Does Kohl's support Israel?

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

Filed under: Retail & supermarket chains · Fashion & apparel brands · Companies that support Israel

Background

Kohl's has no recorded donations, statements, or operations supporting Israel: the Wisconsin-based department-store chain has no stores in Israel, has taken no public stance on the conflict, and no giving to Israeli organizations was identified. The boycott campaigns Kohl's has actually faced are unrelated to Israel — conservative boycotts over Pride merchandise (2023) and over skipping Republican National Convention sponsorship (2024). Some generic boycott petitions list Kohl's among many apparel retailers over supply-chain claims, without documenting any Israel-specific corporate action. Kohl's has no corporate PAC and no grant-making corporate foundation; its philanthropy runs through the in-store Kohl's Cares cause-merchandise program, which funds children's health initiatives in US communities.

Newsweek (unrelated 2023 boycott) Newsweek (unrelated 2024 boycott)

What we checked

• News & official statements — 2026-07-29
  Searched Kohl's + Israel donations, statements, operations, and boycott coverage, including after October 2023. No Israel-related corporate action found in either direction; the only documented Kohl's boycotts concern Pride merchandise (2023) and RNC sponsorship (2024), both unrelated to Israel.
• Nonprofit tax filings (Form 990) — 2026-07-29
• SEC filings — 2026-07-29
  EDGAR full-text search for 'israel' in Kohl's filings (CIK 885639): 5 hits, all EX-1.01 conflict-minerals report exhibits (2015-2026) where Israel appears in smelter-country boilerplate; no Israel operations, investments, or donations in filings.
• Federal election records (FEC) — 2026-07-29
  FEC committee search for 'Kohl's' returns no committees; the company has no corporate PAC and therefore no PAC disbursements to pro-Israel committees.
• Independent fact-checkers — 2026-07-29
  No Snopes/Reuters/AFP fact-checks of any Kohl's-Israel claim exist — no viral donation rumor to debunk. Generic boycott petitions list Kohl's among many apparel retailers without documenting any Israel-specific corporate action; absence on major BDS target lists corroborates the no-records finding.
• 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.
• hebrew-arabic-press — 2026-09-25
  Searched Hebrew and Arabic news for this company on 2026-09-25 via Google News and Bing News. No headline mentioned a donation, aid, the war, an investment, an acquisition or a boycott.

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Sources & citations

Record last updated: 2026-09-25

• Newsweek (unrelated 2023 boycott) newsweek.com
• Newsweek (unrelated 2024 boycott) newsweek.com