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Does ExxonMobil support Israel?
Exxon Mobil Corporation
We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from ExxonMobil. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.
Filed under: Energy & oil companies · Companies that support Israel
Background
ExxonMobil appears on several boycott lists, but this pass found no record of corporate donations, investments, operations in Israel, or declared support. The circulating claims trace mainly to "Behind the Barrel," 2024 research by the firm Data Desk commissioned by the advocacy group Oil Change International, which estimated that ExxonMobil accounts for roughly 6% of the crude oil reaching Israel — largely via its minority stake in the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline consortium that carries Azerbaijani crude — plus older US Department of Defense fuel-supply contracts (2003–2011) cited by advocacy databases. Those are supply-chain and US-government-procurement claims, not corporate donations or statements of support, and they have not been corroborated as direct ExxonMobil-to-Israel support by primary documents or mainstream reporting. ExxonMobil's SEC filings mention Israel only incidentally, the ExxonMobil Foundation's grantmaking is focused on US education, its PAC shows no disbursements to pro-Israel committees, and no major fact-checker has evaluated a specific viral claim about ExxonMobil and Israel.
Oil Change International — Behind the Barrel (advocacy report behind the claims) Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (summary of the allegations) BDS Movement — energy embargo campaign naming ExxonMobil AFSC Investigate — ExxonMobil (advocacy database citing 2003–2011 US DoD fuel contracts)
What we checked
- News & official statements — 2026-07-20
- Nonprofit tax filings (Form 990) — 2026-07-20
- SEC filings — 2026-07-20
- Federal election records (FEC) — 2026-07-20ExxonMobil PAC (C00121368) is active and files monthly; Schedule B disbursement searches for recipients matching 'Israel' and 'AIPAC' returned zero results. PAC disbursements go to US candidates and party committees; this is PAC/employee money, not corporate giving.
- Independent fact-checkers — 2026-07-20
- usaspending — 2026-09-24Queried the USAspending.gov award API on 2026-09-24 for US federal contracts, grants and other awards to this company whose award text mentions Israel. It returned no awards.
- lobbying — 2026-09-24Searched the US Lobbying Disclosure Act database at lda.gov on 2026-09-24 for filings naming this company as the client whose reported lobbying issues mention Israel. No filings matched.
- ohchr — 2026-09-24Checked the UN OHCHR database of business enterprises involved in activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, report A/HRC/60/19, on 2026-09-24. This company is not listed in it.
- whoprofits — 2026-09-24Searched the Who Profits company index on 2026-09-24 — the research centre that documents corporate involvement in the Israeli occupation. This company has no profile there.
Frequently asked questions
Did ExxonMobil 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 ExxonMobil. 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 ExxonMobil. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-09-24
- Oil Change International — Behind the Barrel (advocacy report behind the claims) oilchange.org
- Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (summary of the allegations) business-humanrights.org
- BDS Movement — energy embargo campaign naming ExxonMobil bdsmovement.net
- AFSC Investigate — ExxonMobil (advocacy database citing 2003–2011 US DoD fuel contracts) investigate.afsc.org