About Us
“972 – Advancement of Citizen Journalism” (RA 580546307) was established in 2011 by Israeli and Palestinian journalists and bloggers. The organization’s mission is to expose the public to political, cultural and social changes in Israel and Palestine, to advance independent digital journalism, and to publish reportage, opinion, and analysis in Hebrew, English, and Arabic.
Since 2011, the organization has operated the English-language news and analysis site +972 Magazine, and since 2014, it has operated the Hebrew-language site Local Call (“Sikha Mekomit”), in cooperation with Just Vision.
Please contact us with any questions at: [email protected] or at our offices’ address: 5 Aharon Chelouche Lane, Tel Aviv 6684714, Israel
Our Team
Board of Directors: Roi Maor, Noa Yachot, Michal Rotem, Kifah Abdul Halim, Paul Dana, Yousef Munayyer and Alma Biblash
Executive Director: Haggai Matar
Site editors: Edo Konrad, Amjad Iraqi, Vera Sajrawi, Natasha Roth-Rowland, Amir Rotem, Orly Noy, Meron Rapoport, Yonit Mozes
Staff writers: Oren Ziv, Baker Zoabi, Gil Gertel, Basel Al-Adraa, Yuval Abraham and Maya Doman
Resource development manager: Natasha Dudinski
Social media manager (Local Call): Adi Golan Bikhnafo
Original site design and development: Niv Farchi, Khalil Jarban, Lotem Chetz, Ofer Loft, Idit Frenkel, Tom Roshko
Current site development: RGB Media
Additional design: Eva Najar, Just Vision
Illustrations: Eran Mendel, Naif Shaqqur
Legal advisor: Atty. Jonathan Klinger
Accountant: Ya’acov Livai
Founding editor: Noam Sheizaf
Founding editors, Local Call: Yael Marom and Haggai Matar
Donations & Funding
The organization is primarily funded by grants from institutional foundations, alongside support from private individuals and our readers. Operating, writing content and editing the sites, as well as managing the organization, requires significant resources. Donations from readers of both sites comprise a crucial part of the organization’s budget. The best way to support the project is by becoming a member and making a monthly subscription, which helps us plan for the long term, or with a one-off donation.
Transparency
Yearly audit and financial reports for “972 – Advancement of Citizen Journalism,” as submitted to the Israeli Registrar of Non-Profits, can be found on the Guidestar Israel website (Hebrew). Our NGO registration papers can be found here (Hebrew), and certificates of proper management issued by the Israeli NGO registrar for 2022 – here, and for 2023 – here (Hebrew).
Some reader donations were made directly to us, while others we made through the New Israel Fund (DA). At the bottom of the list you can find more details about donations from foreign entities.
The following are the main financial sources for “972 – Advancement of Citizen Journalism” and the two projects it operates (rounded):
$10,000 – A travel grant from Social Justice Fund (Institute of International Education, USA).
€6,000 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel.
$60,000 – A grant from the Social Justice Fund (USA)
€12,000 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel.
$10,000 – A grant from the Moriah Fund (USA-Israel).
$3,120 – A grant from the Hekdesh philanthropy collective (USA)
$4,000 – A travel grant from Social Justice Fund (Institute of International Education, USA).
$25,000 – Readers’ support
€10,000 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel.
$20,000 – A grant from the Moriah Fund (USA-Israel).
$30,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (USA)
$2,500 – Advertising
$2,000 – A travel grant from Social Justice Fund (Institute of International Education, USA).
$74,000 – Readers’ support
$66,000 – Support for “Local Call” project from Just Vision (USA)
€10,000 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel.
$20,000 – A grant from the Moriah Fund (USA-Israel).
$50,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (USA)
$3,500 – Advertising
€2,500 – A grant from SIVMO (NL)
$73,000 – Support for “Local Call” project from Just Vision (USA)
$50,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (USA)
$25,000 – A grant from the Moriah Fund (USA-Israel).
$25,000 – A grant from the Foundation for Middle East Peace (USA)
$15,600 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel
[More details on 2015 will be uploaded soon]
$75,000 – Readers’ support
$75,000 – from Just Vision toward supporting staffing and operations of Local Call
$60,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (USA)
$25,000 – A grant from the Foundation for Middle East Peace (USA)
$12,600 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel.
$10,000 – A grant from the Sparkplug Foundation (USA)
$1,800 – Advertising
$800 – A grant from Two Flags One Future (Israel)
$184,000 – Readers’ support
$94,000 – from Just Vision toward supporting staffing and operations of Local Call
$60,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (USA)
$27,000 – A grant from the Foundation for Middle East Peace (USA)
$11,000 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel.
$7,000 – Dror Award for social change
$2,900 – A grant from Two Flags One Future (Israel)
$2,300 – A grant from SIVMO
$2,500 – Advertising
$1,700 – A grant from Dorot
$201,400 – Reader support
$135,600 – from Just Vision toward supporting staffing and operations of Local Call
$83,300 – A grant from Open Society Foundation to Local Call*
$70,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (USA) to +972 Magazine
$20,000 – A grant from the Foundation for Middle East Peace (USA)
$11,500 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel for Local Call.
$11,500 – A grant from Rosa Luxemburg Foundation for +972 Magazine
$2,800 – A grant from the Palestine Solidarity groups (Sweden)
$1,900 – A grant from Two Flags One Future (Israel)
$930 – Advertising
* Local Call is supported in part by a grant from the Foundation Open Society Institute in cooperation with the Program on Independent Journalism of the Open Society Foundations. 972-ACJ and Just Vision are co-grantees for the project.
$414,800 – Reader support
$127,000 – from Just Vision toward supporting staffing and operations of Local Call
$91,600 – A grant from Open Society Foundations to Local Call*
$70,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to +972 Magazine
$28,500 – A grant from Rosa Luxemburg Foundation for +972 Magazine
$20,000 – A grant from the Foundation for Middle East Peace
$11,700 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel for Local Call.
$5,000 – A grant from British Shalom-Salaam Trust for +972 Magazine
$1,400 – A grant from Two Flags One Future
* Local Call is supported in part by a grant from the Foundation Open Society Institute in cooperation with the Program on Independent Journalism of the Open Society Foundations. 972-ACJ and Just Vision are co-grantees for the project.
$403,000 – Reader support
$125,000 – from Just Vision toward supporting staffing and operations of Local Call
$75,000 – A grant from Open Society Foundations to Local Call*
$75,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to +972 Magazine
$18,500 – A grant from the IHL Trust
$18,600 – A grant from Rosa Luxemburg Foundation for +972 Magazine
$20,000 – A grant from the Foundation for Middle East Peace
$8,700 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel for Local Call.
$25,000 – A grant from Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger to Local Call
$7,700 – A grant from HEKS/EPER foundation
$5,000 – A grant from British Shalom-Salaam Trust for +972 Magazine
$5,000 – A grant from the Google News Initiative
$2,500 – A grant from Two Flags One Future
* Local Call is supported in part by a grant from the Foundation Open Society Institute in cooperation with the Program on Independent Journalism of the Open Society Foundations. 972-ACJ and Just Vision are co-grantees for the project.
$463,000 – Reader support
$130,000 – from Just Vision toward supporting staffing and operations of Local Call
$75,000 – A grant from Open Society Foundations to Local Call*
$75,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to +972 Magazine
$20,000 – A grant from the Foundation for Middle East Peace
$20,000 – A grant from Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger to Local Call
$25,000 – A grant from Rosa Luxemburg Foundation for +972 Magazine
$22,000 – A grant from HEKS/EPER foundation
$21,000 – A grant from the IHL Trust
$13,000 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel for Local Call
$6,500 – A grant from British Shalom-Salaam Trust for +972 Magazine
$6,000 – A grant from CCFD Terre Solidaire
$1,600 – A grant from Two Flags One Future
* Local Call is supported in part by a grant from the Foundation Open Society Institute in cooperation with the Program on Independent Journalism of the Open Society Foundations. 972-ACJ and Just Vision are co-grantees for the project.
[Figures have been updated at the end of the second quarter of 2021, and will be updated throughout the year]
$171,000 – from Just Vision toward supporting staffing and operations of Local Call
$100,000 – A grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to +972 Magazine
$100,000 – A grant from Anne Germanacos, Firehouse Fund: Cultivating Sparks
$75,000 – A grant from Open Society Foundations to Local Call*
$20,000 – A grant from the Foundation for Middle East Peace
$20,000 – A grant from Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger to Local Call
$25,000 – A grant from Rosa Luxemburg Foundation for +972 Magazine
$22,000 – A grant from HEKS/EPER foundation
$21,000 – A grant from the IHL Trust
$12,000 – A grant from Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel for Local Call
$1,600 – A grant from Two Flags One Future
* Local Call is supported in part by a grant from the Foundation Open Society Institute in cooperation with the Program on Independent Journalism of the Open Society Foundations. 972-ACJ and Just Vision are co-grantees for the project.
[Figures will be updated throughout the year]
Over the years, our organization has received grants from the Heinrich Böll Stiftung and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation – both considered “foreign state entities” according to Israeli law.
Grants from Heinrich Böll Stiftung in 2012 went toward accounting and editorial costs for +972 Magazine. In 2013-2014 the grants went only to editorial salaries for +972 Magazine, and in 2015 also went toward our election coverage. In 2016-2022 these grants went toward editorial salaries for Local Call, while in 2019 they also supported a special public opinion poll. The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation grants in 2018-2022 went toward the salary of one of +972 Magazine’s editors.
The following is a detailed account of donations made by the two foundations in New Israeli Shekels.
| Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Rosa Luxemburg Foundation | |
| 2012 | ||
| First Quarter | 30,000 | |
| Fourth Quarter | 30,000 | |
| 2013 | ||
| First Quarter | 28,800 | |
| Fourth Quarter | 19,200 | |
| 2014 | ||
| First Quarter | 24,000 | |
| Fourth Quarter | 33,400 | |
| 2015 | ||
| Third Quarter | 30,100 | |
| Fourth Quarter | 24,080 | |
| 2016 | ||
| Second Quarter | 6,020 | |
| Third Quarter | 37,800 | |
| Fourth Quarter | 4,200 | |
| 2017 | ||
| First Quarter | 18,900 | |
| Second Quarter | 15,120 | |
| Fourth Quarter | 3,780 | |
| 2018 | ||
| First Quarter | 15,000 | |
| Third Quarter | 22,800 | 25,441 |
| Fourth Quarter | 4,200 | 16,632 |
| 2019 | ||
| First Quarter | 42,509 | |
| Second Quarter | 24,200 | |
| Third Quarter | 12,800 | 30,382 |
| Fourth Quarter | 3,200 | 28,018 |
| 2020 | ||
| First Quarter | 14,000 | |
| Second Quarter | 16,445 | |
| Third Quarter | 11,200 | 25,401 |
| Fourth Quarter | 2,800 | 17,826 |
| 2021 | ||
| First Quarter | 20,000 | 29,400 |
| Second Quarter | 14,700 | |
| Third Quarter | 16,000 | 34,300 |
| Fourth Quarter | 4,000 | |
| 2022 | ||
| First Quarter | 9,608 | |
| Second Quarter | 20,000 | 29,208 |
| Third Quarter | 16,000 | 19,408 |