Vegetable Garden at Tamarack Camp, with assistance from a grant from JWF
Grantmaking for Social Change
The Jewish Women’s Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit advances social change by expanding opportunities for Jewish women, their families and community. The Foundation empowers its Trustees as advocates, leaders and philanthropists.
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In 1999, the Jewish Women’s Foundation began with three simple words: imagine the possibilities. We imagined what we could accomplish if we combined our philanthropic dollars, empowering us to help Jewish women and girls of today and those future generations. The possibilities are limitless.
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JWF Annual Meeting
2025 JWF Annual Meeting:
The Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue
On May 14, 2025, The Jewish Women’s Foundation held their Annual Meeting at the Issac Agree Downtown Synagogue. In their newly renovated fourth floor room at the synagogue, JWF Trustees enjoyed the JFS Mind University exercises led by Lynn Breuer and Yuliya Gadelynko of Jewish Family Service.
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Women Lighting the Way
Women Lighting the Way 2024:
As Featured in the Jewish News
On Nov. 13, the Jewish Women’s Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit’s (JWF) annual event, Women Lighting the Way, was held at The J-Detroit in partnership with the Detroit Jewish Book Fair. Julie Satow, an award-winning journalist and author, discussed her new book, When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion. Marni Raitt, executive director of the Detroit Jewish News Foundation, was part of a conversation with Satow.
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Women Lighting the Way 2023:
JWF on CBS News
Jewish Women’s Foundation celebrated 25 years with its Women Lighting the Way 2023 event, featuring Simone Knego.
Featured Grants
Atzmi
- City/State:
Oak Park, MI - Amount:
$28500 - Year:
2025
Atzmi’s “My Best Self” Project, a curriculum for Jewish girls aged 14-17 provides a supportive space for them to connect, engage in meaningful activities, and reinforce the tools and emotional skills they’ve gained to navigate challenges such as weight bias, diet culture, and societal pressures with confidence, resilience, and self-compassion.
American Friends of Magen David Adom
- City/State:
Israel - Amount:
$18000 - Year:
2025
Ensuring a day of processing for the Israeli Infants Survive and Thrive program through Israel’s National Milk Bank, MDA. Housed within MDA’s Blood Services Division, the Milk Bank is responsible for the entirety of the process beginning with donor screening and collecting, safety testing, processing, storing and distributing milk to babies in need whose mothers cannot produce or provide milk due to various complications or other issues.
Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County (Renewal Grant)
- City/State:
Ann Arbor, MI - Amount:
$30000 - Year:
2025
Expanding “Wise at The J,” a congregant meal and social enrichment program for older adults. programming and Kosher lunch service; most participants have limited mobility and are Russian speaking. Providing Russian speaking assistance to aid in celebrations of culture, sharing traditions and important moments in their personal lives.
Jewish Family Service Mind University Expansion (Renewal Grant)
- City/State:
West Bloomfield, MI - Amount:
$30000 - Year:
2025
Enabling JFS to enhance its continuum of care by ensuring it can integrate CST classes and other Mind University offerings. Resources will be centralized, providing caregivers and care recipients with more accessible, comprehensive support in a welcoming, community-centered environment.