The United Israel Appeal of Canada, Ltd. (UIAC) is a Canadian registered charity that states its purpose is to ““conduct social welfare programs in Canada and Israel.” These programs include “resettlement of new immigrants, student scholarships, community rehabilitation projects…” What the UIAC does not explicitly state, is just how much of their funds go to Israel, nor the details of these so called “resettlement” and “community” programs.

In 2024, 96% of UIAC’s charitable program expenses went to Israel.¹

The UIAC sends funds to:

•               Israeli municipalities, despite CRA confirmation that governments outside of Canada are not qualified charities.

For instance, UIAC sent $237,310 to the Upper Galilee Regional Council, $219,850 to Bnei Shimon Regional Council, $171,432 to Ramat Negev Regional Council, and Mevoot Hahermon Regional Council.

•               Entities in illegal settlements.

For instance, UIAC sent $102,340 to Ohr Torah Stone and $62,591 to Orot Israel.

•               Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) which focused on immigration and creating a Jewish majority state. These funds can be attributed as going to occupied Palestinian territory.

•               Recipients that support the Israeli military, in violation of CRA policy.

For instance, UIAC sent $134, 922 to Beit Halochem, $199,399 to Friends of Zahal Disabled Veterans, and $1,993,687 to Magen David Adom.

But this makes sense when we understand that the UIAC is deeply interconnected with the State of Israel, through multiple quasi-governmental Israeli organizations. This includes Keren Hayesod, the Jewish Agency for Israel, and the World Zionist Organization. These organizations are not just connected to the Israeli government, they were and are integral building blocks in the creation and sustaining power of the State of Israel. For example:

“[T]he WZO was the start-up, with its end product being the State of Israel.” However, the WZO never actually ‘exited’ the picture, they remain an integral part of the Zionist State. After the WZO transferred its “civic administrative responsibilities” to the “Government of Israel”, the government recognized “the WZO and its affiliated subsidiaries as an integral part of the civic efforts of settling the land, facilitating immigration to it, and providing quality education to its citizens. The WZO became a golden institutional standard of sorts.”

Together, the WZO, JAFI, Keren Hayesod, and the Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) “comprise the four pillar national institutions of the State of Israel, all of which enjoy a special protected legal status.” This is especially notable as a new sanctions package was submitted to the Canadian government, targeting the WZO and its “Settlement Division.” UIAC is directly implicated in this pipeline, as it sends funds for these exact (illegal) purposes.

Between 1991 and 2024, UIAC received $1,702,478,227 (over $1.7 billion) from individual donors and other charitable organizations. 86% of all donations to UIAC are from other charities. Over the years, almost 70 percent of UIAC funding came from the United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto (about 51 percent) and the Montreal Federation CJA (about 16 percent). Funds from other Jewish appeals and foundations also support UIAC. One of the family foundations that fund UIAC is the Friedberg Charitable Foundation, with nearly 11 percent of all UIAC donations since 2013, and who was the major supporter of the recently revoked Ne’eman Canada.

Between 2013 and 2023, UIAC reported it sent $565,881,865 to Israel. This is approximately 68 times more money going to Israel compared to that which went to qualified donnees/registered charities. Notably, UIAC failed to report the recipient organizations in Israel until we submitted a complaint to the CRA. You can see a full list of recipients in Israel from 2023 and 2024. (For full datasets, learn more on our web post).

We’ve also discovered a massive discrepancy in UIAC’s reporting to the CRA. Between 2003 and 2024, there is $242,226,384 missing from what UIAC reported receiving from other qualified Canadian charities and what other charities reported gifting UIAC. In other words, there is a total of over $242 million of unreported revenue missing from UIAC reports. This is not the first time a discrepancy like this has been found. Earlier in 2025, Dr. Miles Howe found $100 million missing from the Jewish National Fund of Canada’s tax returns. As noted in that article, these ‘missing’ funds could be reported elsewhere, but at best, this is incredibly sloppy reporting. The question, why did other Canadian charities report giving UIAC over $242 million more than UIAC has accounted for over a span of 22 years?

The CRA has been made aware of UIAC’s activities through two separate complaints in 2024. It is past time they take action and refuse to allow tax-subsidized dollars to fund occupation, apartheid, and genocide.

Demand the CRA:

1. Perform a comprehensive investigation into UIAC, including the a) missing $242 million between 2003 and 2024, b) gifts to entities supporting war crimes and genocide in Palestine, and c) two-way relationships whereby UIAC is both giving to and receiving funds from the same organization.

2. Based off the information found, revoke UIAC’s charitable status.

3. Investigate and initiate revocation proceedings for other charities who have provided UIAC funds, and should have known those funds were being sent to fund international crimes.

¹ This assumes that none of the management, fundraising, or “other” expenses were sent to Israel. UIA reported $81,100,902 of charitable program expenses, and sent $77,874,902 to Israel.