What primary public records exist for Jack D. Solomon’s donations and institutional roles in Israel?

1. BYU archival finding aid documenting Solomon’s Jerusalem role

The Brigham Young University archival finding for the University’s Jerusalem Center collection explicitly references “numerous memos regarding Jack Solomon,” correspondence with donors to the BYU Jerusalem Center, and material describing a proposal by Jack Solomon called “New Age Corporation,” and it records that Solomon headed the Israel-based team that developed and constructed a multi‑million dollar educational center and liaised with multiple Israeli government departments and offices including the prime minister’s office ^[1].

2. Donor listings and project pages at the Jerusalem Foundation

The Jerusalem Foundation’s donor pages include an entry for “Solomon Jack David Pamela,” which functions as a public acknowledgment of the Solomon name in the Foundation’s donor roll and suggests a documentary trail within that organization; the Foundation, as noted in ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer, also files Form 990 tax returns and makes organizational filings and donor‑directed project information available in the public record, meaning linked nonprofit filings are a plausible primary source for verifying gifts if the Foundation’s filings list individual donors ^{[2] [5]}.

3. Contemporary press and nonprofit annual reports naming Solomon

Local and regional press and institutional reporting have recorded Solomon’s institutional affiliations: a Deseret News piece listing him as a board director for a Utah Center for Jewish Studies describes Solomon as a trustee for Hebrew University and a board member in civic‑Jewish projects, and a Jewish Community Foundation annual report includes a memorial or listing referencing “Jack Solomon (z’l),” establishing contemporaneous public acknowledgment of his philanthropy and institutional roles ^{[3] [4]}.

4. Biographical compendia and secondary compilations as locus points

Biographical databases and compendia such as the World Biographical Encyclopedia/Prabook compile civic and philanthropic roles—crediting Solomon as a trustee of Hebrew University, co‑founder of the Israeli Armored Corps Museum, and patron of other Israeli institutions—offering leads that point to specific institutions where primary records (minutes, trustee rolls, donor plaques, restoration project files) might be held, though these compendia themselves are secondary sources and should be corroborated against institutional archives ^[6].

5. Where primary evidence appears missing or limited in these sources

None of the provided files include a scanned donor agreement, tax receipt, government registry entry, or Form 990 line showing Solomon’s personal dollar amounts donated to Israeli institutions; while the BYU finding aid, Jerusalem Foundation donor page, press reporting and annual reports name Solomon and describe responsibilities or donor status, the supplied material does not contain raw financial records or Israeli government grant documentation that would quantify or legally document individual donations ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}.

6. Assessing provenance, bias and next steps for verification

Institutional archives (BYU), nonprofit donor pages (Jerusalem Foundation), and contemporaneous press (Deseret News, Jewish Community Foundation materials) are primary or near‑primary starting points for verification but carry institutional perspectives and selective release practices; tax filings (Form 990s) for charities and trustee rolls at beneficiary institutions like Hebrew University would be the logical next primary records to request or search, while caution is advised when using aggregated biography sites or partisan outlets that may amplify claims without documentary backing ^{[5] [6] [7]}.