Jewish Future Promise

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The Jewish Future Promise, originally the Jewish Future Pledge, is a charitable campaign modeled after The Giving Pledge, to encourage American Jews to designate at least 50% of their charitable giving to Jewish- or Israel-related causes. Over 100,000 people have signed the pledge since its inception in May 2020.

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History

Co-creators Michael Leven and Amy Holtz launched the pledge in May 2020, modeled after The Giving Pledge, to encourage American Jews to designate at least 50% of their charitable giving to Jewish- or Israel-related causes. [1] According to Leven and Holtz, Americans will donate $68 trillion in wealth over the next generation, 20% of which will be given by Jewish donors. Its aim is for at least half of that 20%, or more than $600 billion, to go to Jewish causes, [2] [3] compared to the estimated 11% of donations that do now. [4] The Pledge partnered with the Jewish Federations of North America, Jewish National Fund, and Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi [5] to integrate the pledge into traditional vehicles of Jewish philanthropy. [3] The Pledge partnered with Morgan Stanley to create a donor-advised fund. [5]

On February 8, 2024, the Pledge changed its named to the Jewish Future Promise. [6]

Jewish Youth Promise

In 2023, the Pledge launched the Jewish Youth Promise for people aged 13-24 to commit to being active members of the Jewish community. [7] By March 2025, the Youth Promise had surpassed 30,000 signatures, including 10,000 associated with Jewish fraternity AEPi. [8]

Signatories

As of October 2023, more than 25,000 donors, including individuals, family foundations, and families, had pledged $2.4 billion as part of the pledge. [4] By February 2024, there were almost 50,000 signatories. [6] According to Leven, by October 2024, there were over 80,000 signatories. [9] The number of pledges crossed 100,000 on April 8, 2025. [10]

Notable signers of the pledge include businessman Charles Bronfman, The Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus, philanthropist Julie Platt, [1] advocate Morton Klein, [4] activist Noa Tishby, [2] comedian Modi Rosenfeld, lawyer Alan Dershowitz, [6] and actress Patricia Heaton. [10]

References

  1. 1 2 Oster, Marcy (2020-05-14). "New Jewish giving pledge takes a page from Gates and Buffett initiative". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Noa Tishby Becomes The 11,000th Person To Sign The Jewish Future Pledge". Boulder Jewish News. 2022-12-19. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  3. 1 2 Chernikoff, Helen (2021-02-02). "Donor-advised funds are the future of the Jewish Future Pledge". eJewishPhilanthropy. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 Cohen, Haley (2023-10-04). "Jewish Future Pledge gets 25,000th pledge, amounting to $2.4 billion to Jewish causes". eJewishPhilanthrophy. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  5. 1 2 Rudee, Eliana (2020-10-12). "Jewish Future Pledge partners with Morgan Stanley, asking donors to plan ahead". Jewish News Syndicate . Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 "The Jewish Future Pledge becomes The Jewish Future Promise". Jewish News Syndicate . 2024-02-08. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  7. ↑ Putney, Fran (2023-05-10). "Jewish Future Pledge Spawns Youth Pledge Initiative". Atlanta Jewish Times. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Jewish Youth Promise surpasses 10k AEPi, 30k total signatures". Jewish News Syndicate . 2025-03-28. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  9. ↑ Leven, Michael (2024-10-31). "The power of promise: The Jewish community's response to uncertain times". Jewish News Syndicate . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  10. 1 2 "Actress Patricia Heaton is 100,000th signer of Jewish Future Promise". Jewish News Syndicate . 2025-04-08. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
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