Hava NaBaby trains, certifies, and supports a cadre of Jewish childbirth educators and doulas who offer hyper-localized services on a national scale. Hava NaBaby guides expectant parents in the process of creating, nurturing, growing, and sustaining vibrant and joyful Jewish life for their families, their communities, and themselves. This renewal grant will allow Hava NaBaby to iterate curriculum guides for new teachers, develop teacher training programs, and develop new local and national partnerships.

Jewish Farmer Network connects Jewish farmers to each other and to the surprisingly relevant technologies, rhythms, and ethics of Jewish agriculture. This network mobilizes Jewish agricultural wisdom to build a more just and regenerative food system for all. This renewal grant allows Jewish Farmer Network to strengthen community and a grounded sense of identity among Jewish farmers through vibrant celebrations of shared heritage, meaningful explorations of Jewish agricultural traditions, a new comprehensive resource library, and a new suite of virtual programming.

Jewish Parent Academy* builds and engages Russian-Jewish-American identity and community locally and nationally through education, leadership development, and engaging new approaches to philanthropy. This is achieved through local and virtual Jewish education programs tailored for parents raising the next generation of American Jews. Natan’s grant supports immersive, cohort-based learning and community programs in the tristate area designed to equip parents of children ages 0–21 with deep Jewish knowledge and robust connections to Jewish peers. These seminars—led by university professors and Hadar faculty—create an intellectual and spiritual bridge between generations, from those whose Judaism was severed by generations of Soviet policy, to their children in America today.

Kavod v’Nichum* empowers, educates, and trains Chevra Kadisha – sacred communities that come together at the end of life to care for the deceased and comfort the living through Jewish rituals and traditions. While Jewish burial and mourning practices remain among the most profound communal acts of care, many communities struggle to maintain them due to a lack of leadership development and practical guidance.Natan’s grant supports the Olam Chesed: Chevra Kadisha Builders program, a scalable leadership development pipeline that provides volunteers with the structured training, mentorship, and peer network they need to strengthen and expand Chevra Kadisha initiatives beyond traditional institutional frameworks.

Olamim is a Latin Jewish learning community for families and individuals who represent a unique diversity of racial, linguistic, national, and other backgrounds. Olamim provides culturally-responsive programs grounded in community-based research on Latin Jewish families, building a foundation for Latin inclusion and belonging in Jewish communal life. This renewal grant will enable Olamim to develop systems, organizational capacity, and a defined strategy to scale its signature programs to new communities while developing new opportunities in the Bay Area.

Selah* is a New York-based spiritual community for people in recovery and those who love them that is grounded in Jewish tradition. Selah envisions a world where Jewish spirituality can offer framing, sustenance, and a modality for healing; where recovery and Jewish experiences deepen, illuminate, and enhance each other. Selah offers pastoral relationships, clinically-informed recovery coaching, cohort experiences, Jewish holiday and Shabbat gatherings, and Jewish communal organization-hosted NARCAN training.

Sephardic American Mizrahi Initiative (SAMi) is the first national movement for Sephardi and Mizrahi Jewish students on college campuses, a community that has been historically underrepresented in or ignored by mainstream Jewish organizations. SAMi cultivates and advances Sephardic and Mizrahi American college students and young professionals to create and develop a pipeline of diverse leaders for the future of the American Jewish people. This renewal grant supports SAMi’s growing professional staff, which will enable SAMi to expand to more college campuses, increase student engagement, and develop a National Sephardic and Mizrahi Council for leaders of each campus and community hub can connect, learn from each other, and access ready-to-use educational materials.

The Daf Reactions Project* reimagines Talmud study for the social media age. Designed to meet Jews where we already are—on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and emerging platforms—Daf Reactions offers engaging, accessible, short-form video content that anyone with an internet connection can discover and enjoy. With a blend of humor and heartfelt commentary, Daf Reactions bridges Jewish tradition and modern pop culture, weaving ancient wisdom into the fabric of today's conversations and current events. The grant will enable Daf Reactions Project to expand its nascent Jewish Lore Reactions, Jewish Book Reactions, holiday content, chevruta learning with Jewish educators and other social media content creators, and longform deep dives into specific subjects.