Sponsored Projects
Jumpstart serves as the fiscal sponsor of a number of innovative projects.
Jumpstart sponsored projects
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Project Partnership projects (sponsored via Jumpstart’s joint venture with Community Partners)
- Fair Trade Judaica
- Fair Trade Judaica promotes fair trade as a Jewish value through educating the Jewish community, and expanding the production, distribution, and sale of fair trade Judaica products.
- Jewish Artists Initiative
- The Jewish Artists Initiative (JAI) is an artist-run organization committed to fostering visual art by Jewish artists and promoting dialogue about Jewish identity and related issues among members of the arts community.
- Jewish Gateways
- Jewish Gateways helps participants explore the riches of Jewish life, make choices that are right for them, and find their place in the Jewish community.
- New Ground: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change
- NewGround creates connections between Jews and Muslims by building partnerships, relationships and trust that can bridge differences and develop positive engagement between both groups.
Projects Emeriti
Jumpstart is pleased to have assisted the following projects.
- Agrigate (Smart Agriculture Analytics)
- AgriGate/SAA brings attention to the incredible opportunity for Israel’s businesses, scientists and government to enter China’s agritech market, and to educate readers on how to actually do so.
- Bat Kol
- Bat Kol fosters both a supportive community and a framework of mutual trust for religious lesbians and their family members.
- Building Chatter Bridges
- Building Chatter Bridges was a book project on the idea of creating a global consultative body serving to improve channels of communication between Israel and the Diaspora.
- Career Up Now
- Career Up Now’s mission is to empower Jewish professionals to advance their careers while incorporating Jewish values into their lives, through innovative networking and educational gatherings with Jewish industry leaders.
- Haggadot.com
- Haggadot.com is a resource for Jews of all backgrounds to make the Haggadah that finally feels meaningful for a contemporary seder, with unique perspectives gathered from individuals worldwide.
- ImmerseNYC
- ImmerseNYC is a project to create a community mikveh in New York City welcoming all Jews, for conversion & traditional monthly immersion, and for powerfully marking life’s transitions.
- Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development
- The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development (ICSD) unites faith communities, teachers and leaders to promote co-existence, peace, and sustainability through advocacy, education and action-oriented projects.
- Jewish Center for Justice (JCJ)
- The Jewish Center for Justice is a social justice and equality organization that provides education, leadership development and advocacy from a progressive, non-denominational Jewish platform.
- Jewish Without Walls (JWOW)
- Jewish Without Walls (JWOW) is a grassroots independent initiative to bring Jewish families in Suffolk County together in vibrant Jewish communities.
- Jewrnalism
- Jewrnalism is a multimedia info-activism platform which provides young citizen journalists with training, ideas and inspiration to dedicate their work to Jewish life in Europe.
- Jews United for Democracy and Justice (JUDJ)
- Jews United for Democracy and Justice (JUDJ) is a broad cross-section of Los Angeles Jews who stand with our community and others to assert a Jewish voice to safeguard the principles and foundations of our constitutional democracy.
- Mitzvah Learning Fund
- The Mitzvah Learning Fund is a non-profit committed to supporting initiatives in personalized Jewish education. Grant applicants can apply for funds to be applied to any type of personalized learning.
- Sefaria
- Sefaria offers a free repository of Jewish texts and their interconnections, in Hebrew and in translation.
- Sandra Caplan Community Bet Din of Southern California
- The mission of the Sandra Caplan Community Bet Din of Southern California is threefold: to increase the numbers Jews-by-choice; to offer a pluralistic conversion process; and to facilitate conversion that adheres to firm standards, and is directed by a professional rabbinate that welcomes conversion candidates with sensitivity and gentleness.
- Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom
- SoSS grows relationships between Muslim and Jewish women to build bridges and fight hate, negative stereotyping and prejudice.
- TorahTrek
- TorahTrek explores the connection between inner and outer geography, between the journey into the wilderness and the path of the soul.
- Tzedek America
- Tzedek America is a gap year program that encourages and teaches graduating high school students how to focus their energy on learning to be social change agents in order to make the United States a better place.
- Yahel
- Yahel is an educational organization offering service learning & social action programs in Israel.