Good People Fund new grantee Offer Kindness, founded by Simon and Aleeza Berman, is doing something beautifully simple in California’s Central Valley: rescuing fresh fruit that would otherwise go to waste and getting it to families who need it most. What started with overflowing backyard trees has grown into a network of volunteers picking fruit from homeowners and small farmers across and around Fresno, distributing it through food banks and community partners to hundreds of families. We are proud to support their work, helping them acquire cold storage. They recently shared their gratitude on Instagram. Take a look at their post explaining their work and thanking us. We applaud their nourishing acts of kindness!

Good People Fund grantee New Neighbors Partnership, founded by Shoshana Barzel, was recently selected as a recipient of the 2026 Trust in Practice Awards — a joint initiative of Allstate and the Aspen Institute’s Alliance for Social Trust — receiving a $100,000 grant to host potluck-style community dinners across Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens, bringing together residents from different backgrounds to connect and bridge divides. This recognition reflects the remarkable community Shoshana has built: an organization that now serves 600 individuals from 42 countries and has become a steady source of welcome and belonging for refugee and immigrant families in New York.

Good People Fund grantee Kavod v’Nichum, led by executive director Sarit Wishnevski, was published this week in eJewishPhilanthropy with a beautiful and timely essay on where Jewish joy truly lives. Sarit writes that enduring joy is found not only in celebration, but in the quieter practices of communal care, chevra kadisha, bikkur cholim, showing up at shiva, and making sure no one faces life’s hardest moments alone. “There is joy in belonging to a community where care is not only a value we name but a responsibility we share,” she writes here: Looking for Jewish joy in less obvious places.

Congratulations to Good People Fund USA grantee Jon Adam Ross, founder of Inheritance Theater Project, (ITP) whose pitch of their new strategic plan won the Audience Choice Prize as a part of the inaugural cohort of the UpTide Fellowship at the Belfer Center for Social Impact and innovation.

Pictured: Jon Adam Ross (right) with Logan McClure Davda, CEO of TED

Congratulations to Good People Fund Israel grantee Ma’atzimot: Empowering Ethiopian Women, founded by Racheli Tadessa Malkai, on the recent publication of their beautiful new book, Women and Roots. Through the stories of women of Ethiopian descent, this powerful collection lifts up their voices and lived experiences as inspiration and example for the next generation.

Good People Fund grantee New Neighbors Partnership, founded by Shoshana Barzel, is part of the New York City Marathon this year. We are so proud that they are bringing their important work supporting new Americans to such a wide audience and shining a light on the power of welcome and community!