Investments

JVPF invests entrepreneurial resources and expertise in nonprofit organizations.

The fund has invested over $4.9 million in 70 organizations to date.

2025 Grantees (Funding Cycle XXIII)
  • Yalla Israel
    Investment: $75,000.00
    Yalla Israel creates Israel trips for social media influencers and celebrities across the political spectrum, encouraging them to share their Israel experiences across social media while connecting with the land, people, and values.
  • Mashiv HaRuach
    Investment: $75,000.00
    Mashiv HaRuach is dedicated to strengthening the resilience and mental well-being of Israel’s frontline first responders and caregivers. JVPF is supporting a partnership with a government ministry to securing multi-year funding that will sustain Mashiv HaRuach’s operations for at least five years.
  • Let’s Do Something
    Investment: $75,000.00
    Let’s Do Something was created to inspire pro-Israel engagement, strengthen Israel’s defense, and support those impacted by October 7th. JVPF is supporting LDS’ On Campus Program through the hiring of a dedicated program manager.
  • The Jewish Grad Org
    Investment: $75,000.00
    JGO’s mission is to support the Jewish identity of graduate students on campuses, engaging and inspiring the next generation of Jewish leaders during the pivotal years of graduate school when Jewish involvement often dwindles. JVPF is supporting JGO's capacity to serve its growing graduate student community in the LA area.
2024 Grantees (Funding Cycle XXII)
  • Stop Antisemitism
    Investment: $100,000.00
    A watchdog exposing antisemitic behavior; JVPF funds the StopDontShop initiative.
  • IMPACT-se
    Investment: $150,000.00
    Combats antisemitism and hatred in MENA educational curricula; JVPF funds a development director.
  • HaShomer Hachadash
    Investment: $100,000.00
    Connects Jewish people and Israeli society via agricultural volunteering; JVPF supports expanding Adam V’adama program.
  • Open Door Media
    Investment: $100,000.00
    Creates digital media to strengthen young Jews’ connection to Judaism and Israel; JVPF supports expansion into non-Jewish schools.
2023 Grantees (Funding Cycle XXI)
  • Adamah
    Investment: $50,000.00
    Focuses on Jewish environmental/climate action; JVPF supports establishing a city-based program in Los Angeles.
  • Nevet
    Investment: $75,000.00
    Feeds underprivileged Israeli children with nutritious sandwiches; JVPF funds expansion to new schools/districts.
  • SparkIL
    Investment: $75,000.00
    Zero-interest lending platform for small Israeli businesses; JVPF supports a lender Engagement Manager.
  • Creative Community For Peace
    Investment: $75,000.00
    Combats anti-Israel and antisemitic behavior in entertainment; JVPF funds Vanguard Next-Gen and Black-Jewish Ent. Alliance.
2022 Grantees (Funding Cycle XX)
  • Fuenta Latina
    Investment: $50,000.00
    Breaks barriers for Spanish-speaking media covering Israel; JVPF funds the Activist Media influencer project.
  • Michal Sela Forum
    Investment: $75,000.00
    Fights domestic violence with tech innovation; JVPF funds MSF’s first Chief Technology Officer.
  • Our Big Kitchen L.A.
    Investment: $75,000.00
    A kosher community kitchen providing volunteer-made meals; JVPF funds OBKLA’s first full-time executive director.
  • Chai Lifeline
    Investment: $75,000.00
    Supports families facing illness/loss; JVPF funds i’Shine afterschool expansion and a new coordinator.
2021 Grantees (Funding Cycle XIX)
  • Tech Career
    Investment: $25,000.00
    Helps young Ethiopian Israelis enter high-tech; JVPF funds job training and placement expansion.
  • Peace Players Middle East
    Investment: $50,000.00
    Uses basketball to unite Israeli/Palestinian youth; JVPF supports teams, leadership programs, and alumni engagement.
  • RespectAbility
    Investment: $25,000.00
    Disability-led nonprofit fighting stigmas and advancing opportunities; JVPF supports expanded programming.
  • Safe Parking L.A.
    Investment: $50,000.00
    Provides overnight parking for homeless vehicle dwellers; JVPF funds additional sites and services.
2020 Grantees (Funding Cycle XVIII)
  • Building Hope, Inc.
    Investment: $15,000.00
    Serves public housing residents in LA; JVPF funds a van for children/youth programs in Section 8 housing.
  • Jewish Free Loan Association
    Investment: $45,000.00
    Offers interest-free loans; JVPF funds Covid Emergency Loan program for individuals and small businesses.
  • Jewish Family Service Los Angeles
    Investment: $45,000.00
    Provides essential services; JVPF supports a child psychologist in a domestic violence shelter.
2019 Grantees (Funding Cycle XVII)
  • Tzohar
    Investment: $50,000.00
    Bridges secular/religious Israelis with inclusive religious services; JVPF supports expanded kosher supervision.
  • Hand In Hand Schools
    Investment: $50,000.00
    Operates bilingual (Hebrew/Arabic) schools for Jewish & Arab students; JVPF supports a Shared Society Resource Center.
  • Beit T’Shuva
    Investment: $50,000.00
    Addiction recovery center combining Jewish teachings and therapy; JVPF supports the Spiritual Counseling Training Program.
2018 Grantees (Funding Cycle XVI)
  • ChaiVillageLA
    Investment: $50,000.00
    A synagogue-based village helping older adults age in place; JVPF funds replication of its multi-generational model.
  • Nochah-S.A.H.I.
    Investment: $75,000.00
    Engages at-risk Israeli youth in giving to others; JVPF funds a training center coordinator and digital content.
2017 Grantees (Funding Cycle XV)
  • Hashomer Hachadash Youth Movement
    Investment: $45,000.00
    Connects Israeli youth to the land via volunteering; JVPF funds a Content & Training Manager to expand sites.
  • Gesher
    Investment: $45,000.00
    Builds a cohesive Israeli society; JVPF funds a Tel Aviv hub for Haredi cultural-sensitivity training.
  • Yotzmot Atid
    Investment: $40,000.00
    Helps underprivileged Israeli women start micro-businesses; JVPF funds the micro-entrepreneurship program.
2016 Grantees (Funding Cycle XIV)
  • Tribe Media/Jewish Journal
    Investment: $65,000.00
    Jewish news/culture outlet; JVPF funds video/audio production, studio build-out, and a digital media producer.
  • Giyur Ka’halacha/ITIM
    Investment: $60,000.00
    Offers inclusive Orthodox conversions; JVPF supports a pilot local conversion coordinator in FSU-immigrant areas.
  • Jewish Women International
    Investment: $50,000.00
    Hosts the Young Women’s Leadership Network; JVPF funds LA expansion for financial literacy & healthy relationships.
2015 Grantees (Funding Cycle XIII)
  • ETTA
    Investment: $60,000.00
    Serves Jewish adults with disabilities; JVPF funds a JOBS Program (assessment, matching, coaching).
  • The Braid (Formerly: Jewish Women’s Theater)
    Investment: $65,000.00
    Salon-style Jewish theater experiences; JVPF supports hiring a Managing Director for strategic growth.
  • JQ International
    Investment: $50,000.00
    LGBTQ Jewish & ally programs; JVPF funds expansion of key staff as the organization grows.
2013 Grantees (Funding Cycle XI)
  • American Jewish University
    Investment: $26,000.00
    Miller Intro to Judaism Program; JVPF supports creating a replicable curriculum, teacher’s guide, online portal.
  • Innovation Africa
    Investment: $45,000.00
    Brings Israeli solar/ag tech to African villages; JVPF funds an Outreach Coordinator to expand campus and synagogue ties.
  • Food Forward
    Investment: $60,000.00
    Recovers fresh produce for LA food banks; JVPF funds Wholesale Produce Recovery at the LA Produce Market.
2012 Grantees (Funding Cycle X)
  • Builders of Jewish Education
    Investment: $40,000.00
    Promotes Jewish schooling in LA; JVPF funds the Virtual Israel Project letting kids “visit” 1930s Tel Aviv.
  • IsraAID
    Investment: $80,000.00
    Disaster relief in 40+ countries; JVPF funds hiring IsraAID’s first COO to guide organizational growth.
  • Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters LA – Camp Max Straus
    Investment: $65,000.00
    112-acre camp for underserved children; JVPF helps capital improvements & marketing to rent it year-round.
2011 Grantees (Funding Cycle IX)
  • PRESENTENSE GROUP
    Investment: $110,000.00
    Early-stage Jewish social entrepreneurship; JVPF funds a Community Entrepreneur Partnership in Los Angeles.
  • MAYYIM HAYYIM
    Investment: $50,000.00
    Inclusive mikveh center; JVPF funds “Welcoming Waters” to help other communities build modern mikvaot.
2010 Grantees (Funding Cycle VIII)
  • 30 YEARS AFTER
    Investment: $20,000.00
    Promotes Iranian American Jewish civic involvement; JVPF funds strategic planning to transition from volunteer-led.
  • JEWCY.COM
    Investment: $50,000.00
    Online magazine for Jewish pop culture/politics; JVPF funds redesign, local content, and staff for expanded reach.
  • LEKET ISRAEL
    Investment: $79,000.00
    Israel’s top food-rescue organization; JVPF helps soup kitchens upgrade capacity to handle more rescued produce.
  • MOISHE HOUSE
    Investment: $79,000.00
    Subsidized housing for residents hosting Jewish events; JVPF funds a COO to manage expansion and fundraising.
2009 Grantees (Funding Cycle VII)
  • THE ISRAEL PROJECT
    Investment: $100,000.00
    Provides unbiased facts on Israel/ME; JVPF supports Arabic Media Project to engage moderate Arab audiences.
  • ACADEMIC EXCHANGE
    Investment: $25,000.00
    Sponsors Israel missions for American scholars to reduce campus hostility; JVPF funds these fully subsidized trips.
  • FOOD FORWARD (Founded 2009)
    Investment: $25,000.00
    Harvests backyard fruit for local food banks; JVPF funds operational scaling in its early stages.
  • SHURAT HADIN (The Israel Law Center)
    Investment: $25,000.00
    Sues terror groups/sponsors on behalf of victims; JVPF invests in self-sustaining revenue from legal judgments.
2008 Grantees (Funding Cycle VI)
  • THE BREED STREET SHUL PROJECT
    Investment: $112,500.00
    Historic 1914 synagogue in Boyle Heights being renovated for Latino & Jewish communities; JVPF invests in its cultural impact.
  • CHALLAH FOR HUNGER
    Investment: $75,000.00
    Students bake challah to fight hunger; JVPF highlights it as a low-cost, replicable engagement model.
  • YEMIN ORDE
    Investment: $60,000.00
    Youth village for at-risk immigrant teens; JVPF funds an alumni mentoring program + database for outreach/fundraising.
2007 Grantees (Funding Cycle V)
  • NIGHT OWLS
    Investment: $100,000.00
    Peer counseling for Russian youth in Israel; JVPF supports expansion to additional cities.
  • ALEINU FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
    Investment: $75,000.00
    Created The Safety Kid abuse prevention program; JVPF helps expand beyond the Orthodox community.
  • JEWS FOR JUDAISM
    Investment: $68,000.00
    Counters missionaries/cults; JVPF funds modernization, pilot college outreach, and website enhancements.
  • LIMMUD LA
    Investment: $30,000.00
    Volunteer-run Jewish learning conference; JVPF invests in strategic planning/evaluation for sustainability.
2006 Grantees (Funding Cycle IV)
  • JEWISH WORLD WATCH
    Investment: $65,000.00
    Jewish voice against genocide (Darfur focus); JVPF supports strategic plan + kit for replicating activism.
  • ASHREINU / JAM
    Investment: $25,000.00
    Uses CRM to engage Jewish college students; JVPF funds as a model of business strategy in nonprofits.
  • HOLY LAND DEMOCRACY PROJECT
    Investment: $75,000.00
    Takes Catholic teachers to Israel, shaping mostly Latino students’ perceptions; JVPF invests for strategic impact.
  • BUILDERS OF JEWISH EDUCATION (2006)
    Investment: $100,000.00
    Funds research & marketing to enroll Jewish preschoolers in day schools; JVPF saw strategic leveraging potential.
2004 Grantees (Funding Cycle II)
  • ISRAEL21C
    Investment: $70,000.00
    Highlights Israeli innovation beyond the conflict; JVPF funded expansion into TV media to reach wider audiences.
  • JDUB RECORDS
    Investment: $75,000.00
    Produced Jewish cultural music experiences for young Jews; JVPF funded strategic plan + LA expansion.
2003 Grantees (Funding Cycle I)
  • JEWISH HOSPICE PROJECT – LA
    Investment: $30,000.00
    End-of-life Jewish support services: counseling, training, education. JVPF funded startup to fill this care gap.
  • JVIBE
    Investment: $125,000.00
    Jewish teen magazine bridging pop culture & Judaism; JVPF supported large-scale outreach to teens.
  • HAND IN HAND (2003)
    Investment: $110,000.00
    (Earlier cycles too) Bilingual schools uniting Jewish & Arab students; JVPF funded tech & development planning.
  • JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICES – CERTIFIED NURSING PROGRAM
    Investment: $125,000.00
    Helps medically trained Russian/Iranian immigrants become home health workers; JVPF invests for sustainability.