Does TJX Companies support Israel?

We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from TJX Companies. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.

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

Background

No records of donations, statements, or other support for Israel by The TJX Companies (parent of TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods) were found. TJX operates no stores in Israel, has no political action committee, and its published policy prohibits using corporate funds for political contributions of any kind. Its SEC filings contain zero mentions of Israel, and no Israel-linked grantees were identified in TJX Foundation filings. Social-media claims that 'TJ Maxx supports Israel' trace back to the chains stocking some Israeli-made merchandise (jewelry, Dead Sea cosmetics, food) through ordinary off-price buying — which prompted boycott petitions — not to any corporate donation or statement.

TJX — Statement on Political Activity and Expenditures (official) ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer — TJX Foundation filings Change.org petition (origin of boycott claims)

What we checked

• News & official statements — 2026-07-21
  Searched for TJX/TJ Maxx/Marshalls donations, statements, or employee programs relating to Israel, including responses after October 2023; nothing found. Only social-media chatter and a UK petition about Israeli-made products being sold in stores.
• Nonprofit tax filings (Form 990) — 2026-07-21
  TJX Foundation Inc (EIN 04-2399760, Framingham MA — matches HQ) filings 2020-2024 reviewed via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer; grantmaking is US community/family-resiliency focused; no Israel-linked grantees (FIDF, JNF, Magen David Adom, etc.) identified in available data.
• SEC filings — 2026-07-21
  EDGAR full-text search of TJX filings (CIK 109198) for 'israel' on 2026-07-20: zero hits. The company reports operations only in the US, Canada, Europe (UK, Ireland, Germany, Poland, Austria, Netherlands), and Australia.
• Federal election records (FEC) — 2026-07-21
  FEC committee search on 2026-07-20 (gather script) found no TJX-connected committees. TJX's published governance statement confirms it has no PAC and bars corporate funds for political contributions to parties or candidates.
• Independent fact-checkers — 2026-07-21
  No Snopes/Reuters/AFP/Logically fact-checks on TJX-Israel claims exist; TJX is absent from the BDS movement's targeted-boycott lists. Viral TikTok claims and the Change.org petition concern Israeli-made merchandise on shelves, not corporate donations or statements.
• 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

• TJX — Statement on Political Activity and Expenditures (official) tjx.com
• ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer — TJX Foundation filings projects.propublica.org
• Change.org petition (origin of boycott claims) change.org