Last updated October 2026
Where Mitzpe’s revenue comes from, where it does not, and how the institute keeps its public analysis independent of the people who fund it.
This page states where Mitzpe’s money comes from, where it does not, and how the institute keeps its public analysis independent of the people who fund it.
Where the institute’s revenue comes from
Since October 2026 the Mitzpe Institute is an educational program of Atlanta Israel Coalition, Inc. (“AIC”), a 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 84-2603211). The institute’s consulting and advisory work ended with that change. Nobody at AIC is paid, and that includes everyone who writes for Mitzpe.
Gifts to AIC. Mitzpe’s work is paid for by gifts to AIC and by AIC memberships. Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent the law allows; for a membership, only the part above the value of its benefits is, and the receipt says how much. A gift buys no editorial influence, and AIC accepts gifts for Mitzpe under its Gift Acceptance Policy.
Mitzpe Press. Authors keep their royalties, apart from $1 a copy that goes to AIC.
Past subscriptions. Until October 2026 Mitzpe LLC sold Member, Team, and Supporter subscriptions on mitzpe.org, and reader-support tiers on the Israel Brief’s Substack. Billing on all of them stopped that day. Individual subscriber identities stay private and are not shared with funders or partners.
Where the institute’s revenue does not come from
Mitzpe does not accept gifts, donations, or sponsorship from:
- Foreign governments.
- Government-aligned entities of states with material interests in the regions the institute analyzes — including but not limited to the State of Israel, the United States federal government, and any third-party state with a stake in those regions’ affairs.
- Political parties, party-affiliated PACs, or candidate campaigns in any country.
Mitzpe does not contract with, accept money from, or otherwise transact with individuals or entities under sanction by the United States or the State of Israel.
Mitzpe does not enter sponsored content arrangements of any kind — no native advertising, no pay-to-publish placements, no branded “thought leadership” content.
The institute reserves the right to decline a gift that, in its editorial judgment, would compromise its independence even where no formal rule above is violated.
Donor–editorial firewall
The institute keeps gifts and public analysis apart. Concretely:
- A donor does not see Mitzpe analysis before publication.
- A donor does not approve, edit, or veto Mitzpe analysis.
- The institute does not publish on a donor’s behalf and does not hold back analysis on a donor’s behalf.
Conflicts of interest
Where a public Mitzpe assessment touches on a donor, a partner of AIC, or an organization in which a Mitzpe writer has a role, that relationship is disclosed in the analysis at the point where it is material to the reader.
Where an analyst writing under the Mitzpe byline holds a personal financial interest in a publicly-traded entity discussed in the analysis, that interest is disclosed in the analysis, or the analyst recuses from writing on that entity. The institute’s principals and fellows are required to disclose material outside positions to the editor before publication.
Editorial independence from subscribers
Members and readers get access to Mitzpe’s analysis. They do not get editorial influence. Members do not see analysis before publication, and they do not commission it.
Affiliates and book commerce
Books in Mitzpe’s catalog and Mitzpe Press titles link to retail sales channels — primarily Amazon, with select titles available through additional retailers. Where the institute earns affiliate revenue from a sale through one of these links, that fact is disclosed in the relevant catalog page or book page. Affiliate revenue does not factor into which titles are recommended in the institute’s analysis. The institute’s editorial recommendations of books — its own and others’ — are independent of any commerce relationship.
What this page is not
This page is not the institute’s full financial accounting. AIC files with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) public charity, and its filings are public. This page is the public-facing summary — the answer a serious reader, a serious journalist, or a prospective fellow should be able to find without asking.
Contact
- To flag a potential conflict of interest in a Mitzpe publication
- disclosures@mitzpe.org
- For funding questions and general institutional inquiries
- shalom@mitzpe.org