deposit against a full program value exceeding $3,600.
• High School Internship Program for Jewish high school students across North America to train as ambassadors for the Jewish people, building advocacy skills for use on social media and in advance of their university years through workshops and speaker sessions.
• Advocacy Training Seminars Free professional advocacy training presentations delivered on campus or virtually for Jewish and pro-Israel student groups. Topics include Communicating for Israel, BDS: How to Prep and Win, Strategic Public Engagement/Tabling, Defeating Anti-Israel Propaganda, Advocating for Israel Online, Building Alliances on Campus, and Building Your Base.
• Resource Guides Digitally distributed and print-ready educational pamphlets covering key advocacy topics, including Unmasking the BDS Movement, Identifying and Combating Antisemitism (using the IHRA definition), and Are Jews Indigenous to the Land of Israel. Available free of charge to students and community members across North America.
• Virtual Leadership Sessions Monthly online webinars for students and community members featuring expert speakers (IDF officers, Knesset members, journalists, diplomats) on Israel advocacy topics and current events. Open registration via Zoom with sessions archived on YouTube.
• Tabling Campaigns Free campus advocacy and tabling campaigns ordered by student groups and shipped across North America, covering themes such as Diverse/Tolerant Society, Crisis Relief & Humanitarian Aid, Global Environmental Impact, Counter Israel Apartheid Week, Celebrate Israeli Women, and Cardiac Care for Children.
• Legal Tools Joint pilot program with the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law providing pro-Israel students a three-step legal support system: report antisemitic incidents via a Brandeis Legal JIGSAW Intake Form, consult with a legal team on campus-specific rights, and execute joint action plans with Hasbara and Brandeis Center staff.
• Campus Microgrants Grant funding awarded by Hasbara staff to students and campus professionals running pro-Israel events and educational campaigns on North American campuses. Special consideration is given to multi-stakeholder initiatives; funding is contingent on programming that educates about Israeli culture, society, politics, or technology and engages diverse student audiences.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 3,000 Israel Trip participants launched since program inception, with 200 active yearly fellows engaged in campus advocacy
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under LawcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHasbara Fellowships and the Louis D. Brandeis Center have launched an innovative pilot program to combat antisemitism on campus. The partnership provides a three-step legal support system: (1) Report — students report antisemitic incidents via a Brandeis Legal JIGSAW Intake Form; (2) Consult — legal team meets with students to provide specific legal rights and tools for their campus; (3) Action — staff from both organizations work with students on action plans to combat antisemitism on campus.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Hillel International: Hillel is the largest Jewish campus organization in North America, offering a much broader portfolio of programming, but its Israel-education and pro-Israel advocacy work overlaps with Hasbara's campus mission and serves as a primary recruitment partner.
• Anti-Defamation League (ADL): ADL is a broad-based Jewish civil rights organization focused on combating antisemitism; it shares Hasbara's mission area but operates at vastly greater scale and across many more domains than campus advocacy training.
• Chabad on Campus: Chabad on Campus is a major Jewish campus organization that provides Israel education and advocacy support, overlapping with Hasbara's outreach channels and serving as a primary referral partner for recruitment.
• American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC): AIPAC operates the largest pro-Israel advocacy operation in the US with a broader political and lobbying focus, but its campus affiliate work and leadership training for pro-Israel students overlap with Hasbara's mission.

Direct peers

• StandWithUs: StandWithUs runs Israel advocacy education, campus programming, and leadership training for North American Jewish students — overlapping directly with Hasbara's advocacy training seminars, resource guides, and campus fellowship model.
• Birthright Israel Foundation: Birthright Israel provides subsidized 10-day Israel trips for young Jewish adults aged 18–32, the closest direct analogue to Hasbara's Israel Program in terms of target demographic, subsidized travel model, and on-the-ground access to Israeli sites and leaders.
• CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America): CAMERA provides Israel-advocacy media monitoring, campus programming, and educational content that closely parallels Hasbara's resource guides and advocacy training, particularly around countering anti-Israel narratives.
• Israel on Campus Coalition: ICC is an umbrella coalition that trains and supports pro-Israel student leaders on North American campuses, addressing the same target audience and advocacy-training need as Hasbara's fellowships and seminars.
• Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law: The Brandeis Center is Hasbara's named partner in campus legal support and shares its focus on Jewish student advocacy against antisemitism; comparable in its targeted legal-recourse mission, though not in travel-based programming.

Emerging players

• Maccabee Task Force: Maccabee Task Force focuses specifically on training Jewish students to confront campus antisemitism, making it a tightly comparable emerging peer in Hasbara's advocacy-training niche though smaller in program scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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