About Covenant Foundation
The Covenant Foundation recognizes the diversity of strengths within the field of Jewish education in North America, across all denominations and settings. By honoring outstanding Jewish educators and supporting creative approaches to programming, the Foundation works to strengthen educational endeavors that perpetuate the identity, continuity and heritage of the Jewish people.
Focus Areas
Jewish educationK-12 and community education settingsEducator awards and professional developmentTeen engagementFamily engagement
About Covenant Foundation
Covenant Foundation’s signature work is its annual Covenant Award, which honors three exceptional Jewish educators and pairs each award with a $50,000 prize to the educator plus $10,000 to the educator’s home institution. That structure shows a funder built to recognize individual excellence while also supporting the school or community setting around the educator. Beyond the award program, the foundation backs grants and fellowships for Jewish education across North America, including innovative programming, educator development, family engagement, teen engagement, and community education settings. Its recent grants show repeated support for institutions and initiatives that build Jewish learning in schools, congregations, and communal organizations. Recipients include Prizmah Centre for Jewish Day Schools, which received $170,000 in 2023, and Luria Academy of Brooklyn, which received $150,000 in 2025. The foundation also supports projects that connect Jewish education with identity, continuity, and heritage, aligning with its stated emphasis on strengthening educational endeavors in a wide range of settings.
What Covenant Foundation Funds
Jewish education is the foundation’s core field, and the recent grants show that focus across schools, seminaries, and community-based institutions. Prizmah Centre for Jewish Day Schools received $170,000 in 2023, while Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies received $140,000 in 2025. The foundation also funds work tied to family and intergenerational learning. In 2024, InHEIRitance Project received $150,000, and in 2025 Ma'a lot received $135,800. Another visible thread is inclusive Jewish education and community programming: Keshet received $150,000 in 2024, and Jewtina y Co received $139,500 in 2024. Teen and young-adult engagement appears as well. Repair the World received $145,000 in 2025, and Avodah the Jewish Service Corps received $145,000 in 2023, reflecting support for Jewish learning and service-oriented educational models.
How Covenant Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster around a $20,000 p25, $50,000 median, and $140,000 p75, so the foundation mixes mid-sized awards with a substantial upper tier. The recent list also includes repeated $150,000 grants and a $170,000 grant, suggesting that some awards sit well above the median. This is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals generally; the Covenant Award is the main exception because it includes awards to educators alongside support for their home institutions. Several organizations appear in more than one year across the recent-grants table, including New York-based recipients and West Coast and national partners, which points to ongoing relationships rather than purely one-off giving. Multiple active programs accept unsolicited requests.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.9M
Total Assets
$7.4M
Total Revenue
$7.5M
Total Expenses
$7.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $20K and $140K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$140K
Geographic Reach
National14 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
JONI-SUE B LEVINE
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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