Despite ongoing challenges in Israel and the United States, Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, has been unwavering in advancing its mission. From helping soldiers and civilians heal, to medical innovation at the Hadassah Medical Organization, to speaking out when women’s voices were being silenced about rape and torture, to standing tall against a tidal wave of antisemitism, HWZOA has remained steadfast in its work, as outlined by an array of impressive metrics that define the organization’s success in 2024. To learn more about the stories of the inspiring individuals and cutting-edge research behind the numbers, read HWZOA’s 2024 Impact Report at annualreport.hadassah.org.

Medical innovation at HMO

• 1 MILLION patients served annually at two hospital campuses
• 1,900+ clinical trials
• 950 research papers published
• 60% of European Union grants awarded to Israeli hospitals went to HMO researchers
• 40% of Israel Science Foundation grants awarded to Israeli hospitals went to HMO
• 260+ patents awarded to HMO researchers
• $6 MILLION+ secured by Hadasit, HMO’s technology transfer and innovation company, for applied research
• 10,000 patients will be treated annually at the Gandel Rehabilitation Center, which, when complete, will feature 140 inpatient beds and an outpatient clinic able to serve 250 patients a day

Collective voice 

• 50,000+ people took 103,000+ actions through our National Action Center.
• Nearly 400 Hadassah advocates met with congressional representatives from 25 offices
• 45+ group letters advocating for policy changes at the United Nations; in federal, state and local governments; and at corporations and professional organizations were led or joined by Hadassah
• 130,000+ petition signatures gathered from 118 countries and 116 organizations as part of our #EndTheSilence campaign, demanding that the United Nations support an independent, unbiased investigation into Hamas’s weaponization of rape and gender violence on October 7, 2023, and beyond.

Mourning and Memory

• 800+ Hadassah households across the country gathered virtually on the eve of the one-year anniversary of October 7. 500+ Hadassah supporters this year commemorated victims of the attack and ensuing war in a virtual event on October 9
• 26 first-degree relatives of HMO staff and five members of Hadassah’s Youth Aliyah villages lost their lives on October 7 and in the Israel-Gaza war, through 2024