The Fund has grown from a small organization distributing scholarships to a number of target populations to a vast dynamic body affecting the lives of thousands of young men and women throughout the country who have completed their military or national service. The Fund, whose policy is determined by its Board of Trustees, defines its goal to assist ex-servicemen to realize their ambitions and help them to become a contributing, integral part of Israeli society. This goal is achieved by defining target populations and providing services and aid to young ex-servicemen from the periphery (from development towns and rural settlements), new immigrants, lone soldiers, minority groups and those in dire economic need as well as those coming from large families in underprivileged areas.