On February 21, 2026, the CRA announced the revocation of two charities: Canada Zionist Cultural Association and Canada Charity Partners.

Both of these organizations clearly violated CRA policy, not to mention domestic and international law. We requested the revocation documents from CRA and will provide more detail as more information is available. In the meantime, here is what we know about each of these organizations from our previous investigations.

Canada Zionist Cultural Association

Requests to the CRA to investigate the Canadian Zionist Cultural Association (CZCA) were first made in 2021. However an Access to Information Request showed that CRA was aware of CZCA’s operation in support of occupation as early as around 2010.

The complaint alleged that CZCA was funding the Association for the Soldiers of Israel (AIS), a coalition of the LIBI Fund (YAHAD United for Israel’s Soldiers) and AWIS (Association for the Welfare of Israeli Soldiers). Between 2017 and 2023, CZCA sent at least $5,768,554 to these organizations, which includes a $1.2 million donation in 2023 alone. AIS boasts that 100% of donations go directly to Israeli soldiers — “combat soldiers, lone soldiers, and soldiers from special populations.”

AIS’ “donation recruitment efforts” are funded by the Israeli Ministry of Defense. “This allows us to ensure and commit 100% of your donation to our soldiers based on pre-set targets and the IDF’s priorities.” Notably, our data from 2013 to 2023 shows that 100% of CZCA’s charitable expenditures were for programming in Israel.[1]

It is not surprising (though long overdue) that CZCA lost its charitable status – as support for a foreign military is explicitly prohibited under CRA policy. Between 2000 and 2025, the top Canadian charitable donors to CZCA were The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation, Greenlight Foundation Inc, and Jewish Foundation Of Greater Toronto.

To learn more, check out out:

• Our original post : Complaint challenges illegal subsidies to Israeli military
• Al-Haq’s release in support of the complaint
• The original complaint

Table 1. Donors to Canada Zionist Cultural Association (2000 to 2025)

Table 2. Israeli Recipients of Canada Zionist Cultural Association (2013 to 2023)

Canada Charity Partners

Canada Charity Partners (CCP) was registered in 2015 to help “Canadians engage their philanthropy globally.” CCP funds a number of illegal settlement organizations including Jewish Community Hebron, Ateret Cohanim, Geula Titnu Larets, and the Temple Institute.

Israeli settler movement — bolstered by the Hebron Fund — has forced Palestinian communities into small, disconnected ethnic zones. As a result, the center of Hebron is physically separated by 121 closures, including 21 permanently staffed Israeli military checkpoints. The approximately 5,600 Palestinians in these neighborhoods must navigate this labyrinth during their daily affairs. Additionally, 6,200 Palestinians cannot reach their homes by vehicle. Israel’s intentional design to minimize Palestinian space while maximizing settler control of Hebron has led to a mass exodus of the indigenous communities.”

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Ateret Cohanim is a Jerusalem-based settler organization with the goal of “securing a United Jerusalem,” — which it refers to as “Our Jerusalem” — and “reestablishing… Jewish communities” in East Jerusalem. In reality, this mission manifests as Ateret Cohanim working to build a Jewish demographic majority in Jerusalem’s old city and East Jerusalem by replacing the Palestinian residents of Jerusalem with Jewish settlers.

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CCP, and a similar organization, the Foundation for Public Policy Development, fund Israeli political lobbies, including notorious organizations like HonestReporting and NGO Monitor.

NGO Monitor was created in Jerusalem in 2002 with the explicit intention to attack or delegitimize NGOs critical of Israel. Its founder, Gerald Steinberg, stated he wanted to target groups that use human rights “as a weapon against Israel.” Widely discredited, NGO Monitor is even banned as a source on Wikipedia. The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has touted a strong collaborative relationship with NGO Monitor, who assist them in info-sharing and international political lobbying efforts.

CCP also acts as a conduit for donations to any charity listed on the Israel Gives platform. In June 2025, Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese noted Israel Gives in her report.

CCP has also funded organizations that support the Israeli military / soldiers like the Lone Soldier Centre In Memory Of Michael Levin and Brothers And Sisters In Arms – For The Democracy. Between 2016 and 2024, the top Canadian charitable donors to CCP were The Gerald Schwartz & Heather Reisman Foundation, The Friedberg Charitable Foundation, Giftpact Foundation Inc (donor advised fund platform), and the Nathan And Lily Silver Family Foundation.

To learn more, check out out:

• Defund Racism
• CRA asked to investigate HonestReporting Canada
• Our original complaint re: CCP, NGO Monitor, and FFPD
• A brief analysis of “From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide”: A Damning Indictment of the Corporate Machinery

Table 3. Donors to Canada Charity Partners (2016 to 2024)

Table 4. Recipients of Canada Charity Partners (2015 to 2024)

Table 5. Israeli Recipients of Canada Charity Partners (2016 to 2024)

“See List” was reported in 2021, and “See attached” in 2024.

Table 6. “Non-Qualified” Israeli Recipients of Canada Charity Partners (2024)

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[1] The one exception is 2017, when CZCA reported $939,734 in expenditures on charitable activities but only $3,734 sent to Israel.