2019 Q3 Donor Impact Report FROM OUR HOME
to Yours
This exclusive update is for our stakeholders who are building and sustaining opportunities for young adults to connect to Jewish life.
MH East Bay - Grand Lake Sukkah Build
January - September 2019 Reach 106
48,614 52,890
+5%
113 8,416
8,889
Growth
+9.8%
Growth
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MOISHE HOUSE AND MHWOW UNIQUE PARTICIPANTS
MOISHE HOUSE AND MHWOW PROGRAMS
HOUSES
Welcome to our 7 new Moishe Houses - Opened in Q3!
Moishe House East Bay - Grand Lake
Moishe House man London - Clap 2019 “Our aim is to build a community for everyone who identifies as Jewish, whether that’s a part of your heritage you haven’t explored before or if you’ve been a lifelong member of the community.” - Nivia Frankish, MH London - Clapham, resident
Moishe House Boston - Somerville 9
OPENED AUG. 201
Moishe House Boston - Fenway
OPENED JULY 2019
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se Moishe Houto wn p U o ag ic Ch 2019
OPENED SEPT. 2019
“We want individuals seeking Jewish community to feel like they have an open and welcoming home in the East Bay where they can have fun with other Jews their age, connect to their cultural and spiritual identity and give back to the greater Bay Area community.”
“We want to create a space where circles/networks merge and people who live in proximity have a place to be one community.”
“We want to bring the combination of the fun and hip Fenway neighborhood, paired with our focus on Jewish and Israeli culture to the Moishe House network.”
- MH East Bay - Grand Lake residents
- MH Chicago - Uptown residents
- MH Boston - Fenway residents
“We want to build a house that’s accessible and that feels warm, welcoming, and familiar.” - MH Boston - Somerville residents
Moishe House Santiago de Chile OPENED AUG. 2019
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“I hope to create a place where diversity and opinion are allowed, where we do not close the door to any Jew who wants to enter and have a good time.” - Alan Tchimino, MH Santiago de Chile resident
Moishe House Mosaic - Fairfax OPENED SEPT. 2019
“We want people to come in without reservation or fear, and we want them to leave saying: “that was great, I felt like I was at home, and I found my people.” - MH Mosaic-Fairfax residents
2019 Q3 Donor Impact Report Supporter Spotlight
Inspiring the Next Generation of Philanthropists This year’s 2019 WE ARE campaign, our annual peer-led fundraising initiative, proved yet again that young adults do want to participate in philanthropy. Driven by our young adult community builders around the world over the course of just six weeks: • We received 2,800+ donations, primarily from Jewish young adults and their communities, raising $160,821!! (+16% from 2018 and surpassing our goals!) • We met ALL 15 of our matches, most of which were $1,000+, created by young adults challenging their peers to invest back into their communities.
Hannah S. and Samuel A. Cohn Memorial Foundation Donor Since 2016
“The transmission of Jewish values from generation to generation is of the utmost importance to the Hannah S. and Samuel A. Cohn Memorial Foundation. The Foundation and I recognize Moishe House’s ability to meaningfully engage Jewish young adults and connect them to these values at a time in their lives when many young adults might fall away from Jewish life.” - Larry Cohn, Director of the Hannah S. and Samuel A. Cohn Memorial Foundation
“Moishe House has both given me the tools and taught me how to bring together my Jewish community to learn, to volunteer, and to celebrate! I’ve lived and experienced the direct and powerful impact that is entirely unmatched by any other organization. My unbounded gratitude to all those that have made this possible and my appreciation for the good that is still being done today has made me a hopelessly habitual donor!” - Noah Jaffe, MH resident alumnus, MHWOW host, and WE ARE matching donor
Camp Nai Nai Nai Sold Out in 2019! 41%
Growth!
182
129
Campers
2018
2019
Campers
The second annual West Coast Camp Nai Nai Nai was sold out as over 180 campers gathered for three days in the Santa Cruz mountains of California for the ultimate Jewish summer camp for adults in their 20s and 30s!
Beyond the Donation We value opportunities for community builders to meet and engage with folks that make their work possible. Here are some highlights from recent visits.
Shari and Stephen Reiches First Time Supporters
“We were slightly concerned when our daughter, Madeleine, moved to Kansas City for her first job after college. Except for two co-workers, Maddie did not know anyone in Kansas City. Maddie, however, struck gold when she found Moishe House [Kansas City.] The Moishe House community immediately welcomed Maddie. We are proud to support Moishe House and thankful for the support it has provided our daughter.” - Shari and Stephen Reiches
Moishe House Barcelona hosted leaders from Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) of Greater Boston. Participants exchanged ideas around the needs and interests of Jewish young adults in Barcelona and Europe, and detailed the philanthropic perspectives and priorities of North American and Boston Jewry.
Julie Witenstein, mother of Moishe House Phoenix resident Matthew Witenstein, held a fundraising event at MH Phoenix engaging a local network of leaders in the community to increase awareness and raise support for Moishe House’s work in the local and global Jewish young adult community.
Moishe House NYC - Park Slope hosted representatives of UJA-Federation of New York’s King David Society as part of UJA’s mini-mission to Brooklyn. Residents and UJA guests discussed the impact of Moishe House in Brooklyn, throughout New York City and around the world.
Planning travel overseas? We’d love to connect you to a Moishe House experience. Contact Ale at alejandro@moishehouse.org.
Without Moishe House, many young adults would miss opportunities to create new Jewish memories with their friends at a critical time in their lives. And without you, Moishe House could not provide the support these young leaders need to create relevant communities for their peers.
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