We are visionary women who support justice and social change through hands-on philanthropy and grantmaking.
Why Women of Vision? Hear From Our Members
Women of Vision, Philadelphia’s Jewish Women’s Foundation, impacts the lives of self-identifying Jewish women and girls across generations and geographic boundaries through strategic grantmaking, advocacy and educational programs leading to social change and social justice.
WHAT WE DO
Through our advocacy efforts, we educate over 500 members and the general public about issues like equal pay for equal work and sex trafficking. At our events, we grapple with challenges faced by girls and women, such as gun violence and college campus issues. We not only raise awareness, we find hands-on opportunities to take action.
Join in our vision and become a member of our foundation to find out how rewarding strategic grant making can be.
Advocate
Throughout the year Women of Vision provides members with educational programs and materials about pressing issues facing Jewish women and girls, as well as opportunities to advocate on their behalf, such as meetings with elected officials in Washington, D.C., and Harrisburg.
give
Your contribution supports programs that enhance the lives of women and girls regionally and in Israel. Each woman has a vote in choosing how the funding is allocated each year.
connect
Our work together not only strengthens our community at home; through our grant making we also build connections with women and girls in Israel.
Carry traditions forward
Jewish women are the carriers of many Jewish traditions. By empowering Jewish women, we ensure the continuity of Jewish values and the strength of the Jewish community.
Philadelphia grants 2023-2025
Granted $36,000/year over two years to Einstein Healthcare Network for their “Empowering Orthodox Women Through Sexual Health Education” program. This grant will be used to empower Orthodox women to take charge of their health and well-being with informed, culturally sensitive education. Einstein seeks to develop and implement a three-pronged program which will provide tailored women’s health curriculum in Jewish day schools through workshops for both elementary and high school aged students and their parents.
Granted $20,000 for FY 23 and $25,000 for FY 24 to Jewish Women International for their “Financial Fitness for Young Women” program. This grant will be used to gather women in their 20s and 30s for 4-5 workshops, designed to unpack emotional barriers that often make women hesitant to address money issues and consider financial fitness as a component of physical and emotional well-being. This helps prepare women to prioritize their goals, organize finances, create a realistic budget, learn how to negotiate and invest strategically.
Granted $34,000/year for two years to jGirls+ Magazine for their “Feminist Teen Leadership Training Program.” Each year, jGirls+ Magazine invites teens entering 10th, 11th, and 12th grades throughout North America to join their staff as editors and photographers and to participate in their robust feminist leadership development program. This grant will be used to train the teen staff members in an experiential educational curriculum within a Jewish context and learn how to set the editorial agenda for publication content.
Israel Grants 2022-2024
Granted $36,000 over two years to ELI’s Training of IDF Female Officers: Sexual Abuse Awareness and Prevention in the Army program. The grant will be used to create systemic social change to reduce sexual abuse against women in the Israeli Defense Force.
Granted $50,000 over two years to Mavoi Satum’s Changing the Status Quo: Changing Jewish Women’s Lives program. The grant will be used to reduce gender inequality, discrimination and abuse in Israel’s marriage and divorce system, and expedite the divorce process for individual women – while ensuring that their legal rights are respected.
Philadelphia Grants 2020-2022
Granted $40,000 over two years for the Sustaining Dinah program to mature to the next level of growth through increased organizational and financial sustainability. Dinah will now have more impact on definitions, behavior, engagement and policies surrounding domestic abuse in our local Jewish community.
Interfaith program for women ages 16 to 90+ engaging issues at the intersection of religion, gender, and social justice. Through this program, Interfaith Philadelphia strives to equip women leaders in Greater Philadelphia with the skills and experiences needed to advocate for themselves and others across lines of religious difference and cultivate a more just and collaborative society.
Granted $50,000 over two years to stewarding whole Jewish workplaces where women can thrive and flourish in cultures of safety, respect, and equity. Ta’amod provides support, resources, and guidance for both organizations and individuals with a Jewish lens and with an expertise in the distinctive dynamics of the Jewish communal world.
Granted $60,000 over two years to the jGirls Magazine Girls Empowerment Program, an innovative online community written by and for self-identifying Jewish girls, ages 13-19, across all backgrounds. This platform enables girls to share their voices with the world and each other, and the space to hone communication skills, explore identities, talk across difference, and engage with a wide circle of peers on their own terms.
GIVING OPPORTUNITIES
Your gift at any level provides lifetime membership to Women of Vision.
LiberatHer (under age 45): $1,800 payable over two years
SupportHer (age 45 and over): $3,600 payable over two years
EntrustHer: $5,000 payable over two years
SustainHer: $10,000 payable over three years
MentHer: $18,000 payable over four years
LeadHer: $25,000 payable over five years
AmbassadHer: $36,000 payable over five years
BenefactHer: $50,000 payable over five years
EmpowerHer: Minimum of $100,000, half of which can be made as a planned gift. Includes membership for female relatives.