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Does Burberry support Israel?
Burberry Group plc
We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from Burberry. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.
Filed under: Fashion & apparel brands · Companies that support Israel
Background
No recorded donations, statements, or corporate support for Israel were found for Burberry, and the company has taken no public position on the Israel-Gaza conflict. Viral social-media posts asking whether Burberry 'supports Israel' rely on SEO aggregator sites and cite no primary evidence. Burberry's only documented Israel link is retail history: the brand entered the market in December 2010 when local franchisees (the operators of the Gucci franchise in Israel) opened a Burberry boutique at Kikar HaMedina in Tel Aviv — a store run under franchise, not by Burberry Group itself. The Burberry Foundation is a UK-registered charity (no. 1154468) whose published grant partnerships show no Israel-linked recipients, and Burberry does not appear on the BDS movement's official priority boycott target list.
Ynetnews (2010 store opening) CPP-Luxury UK Charity Commission — The Burberry Foundation BDS Movement — corporate targeting guide
What we checked
- News & official statements — 2026-07-22
- Nonprofit tax filings (Form 990) — 2026-07-22ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer search for 'Burberry' returned only the unrelated 'Burbury Elm Foundation' (Boston). The Burberry Foundation is UK-registered (Charity Commission no. 1154468, no US 990); its published partnerships (e.g., Save the Children for Ukraine) show no Israel-linked grants.
- SEC filings — 2026-07-22Burberry Group plc is LSE-listed with no SEC registration or CIK (gather script: 'no CIK — company not in SEC universe'); no US filings to search.
- Federal election records (FEC) — 2026-07-22FEC committee search returned no Burberry political committees; as a UK company it has no US corporate PAC.
- Independent fact-checkers — 2026-07-22
- 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 Burberry 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 Burberry. 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. 4 distinct sources are cited for Burberry. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-09-25
- Ynetnews (2010 store opening) ynetnews.com
- CPP-Luxury cpp-luxury.com
- UK Charity Commission — The Burberry Foundation register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk
- BDS Movement — corporate targeting guide bdsmovement.net