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Does Nova support Israel?

Nova Ltd.

Support documentedupdated 2026-09-26

Yes — Nova has documented support for Israel on record. Every claim below links to its source.

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Background

Nova is an Israeli company: founded in Rehovot in 1993 as Nova Measuring Instruments, legally renamed Nova Ltd. in July 2021, it builds chip-metrology systems in Israel and is dual-listed on Nasdaq and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. It should not be confused with the Nova music festival attacked on 7 October 2023 — an unrelated name, and the reason most Hebrew results for "Nova" plus "donation" concern the festival, its victims and their families rather than this company. Alongside its Israeli operations, the company's own ESG and sustainability reports and Israeli press coverage document giving inside Israel: a multi-year partnership with the youth charity ELEM, mobile bomb shelters placed in Ashkelon, and the Mefalsim Atid education programme it founded and funds for the children of a Gaza-border kibbutz evacuated after 7 October 2023. No amounts are disclosed, and the research pass found no charitable foundation and no US political committee. Weeks into the October 2023 war its CEO assured investors that global operations were running as intended with no disruption to deliveries, even as Israeli employees were called to reserve duty.

SEC 20-F 2023 Nova — Q3 2023 results press release Insider Monkey — Q3 2023 earnings call transcript Nova — Sustainability Insight Report, 2023-2024 reporting period (company report, PDF) ynet — "Coming home: the initiative building a new routine for the kibbutz children" (Hebrew)

Timeline of documented support

19921997200220072012201720221993 — Operations in Israel: State of Israel (taxes, employment, strategic industry)Operations in Israel19932022 — In-kind support: Communities in Ashkelon, Israel — an underserved neighbourhood and a school for at-risk youthIn-kind support20222022 — Donation: ELEM — Youth in Distress in IsraelDonation20222023-11 — Operations in Israel: State of Israel (wartime industrial continuity)Operations in Israel2023-112024 — Donation: Kibbutz Mefalsim and its children (the Mefalsim Atid programme)Donation2024

Documented support

TypeDateAmountRecipientSources
Operations in Israel1993—State of Israel (taxes, employment, strategic industry)
Israeli semiconductor-metrology company: incorporated under Israeli law in May 1993 as Nova Measuring Instruments (renamed Nova Ltd. in July 2021), headquartered at 5 David Fikes Street in Rehovot, Israel, with its main manufacturing facility for optical CD and Raman metrology product lines in Rehovot's Weizmann Science Park. Per its 2023 annual report (20-F), 516 of its 1,202 employees were located in Israel at end-2023, alongside subsidiaries in the US, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, China and Germany. Listed on Nasdaq since its April 2000 IPO and on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange since 2002, Nova is one of Israel's flagship chip-equipment companies — Israeli production, R&D employment and exports at the core of the business.
Operations in Israel2023-11-09—State of Israel (wartime industrial continuity)
Kept its Israeli operations running at full commitment through the war that began October 7, 2023: reporting Q3 2023 results from Rehovot on November 9, 2023 — a month into the war — CEO Gaby Waisman told investors that 'Nova is first and foremost committed to supporting our customers and meeting delivery times and business obligations,' that a global business-continuity plan was in place, and that 'our global operations continue to run as intended, and there has been no impact on our performance and no disruption to our delivery schedule,' closing with thanks to 'our global and Israeli team' for their resilience. The company's 20-F notes that employees and consultants in Israel were called to military reserve duty during the war — continuity that kept Israeli production and exports flowing in wartime.
In-kind support2022—Communities in Ashkelon, Israel — an underserved neighbourhood and a school for at-risk youth
Donated mobile bomb shelters for Israeli communities. In its ESG Insight Review 2022 the company reports that it supported the placement of mobile bomb shelters in the city of Ashkelon, for use in an underserved neighbourhood and in a school for at-risk youth, and says this improved dozens of local residents' sense of safety and security. Its Sustainability Insight Report for the 2023-2024 period repeats that, as part of its partnership with the Israeli at-risk-youth charity ELEM, Nova donated bomb shelters to communities with at-risk youth. This is the corporation's own giving, not a foundation's and not employees'; neither report states how many shelters were provided or what they cost, and both accounts are the company's own disclosure.
Donation2022—ELEM — Youth in Distress in Israel
Funds ELEM, an Israeli charity for youth in distress. Nova's Sustainability Insight Report for 2023-2024, published in April 2025, describes a four-year partnership with ELEM concentrated on two programmes: Outreach Vans, staffed by ELEM professionals and volunteers who reach young people on the street, and Young Mothers, which gives at-risk mothers aged 17 to 26 personal social-work support towards independent living, housing and work; the company reports that 80% of the women taking part completed the personal-development programme. The partnership was already documented in its ESG Insight Review 2022, where youth at risk is one of four grant priorities. TheMarker's sponsored community supplement of 3 July 2024 reported that Nova's support had by then run three years and paid for a personal social worker for each young mother, that 55 young mothers — 54% of all participants in the national project — had left the cycle of distress, and that over 90% of those who started the programme reached independence. Corporate grant money, with Nova employees also volunteering on the project; no amount is disclosed.
Donation2024—Kibbutz Mefalsim and its children (the Mefalsim Atid programme)
Founded and funds "Mefalsim Atid" ("Paving a Future"), an education programme for the children of Kibbutz Mefalsim, a Gaza-border community whose residents were evacuated after 7 October 2023. Nova's Sustainability Insight Report for 2023-2024 says the company established the programme together with the kibbutz for approximately 120 young people aged 6 to 18, delivered with three partners: the Davidson Institute, the educational arm of the Weizmann Institute of Science; Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art; and the youth movement Hamesh Etzbaot ("Five Fingers"). ynet reported on 10 January 2025 that the initiative was born at Nova, which also leads and funds it, and that it provides a complementary educational framework for grades 1 to 12 combining sport, science and art, helping children rebuild resilience as families returned home from evacuation; ynet adds that it has begun to extend to the regional school. The company's own initiative and money; no amount is disclosed.

Frequently asked questions

Did Nova donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?

We have no records of cash donations, but Nova has documented support of other kinds (Operations in Israel, In-kind support, Donation). See the records on this page.

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. 9 distinct sources are cited for Nova. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.

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Record last updated: 2026-09-26

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