The Slingshot GivingCircle+ on Jewish Joy is excited to announce our grantees! 

BAMAH  is a cultural dialogue and exchange organization that harnesses the arts to inspire and connect people of all backgrounds and identities. Through the Cultural Bridge Initiative, they bring artists from Israel into universities and communities across the United States, with a particular focus on HBCUs. Their work centers on sustained relationships, not one-time programming. BAMAH believes the arts are the most honest entry point into conversations about identity, history, and belonging. Funding will support Black JAC (Black and Jewish Arts and Culture), a multi-day cultural festival produced by BAMAH in New Orleans, Louisiana, taking place in February 2027 in partnership with long-standing partners in the city.

Camp Seneca Lake  provides a fun, adventurous program with immersive, experiential learning that builds Jewish identity, facilitates personal exploration, cultivates an appreciation of nature, and establishes the importance of Jewish community. Funding will support financial aid for families from towns in rural New York with very small Jewish communities. It would expand access for those with limited opportunities for communal Jewish joy due to geography who otherwise might not be able to attend summer camp due to economic limitations. These communities do not have Jewish Federations, large synagogues, or other traditional paths to camp financial aid.

Eshel's  mission is to create LGBTQ+ inclusive Orthodox Jewish communities. Funding will bring in-person programming to one of the most underserved populations within Jewish life: LGBTQ+ Jews who are Orthodox or Orthodox-adjacent. The barriers this population faces are distinct and acute. Many remain closeted within their Orthodox communities out of fear of social or familial rejection. Others have been pushed to the margins, present in their shuls and at their Shabbos tables, but invisible as their full selves. Some have left Orthodoxy entirely, not because they wanted to, but because they saw no path to remaining.This support will go towards Eshel's programming to create spaces where being wholly Jewish and wholly oneself at the same time is possible. Through Shabbat dinners, text studies, Jewish cooking, and holiday-themed gatherings, Eshel will offer LGBTQ+ Orthodox and Orthodox-adjacent Jews experiences that are both halachically grounded and radically welcoming.

Jewish Fertility Foundation (JFF) engages hopeful parents by providing financial assistance, emotional support, and infertility education to those struggling to build their families. Funding will support interfaith couples navigating infertility. While the path to parenthood can feel isolating, the path into Jewish community can feel even more so. Through peer mentorship, facilitated support groups, community events, and need-based financial assistance, they create spaces where interfaith individuals don't just feel tolerated—they feel seen, celebrated, and at home in Jewish life.Support from the Slingshot GivingCircle+ will directly fund up to four additional fertility grants for interfaith families, alongside the emotional support and community connection that surround that assistance.Interfaith couples represent approximately 25% of JFF's grantees. They face real barriers—social, financial, and cultural, to engage in Jewish spaces. This funding directly reduces those barriers, ensuring that one of life's most joyful milestones, building a family, is also a gateway into lasting Jewish belonging.

The needs are so great and we couldn’t meet every single one of them. There is no wrong investment in addressing Jewish Joy! To that end, here is a list of organizations that responded to our RFP and are still seeking funding. 

Facilitated groups for young philanthropists to set their own agendas, work on issues of interest, and leverage their resources, skills, contacts, and passions to make significant change 

Opportunities for action include collective grant-making, matching funds, and awareness campaigns within the Jewish community or beyond 

Peer-to-peer learning about critical social issues 

Tools and educational resources to maximize their philanthropic impact 

Knowledge about Jewish and secular organizations that are responding to important social causes 

Our last GivingCircle+ focused on Anti-Semitism. To read about our experience and the organizations the group funded, click here.

The needs are so great and we couldn’t meet every single one of them. There is no wrong investment in addressing antisemitism. To that end, here is a list of organizations that responded to our RFP and are still seeking funding. 

Additional GivingCircle+ opportunities will be announced soon!