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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New Attitudes, Old Practices: The Provision of Multi-Year General Operating Support
Why, given their benefits, do so few foundations provide Multi-Year General Operating Support (GOS) grants? This study aims to answer that as well as the following related questions: What benefits do multiyear GOS grants have for nonprofit organizations? How many...
Maintaining Human Connection in a World Gone Virtual
Watch Video Here As the pandemic restrictions continue, many still find themselves in remote work arrangements. The ongoing effort to maintain human connection in these settings—to co-workers, grantees, family members, and more—is a challenging one. After adjusting to...
Applied Research: A Powerful Tool for Making Change
https://youtu.be/CbGP93-wHHM Strategic philanthropy depends upon good data and research—however it’s not only about the data you have, but what you do with it. In order to make good decisions and work effectively with nonprofit partners to drive change, funders must...
Addressing Jewish Poverty in the Age of Covid: Funding Briefs
The pandemic has brought on seismic shifts in all aspects of daily life and impacted all sectors of society and tiers of professional life. But those most vulnerable among us are clearly now and in the near future facing the most dire consequences. Those living...
Resilience & Reimagining: The Impact of UpStart’s Covid-19 Response
Conducted by Rosov Consulting, this report looks at the impact of UpStart's $800,000 Jewish Innovator Payroll Relief Fund, which provided grants of up to $25,000 to 32 ventures during April and May. It also evaluates the programming and resources UpStart offered to...
Special Lecture with Dan Ariely: Harnessing the Power of Behavioral Economics
https://youtu.be/wIToj1RXaT8 We are pleased to welcome back Dan Ariely, the Israeli-American bestselling author of "Predictably Irrational." Dan speaks about behavioral psychology lessons that can inform how we address major social problems during Covid-19...
Post-Crisis Spiritual Transformation and the Future of Jewish Life
https://youtu.be/lXUKUyawBTA A conversation between JFN President and CEO Andrés Spokoiny and Rabbi Shai Held of Hadar, part of Aspire: JFN's First Annual High Holidays Gathering. Rabbi Held–theologian, scholar, and educator–is President, Dean, and Chair in Jewish...
COVID-19, Generosity, and Gender: How Giving Changed During the Early Months of a Global Pandemic
This report from Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy's Women's Philanthropy Institute offers a snapshot of how U.S. households responded to the COVID-19 pandemic through philanthropy. Beyond examining whether and how much households contributed, the...
Emotion Before Content: Evidence-Based Recommendations for Designing Virtual Jewish Engagement for Young People
COVID-19 is affecting all aspects of life for Jewish Americans ages 18-40 (personal, financial, and mental health), and they are eager for sources of connection to other people that they have been missing. One way this cohort is attempting to revive that connection is...
Covid-19 Resources for Day Schools
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