The Jewish Women’s Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit (JWF) is committed to:
- Excellence
- Honoring the traditions of tzedakah and tikkun olam
- Educating its Trustees about community and philanthropy
- Enhancing the lives of Jewish women and girls through grant making and education
- Proactively seeking out innovative Jewish and gender specific projects for funding
- Developing a strong, democratic, cooperative Board of Trustees made up of discerning grant-makers, philanthropists and leaders
- Increasing its Trustee base and grant making capacity
- Including Trustees of all ages and from all streams of Judaism
- Building partnerships with other Jewish Women’s Foundations to promote programming and grant making that address issues of concern to Jewish women and girls locally and overseas
- Encouraging coalitions among organizations that create programs and projects specifically designed to benefit Jewish women and girls