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The Shortest Path to Zionism: A Network Analysis of the US Nonprofit Industrial Complex

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  • Katz, Yarden Azoulay

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Activists have shown how the nonprofit industrial complex (NPIC) co-opts grassroots social movements, and how the dependence on donors limits what nonprofits can say or do—especially concerning Palestine. Yet the NPIC is rarely analyzed as a whole system. This article analyzes the massive funding network of the NPIC, reconstructed from tax forms, and highlights Zionism’s place within it. I show how the NPIC’s funding web binds many organizations to Zionist nonprofits that directly fuel settler-colonialism in Palestine. The links between these organizations are facilitated by donor-advised funds, which form the “hubs” in the interconnected funding network. I explain the political implications of this finding using two “activist” nonprofits: the Black Lives Matter Global Foundation (BLMGN) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP). I argue that being a major player in the NPIC not only limits what an organization can do but also normalizes the broader funding networks driving colonial projects.

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  • Katz, Yarden Azoulay, 2025. "The Shortest Path to Zionism: A Network Analysis of the US Nonprofit Industrial Complex," SocArXiv 2vqwn_v1, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:2vqwn_v1
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/2vqwn_v1
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