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The Pluralism Accelerator Fund

Background

The Pluralism Accelerator Fund is a philanthropic consortium that was launched in September 2024. The group’s homepage describes the key motivation for its existence: “In the aftermath of October 7th, 2023 we saw upheavals on college campuses as a clear example of the growing distrust, division, and dehumanization in our country.” The page goes on to link these campus “upheavals” to “antisemitism and other forms of identity-based hate,” and suggests that “universities can play a critical role in helping students…engage productively with divergent viewpoints, and find strength in difference.” In 2024, The Pluralism Accelerator Fund awarded grants to 11 organizations, some of which are listed below.

Notable Funders

Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Amount not identified; funding relationship documented here

Established by billionaire Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank. The Blank Foundation has supported a number of pro-Israel and Zionist organizations, including Birthright Israel and the Anti-Defamation League. For reference, see the Blank Foundation’s tax filings for 2024, 2023, and 2022.

See also: Interfaith America; Chapman University.

Einhorn Collaborative

Amount not identified; funding relationship documented here

Founded by hedge fund billionaire David Einhorn, a former Cornell trustee. In a November 2023 op-ed for The Cornell Daily Sun, Einhorn urged Cornell to subject certain pro-Palestinian protest speech—particularly “From the river to the sea,” which he characterized as “antisemitic” and “eliminationist”—to the university’s discrimination and harassment policies, and argued that Cornell should act on complaints to “disincentivize” such speech. David Einhorn is the son of climate change skeptic Stephen Einhorn, who was a member of the advisory council for Turning Point USA as of April 2026. Stephen and his wife Nancy Einhorn also make large donations to the right-wing Bradley Impact Fund. According to a report by The Grio and One Wisconsin Now, Stephen and Nancy were accused of involvement in voter-suppression campaigns in Wisconsin during the election cycles of 2010 and 2012. (They denied any wrongdoing.) David Einhorn’s 2007 book is dedicated to his parents and describes how they furnished more than half of the funds with which he launched his hedge fund. (In June 2026, a representative for Einhorn Collaborative told The Guardian: “Einhorn Collaborative and the Einhorn Family Foundation are separate entities that hold different missions and opinions. A lot of our work is recognizing that people can have different opinions and to be able to respectfully disagree.”) For reference, see Einhorn Collaborative (established by David Einhorn) tax filings for 2024, 2023, and 2022; separately, see Einhorn Family Foundation (established by Stephen and Nancy Einhorn) tax filings for 2025, 2024, and 2023.

Charles Koch Foundation/Stand Together Trust

Amount not identified; funding relationship documented here

Established by billionaire oil fortune heir, Charles Koch, the foundation has been a major funder of right-wing infrastructure for several decades. Koch invests millions into the Heritage Foundation and other conservative groups, including climate change denial organizations such as CO2 Coalition. See UNCIVIL’s June 2026 Funder Analysis for more details on Koch’s giving..

Klarman Family Foundation

Amount not identified; funding relationship documented here

Established by billionaire hedge fund founder Seth Klarman. Klarman is co-owner of The Times of Israel and he cites “support for the State of Israel and the Jewish people” as a philanthropic priority in his 2013 Giving Pledge (co-signed with his wife, Beth). The Klarman Family Foundation gives large amounts to pro-Israel groups such as the Anti-Defamation League and Hillel International (an explicitly anti-BDS organization). In October 2023, Klarman joined Joanna Jacobson (see One8 Foundation) and three other Harvard alumni in signing an open letter to Harvard’s leadership, accusing them of failing to confront a “meteoric rise in antisemitism” on campus following October 7, 2023; Klarman and the co-signers called on Harvard to regulate protests and require students to take a semester-long course in “productive discourse.” See UNCIVIL’s June 2026 Funder Analysis for more details on Klarman’s giving to pro-Israel causes.

The Starr Foundation

Amount not identified; funding relationship documented here

The foundation’s longtime chair was billionaire insurance company executive Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg; it is now chaired by Greenberg’s son, Jeffrey W. Greenberg. Starr has awarded grants to a number of pro-Israel and conservative causes such as America-Israel Friendship League (which celebrates its opposition to divestment efforts on its organizational history page), the Manhattan Institute, and the Hudson Institute. Starr is also a longtime funder of NYPD’s International Liaison Program, which embeds NYPD officers with law enforcement in Israel and elsewhere to “gather information on international counterterrorism efforts and report in real-time to their counterparts back home.” For reference, see Starr’s tax filings for 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021.

The Tepper Foundation

Amount not identified; funding relationship documented here

Established by billionaire hedge fund founder, David Tepper. The foundation is a major donor to the Anti-Defamation League and also funds anti-BDS groups such as Israel on Campus Coalition (which the Center for Constitutional Rights describes as an organization that “coordinates anti-Palestinian advocacy groups”). In November 2023, the foundation invested $2 million in a “Security Fund to Protect College Campuses and Jewish Meeting Places Amid Rising Antisemitism” and collaborated with Hillel International (an explicitly anti-BDS organization) to “identify college campuses that require increased security for their students.” For reference, see the Tepper Foundation’s tax filings for 2024, 2023, and 2022.

Notable Grantees

Hillel International

Hillel’s website states that it is “steadfastly committed to the support of Israel” and it facilitates student travel to Israel in concert with Birthright Israel. Its “Israel Guidelines” include a subheading labeled “Political Pluralism,” which reads:

Hillel seeks to facilitate civil discourse about Israel in a safe and supportive college environment that is fertile for dialogue and learning.…

Hillel will not partner with, house, or host organizations, groups, or speakers that as a matter of policy or practice: Deny the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish and democratic state with secure and recognized borders; Delegitimize, demonize, or apply a double standard to Israel; Support boycott of, divestment from, or sanctions against the State of Israel; Exhibit a pattern of disruptive behavior toward campus events or guest speakers, or foster an atmosphere of incivility.

Interfaith America

(See Interfaith America.)