[18] According to the Militarist Monitor website, formerly known as "Right Web", Rosenwald's donations to pro-Israel organizations have "earned her a place of considerable influence in the 'pro-Israel' firmament".
[20] Apart from founding the Gatestone Institute and serving as its president, she also serves on the boards of Human Rights in China, the Middle East Forum, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, the Institute for National Security Studies (Israel)[21] and the American Friends of the Open University of Israel,[9] which raises funds to expand access to higher education for all Israelis, including Muslims, Christians and Jews.
[23] Her family fund has given financial support to two institutions located in settlements on the West Bank: the Beit El yeshiva, which counsels its students to defy government orders to evacuate illegal outposts, and Ariel University.
[19] Rosenwald resigned from the board of Freedom House in 2007, arguing that it had changed radically and was over-reliant on public largesse and government funding.
In 2007, The Washington Post listed Rosenwald as one of the "people of means and influence" who raised money to lobby President Bush to pardon Scooter Libby.
[27][28][29][25][30][31] It is also on the ADL and SPLC's list of "anti-Muslim activists" of funding Islamaphobic groups and peddling anti-Islamic false rhetoric meant to stoke hatred and fear of the Muslim religion and those who practice it.
When criticized by the Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) for making 2013 contributions in excess of $1,000,000 to "Islamophobic groups", prominent Muslims affiliated with the Gatestone Institute, including Zuhdi Jasser, former Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy and founder and president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD),[33][34] came to her defense.
"In response to anti-Muslim allegations made by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) toward Rosenwald, writer and film maker Raheel Raza said, "If Muslims guided by CAIR could take the time to read and reflect on efforts of people like Nina, they would broaden their horizons and gain a lot of insights into the betterment of Muslims.