Non-profit

Levi Preger: From a Dutch town to the IDF

Preger, aged 27 is a lone soldier who made aliyah from the Netherlands. For the past four years, he has been active with the Growing Wings Foundation, a nonprofit that supports lone soldiers.

Levi Preger (L) and Max Long, the founder of the Growing Wings Foundation.
Volunteers on Good Deeds Day 2025

Good Deeds Day is underway - Twenty years of doing from the heart

View of humanitarian supplies for Gaza, with the logos of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) and World Health Organization, stored at the Egyptian Red Crescent warehouses storing aid, in the Egyptian border town of El-Arish, Egypt, April 8, 2025.

MSF halts staff list submission to Israel, raises safety, transparency issues

From L to R: KeepOlim Board Members Fabien Berdah, LiAmi Lawrence, Jessica Thangjom, and Director of Tikva, Susan Cohen.

KeepOlim: supporting olim where the system falls short


Marketing firm says it declined work with Jewish nonprofit based on mistake

Big Duck Studio, based in Brooklyn, says it does not support the boycott Israel movement and will continue working with organizations with Israel ties.

 A sign warns people of measles symptoms in the Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2019.

Jewish-based marketing firm 'Big Duck' rejects client over Israel ties

Big Duck’s past clients have included the Jewish Theological Seminary, the National Council of Jewish Women, and Keshet, a Jewish LGBTQ group.

 A view of the New York City offices of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America.

Before Giving Tuesday, learn how to give charity and make it have impact

As Giving Tuesday approaches we want to share some experiences and observations from our decades of nonprofit work to elevate your charitable giving to Israel to be the most impactful.

 Money jar

Gender equity must be promoted at Jewish non-profits - opinion

A report from the Leading Edge on the gender gap in Jewish nonprofit leadership includes examples of actions taken to create gender equity.

 GENDER EQUITY in the classroom at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County, New Jersey.

Synagogues become eligible for grants to upgrade energy efficiency

The legislation was supported by the Orthodox Union, as well as a number of other religious organizations.

 The inside of a synagogue in Berlin that was digitally reconstructed after it was destroyed in Kristallnacht

Nonprofit helping Israeli musicians further craft

Go forth from Zion: Propping up Israeli musicians at Music Port.

 YAMMA ENSEMBLE vocalist Talya Solan learned the music business ropes the hard  way.

Maryland county to fund security for nonprofits at risk of hate crimes

JCRC executive to Post: “We thought what we can do to help community institutions; the largest ongoing cost of security is personnel/”

 Maryland flag (illustrative).

Due to COVID: 1 of every 30 Holocaust survivors doesn't get medical care

Lemaanam, a non-profit medical organization dedicated to helping Holocaust survivors, is starting a fundraiser to expand their activity.

 Dr. Natali Kariv treats a Holocaust survivor through the services of the Lemaanam organization

How can we close 'persistent' Jewish NGO leadership gender gap?  - study

Although some 70% of the workers in Jewish nonprofit organizations are women, less than half of CEOs and organization leaders are women. New research describes five causes and solutions.

The main entrance of the Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center in Denver, photographed in 2018. JCCs are among the establishment institutions prioritized by a $91 million Jewish coronavirus relief fund.

Helping at-risk youth ride the wave of uncertainty

“HaGal Sheli” utilizes surfing as a tool for personal development among at-risk youth. Its participants are taught effective coping mechanisms that have helped them cope throughout the pandemic.

SURFERS CARRY their boards before entering the water in Netanya.