FRD staff Identify, cultivate, solicit, engage and steward prospects and donors in the Greater Philadelphia Jewish community. Among the department, there are various affinity groups which provide an entry way for community members to connect with each other and realize the power of their philanthropic investment within the Jewish Federation. 

Two of these affinity groups are Women of Vision and Women's Philanthropy: 

• Women of Vision impacts the lives of self-identifying Jewish women and girls through advocacy, educational programs and grantmaking that lead to social change. Members join at a one-time commitment to the WOV Endowment Fund and vote each year to choose where the funding is allocated. On March 14, Women of Vision hosted a special briefing about the war's impact on women. 
• Women's Philanthropy represents women at all ages and stages who gather to connect, volunteer, travel, learn, and develop their leadership skills, all in support of the Jewish Federation's annual campaign. On March 18, Women's Philanthropy volunteered at JFCS' Our Closet in Your Neighborhood.

Lindsay Davidman

• Women's Philanthropy Director
• Steward and solicitation 
• Maintain Relationships with Major Donors  

Shara Swift

• Women of Vision Director
• Steward and solicitation 
• Maintain Relationships with Major Donors

This is not the full department — just a snapshot! Stay tuned as we rotate and come back through departments with other iterations of the newsletter to see the faces around the office. 

In response to the atrocities committed against women and girls in Israel, Women of Vision awarded a special one-time grant of $30,000 to the Civil Commission on October 7 Crimes by Hamas Against Women and Children. This grant was made in commemoration of Women of Vision’s 30th anniversary through an anonymous donation, separate from the Women of Vision Endowment Fund.

"In a world of silence and denial – most notably by leading women’s rights organizations – this grant is a statement that we stand with Israel and the victims of October 7 and we will continue to speak out about the systematic and deliberate gender and sexual-based violence that Hamas committed."

- Andi Barsky, Women of Vision Chair