Name:
Edward Levy Jr.
AIPAC Role:
Member of AIPAC's Board of Directors
Professional Profile/Associations:
AIPAC national board member and former president (1982–1988). President and CEO of Edw. C. Levy Co., a Dearborn, Michigan-based construction materials company founded by his father in 1918 that today processes more than 10 million tons of slag annually. Received Detroit Jewry's highest honor, the Fred M. Butzel Memorial Award (2010). Multimillion-dollar Republican donor who gave $535,000 to the Senate Leadership Fund in 2020 and was one of the United Democracy Project (UDP)'s top donors in 2023. Founder of the Edward C. and Linda Dresner Levy Foundation; funds scholarships for U.S. students studying in Israel. Board member of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University (now INSS) and Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Accountability:
As a member of AIPAC's Board of Directors, Edward Levy Jr. bears individual legal responsibility for the organization's conduct. Under U.S. nonprofit law, board members hold fiduciary duties to ensure organizational compliance with applicable legal standards, implement oversight systems for core activities, and respond to credible information about organizational wrongdoing. In Stern v. Lucy Webb Hayes (1974), the federal district court held that nonprofit directors who fail to supervise organizational decisions breach their fiduciary obligations. In In re Lemington Home for the Aged (3d Cir. 2015), the Third Circuit upheld $2.25 million in damages against nonprofit directors who ignored red flags and failed to exercise reasonable oversight. The information in these profiles is drawn primarily from AIPAC's most recent IRS Form 990, supplemented by publicly available sources including news reports, official announcements, and public records. As a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, AIPAC is legally required to file Form 990 annually with the Internal Revenue Service, and these filings are public documents.
However, IRS regulations allow organizations up to eleven months after their fiscal year ends to submit these forms, meaning publicly available data typically lags by approximately one year. This inherent delay underscores why AIPAC—like most major organizations of its size and influence—should maintain a current, public-facing leadership page identifying its board members and senior executives. The absence of such transparency from AIPAC necessitates this project. We are committed to accuracy and will update these profiles as new information becomes available. If you have corrections, updates, or additional sourced information, please contact us at advocacy@dawnmena.org.
