Lone Soldier Foundation

In 2025, left-of-center media outlet The Intercept published an op-ed criticizing pro-IDF nonprofit groups in the United States, including the Lone Soldier Foundation. The piece accused the group and similar organizations of recruiting American teens to aid in the alleged “genocide in Gaza.” The editorial particularly highlighted the Lone Soldier Foundation’s direct support for IDF units as evidence of the group’s recruitment on behalf of a foreign military. ¹

Activities

The main activity of the Lone Soldier Foundation is to provide non-combat financial and material support to Israel Defense Forces units whose soldiers are congregants or the children of congregants at a northern New Jersey synagogue. This included raising funds and materials to send to IDF soldiers following the October 7, 2023 Hamas terror attacks against Israel. On October 10, 2023, the Lone Soldier Foundation helped organize an Israel Emergency Fund at a pro-Israel event at the Kaplen Jewish Center in New Jersey to send money, portable phone chargers, plugs, and adapter plugs to IDF units. ³

The Intercept Editorial

In July 2025, left-of-center media outlet The Intercept published an op-ed accusing the Lone Soldier Foundation of being part of a nonprofit coalition that supports and recruits “American teens to provide reinforcements to the Israeli military during its ongoing genocide in Gaza.” The editorial took issue with the Lone Soldier Foundation because it specifically provides funds for the children of families who attend a synagogue in northern New Jersey who join the Israel Defense Forces. According to tax information from the group’s 2024 nonprofit tax return, it also supports IDF units in which the children of members of its congregation serve. In 2024, the group spent more than $80,000 to provide “non-combat and equipment to IDF units in which eligible American citizens served.” ^{1  4}

The Intercept piece included quotes from a former IDF lone soldier who has become critical of Israel. She argued that the alleged recruitment of American teens by organizations like the Lone Soldier Foundation is a “great example of the Zionist spirit or the Zionist dream” because “it keeps American Jewish communities very, very close to the Israel question. It doesn’t allow them to think critically because it’s so close, because you know people who have been killed, or people who have served.” ¹

Leadership

According to the Lone Soldier Foundation’s 2024 tax returns, Ian Price is listed as the president of the organization. Richard Price is listed as the group’s treasurer, and Dena Price is listed as its director. ⁴

Finances

In 2017, 2018, and 2022, the Lone Soldier Foundation reported $0 in total revenue. In 2020, 2021, and 2023, the organization reported $1,500 or less in total revenue. ⁵

In 2016, the Lone Soldier Foundation reported $21,383 in total revenue, $18,289 in total expenses, and $3,805 in total assets. ⁶ In 2019, the group reported $50,003 in total revenue, $415 in expenses, and $52,002 in total assets. ⁷

In 2024, the year after Hamas’ terrorist attack against Israel, the Lone Soldier Foundation’s revenue increased. That year, the organization reported $77,283 in total revenue, $84,719 in total expenses, and $41,939 in total assets. ⁴

In 2024, the Lone Solder Foundation received a $17,469 grant from the American Online Giving Foundation. ⁸