Established | 1992 |
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Type | Nonprofit |
Headquarters | 165 East 56th Street |
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Chairman | Elliott Abrams |
Key people | Zalman Bernstein |
Website |
tikvahfund |
The Tikvah Fund ( Hebrew: קרן תקווה) is an American conservative [1] [2] [3] [4] nonprofit charitable foundation whose stated mission is to promote Jewish thought and ideas. [5]
In 2011 the Fund provided a four-year $12.5 million grant to the Shalem Center to form an American-style liberal arts university in Israel, now Shalem College. The fund had supported the Shalem Center for the previous decade as well. [6]
The Tikvah Fund has funded several publications, including Commentary, Mosaic and its predecessor Jewish Ideas Daily, the Jewish Review of Books, [4] and Mida [7]
The Fund also organizes the Jewish Leadership Conference, a politically conservative Jewish conference. [8] Invitees in 2022 included Mike Pompeo, who served as Secretary of State under Donald Trump, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer, and Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis. [1] Picketers attended to oppose DeSantis' speech. [9]
Robert Hertog was chairman of the Tikvah Fund in 2011. [6] Neal Kozodoy was senior director as of 2010. [10] As of 2022, Eric Cohen was chief executive and Elliot Abrams was chairman. [1] [3]