Meeting Evolving Community Needs
As community needs change, it’s essential to develop new approaches to address emerging challenges.
Encouraging Community-Led Solutions
Empowering individuals and organizations to propose creative solutions to pressing issues strengthens the community from within.
Building a Resilient Future
By investing in innovation, we ensure that the community remains vibrant, adaptable, and prepared for the future.
Community Grant Programs
Capacity-Building Programs
Offering training and resources to help community innovators develop their projects and maximize impact.
Building Capacity for Long-Term Impact
We focus on strengthening organizations from the inside out—helping them build the skills, systems, and strategies needed for sustainable impact. Our capacity-building approach includes:
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Over 700 hours of pro-bono professional services donated in the last two years
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$135,000+ in value delivered through volunteer-led projects
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Areas of support include:
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Finance and budget creation
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Strategic planning
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Marketing and branding
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Public relations
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Data and metrics collection
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In their words:
“By leveraging the volunteers’ expertise, we can maximize our fundraising efforts through donations, expand our reach, and strengthen our program—ensuring that more children have reliable access to the food they need to thrive.”
— Denise B., Executive Director, Backpack Buddies of Metro Atlanta
This is more than support—it’s capacity building that creates lasting change.
Partnership with Alloy Fundraising
JInnovate has partnered with Alloy Fundraising’s Grants Groundwork process to enhance institutional readiness, position the organizations for major funding opportunities, and develop a roadmap for scaling their impact. In its inaugural year, the partnership completed projects for three organizations in Jewish Atlanta.
Our approach combined,
- Customized grant writing support, including narrative development, general operating/capacity building language, and a targeted programmatic proposal.
- Prospect research, identifying highly aligned institutional funders across mission areas such as food and nutrition, youth development, civic engagement, democracy, Jewish philanthropy, and higher education.
- Infrastructure recommendations, such as board development, compliance systems, and operational planning.
- Institutional philanthropy advising, including coaching for foundation funder engagement, outcomes/storytelling, and budget planning.
What We Delivered For Each Organization
- Shared Grants Drive: Organization and background files commonly needed for grant applications
- Funding Opportunities Comprehensive list of prospective institutional funders and supporting information, such as funder focus areas, average giving, grant deadlines, and more
- Core Grant Narratives Modular templates and language that can be used for marketing and donor communications
- Wrap-Up Report Key findings on the organizational domains of grant-seeking, including board of directors, internal capacity, budgeting, and strategic planning, with recommendations and next-step action items
Year 1 By The Numbers
- 150+ funding entities presented with accompanying funder profiles
- 6 grant narratives and communication templates
- 9+ strategic coaching sessions with nonprofit organization leaders
- Individualized support from five of Alloy’s experienced grant and fundraising professionals
“I have not been able to stop talking to my friends about all the amazing speakers we heard at the leadership forum. I learned so much about fostering cooperation when we disagree, but also that Black Americans and Jewish Americans have so much in common.”
Avery Adelman
“The professional development, the public awards and recognition, and most importantly, the street cred that we’ve received from being part of Federation’s Innovation Initiative has helped us on our national-scaling efforts.”
Elana Frank
,Executive Director, Jewish Fertility Foundation
“CCC is so grateful for the opportunity to work with Alloy Fundraising through our JInnovate grant. The passion and expertise their team brought was beyond expectations. We were able to immediately utilize the new grant templates in our current and prospective grant work and we look forward to seeing the results over the next few months. We have already applied to some of the funders they recommended and are in process on researching the rest. Thank you so much for this opportunity!”
Amy Zeide
,Executive Director, Creating Community Connections
“Bagel Rescue has received a grant! I wanted to share this one with you since it came directly from your recommendations, as a target foundation, and using the materials you helped me develop.”
Erin Stieglitz
,Executive Director, Bagel Rescue
AgeWell Atlanta
OneTable Atlanta (Together@onetable)
Congregation Bet Haverim
Repair the World
Jewish Fertility Foundation
Moishe House
The Blue Dove Foundation
Tikkun Olam Makers (TOM)
Trybal
Be’Chol Lashon
Jewish Education Collaborative
Your Jewish Bridge
JScreen
Ma’a lot
AJOCC
Oak Leaf
TALMA
Hillels of Georgia & BeWell Partnership
Hillels of Georgia Content Creators Program
M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education
🌱Current Cohort Partners:
Bagel Rescue
TOM
BJLOT
Adamah
Jewish Fertility Foundation
Jewish Student Union (JSU)
Summer Institute for Teaching the Holocaust (KSU/Breman)
Backpack Buddies
OpenDor Media
L’dor V’dor
3GATL
Connecting Communities – Alumni Program
The Sandwich Project
Building Community Through Conversation
The Daffodil Project
We’re proud to be a launchpad for organizations meeting real needs, expanding access, and reimagining what’s possible in Jewish life.