About Us — Together Ending Need

ABOUT TEN —
TOGETHER ENDING NEED.

Together Ending Need is the national backbone mobilizing Jewish funders, organizations, and leaders to ensure every financially vulnerable Jew receives the support they need.

Vision

A world where every Jew, regardless of income, has their basic needs met and can live a thriving Jewish life.

Mission

To eliminate economic vulnerability in the Jewish community through coordinated funder mobilization, organizational capacity building, and narrative change.

Our story
Founded
in purpose.

TEN was founded in 2019 through a partnership between The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation and the Jewish Funders Network, growing out of a national convening on Jewish poverty that catalyzed a new affinity group of concerned funders.

What began as a space for funders to learn together has evolved into a dedicated national infrastructure for the field. In 2020, TEN helped coordinate funder responses to the COVID-19 humanitarian crisis. In 2023, the project formalized its leadership and was rebranded as TEN. In 2026, TEN received three-year incubation funding to grow into a fully independent organization.

Today, TEN is the trusted coordination layer where funders can learn, align, and invest together — in ways that complement and strengthen their existing portfolios. We convene stakeholders, commission and amplify research, support Jewish life organizations, and work to shift the communal narrative so that economic vulnerability becomes a shared, urgent priority.

2019
Founded as a national affinity group on Jewish poverty
1.5M+
Financially vulnerable Jews in the United States
29%
Of American Jews who struggle financially (JFNA, 2025)
What we do
Four pillars
of action.

TEN's core strength is educating and mobilizing funders to invest in proven, responsive solutions to Jewish economic vulnerability — while building the field infrastructure that makes coordinated action possible.

01

Convene funders & co-fund

We bring funders together to learn, coordinate, and pool philanthropic capital for pilots and scalable models — at regional and national convenings and through TEN's growing funder network.

02

Build organizational capacity

We provide consulting, workshops, staff trainings, and cohort-based learning for Jewish life organizations so they can better identify and serve financially vulnerable community members.

03

Drive thought leadership

We commission, consolidate, and amplify research on Jewish economic vulnerability — and work to shift the communal narrative so this issue is treated with the urgency it deserves.

04

Signature programs

We engage in direct action on core strategic interventions — from campus financial hardship pilots to community-level collaborative funding strategies — where TEN can make a measurable difference.

"Funders are ready to act — they need a trusted, coordinated strategy to invest together. That's what TEN provides."
Get involved
Work
with us.

Whether you're a funder looking to invest strategically or a Jewish life organization seeking to better serve your community — there's a path in.

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