Jewish Jumpstart

An explosion of creative Jewish social entrepreneurship is giving shape to an emergent Judaism outside the walls of institutional Jewish organizations and beyond the labels of movement affiliation. New generations are seeking and building dynamic, inclusive, and diverse new organizations and communities that reflect their personal identities and experiences in the world.

There are more creative, passionate, authentic, and compelling ways to engage Jewishly than at any time in recent history. Our challenge is to harness the energy created by these new endeavors, sustain it, and empower new leaders to create new Jewish destinies for themselves and their peers.

Jumpstart’s mission is to develop, strengthen, and learn from emerging Jewish organizations that build community at the nexus of spirituality, learning, social activism, and culture, in order to transform the broader Jewish community and the world.

We nurture compelling and innovative early-stage nonprofits, network their leaders, and connect them to the resources and expertise they need to succeed.

We provide strategic advice to philanthropists and other advocates committed to growing emerging organizations to scale and sustainability.

We assess key trends, disseminate best practices, and leverage new insights about the emergent sector for use by practitioners, funders, and other thought leaders.