Honeycomb
During high school, Laura and Gary’s children, Josh and Eliana, participated in an innovative Jewish Teen Foundation Board youth philanthropy program that Laura helped launch in 2002 through the San Francisco-based Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund. Based on the model of giving circles, Jewish youth philanthropy programs are a collective grantmaking experience, enabling youth to gain leadership and philanthropic skills that equip them to be agents of civic and social change.
Inspired by Josh and Eliana’s experiences in the San Francisco Jewish Teen Foundation Board, Laura partnered with the Maimonides Fund and the Jewish Funders Network in 2013 to launch a Jewish youth philanthropy program, now called Honeycomb, to bring Jewish youth philanthropy programs to cities across North America. Since then, Honeycomb has expanded to offer Jewish youth philanthropy leadership opportunities throughout the United States, Australia, Canada, and Israel.
Learn more at the Honeycomb website.
Related Media
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The Jerusalem Post, August 5, 2024 - Philanthropy Program Strengthens Israeli Teens’ Communal Involvement and Jewish Identities
Jewish News Service, June 25, 2024 - Philanthropic Teens Feel More Passion for Judaism, Survey Says
Jewish News Service, July 10, 2023 - How a Youth Program is Engaging the Next Generation of Jewish Philanthropy
Inside Philanthropy, April 22, 2021 - Jewish Teen Philanthropy Programs Have Long-Term Impact on Participants’ Connections to Jewish Community and Leadership Abilities
e-Jewish Philanthropy, July 28, 2020 - Teen Funders Network Announces New Teen Foundation Boards
Jewish Philanthropy, March 8, 2015 - JTFN launches foundation board incubator
e-Jewish Philanthropy, September 4, 2004
