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Does The J.M. Smucker Company support Israel?
We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from The J.M. Smucker Company. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.
Filed under: Food & beverage brands · Coffee chains & brands · Companies that support Israel
Background
No record was found of The J.M. Smucker Company (the Orrville, Ohio food maker behind Folgers, Café Bustelo, Jif, Smucker's, Uncrustables and Hostess) donating to or otherwise supporting Israel. Smucker's own SEC filings explicitly state the company has 'no operations in Russia, Ukraine, Israel, or Palestine,' and mention Israel only in generic risk-factor boilerplate about the 'Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas' conflicts and their effect on commodity prices and supply chains. No corporate donations, PAC giving toward Israel-related causes, or foundation grants to Israel-linked groups were identified. The Folgers and Jif brands appear on general consumer-boycott chatter by association with the parent company, but no verified act of support underlies it.
J.M. Smucker 10-K (SEC EDGAR, FY2024) — 'no operations in ... Israel'; Israel only in risk factors
What we checked
- News & official statements — 2026-07-28Searched Smucker/Folgers/Jif + Israel donation/support/boycott. No corporate support or donation found. Only general BDS-chatter by brand association; no verified act of support.
- Nonprofit tax filings (Form 990) — 2026-07-28ProPublica search returned family philanthropies tied to the founding family (Willard E. Smucker Foundation EIN 34-6610889 and Richard & Emily Smucker Family Foundation, both Orrville OH), not a corporate foundation. No Israel-linked grantees (FIDF, JNF, MDA, etc.) identified.
- SEC filings — 2026-07-28Reviewed all 13 'israel' hits in Smucker's FY2024 10-K (CIK 91419). All are risk-factor boilerplate; the filing states the company has 'no operations in Russia, Ukraine, Israel, or Palestine.' No donation or support language.
- Federal election records (FEC) — 2026-07-28No J.M. Smucker corporate PAC found in FEC records; committees surfaced by name search are unrelated ('J'-initial namesakes). No corporate political giving toward Israel-related causes.
- Independent fact-checkers — 2026-07-28J.M. Smucker (and Folgers/Jif) do not appear as verified support cases on BDS/boycott lists or fact-checker articles; no substantiated 'Smucker supports Israel' claim found.
Frequently asked questions
Did The J.M. Smucker Company 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 J.M. Smucker Company. 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. 1 distinct source is cited for The J.M. Smucker Company. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
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Record last updated: 2026-07-28