Telos Group

The Telos Group is a left-of-center religious organization which focuses on achieving peace in the Middle East, and advocates strongly for Palestinian causes. The organization hosts trips to the Holy Land for religious leaders, particularly in Evangelical communities, which encourage “peacemaking” between Israel and Palestine and aim to change the “pro-Israel” attitude in the American Evangelical community. The Telos Group has received siginfigant contributions from the George Soros funded Open Society Foundations.1

At-A-Glance

Issue Areas: Foreign Policy
Location: Washington, DC View on map
Tax ID: 26-4269918
Most Recent Filing: 2022
Budget (2022): Assets: $532,296 Revenue: $724,093 Expenses: $887,454

Right-leaning figures have categorized the Telos Group as anti-Israel. According to David Brogg, of Christians United for Israel, “This is not your parents’ anti-Israel group… These guys are savvy, these guys are smart.”1

The organization has also expressed opposition to President Donald Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity Plan” for peace in the Middle East.2

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2022 $532,296 $724,093 $887,454 View
2021 $610,701 $1,309,611 $969,574 View
2020 $273,670 $994,392 $964,737 View
2019 $503,274 $1,752,522 $1,663,912 View
2018 $325,468 $1,555,683 $1,494,063 View

Prior year filings: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $4,839,883
  • Number of Grants: 93
  • Number of Funders: 44

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$300,0002023 M.J. Murdock Charitable TrustOperational Capacity Support – To develop peacemakers
$195,0002025 Coefficient GivingGeneral Support
$150,0002024 Alumbra Innovations Foundationto support Peacemaking in US and Abroad
$107,7502023 Holy Land Christians Society IncAWARENESS
$100,0002024 Charities Aid Foundation of AmericaCHARITABLE DONATION
$100,0002022 Stand Together FoundationGENERAL OPERATING
$100,0002021 Holy Land Christians Society IncPUBLIC AWARENESS
$75,0002023 Charities Aid Foundation of AmericaCHARITABLE DONATION
$72,3072022 Charities Aid Foundation of AmericaCHARITABLE DONATION
$62,5002023 National Christian Charitable Foundation, Inc.JUSTICE
$54,1252024 Holy Land Christians Society IncAWARENESS
$50,0002024 The Millstreet Foundation IncHELP LEADERS ENGAGE THE ISRAEL AND PALESTINE COMMUNITIES AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
$40,0002021 The Millstreet Foundation IncHELP LEADERS ENGAGE THE ISRAEL AND PALESTINE COMMUNITIES AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
$36,1502020 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$31,2502024 National Christian Charitable Foundation, Inc.HUMAN RIGHTS
$31,1002021 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$25,0002021 National Philanthropic TrustINTERNATIONAL
$25,0002021 Stand Together FoundationGeneral Operating
$25,0002021 Edward E Haddock Jr Family FoundationReStory Project
$24,1002022 National Christian Charitable Foundation, Inc.JUSTICE
$20,0002024 Johnson Charitable Gift FundGENERAL FUND
$20,0002023 Johnson Charitable Gift FundGENERAL FUND
$20,0002022 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncHUMANITARIAN
$20,0002022 Johnson Charitable Gift FundGENERAL FUND
$20,0002021 Johnson Charitable Gift FundGENERAL FUND

References

1. Wren, Adam, Jeremy B. White, Sam Sutton and Carly Sitrin, and Bill Mahoney and Josh Gerstein. “Meet the Group Trying to Change Evangelical Minds ABOUT Israel.” POLITICO Magazine, March 10, 2019. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/03/10/evangelicals-israel-palestinians-telos-225704/.
2. “Trump’s Middle East PLAN: Frequently Asked Questions.” The Telos Group, November 19, 2020. https://www.telosgroup.org/uncategorized/trumps-middle-east-plan-frequently-asked-questions/.