Adelson Family Foundation

The Adelson Family Foundation — founded by Adelson and her late husband, Sheldon Adelson — has been a prolific giver to Jewish organizations, including Birthright Israel. Assets held in the family’s charitable trust dropped from more than $200 million before the pandemic to $37 million in 2021 as it distributed money to the foundation and other causes without being replenished, according to records filed with the IRS.The foundation had only about $6 million in reserves at the end of 2021. The list of organizations that have been buoyed by Adelson’s support includes right-wing advocacy groups like the Israeli-American Council and Zionist Organization of America; the Maccabee Task Force, a campus pro-Israel group founded by conservatives; US fundraising groups benefiting the Israeli military; the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum and memorial in Jerusalem; and the Adelson Family Campus, a large Jewish day school in Las Vegas. Whether Miriam Adelson desires to shift philanthropic priorities following the death of her husband remains unknown.