2020-11-12T09:55:05-06:00 2019-12-31 133791592 PERELSON WEINER LLP 299 PARK AVENUE 2ND FLOOR NEW YORK NY 101710002 990 2019-01-01 133556715 THE ABRAHAM INITIATIVES INC ABRA 8774403440 1460 BROADWAY NEW YORK NY 10036 GEOFFREY LEWIS CO-CHAIRMAN 8774403440 2020-11-12 1 SANDY CHAN CPA P01286568 2126053100 2020-11-12 38.121.162.130 2020-11-12 10:50:49 ES P B602D594AFD2B0B327E07A06F36CA6A7E42546D0 B602D594AFD2B0B327E07A06F36CA6A7E42546D0 2019 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z GEOFFREY LEWIS 1460 BROADWAY NEW YORK NY 10036 1805457 0 X WWW.ABRAHAMINITIATIVES.ORG X 1989 DE THE ABRAHAM INITIATIVES IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, NON-PARTISAN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ADVANCING COEXISTENCE AND EQUALITY AMONG ISRAEL'S JEWISH AND ARAB CITIZENS, BY PROMOTING POLICIES BASED ON INNOVATIVE SOCIAL MODELS, CONDUCTING LARGE SCALE INITIATIVES, ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION. 28 28 3 2 0 0 1300945 1801458 0 0 10203 1250 0 0 1311148 1802708 1285500 1076500 0 0 213711 219512 0 0 115418 212921 178067 1712132 1474079 -400984 328629 576664 911563 16863 17716 559801 893847 X FOUNDED IN 1989 AND NAMED FOR THE COMMON ANCESTOR OF JEWS AND ARABS, THE ABRAHAM INITIATIVES IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, NON-PARTISAN, ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ADVANCING COEXISTENCE AND EQUALITY AMONG ISRAEL'S JEWISH AND ARAB CITIZENS, BY PROMOTING POLICIES BASED ON INNOVATIVE SOCIAL MODELS, CONDUCTING LARGE SCALE INITIATIVES, ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION. 0 0 1252814 1075000 THE ABRAHAM INITIATIVES SUPPORTS THE WORK OF KEREN AVRAHAM, (THE ABRAHAM FUND ISRAEL) A REGISTERED ISRAELI NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION WHICH CREATES AND IMPLEMENTS MAJOR NATIONAL INITIATIVES TO INCREASE COEXISTENCE VISIBILITY AND BROADEN THE IMPACT OF COEXISTENCE EFFORTS. 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