The contributing foundations
Our activies are possible due to the support of private persons and philantropic foundations.
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Charles H. Revson Foundation
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New Israel Fund |
| Julie Sandorf has served as President of the Charles H. Revson Foundation since January 2008. Before joining the Foundation, Ms. Sandorf was the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Nextbook, an organization dedicated to the creation andpromotion of Jewish literature, culture and the arts. From 1991 through 1999, she was President of the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), an organization she founded that worked in partnership with foundations, nonprofit organizations, and governments to deliver permanent solutions to chronic homelessness. Prior to CSH, Ms. Sandorf was a Program Director at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, where she forged a public-private partnership to revitalize distressed neighborhoods throughout NYC. She has served as a senior program consultant to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, directing the Foundation’s After School Project, and has been a consultant to the Rockefeller Foundation, the Oak Foundation, and the Pew Charitable Trusts.She currently serves as an adviser to the Oak Foundation, is chairperson of the board of directors of the Center for Urban Community Services, and is a member of the board of directors of the West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing. She also sits on the advisory council of the Program in Judaic Studies at Princeton University. She has previously served on the advisory board of the Brookings Institution Center for Urban and Metropolitan Policy, the editorial board of Housing Policy Debate, and on the boards of the National Mental Health Association, Goddard Riverside Community Center, and the Project for Psychiatric Outreach for the Homeless. |
The New Israel Fund (NIF) helps Israel live up to its founders' vision of a state that ensures complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants. Our aim is to advance liberal democracy, including freedom of speech and minority rights, and to fight inequality, injustice, and extremism that diminish Israel. From Israel’s first rape crisis centers, to the passage of the law banning torture in civilian interrogations, NIF- funded organizations have driven positive social change and furthered justice and equality. Widely credited with building Israeli progressive civil society, we have provided over $250 million to more than 850 organizations since our inception in 1979. And we are more than a funder; NIF is at philanthropy’s cutting edge thanks in large part to our action arm Shatil, the New Israel Fund Initiative for Social Change. Today, NIF is a leading advocate for democratic values, builds coalitions, empowers activists and often takes the initiative in setting the public agenda. NIF is based on a simple idea: individuals who care about Israel and believe in progressive values can join together to work for an Israel in which everyone is treated with dignity, for an Israel in which a shared society can truly take root, for an Israel in which Jewish life is inclusive in every respect. NIF supporters love Israel and help correct its flaws. |
