house and garden setting. Management Funding The Israel Museum receives only 10% to 12% of its operating budget from state and municipal sources. The Israeli government provides varying amounts of funds each year. The institution must raise 88% of its yearly operating budget, all of its $200 million endowment and $100 million for its recent capital project, while paying 17.5% VAT as well as real-estate taxes on the campus property. The most active of the international support groups of the museum, the American Friends of the Israel Museum, raised $270 million in cash, of which $47 million is in endowment funds, and donated $210 million in the art from 1972 to 2008. In 2009, the Israel Museum received $12 million from the Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation, towards the renovation, reinstallation, and endowment of its fine arts wing, which will be renamed after Edmond and Lily Safra. Attendance As of 2012, attendance was about 827,000 per year. Prizes awarded by the museum Among the prizes awarded by the museum is the Jesselson Prize for Contemporary Judaica Design, which recognizes outstanding design of Jewish ritual objects. Winners include Moshe Zabari (1990). Notable staff Dov Gottesman Nissan N. Perez Yigal Zalmona Haim Gitler See also Isaiah scroll Further reading The Jewish Wardrobe: From the Collection of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Concept and Project Director: Daisy Raccah-Djivre, Editor: Dr. Esther Juhasz, Associate Editor: No'am Bar'am-Ben-Yossef, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, and 5 Continents Edition, Milan, 2012. Benjamin, Chaya, Early Israeli Arts and Crafts: Bezalel Treasures from the Alan B. Slifka Collection in the Israel Museum, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem 2008. Benjamin, Chaya, The Stieglitz Collection: Masterpieces of Jewish Art, The Israel Museum 1987. Shachar, Isaiah, Jewish tradition in art; The Feuchtwanger collection of Judaica, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem 1971. References External links Virtual tour of the Israel Museum provided by Google Arts & Culture Israel Museums established in 1965 Museums in Jerusalem History museums in Israel Art museums and galleries in Israel Archaeology of Israel Archaeological museums in Israel Modernist architecture in Israel Sculpture gardens, trails and parks in Asia Museums established in 1926 Egyptological collections Museums of ancient Rome Museums of Ancient Near East in Israel Pre-Columbian art museums Asian art museums in Israel 1965 establishments in Israel