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Does Tim Hortons support Israel?
We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from Tim Hortons. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.
Filed under: Fast food & restaurant chains · Coffee chains & brands · Companies that support Israel
Background
No recorded donations to or support for Israel by Tim Hortons have been found. Tim Hortons is the Canadian coffee-and-doughnut brand of Restaurant Brands International, and it has never opened in Israel: the countries it lists for its roughly 6,000 restaurants — Canada, the United States, Mexico, Panama, Spain, Andorra, the United Kingdom, China, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, India, Pakistan and the Gulf states — do not include Israel, and its Middle East master franchisee, the Dubai-based Apparel Group (AG Café), develops the brand in the Gulf, not in Israel. Tim Hortons appears on consumer boycott lists purely by association: the October 2023 free meals for Israeli soldiers were given by the Israeli franchisee of its sister brand Burger King, and no Israel-related donation, statement, investment or contract by Tim Hortons itself, by its Tim Horton Children's Foundation, or by parent RBI has been documented. RBI's only public comments on the war concern lost sales in boycott-affected markets.
Wikipedia — Tim Hortons (countries of operation) Gulf News (Apparel Group / AG Café, Middle East master franchisee) Newsweek (Burger King Israel franchisee meals) Reynolds Center (RBI CEO on boycott impact)
What we checked
- News & official statements — 2026-07-30English and Hebrew searches for Tim Hortons in Israel (branches, franchise agreements, donations, statements) returned nothing: no Israeli branch has ever opened and no Israel-related donation or statement by the brand was found. Coverage that names Tim Hortons alongside Israel is about boycott lists built on its ownership by Restaurant Brands International.
- Nonprofit tax filings (Form 990) — 2026-07-30Tim Horton Children's Foundation Inc. (EIN 31-1681440) and Tim Horton Children's Foundation US Inc. (EIN 31-1681446) fund summer camps for children in Canada and the United States; no Israel-linked grantees identified.
- SEC filings — 2026-07-30Tim Hortons is not a separate SEC filer; disclosures fall under Restaurant Brands International (CIK 1618756), whose "israel" full-text hits are subsidiary-list exhibits and shareholder Schedule 13D/A attachments, none of them Tim Hortons-related.
- Federal election records (FEC) — 2026-07-30FEC committee search returns no Tim Hortons committee, and none for parent Restaurant Brands International; no corporate PAC exists through which political money could be traced.
- Independent fact-checkers — 2026-07-30Boycott guides and app listings that include Tim Hortons cite only its corporate parent's link to Burger King's Israeli franchisee; the BDS movement does not name Tim Hortons as an official target, and no fact check documents Israel-related giving by the brand.
Frequently asked questions
Did Tim Hortons 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 Tim Hortons. 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. 4 distinct sources are cited for Tim Hortons. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-07-30
- Wikipedia — Tim Hortons (countries of operation) en.wikipedia.org
- Gulf News (Apparel Group / AG Café, Middle East master franchisee) gulfnews.com
- Newsweek (Burger King Israel franchisee meals) newsweek.com
- Reynolds Center (RBI CEO on boycott impact) businessjournalism.org