JESNA works in partnership with a diverse and dynamic array of innovators, educators, funders, and decision-makers across North America who share our commitment to excellence in Jewish education. These relationships enable JESNA to ensure that every Jewish learner in our communities has access to the richness of our tradition through experiences, classrooms, curriculum, books or online resources. Please join us in helping Jewish education thrive and ensuring our future as a people.

How can your contribution make a difference?*

A gift of $36 helps JESNA maintain our high quality of work in communities across the United States and Canada


A gift of $100 enables one young Jewish education innovator to participate in a conference where his/ her project can be nurtured and developed by mentors and peers

A gift of $180 enables our staff to conduct the research and vetting that brings ten valuable  new resources online for easy access by  educators in  your community

A gift of $250 helps us produce a two-hour “webinar” on professional development for educators attended by key staff from Central Agencies for Jewish education in communities  like yours across North America

A gift of $1,000 provides an opportunity for a college student in our Lainer MASA Israel Interns program to attend an annual retreat that reinforces their commitment to a career in Jewish education when they graduate

A gift of $10,000 or more can provide in-depth evaluation and consulting services to  program providers serving Jewish children, teens, or adults in your community

There are many ways to provide the financial support that fuels our work:

• Become a Friend of JESNA
  Undesignated gifts allow JESNA to allocate funds where they are most urgently needed, while designated gifts allow you to fund a specific project.

• Give a Gift in Honor or in Memory
  Tribute and memorial contributions honor, memorialize, or congratulate friends and family. JESNA will send a beautiful, artist-designed card on your behalf to the recipient, or you may purchase packets of blank tribute cards for your own use.

• Join a JESNA Giving Society
  JESNA's Giving Societies recognize and honor the significant annual contributions of our most committed leaders. Annual gifts to the Ben Gamla Society of $10,000 and over, our Ben Zakkai Society of $25,000 or more, as well as planned gifts of $100,000 and above to the Ner Tamid Society provide the vital foundation for all our initiatives to flourish.

If your company has a matching gifts program as an employee benefit, your gift to JESNA could be eligible for such a match. The Human Resources office at your workplace can tell you more about this benefit and how it can help you increase the impact of your gift to Jewish education.

For more information on giving please call our Development department at 212-284-6886 or visit our website at www.jesna.org and look for the “Support Jewish Education” button.