1. The Rashi Foundation manages an annual budget
of $335 million and reaches more than 300,000
children, youth and young adults every day.
ESTABLISHED
1984 – now celebrating 30 years
of high-impact change in Israel.
FOUNDED
By Perrier mineral water
company founder Gustave
Leven (1914-2008) and under
the leadership of Hubert
Leven, President of the Rashi
Foundation.
STATUS
One of the largest private
foundations in Israel.
VISION
To help build a strong, equal, just
Israeli society.
MISSION
To create high-impact initiatives
that address the root causes of
social inequality and drive social
mobility in Israel’s underserved
periphery.
TOTAL SCOPE OF ACTIVITY WITH
PARTNERS SINCE INCEPTION
~$2.5 billion
ANNUAL BUDGET
$335 million in 2014
FUNDING BREAKDOWN
* Rashi covers the entire cost of the
Foundation’s overhead and 100% of
partners’ money goes to the projects.
WHO WE SERVE – BIRTH TO EMPLOYMENT
Children, teens, young people and
families (0-30) living in the geographic
and social periphery.
69%
government
and local
municipalities
19%
philanthropic
partners*
12%
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WHAT WE DO
The Rashi Foundation
initiates, develops, co-funds
and operates national
game-changing solutions
from early childhood
through employment that
aim to create significant
and sustainable impact on
Israel’s educational and
social welfare systems.
HOW WE DO IT
Rashi identifies needs on the ground > Invests in start-up models
to test innovative social solutions > Recruits partners and investors
to develop these models into programs and services that set new
standards in the field > Builds handover strategies that lead projects
to self-sufficiency and sustainability – many times through transfer to
government bodies
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2. AREAS OF ACTION
Improving Early Childhood Programs
•
Strengthening the Public Education System
•
Advancing Young People Towards Higher Education
•
Upgrading Services for Children and Youth At Risk
•
Providing Solutions for Special Needs People
FAR-REACHING IMPACT
Rashi’s eight subsidiary organizations,
each specializing in a different field of
activity or region, ensure professional and
efficient implementation of many of Rashi’s
programs:
Association for Change in
Education – nationwide
programs for children within the
formal education system.
Beit Yatziv – educational campus
with a broad range of science
programs; owned by Rashi and
Be’er Sheva Municipality.
Darca Association – network
of 25 high schools to advance
educational leadership and
improve scholastic achievement
in the periphery.
Gvahim Association – helps
highly-skilled new immigrants
find employment at their level of
qualification.
Ma’ase – volunteerism and young
leadership among pre-army
teens in the periphery.
Northern Goals Association –
advances and improves social
services for underprivileged and
at-risk populations in northern
Israel.
Yachdav – initiates, develops
and operates social projects
throughout the Negev for
children and youth-at-risk and
special-needs populations.
Yeholot Association – programs
aimed to increase matriculation
rates and decrease high school
dropout among teens in the
periphery.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Internal Auditor
Spirit Committee
Supervisory Board
Rashi Foundation (Amuta)
Israel
General Director
Deputy Director
Subsidiary Associations
Yahdav
Association
Northern
Goals
Association
Gvahim
Association
Ma’ase
Association
Yeholot
Association
Darca
Association
Beit Yatziv
Association
for Change
in Education
Head Office Units
Evaluation &
Measurement
Research &
Development
Marketing &
Communications
Finance &
Human Resources
Legal Services
Partnerships
Information
Technology
Capital Projects
& Purchasing

3. CAPITAL PROJECTS
With a coalition of partners, Rashi has played a major role in completing 175 capital projects
with a total budget of $350 million over the past ten years.
• Higher education, science and excellence
• Children and youth at risk
• Elementary and secondary education
• Special-needs
• Community projects
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
• Bar Ilan Faculty of Medicine, Safed – Rashi
invested in Israel’s fifth medical school, and the
first one in the Galilee.
• Carasso Science Park, Beersheva – the largest
and most advanced science park in Israel.
• Regional Academic Colleges – significant
upgrade of facilities that is catalyzing growth in
the Negev and the Galilee:
- Tel Hai Academic College
- Kinneret Academic College
- Western Galilee Academic College
- Zefat Academic College
- Emek Yizrael Academic College
• Air Force Technical School, Be’er Sheva –
high school that leads to career opportunities
in the army.
• Mikve Israel Youth Village – creating a modern
educational campus and revitalizing this
historical site.
• Migdal Or – renovating facilities for this multi-
service center for blind and visually-impaired
people.
• Pharmadom Desert Spirit Village – the South’s
first and only drug and alcohol therapeutic
community.
• Early Childhood Centers – establishment of
seven centers to strengthen early childhood
services in the periphery.
NEW CAPITAL PROJECTS
Jusidman Science Center at Ben Gurion University – to advance science
education and excellence from kindergarten through high school.
Ramot Campus – a new campus for cyber studies in preparation to enter
the IDF’s Intelligence Corps.
Early Childhood Center Network – a total of 17 early childhood centers with
33 corresponding day care centers.
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4. For further information please contact:
Itzik Turgeman, Director General
T +972.8.9146620
E itzikt@rashi.org.il
Shira Ben-Or, VP of Partnerships
T +972.8.9146685
E shira@rashi.org.il
www.rashi.org.il
KEY PROGRAMS IN NUMBERS
Early Childhood (0-6 years)
8,000 children participate in activities through mobile science vans • Over 6,000 children served in seven Early
Childhood Centers
Children (6-12)
37,000 children in 1,200 schools and kindergartens receive educational enrichment through the Milat program
• 22,000 pupils in over 70 schools benefit from the range of pedagogic services provided by the Revadim
program • 1,400 children receive treatment at 13 Centers for Victims of Sexual Abuse
Teens (12-18)
12,000 students learn in the Darca network of 25 high schools • 4,600 high school students, including those
on the verge of dropping-out, graduate through the Tafnit program • 15,000 youth in the periphery advance
STEM learning at Regional Science Centers that tap into the knowledge and infrastructure of the academic
world • 700 bright young people in the periphery participate in Magshimim Leumi, Rashi’s national cyber
initiative • 150 highly gifted 9th graders participate in the Future Scientists and Inventors four-year program •
1,000 talented students in the Negev prepare for acceptance to competitive college science majors through the
Access to High Education program • 1,200 girls receive daily support in 60 Warm Homes for Teenage Girls in
Distress • 600 children at-risk receive a continuum of care at the Community Anchor Youth Village
Young Adults (18-30)
1,200 students are helped through the financial, social and academic demands of higher education through
the Katzir Scholarship Fund • 600 young people from the periphery are engaged in volunteer and leadership
programs • 100 former addicts rebuild their life skills at the Pharmadom Desert Spirit Village
Over 100,000 people of all ages have visited the Carasso Science Park in Be‫׳‬er Sheva since it opened in 2013.
Partners
Rashi believes in “Philanthropy through Partnership”. It has
built partnerships with over 170private donors in Israel and overseas,
philanthropic foundations, giving circles, community federations,
business leaders, public organizations, government ministries and
local municipalities. This synergy allows Rashi to leverage each
partner’s resources to achieve greater impact and sustainability.
LOCATION
The Ben Shemen Youth Village in central Israel, founded in 1927. The
historic courtyard, the heart of the Village, was restored by the Rashi
Foundation and now serves as its headquarters.