About the Jewish Women's Foundation of Southern New Jersey (JWF of SNJ)
JWF of SNJ is a committee of the Funds Development Board of the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey (JFSNJ). JWF of SNJ partners with Jewish Community Foundation, Inc. (JCF) to bring positive change to the lives of Jewish women and children in South Jersey and around the world by funding programs in education, self-esteem and empowerment, health, leadership and Jewish identity.
Since 2012, JWF grants and special initiatives have raised awareness of pressing issues and made a sustainable difference in women’s and children’s lives at all levels:
Local: Shelter for Sarah & Friends, Grieving the Loss of a Child Support Group, Tween/Teen Suicide Prevention, Project Rainbow, EmpowHERment - a Brighter Future is Within Reach, Special Needs Mom's Support Group, Women's Connections Counseling Groups
Israel: Victim or Victimizer: Helping Battered Women, LOTEM: Mother Nature, Women's Economic Empowerment Project, Women's Israel Mission/Jewish Women's Renaissance Project (JWRP), Teen Girls Empowerment Program, At-Risk to At-Chance Program, Safe House Economic Empowerment for Mothers
Our vision is for Jewish women philanthropists in South Jersey to pool their resources and raise awareness on issues often unmet in the Jewish community. Learn more here.
Alison Bell Keim, Chair
I am grateful to have the opportunity to be part of JWF. As past membership, grants, and overall chair, I have been involved in donating over $170,000 dollars to 35 organizations since I joined 5 years ago. I love working with smart and charitable women of all ages to create a positive impact for Jewish women and children all across the world.
Sara-ellen Greenberg, Grants Chair
I have been interested in women's philanthropy for many years so when a group of us decided to form a Jewish women's foundation I was all in. I love working together with like minded women pooling our resources and making decisions on funding needs that speak to us. Later, hearing from our grant recipients about the outcome of the projects we have funded, I feel so proud to have made a difference.
Jewish Women's Foundation
Current Membership
Alison Bell Keim
Chair
Heather Kramer
Chair Elect
Sara-ellen Greenberg
Grants Chair
Anat Cohen
Grants Chair Elect
Nancy Toll Perilstein
Membership Chair
Joyce Lynn Branfman
Past Chair
Janine M. Sobel, M.D.
Founding Chair
Members who make an
endowed gift with a
minimum of $10,000 to JWF
Helene Blumenfeld
Valerie Gladfelter
Sydria Schaffer, M.D.
Janine M. Sobel, M.D.
Marjorie Sobel *
Cindy Yellin
JWF of SNJ members include women of all ages with varied backgrounds and experiences. They all share a strong desire to expand and improve the lives of women and children through strategic grant making. Membership dues create a funding pool from which innovative and evidence-based grants are made to qualified non-profit organizations each year.
If your organization could benefit from funding, apply here.
Note: All applicants must be 501(c)3 organizations. Organizations from Israel or other countries must have a sponsoring American organization in order to be eligible to receive funding.
You will have an enriching, hands-on role in making changes such as being part of the grant application review process. Your membership dues support the grants we fund.
JWF members:
Contact Sarah Rowland at srowland@jfedsnj.org or 856.673.2543 to get your membership started or to learn more about Lion of Judah.
Shelly Abramson
Janice Apple
Debby Baratz
Abby Belafsky
Donna Bell
Helene Blumenfeld
Sandy Brown
Stephanie Cahn
Anat Cohen
Peggy David
Ceil Diamond
Marsha Z. Dollinger
Anita Farber
Patricia Feinerman
Ruth Feldman
Judy Franken
Valerie Gladfelter
Amy Green
Sara-ellen Greenberg
Judy Auritt Klein *
Fran Levy
Marlene L. Levy
Judy Love
Nancy Morgenstern, Esq.
Judie Morrow
Barbara Pearlman *
Eileen Perice
Judith Platt
Fran Rebhun, D.M.D.
Dr. Mindy Goldberg Rose *
Gerri Rudner
Gerrie Rudoler
Marcy Sanders
Sydria Schaffer, M.D.
Joan Shuster *
Janine M. Sobel, M.D.
Marjorie Sobel *
Elaine Waxman
Hon. Judith Wizmur
Vicki Zell
* Of Blessed Memory
JWF is a committee of the Funds Development Board of the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey, in partnership with the Jewish Community Foundation, Inc. (JCF).
For more information or to become a member, contact Sarah Rowland, Director of Women's Philanthropy, at srowland@jfedsnj.org or 856.673.2543.