B’nai Tzedek Teen Philanthropy
The B’nai Tzedek Teen Philanthropy Program empowers teens to improve the world by launching them on a personal and engaged relationship to life-long Jewish giving. The objectives of B’nai Tzedek are:
- To enable every Jewish teen to establish an endowment fund in his or her name in collaboration with the Jewish Federation of Rhode Island.
- To empower Jewish teens to change the world through Jewish philanthropy, tikkun olam (repair of the world) and tzedekah (charitable giving).
- To educate Jewish teens about non-profit Jewish organizations and teach skills for an allocation process.
- To encourage Jewish teens to increase their giving capacity through the growth of individual funds and a youth foundation model.
- To offer the opportunity to network with other Jewish teens locally and nationally to share their vision.
Based on a national partnership model created by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, the B’nai Tzedek program in greater Rhode Island is coordinated by the Bureau of Jewish Education of Rhode Island. In addition to distributing charitable gifts, B’nai Tzedek fund holders participate in a variety of fun and challenging educational programs and learning opportunities as the explore the many dimensions of the program’s core concepts—tikkun olam and tzedekah.
For more information on the B’nai Tzedek Teen Philanthropy Program, contact Rachel Mersky Woda, B'nai Tzedek Coordinator, at 401.331.0956 x178 or via email at rwoda@jfri.org.
If you’d like to become a B’nai Tzedek fund holder, click here to download the B'nai Tzedek enrollment brochure.
Would you like to make a contribution to a teen’s B’nai Tzedek fund? Click here to download a contribution form.
Teen Philanthropy Programs and Resources
(click on the links below to download the pdf files)