Facing lawsuits and scrutiny, longtime fiscal sponsor loses grip while activists secure new cash streams.By David Brummer, World Israel NewsA major funding channel for anti-Israel activism in the U.S. is unraveling—but the movement it fueled isn’t slowing down. The Westchester People’s Action Coalition (WESPAC), once the key fiscal sponsor of many campus-based anti-Israel groups, is under intense legal and congressional pressure, according to the Washington Free Beacon. But a new report from watchdog NGO Monitor says the organizations WESPAC once backed have already found new pipelines to keep the money flowing. Until recently, WESPAC allowed numerous groups to collect tax-deductible donations under its nonprofit umbrella. That support helped fund groups behind disruptive campus protests and actions critics say promote antisemitism. The list of groups formerly sponsored by WESPAC includes National Students for Justice in Palestine, Within Our Lifetime, the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, the Palestinian Feminist Collective, and Adalah-NY. WESPAC’s involvement drew national attention in July 2024, when activists vandalized federal landmarks during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington. Congress launched inquiries into WESPAC’s financial ties. The fallout didn’t stop there. Survivors and families of victims of Hamas’s October 7 massacre sued WESPAC and its affiliates. The suit accuses the nonprofit of acting as a “collaborator and propagandist” for Hamas. Under growing pressure, WESPAC admitted in a January 2025 appeal that it faced “dire fiscal trouble.” It pleaded for $90,000 to stay afloat, blaming “well-funded forces of darkness” for its legal woes. According to NGO Monitor, most of the groups WESPAC once sponsored have now switched to new fiscal backers. PYM, for example, cut ties with WESPAC after both were named in a May 2024 lawsuit over traffic blockades during an anti-Israel rally. By June, PYM began collecting donations through “Honor the Earth,” a group focused on Indigenous and anti-colonial activism. That link may not be accidental. PYM’s Nadya Tannous is now the deputy director of Honor the Earth, and board member Lenna Zahran Nasr is a key PYM organizer. Honor the Earth offers no public data on how much money it handles for PYM. USPCN, another controversial group, had encouraged donors to send tax-deductible gifts through WESPAC as recently as June 2024. That changed by April 2025, when it began using the platforms Venmo and Zeffy for fundraising. The Palestinian Feminist Collective also made a switch. In April 2025, it moved its donations to Al-Awda, an anti-Israel group promoting a Palestinian “right of return.” WESPAC’s finances remain opaque. It reported $2.4 million in income in fiscal year 2022–2023, with $1.8 million in expenses. The sources of most of that money remain unknown. Some mainstream foundations have helped prop up WESPAC. From 2020 to 2023, the Elias Foundation gave over $110,000. Morgan Stanley Global Impact chipped in $50,000. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors donated $230,000. The Tides Center and Tides Foundation gave a combined $125,000 in 2022. NGO Monitor warns that such donations help legitimize WESPAC’s operations—despite evidence that it’s been channeling money to groups with extremist ties. WESPAC may be faltering. But its network is adapting. The money, and the movement, are still in motion.The post Anti-Israel network finds new funding as WESPAC faces collapse appeared first on World Israel News.