Israeli-American Council

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Category: Advocacy or Public Service

Shoham Nicolet

CEO

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Born out of a need to organize and engage the Israeli-American community, the Israeli Leadership Council (ILC) was founded in 2007. The founding group formulated the ILC’s 3 key pillars: to strengthen future generations of Israeli-Americans, The American Jewish community, and The State of Israel. Between its launch in 2007 and 2013, the organization’s rapid growth established the ILC as the largest Israeli-American organization in the US, engaging 50,000 community members through its various activities. In 2013, the organization changed its name to the Israeli-American Council (IAC) to more accurately reflect its mission. The IAC was unable to disclose its 2016 information before the time of publishing.

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Shoham Nicolet is the president of the Israeli American Council. A longtime entrepreneur, he joined the founding team of Hi-Teach, an Israeli online learning venture, following his service as an officer in an infantry IDF unit. He served as the American Jewish University’s online learning coordinator, and later became the director of residence life and conference services. During that time he founded Israel Action and the communal Yom Hazikaron, and co-founded the From LA with Love project.

2016

Institution Revenue: $17,289,216²³

Institution Total Expenses: $14,959,392²³

Employees: 20 ²³

Salary: $135,672 ²³

2014

Institution Revenue: $10,852,068

Institution Total Expenses: $5,763,189

Employees: 16

Salary: $140,000⁹

For information on previous years, see here.

For information on other Jewish nonprofits, see here.

For information on other Jewish advocacy and public service organizations, see here.

¹ _{Interim head of organization}

² _{Data from 2012}

³ _{Data from 2011}

⁴ _{Data from 2010}

⁵ _{Data from 2009}

⁶ _{Data from 2008}

⁷ _{Data from 2007}

⁸ _{Includes payment from SWC Museum Corp.}

⁹ _{Predecessor’s salary}

¹⁰ _{Partial year}

¹¹ _{Not a 501(c)3}

¹² _Annualized

¹³ _{Position currently vacant}

¹⁴ _{As per Form 990, JNF declined to comment}

¹⁵ _{Base salary}

¹⁶ _{Data from president-elect period}

¹⁷ _{2010 Employees}

¹⁸ _{Legally exempt from public disclosure of salary}

¹⁹ _{Highest paid professional, not CEO}

²⁰ _{Paid from two related organizations}

²¹ _{Data from 2013}

²² _{Data from 2014}

²³ _{Data from 2015}

²⁴ _{Includes a one-time honorarium of $55,000}

²⁵ _{Data from 2017}

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