COVID-19 is one of the most serious global public health threats in modern history. And it is also creating enormous economic upheaval worldwide, endangering the entire nonprofit sector, including Jewish communal infrastructure. Jewish Funders Network is working to ensure philanthropic responses are coordinated and effective by listing the needs and responses sector by sector and sharing resources here. Together, we can help meet the many needs of our community, and of our entire world.
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Building Stronger Grantmaker/Grantseeker Relations for a Better Jewish Future
Without a doubt, the past year has been a nightmare, with Covid killing more than three million people worldwide and unleashing untold suffering. But this nightmare also enabled some dreamed-about conversations to actually happen, as the crisis spurred many funders...
How the 10 Biggest Foundations Changed in a Year of Covid — and What’s Next
Changes made by many of the nation’s largest foundations on an emergency basis to give nonprofits more freedom during the pandemic appear unlikely to stick, with grant makers making few promises that they won’t slip back to their old ways as the impact of the virus...
Philanthropy and COVID-19 Measuring One Year of Giving
In August 2020, Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) looked at the philanthropic dollars that were distributed for COVID-19 in the first half of 2020. In the report, they found that total philanthropic funding awarded for COVID-19-related efforts...
More Information on JCRIF [Jewish Community Response and Impact Fund]’s Reset Grants
The first place to look for additional answers to your questions is the RFP. We’ve outlined several of the areas we’re interested in supporting there, along with some basic eligibility criteria. You should also have a look at the Lessons Learned report...
Jewish Poverty Success Factors Series: Engaging People with Lived Experiences
This is the third in a new National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty webinar series, "Key Success Factors in Addressing Jewish Poverty" in which we will highlight specific case studies and bright spots from throughout North America, with a particular focus on meeting...
Mergers on the Horizon in Wake of COVID-19 Crisis
When the coronavirus pandemic hit, the world of philanthropy was braced for an “extinction-level event,” as John MacIntosh, the managing partner of a nonprofit merchant bank that supports nonprofits, described it in a CNN op-ed on March 20. Jewish nonprofits...
Special Briefing on Security in a Time of Unrest
https://youtu.be/0A3eQyuM1nM Due to the current climate of civil unrest and the continued impact of Covid-19, leading Jewish organizations and Jewish communities throughout the United States are developing new and innovative approaches to community security. Learn...
NYC Covid Response & Impact Fund Report
On March 20, 2020, a group of donors (including UJA-Federation of New York) announced that they were launching the NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund to provide emergency financial support to help small and midsize nonprofits respond to emerging needs, cover...
National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty: January Newsletter
The National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty is a collaborative of funders, Jewish Federations, direct service providers, researchers, media outlets, and advocates dedicated to fighting poverty in the American Jewish community. Founded in 2019, it is coordinated by...
Jewish Philanthropists Have Increased Their Giving During the Pandemic — but Prioritizing Causes Has Never Been More Difficult
According to a recent report by the Jewish Funders Network, a majority of Jewish donors are rethinking their strategies in response to the pandemic, loosening application requirements for grants and increasingly giving unrestricted gifts that can be used for any...