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Does Best Buy support Israel?
Best Buy Co., Inc.
We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from Best Buy. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.
Filed under: Retail & supermarket chains · Companies that support Israel
Background
Best Buy is a US and Canada consumer-electronics retailer with no stores, operations, or investments in Israel, and this pass found no corporate donations, statements, or programs supporting Israel. Best Buy does not appear on BDS movement boycott lists (priority or "organic" targets). The company's main historical controversy on this topic ran in the opposite direction: pro-Israel groups criticized it in 2012 after a Best Buy employee network sponsored a CAIR-Minnesota banquet. In the ordinary course of retail, Best Buy carries products from Israeli companies — for example, it became the US retail launch partner for TytoCare's home medical-exam device in 2019 — a commercial arrangement, not an investment or donation.
What we checked
- News & official statements — 2026-07-20
- Nonprofit tax filings (Form 990) — 2026-07-20Best Buy Foundation (EIN 41-1784382, Richfield MN) 990-PF filings through FY March 2025 reviewed via Nonprofit Explorer (~$23.9M expenses, US youth/teen-tech-center focused); no Israel-linked grantees (FIDF, JNF, MDA, United Hatzalah, Birthright, StandWithUs) identified.
- SEC filings — 2026-07-20All 9 full-text "Israel" hits (CIK 764478) are conflict-minerals EX-1.01 exhibits and 10-K/ARS boilerplate — Israel appears only in smelter country-of-origin lists (verified in the 2024 EX-1.01); no Israel operations or investments disclosed.
- Federal election records (FEC) — 2026-07-20Best Buy Co., Inc. Employee Political Forum (C00405076) is a small employee-funded PAC (~$172,000 disbursed in the 2024 cycle per FEC/ProPublica Itemizer); no disbursements to pro-Israel committees identified in reviewed data.
- Independent fact-checkers — 2026-07-20No Snopes/AFP/Reuters fact checks on Best Buy–Israel claims found; Best Buy is absent from BDS movement target lists (checked in both directions — absence corroborates no documented support).
- usaspending — 2026-09-25Queried the USAspending.gov award API on 2026-09-25 for US federal contracts, grants and other awards to this company whose award text mentions Israel. It returned no awards.
- lobbying — 2026-09-25Searched the US Lobbying Disclosure Act database at lda.gov on 2026-09-25 for filings naming this company as the client whose reported lobbying issues mention Israel. No filings matched.
- ohchr — 2026-09-25Checked the UN OHCHR database of business enterprises involved in activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, report A/HRC/60/19, on 2026-09-25. This company is not listed in it.
- whoprofits — 2026-09-25Searched the Who Profits company index on 2026-09-25 — the research centre that documents corporate involvement in the Israeli occupation. This company has no profile there.
Frequently asked questions
Did Best Buy donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
No records found. We searched 9 public source types — news and official statements, nonprofit tax filings, SEC filings, and federal election records — and found no donations from Best Buy. The dated search log on this page shows exactly where we looked.
Where does this information come from?
Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 2 distinct sources are cited for Best Buy. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-09-25
- Fox News foxnews.com
- TechCrunch techcrunch.com