House Judiciary Committee memo alleges misuse of U.S. funds for anti-Israel groups

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House Judiciary Committee memo alleges USAID, State Department, and other agencies routed U.S. taxpayer funds to anti-Netanyahu and terrorist-linked organizations.
Memo details nearly $4 million from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and over $1 million from Tides Network went to radical anti-Israel groups, some with alleged terrorist ties.
Committee highlights potential violations of section 501(c)(3) by Jewish Communal Fund grantees and cites a 2023 Abraham Initiatives audit failing anti-terrorism compliance.

Committee memo outlines funding allegations

As reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary, the newly released memo alleges that U.S. Agency for International Development, the State Department and other federal agencies directed taxpayer-backed funding, directly and indirectly, to anti-Netanyahu organizations and terrorist groups.

The committee says its latest review identifies nearly $4 million from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to what it describes as radical anti-Israel groups, including some with alleged ties to terrorist organizations. It also alleges that the Tides Network, identified as a USAID grantee and tax-exempt organization, provided more than $1 million to anti-Israel groups, including some with ties to terrorist organizations.

The memo further states that the Jewish Communal Fund and its grantees, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and PEF Israel Endowment Funds, may be violating section 501(c)(3) rules by funding radical anti-Israel groups. It also says the Israeli nonprofit Movement for Quality Government has failed to cooperate with the committee's inquiry into funding for anti-Israeli-government NGOs.

Political and nonprofit compliance implications

The release adds to a broader Republican investigation into whether U.S. grants are being used to influence the political affairs of foreign countries, particularly in Israel. The committee says it first detailed similar concerns in a July 2025 memo that alleged grant funds contributed directly and indirectly to protests over Israel's judicial reform plans.

The new memo also cites a 2023 audit of Abraham Initiatives, an Israeli nonprofit and U.S. government grantee, saying it failed to comply with anti-terrorism procedures. The committee says it will continue efforts to prevent misuse of federal grant funds, a stance that could increase scrutiny of nonprofit grantmaking, foreign assistance oversight and tax-exempt compliance.

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