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Does The Home Depot, Inc. support Israel?
We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from The Home Depot, Inc.. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.
Filed under: Retail & supermarket chains · Companies that support Israel
Background
The Home Depot has no recorded corporate donations or support for Israel: its stores are in the US, Canada, and Mexico only, it has issued no corporate statements on the conflict, and its corporate foundation (THDF II Inc., dba The Home Depot Foundation, which also runs the employee Homer Fund) funds US veteran housing, disaster relief, skilled-trades training, and employee hardship aid, with no Israel-linked grantees identified. The company's recurring association with Israel comes from its retired co-founders' personal philanthropy, which is separate from the corporation. Bernie Marcus (co-founder; left the board in 2002, died November 2024) gave through his personal Marcus Foundation: he helped found the Israel Democracy Institute, donated $25 million for the Marcus National Blood Services Center in Israel, supported Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, and gave $1 million in 2024 to the AIPAC-affiliated United Democracy Project super PAC; he pledged most of his estimated $11 billion estate to the Marcus Foundation. Co-founder Arthur Blank, also long retired from the company, made $750,000 in emergency grants through his personal Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation in October 2023 to Barzilai and Soroka medical centers and United Hatzalah. Boycott calls against Home Depot cite the founders' personal giving and politics — not corporate money — and the company is not on the BDS movement's targeted boycott lists.
JTA — Bernie Marcus obituary Times of Israel — Bernie Marcus obituary Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Marcus philanthropy in Georgia and Israel Atlanta Jewish Times — Blank Family Foundation $750K to Israel (Oct 2023) Truthout — FIDF billionaire donors (incl. Marcus Foundation) Cause IQ — The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund (EIN 58-2491657)
What we checked
- News & official statements — 2026-07-20News coverage connects Home Depot to Israel only through the personal philanthropy of retired co-founders Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank (see context). No corporate donations, statements, or Israel operations found; stores are US/Canada/Mexico only. 2023 boycott coverage (Newsweek) concerned PAC donations to US Republicans, not Israel.
- Nonprofit tax filings (Form 990) — 2026-07-20The Home Depot Foundation (THDF II Inc., EIN 58-2491657, dba The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund, Atlanta) reviewed via Cause IQ/GuideStar: FY2025 top grantees are Home Builders Institute ($5.7M), Habitat for Humanity ($2.9M), and Semper Fi & America's Fund ($2.65M) — US veteran housing, disaster relief, trades training, employee aid. No Israel-linked grantees identified. The Marcus Foundation and Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation are the founders' personal foundations, separate from the company.
- SEC filings — 2026-07-20Full-text search of Home Depot filings (CIK 354950): 9 'Israel' hits — seven conflict-minerals exhibits (smelter country lists) and the 2021 proxy statement, which discloses $55,228 in security expenses for a personal Israel trip by then-CEO Craig Menear. No corporate donations, investments, or operations in Israel.
- Federal election records (FEC) — 2026-07-20The Home Depot Inc. PAC (C00284885) exists and files through June 2026; employee-funded and contributes to US federal candidates of both parties. Itemized Schedule B recipient review was rate-limited this pass; no news or watchdog reporting links the PAC to pro-Israel committees. Marcus's $1M to the AIPAC-affiliated United Democracy Project (2024) was personal money, not the company PAC.
- Independent fact-checkers — 2026-07-20Snopes coverage of Marcus-related claims notes he retired from Home Depot in 2002 and no longer ran the company. No fact-checker documents corporate Home Depot donations to Israel. Boycott calls (e.g., Labor for Palestine, 2025) cite the founders' personal giving; Home Depot is absent from the BDS movement's official boycott guide.
Frequently asked questions
Did The Home Depot, Inc. donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
No records found. We searched 5 public source types — news and official statements, nonprofit tax filings, SEC filings, and federal election records — and found no donations from The Home Depot, Inc.. 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. 6 distinct sources are cited for The Home Depot, Inc.. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-07-20
- JTA — Bernie Marcus obituary jta.org
- Times of Israel — Bernie Marcus obituary timesofisrael.com
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Marcus philanthropy in Georgia and Israel ajc.com
- Atlanta Jewish Times — Blank Family Foundation $750K to Israel (Oct 2023) atlantajewishtimes.com
- Truthout — FIDF billionaire donors (incl. Marcus Foundation) truthout.org
- Cause IQ — The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund (EIN 58-2491657) causeiq.com