Since 1977, the Tel Aviv Foundation inspires donors to be strategic partners in meeting the evolving needs of the Tel Aviv community. Ira Riklis has been one of those donors through the American Friends of the Tel Aviv Foundation for well over 20 years now. The Foundations works by creating projects designed raise quality of life in areas ranging from education, culture and arts, sports to the environment and social services.
Ira Riklis and his family aren’t the largest donors, but no donor has taken on as many projects as they have. To make their donations efficient and effective, they’ve concentrated their projects in a single neighborhood, Schoonat Exra. Over the years, they’ve helped create numerous parks and playgrounds, science centers, kindergartens, anda combination school with Arts, Science and Library facilities.