Who We Are

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation is dedicated to meeting the basic needs of people experiencing poverty. Each year, the Foundation gives about $150 million in grants to nonprofits in the United States and Israel that provide direct services in the areas of Housing, Health, Jobs, Education, and Aging. Grants serve a range of individuals, including women at risk and their children, older adults, people with disabilities, and the Jewish community.

The Foundation distributes most of its funding in its priority communities, which have personal ties to the life and legacy of Harry Weinberg and are places where Foundation trustees reside and provide leadership.

Commitment to the Jewish Community

In the late 1930s, Harry Weinberg pledged his then-modest assets to enable many German Jews to reach safe haven in America. As Harry’s means increased over many years, so did his support of the Jewish community. This commitment remains at the core of the Weinberg Foundation’s identity.

The Weinberg Foundation supports organizations that serve people experiencing poverty within the Jewish community, both in the United States and Israel. Grants to support the Jewish community align with the Foundation’s funding priorities within the areas of Housing, Health, Jobs, Education, and Aging.

In Israel, the Foundation has a long history of supporting direct service-providers, including the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s (JDC) work dedicated to serving older adults (Eshel) and providing job training for low-income individuals (TEVET). In 2018, the Foundation expanded its commitment in Israel to organizations serving women at risk and their children. For more on the Foundation’s grantmaking in Israel, please click here.

In North America, over nearly three decades, the Foundation has provided approximately $30 million to organizations serving Holocaust survivors, and in Baltimore the Foundation is the largest contributor to The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore, providing one of the single largest annual campaign gifts to any Jewish federation.

The Foundation also engages in a range of strategic initiatives focused on addressing Jewish poverty on a national scale, especially through its leading role in founding Together Ending Need. In addition, the Foundation supports various initiatives that strengthen the Jewish nonprofit sector, including those working to develop the next generation of leaders and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within the Jewish community.

Key Initiatives