Through December 31, 2026, every gift to ALLMEP will be matched dollar for dollar—up to $200,000—doubling its impact for ALLMEP and the wider peacebuilding field.
Let’s be honest: This moment is bleak — violent, polarized, and uncertain. The needs of the present are immense, and the direction of the future is up for grabs.
That’s why hundreds of Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilding organizations are working harder than ever.
They’re protecting communities from settler violence and delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza. They’re advancing equality, educating young people, creating economic opportunity, and sustaining relationships across Israel and Palestine.
They’re building the foundation for any just and lasting political solution through community centers, schools, jobs programs, business partnerships, democracy movements, policy solutions, and new leaders.
This work has never been more challenging — or urgent.
In fact, it’s time to multiply our impact, and you can help. ALLMEP is launching The Work Ahead, our 2026 year-end matching campaign. Thanks to a generous group of leadership donors, every contribution through December 31 will be doubled while matching funds remain.
Together, we have the opportunity to raise $400,000 to strengthen the Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding field at a pivotal moment.
We’re building the infrastructure of peace
When we launched ALLMEP over 20 years ago, the need for peacebuilding was clear. The repeated breakdowns in the peace process revealed an important truth: while diplomacy is essential, agreements can’t take root without public support, engagement, and trust. You need a partner to make peace. Partnerships don’t drop from the sky; you must build them.
Peacebuilding organizations then were relatively few, fragmented, and invisible. They had shoestring budgets and waiting lists of people wanting to participate. (Meanwhile, billions of dollars supported bad actors and a frozen status quo.) The world didn’t take civil society seriously.
For different results, we needed a different approach.
We started with 12 organizations at an ad hoc event in Washington, DC. Today we are more than 225 Israeli and Palestinian NGOs reaching virtually every corner of society. In fact, we’ve expanded by 40% since October 7th. To help the field grow and mature, we advocated for more than $400 million from governments worldwide.
We’re helping 200+ organizations coordinate, grow stronger, prove what works, and speak louder. And we’re making sure the world hears them.
The world is starting to listen
Supporting the peacebuilders is now international policy, from the G7 to the EU. Our members meet regularly with foreign ministers, speak at the United Nations, and bring their communities’ voices to world capitals. They bring rare messages of reason and practical strategies in a time of violence and chaos. 142 nations adopted many of their ideas in the New York Declaration.
And this June, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia announced the launch of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, something we’ve been working on for over 20 years. It promises to bring large-scale resources, coordination, and expertise to the field.
This is an important shift. As we’ve been able to grow our reach at ALLMEP, civil society has gained greater recognition as an essential part of any credible strategy for peace. But recognition must now be translated into resources, infrastructure, access, and lasting influence.
What the work ahead requires
Your doubled gift will help us:
- Build and expand the International Fund by bringing in more governments, philanthropists, and funding to reach a transformational scale.
- Strengthen and unite the field by giving 225+ organizations under immense pressure the connective tissue to coordinate, fill gaps, and prepare for what comes next.
- Prove what works and optimize impact through public-opinion research, new measurement tools, and our Members’ Impact Project.
- Put peacebuilders in the room where diplomacy, reconstruction, and political solutions are on the table, ensuring that the Israeli and Palestinian people are part of the process.
The opportunity is real. So is the risk.
It’s taken over 20 years to get this far. In such a dark time, I’m grateful every day that there is a peacebuilding field that increasingly has the reach, experience, and resilience to meet this moment, to give Israelis and Palestinians at least a fighting chance of changing course.
The opportunity is real — but so is the risk. If we don’t act at the scale this moment demands, peacebuilders won’t have the resources they need just when their work may matter most. Organizations won’t be ready to grow. Civil society could be pushed back to the margins.
We can’t let that happen. Not now. The people doing this work haven’t given up. Will you stand with them?
Through December 31, every gift to ALLMEP will be matched dollar for dollar while matching funds remain. Together, we can unlock the full $200,000 matching pool and raise $400,000 for The Work Ahead.
Thank you for being our partners — and theirs — as we accelerate our efforts. We must do everything we can to make a more peaceful, equal, dignified, and secure future possible.
With gratitude,
Avi Meyerstein
Founder and President, ALLMEP
P.S. Prefer to give through a donor-advised fund, appreciated securities, check, ACH, or a family foundation? Email giving@allmep.org and we’ll help you make your gift.