• Website: www.bimkom.org
  • Israeli NGO founded in May 1999 by “planners and architects with the goal of strengthening the connection between human rights and spatial planning in Israel”
  • Mission: “to achieve the right to equality and social justice in matters of planning, development, and the allocation of land resources” and to “[assist] communities and minorities affected by social and economic disadvantage”
  • Funded by The Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund, The New Israel Fund, The Arthur Goldreich Fund, The Porter Foundation, The Green Environment Fund, The Heinrich Boell Foundation, The Naomi and Nehemia Cohen Foundation, The Kadist Foundation, and private donors. In 2006, Bimkom - Planners for Human Rights received $239,500 from the New Israel Fund. In addition to funds from NIF's budget, support was provided by private donations channeled through NIF.
  • The British Embassy in Tel Aviv provided approximately £10,000 for a report criticizing Israel’s construction of the separation fence, and the Danish Embassy in Tel Aviv provided 1,132,000 DKK for a report on the development of Palestinian neighborhoods.
  • Political activity: sponsors lectures and a conferences (i.e. “The Separation Wall from Gender Perspectives”), publishes petitions, and initiates legal actions 
  • For NGO Monitor's latest digest entry on Bimkom, click here