Does Coty support Israel?

We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from Coty. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.

Filed under: Beauty & cosmetics brands · Companies that support Israel

Background

No records were found of Coty corporate donations, statements, or operations supporting Israel. Boycott lists that include Coty do so because of its controlling shareholder, JAB Holding, owned by Germany's Reimann family: after uncovering their ancestors' Nazi-era past, the family created the Alfred Landecker Foundation in 2019 to fund Holocaust remembrance and the fight against antisemitism, including a $13 million grant to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and support for Hillel — philanthropy of the shareholder family in Germany, not a Coty corporate action. In the other direction, Coty disclosed in 2013 SEC correspondence that its United Arab Emirates unit, Coty FZCO, had included legends on invoices confirming goods were not manufactured in Israel — in effect complying with the Arab League boycott — and that it voluntarily self-reported this to the US Commerce Department's Office of Antiboycott Compliance in January 2013 and stopped the practice. Coty has no political action committee and no corporate foundation.

SEC — Coty correspondence disclosing UAE anti-boycott self-report Philanthropy News Digest — Landecker Foundation $13M to Hebrew University Hebrew University of Jerusalem — Landecker grant announcement Times of Israel — Reimann family foundation funds anti-antisemitism work

What we checked

• News & official statements — 2026-07-21
• Nonprofit tax filings (Form 990) — 2026-07-21
  No Coty corporate foundation exists in IRS records; ProPublica candidate matches from the gather script (2026-07-20) were unrelated similarly-named organizations (COTS homeless shelters, Cote/Coto family foundations).
• SEC filings — 2026-07-21
• Federal election records (FEC) — 2026-07-21
  No Coty political committees exist in FEC records (gather script, 2026-07-20); the company has no PAC.
• Independent fact-checkers — 2026-07-21
  No Snopes/Reuters/AFP fact-checks on Coty–Israel claims found. BDS-side guides (The Witness, Boycott Directory) list Coty solely via JAB ownership; checked both directions — no corporate evidence either way.
• usaspending — 2026-09-25
  Queried 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 — 2026-09-25
  Searched 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 — 2026-09-25
  Checked 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 — 2026-09-25
  Searched 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

Sources & citations

Record last updated: 2026-09-25

• SEC — Coty correspondence disclosing UAE anti-boycott self-report sec.gov
• Philanthropy News Digest — Landecker Foundation $13M to Hebrew University philanthropynewsdigest.org
• Hebrew University of Jerusalem — Landecker grant announcement en.huji.ac.il
• Times of Israel — Reimann family foundation funds anti-antisemitism work timesofisrael.com