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Collaborative giving opportunities are innovative philanthropic initiatives that unite individuals with shared interests, harnessing the collective power of the Jewish community to create a greater impact. By joining forces, donors can make a significant difference, strengthening the sense of community and shared purpose within the Jewish community while fostering meaningful and impactful giving. These programs aim to inspire collaborative generosity, amplifying the reach and effectiveness of charitable contributions.
Through collaborative funds, donors come together to address systemic challenges in the community and support opportunities for communities to thrive. These funds support current needs while offering sustainable, long-term funding. Donor initiated funds enable our community to pool resources and increase impact on significant issues like at-risk-youth in Israel, mental health, housing, and education. Funds may also be initiated by the Foundation in response to community needs.
By aggregating resources, collaborative funds distribute larger grants over a longer period, scale solutions and programs that are working, support more effective policies, systems, and cultural narratives, and aid in building the capacity and health of nonprofits. You’ll help facilitate sustainable change and create space and resources for organizations and communities to address underlying, systemic needs instead of relying on short-term solutions.
Collaborative funds are for two or more donors with a shared interest to collaborate by pooling funds to outsize impact. Fund may also be opened to the public for additional giving.
The following funding opportunities are managed directly by the Jewish Community Foundation.
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The DAF Partner Agency Matching Program is designed to infuse the Greater Washington Jewish community with an additional $2 million over two years, by matching $1 million given by the Jewish Community Foundation and The Jewish Federation with $1 million in charitable donations made by community members.
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The Fund for Women and Girls is designed to promote social change, and to help shape an equitable world in which all women and girls can thrive. The Fund supports efforts to address immediate obstacles and systemic challenges holding women and girls back from reaching their full potential, domestically and in Israel. The Fund engages community members in collective learning and giving to deepen our understanding and connection to the most vulnerable in our community and amplify the impact of our Jewish community.
The Jewish Community Foundation provides an easy to use platform for current fundholders to set up collaborative giving opportunities to support specific nonprofits, or to pool funds for outsized impact related to shared areas of interest.
The Ducat Cohen Family Philanthropic Fund supports BBYO scholarships with a priority given to students participating in March of the Living and international Kallah.
The Jewish Talent Project aims to make Jewish communal work a sought-after and well-supported profession in the Washington, DC area.