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Originally Posted by _Richard_
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How is that Government US Tax payer trip exactly?
Funding[edit]
Through the end of 2011, more than $680 million has been
raised, and the program had an operating budget of $660 million. More than half of the program's funding comes from philanthropists, including Charles Bronfman, Edgar Bronfman, Sr., Daniel Och, Marlene Post, Lynn Schusterman, Sheldon Adelson, and Michael Steinhardt. About one-quarter of funding comes from the Government of Israel, and about one-fifth is contributed by Jewish organizations and communities, such as North American Jewish Federations through the United Jewish Communities (UJC), Keren Hayesod, and the Jewish Agency for Israel; and many leading private philanthropists through the Birthright Israel Foundation, including Charles Bronfman, Michael Steinhardt, and Lynn Schusterman. The program also receives funding from the German government (through the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany).[3]
In 2007 Miriam and Sheldon Adelson pledged $25 million to Birthright Israel to take applicants off waiting lists and to increase annual capacity from 25,000 to 37,000 in 2007 and 2008.[3] The Adelson Family Foundation has contributed over $100 million to Birthright Israel since 2007.[8]
According to the organization, Taglit-Birthright Israel has contributed more than 2 billion NIS to the Israeli economy