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Does Macy's support Israel?
Macy's, Inc.
We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from Macy's. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.
Filed under: Retail & supermarket chains · Fashion & apparel brands · Companies that support Israel
Background
Macy's has no recorded donations, statements, or operations supporting Israel: no stores in Israel, no corporate stance, and no identified giving to Israeli organizations. The best-known Macy's-Israel story runs the other way — in 2014, a viral claim said Macy's had 'caved' to boycott activists and dropped SodaStream, the Israeli-made soda machines. Snopes found the removal was far more likely a commercial decision in a weak home-carbonation market, noting Macy's continued selling Ahava, another boycott-targeted Israeli brand, and a counter-petition urged Macy's to 'cease' the alleged boycott. Stocking or dropping individual Israeli products is retail assortment, not corporate support or opposition. Macy's small corporate PAC shows no itemized disbursements at all in recent cycles.
Snopes Washington Free Beacon Change.org petition (2014, counter-claim)
What we checked
- News & official statements — 2026-07-29
- Nonprofit tax filings (Form 990) — 2026-07-29
- SEC filings — 2026-07-29EDGAR full-text search for 'israel' in Macy's filings (CIK 794367): 20 hits, all SD conflict-minerals filings (2014-2026) where Israel appears in smelter-country boilerplate; no Israel operations, investments, or donations in filings.
- Federal election records (FEC) — 2026-07-29Macy's Inc. Retail Issues Fund (C00144311) exists and still files, but OpenFEC shows zero itemized disbursements in the 2022, 2024, and 2026 cycles — an essentially dormant PAC with no disbursements to pro-Israel committees.
- Independent fact-checkers — 2026-07-29Snopes examined the 2014 claim that Macy's dropped SodaStream under anti-Israel pressure and found a commercial explanation far more likely — a rumor about opposing Israel, not supporting it. No fact-checks of any Macy's pro-Israel donation claim exist; boycott lists cite only product stocking.
- usaspending — 2026-09-25Queried 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 — 2026-09-25Searched 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 — 2026-09-25Checked 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 — 2026-09-25Searched 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
Did Macy's 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 Macy's. 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. 3 distinct sources are cited for Macy's. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-09-25
- Snopes snopes.com
- Washington Free Beacon freebeacon.com
- Change.org petition (2014, counter-claim) change.org