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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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!

The work of Good People Fund grantee Collective Lavo B’Tov is often so under the radar that it was especially exciting to see this beautiful feature by co-founder Rachel Kolette Wheeler about the organization’s remarkable work with co-founder Shoshi Margolin, published in The Jewish Press of Omaha, where Rachel lives. Shoshi lives in Israel, and Rachel travels there regularly. Together they do […]

Last week Good People Fund grantee Daniella Seltzer, co-founder of JLM Food Rescuers, was honored by Elluminate in New York as one of their ten visionary women selected for this year’s cohort, an exciting and well-deserved recognition of her leadership and impact. Through JLM Food Rescuers, Daniella and her team recover surplus food that would otherwise […]

At the Good People Fund, our emerging social visionaries are leading programs that are often taking important first steps forward in their organizational development, including producing their first annual reports, valuable milestones as they prepare to build and strengthen relationships with larger funders who require a higher level of impact reporting. Elevate+, founded by Andrew Walker, and Abrahamic […]