2019 - 2020 Grantmaking

The 2019 - 2020 YoPhI Teen Board will focus its grant in three focus areas: Environmentalism, Education, and Equity. Full descriptions of each focus area can be found HERE. Across focus areas, all grantmaking efforts will support the YoPhI Teen Board's chosen values for the year:

Understanding - Binah - בינה
Compassion - Rachamim - רחמים
Justice - Tzedek - צדק
Respect - Kavod - כבוד

Doing Good Through Philanthropy

The Youth Philanthropy Indy (YoPhI) Teen Board is comprised of Jewish 11th and 12th graders from the greater Indianapolis area working as a philanthropic board focused on learning and making grants through a values-grounded, authentic, consensus-building process. YoPhI (Hebrew slang for "excellent" or "good job") is focused on engaging Jewish youth in "Doing Good" through philanthropic giving and service-learning based on Jewish values and community connection. During their year-long experience, Teen Board members engage in an in-depth examination of their Jewish values and understandings while raising funds to make grants in order to explore philanthropy and group process.

The YoPhI Teen Board is proud to be a part of the Jewish Teen Funders Network Foundation Board Incubator Cohort 4. The YoPhI program seeks to build the next generation of Jewish philanthropists and leaders in greater Indianapolis. More information on the YoPhI Teen Board can be found HERE.

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