Brick by Brick Application 2026

Thank you for applying to the Brick by Brick Fellowship. We’re grateful to all of the movement leaders and partners that brought us together.  

The purpose of this application is to help us get a clearer picture of what animates your philanthropic work of resourcing movements for justice. Your answers will:

  • inform our program design;
  • give you a taste of what to expect from the journey we may soon undertake together; and
  • along with other accepted applicants' in aggregate, a selection of answers will form the basis of our introductions to one another.

*Applications are due on Thursday, November 20th by 10pm Pacific Time.* 

Eligibility: 

This program is open to foundation staff, board members, and major donors/individual philanthropists. 

We're seeking leaders who are ready to make changes to their giving/grantmaking. Brick by Brick will be a generative experience if you: 

  • Have funded social justice movements in the past, but want to better understand movement ecosystems and strategies;
  • Feel that your giving needs to change under our current political conditions, but don’t yet have a clear picture of how;
  • Are eager to understand "the Jewish left" and what's at stake for us; 
  • Are seeking an action-oriented community of support for your philanthropic work that is aligned with movements for justice;
  • Have power to make change within your giving/grantmaking because you possess informal authority or formal decision-making power.
If you have questions about this application, please email joelle@jewishliberation.fund. 
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Full Name: *
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Organization:
Please tell us about the role(s) you hold in your philanthropic work. (For example, a professional role, a donor or trustee role, etc.) *
Tell us about your giving & grantmaking:
IMPORTANT: Your answers to these questions will *not* be used to determine eligibility, nor will they be shared with Brick by Brick cohort members. Instead, your answers will help us understand who may be represented in the cohort and the program's potential impact. 
What are your total organizational/individual philanthropic assets in dollars? *
On average, what is your organization's/individual total *annual* grantmaking/giving in dollars? *
Within this *annual* grantmaking/giving average, what amount (in dollars) do you have direct authority or decision-making power to influence?
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Have you or your organization explicitly articulated goals, strategy, and/or values related to funding power-building and systems-change work?
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What percentage of your annual grantmaking/giving portfolio is allocated to groups focused on building power and changing systems? (Rough estimates are fine!)
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Share what you're seeing...
What ways are you currently supporting social justice movements that you're proud of? *
What is one (or more) new possibility for your philanthropic work focused on social justice movements that excites you? *
What are, or might be, the greatest barriers to this/these possibility/ies as you see it? *
What's one big question you have about your philanthropic work to resource social justice movements that occupies your attention? *
You & the Brick by Brick Fellowship
What's motivating you to apply for the 2026 Brick by Brick Fellowship? *
When the fellowship is complete in fall 2026, what would you want the other fellows to say about your presence in the cohort? *
Are you able to commit to the following:

- Kick-off Retreat: 3-day, in-person gathering, February 24-26, 2026

- 9 virtual two-hour sessions, presented every other week, scheduled based on cohort availability

- Closing Retreat: 3-day, in-person gathering, scheduled based on cohort availability

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It’s a privilege to learn more about you and read your answers to the questions above. 
If you're accepted into the Fellowship, we would like to share some of your answers with other members of the cohort. As indicated above, we will *not* share information about philanthropic assets and amounts you indicated in the Giving & Grantmaking section of this application.
When we share the compilation of cohort responses, would you like your responses…(please select all with which you'd be comfortable) *
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Is there anything else you would like to share with us?
A copy of your responses will be emailed to the address you provided.
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