The Jonah Maccabee Foundation was established in memory of our son and brother, Jonah Maccabee Dreskin, to turn love into action, doing the kind of good works he would have loved to do.

To turn love into action.

Goal One: We are a clearinghouse for finding and supporting worthy projects in the arts, social justice, and Jewish living. We do the research, pass that along to our supporters, and award grants accordingly.

Goal Two: By inviting our donors to give to The Jonah Maccabee Foundation, we increase our foundation community's ability to effect positive change.

Goal Three: We hope that donors will appreciate the thought and care that goes into our work and, with their support, we will continue to help as many people and communities as we can.

Our main investment is in learning what organizations are doing great work to better our world. To that end, we constantly educate ourselves about such work.

We reach to ask for donations twice each year. More often than not, there is a theme to our month-long campaign, during which we will write or feature other writers on that topic. For example, for our June 2021 campaign, entitled "Silver Learnings," we invited a dozen individuals to share how the pandemic had affected them in surprisingly positive ways, finding the blessing amidst the challenge. We felt we could help provide emotional support to our wider community (far beyond our donor list) throughout the pandemic.