named programs · 2 · from sources
What they call their work
Parents Circle Conference
Annual gathering of bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families for dialogue, political imagination workshops, and community-building to strengthen reconciliation and shared peace efforts.
Storytelling and Public Education
Shares personal narratives of bereaved families with schools, communities, and the public in Israel, Palestine, and the U.S. to humanize the conflict and promote empathy.
activities · 5 groups
What they do
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Israel and Jewish Heritage Educational Travel 3 activities
- Advance grassroots peacebuilding through public events and solidarity actionsCo-organizes large-scale public peace events such as the People's Peace Summit and supports solidarity visits and women’s group meetings to strengthen grassroots reconciliation efforts between Israelis and Palestinians.
- Facilitate dialogue meetings between bereaved Israelis and PalestiniansOrganizes school-based and community dialogue meetings that bring together Israeli and Palestinian families who have lost relatives in the conflict, using personal testimonies to foster reconciliation. These meetings are part of the ongoing "Dialogue Meetings – From Pain to Hope" program.
- Strengthen U.S. support for Israeli-Palestinian reconciliationBuilds constituencies, raises awareness, and fundraises in the United States to support the Parents Circle–Families Forum’s peacebuilding work between Israelis and Palestinians.
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Human Rights Advocacy & Accountability 1 activity
- Advocate for justice and reconciliation through public recognition and legal supportSupports members in pursuing justice for victims of violence while promoting peace publicly; recognized through nominations such as the Nobel Peace Prize and sustained advocacy for ending the occupation.
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Disaster and Line-of-Duty Memorialization 1 activity
- Host joint memorial ceremonies for bereaved familiesOrganizes annual joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial ceremonies, both in-person and globally broadcast, to honor the dead and promote coexistence. The event has been held for 21 years and includes simultaneous gatherings in multiple locations, drawing approximately 1,000 participants.
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Grief Support Groups and Counseling 1 activity
- Provide educational resources and online engagement on reconciliationDistributes guides and hosts online modules, film series, and webinars that support remote or in-person engagement with themes of conflict, loss, and reconciliation, featuring bereaved families and peacebuilders.
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Human Rights & Peace Education Curriculum 1 activity
- Support peace education and advocacy in Israeli schoolsConducts peace education programs in schools and successfully advocated for the reinstatement of peace education in the Israeli curriculum through legal action.
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financials · form 990 · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$2.35M
Contributions & grants$2.34M100%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$390%
Other revenue$7K
expenses
Total expenses$2.48M
Program expenses84%
Admin / overhead5%
Fundraising11%
Salaries & benefits$348K
Grants paid out$1.89M
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$1.43M
Cash$1.38M
Investments$0
Liabilities$649K
Net assets$782K
Liquid reserves6.7 mo
3 years on record · 2020–2024 · YoY revenue +33.8%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024
Who runs it
board members · 10
- ANI ZONNEVELD — DIRECTOR
- DAVID ALTSCHUL — DIRECTOR
- DAVID WYLER — DIRECTOR
- DEAN DANIELS — TREASURER
- DOUGLAS COOPER — PRESIDENT
- HOWARD SUMKA — DIRECTOR
- JENNIFER BELLINI — DIRECTOR
- LAUREN GLANT — DIRECTOR
- RABBI JULIANA KAROL — DIRECTOR
- RABBI SHIRA MILGROM — DIRECTOR
relationships · 12
Who they work with
- Association for Civil Rights in Israel Partner — Co-petitioned with the Parents Circle Families Forum to challenge the Education Ministry's ban on the school dialogue program.
- Combatants for Peace Partner — Co-organizes joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial ceremonies with Parents Circle-Families Forum.
- Combatants for Peace Partner — Co-organizes the annual Israeli-Palestinian joint memorial ceremony with the Parents Circle Families Forum.
- Parents Circle Partner — Affiliated organization in Israel with which American Friends collaborates to promote peace education and dialogue.
- Parents Circle - Families Forum Partner — Co-organized a joint Memorial Day ceremony with Israeli and Palestinian families who lost loved ones to the conflict.
- Parents Circle - Families Forum Partner — Core member of the coalition organizing the People's Peace Summit, indicating a joint partnership in promoting Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation.
- Parents Circle – Families Forum Network — Co-led by Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin, the organization unites bereaved Israelis and Palestinians to promote reconciliation.
- Parents Circle – Families Forum Partner — Collaborates with the Parents Circle – Families Forum in organizing meetings, film series, and solidarity events.
- Parents Circle-Families Forum Network — Israeli-Palestinian joint bereaved families forum that brings together families who have lost loved ones to the conflict
- Parents Circle-Families Forum Partner — Primary partner organization in Israel and Palestine; AF-PCFF supports its mission and activities in the U.S.
- Parents Circle–Families Forum Network — Collaborates with the Parents Circle–Families Forum, an organization of bereaved Palestinian and Israeli families promoting peace through shared experiences of loss.
- The Parents Circle-Families Forum Partner — Co-sponsors the annual alternative joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony.
strategies · 3
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Grassroots Partnership for Coexistencemethodology: grassroots_reconciliationBy fostering cross-community partnerships and collective advocacy at the community level, we build sustainable peace, because political agreements fail without prior or parallel investment in mutual recognition and trust between people directly affected by conflict.
- Reconciliation Through Shared Griefmethodology: shared_bereavement_peacebuildingBy bringing together bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families, we foster mutual recognition and humanization, because shared personal loss creates a unique foundation for empathy that transcends political division and breaks cycles of dehumanization and revenge.
- Testimony and Storytelling as Pathways to Empathymethodology: testimony-based_reconciliationBy sharing personal narratives of loss and resilience through dialogue, film, and structured storytelling, we shift perspectives in divided societies, because firsthand testimony disrupts abstraction and dehumanization, making the 'other' real and relatable.