Programs

Public Programming:

  • The 2015 Supreme Court Obergefell v. Hodges decision legalizing same-sex marriage and granting equal rights to same-sex couples ushered in a period of celebration and wins for parts of the LGBTQ community in the United States. With lower court victories, greater visibility in popular culture, and growing influence across American life, many were finally enjoying the fruit of long-term movement activism. Over this same period, however, the transgender community continued to fight for public accommodations, access to gender-affirming healthcare, and basic legal recognition. And now in 2025, the transgender community is squarely in the crosshairs of right-wing movements and actors who control the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, and 28 state legislatures. Their actions are direct attacks on trans Jews and their families, our Jewish community, and our democracy–every state but Vermont has introduced anti-trans legislation–but is our Jewish communal response adequate? We say the words betzelem elohim (in the image of g-d), but how do we reflect that we are all sacred in our community, our institutions, and our philanthropy–and can we do better?


    Please join Horizon Philanthropy in this timely conversation about trends in LGBTQ advocacy in the current moment and the role of Jewish philanthropy with Shelby Chestnut of the Transgender Law Center, Tyler Hack of the Christopher Street Project, and Idit Klein of Keshet, along with Rabbi Becky Silverstein.

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    Even prior to the horrors of October 7th, the ensuing Gaza War and the tragedies of Washington and Boulder, fractures within the American Jewish community along political, ideological and religious lines–especially, it must be said, along the spectrum of opinion on Zionism and antisemitism-were jeopardizing individual relationships, community solidarity, and peoplehood writ-large.

    Aligning with rigid definitions of antisemitism and Zionism–along with demonizing of Jews who either hold different definitions or challenge those of the center–creates significant divisions in our Jewish community, pushes Jews who do not subscribe to the mainstream’s views to the margins, and attempts to excise them from American Jewish life and story altogether. 

    This is bad for the Jews, and bad for democracy.

    In this 90-minute conversation, we will explore with Dr. Shaul Magid, Harvard Divinity School Professor of Modern Jewish Studies and Horizon principal Ginna Green, the current states of U.S. democracy and Jewish peoplehood, and the impact of the Gaza War on both. This will be followed by an expert and diverse panel of Jewish leaders sharing their assessment of the Jewish community, how the Gaza War has shifted the landscape, and how we can cultivate a peoplehood that includes all of us, no matter where we live, what we believe about the State of Israel, or how we define antisemitism. 

    At a time of ascendant facism and decreasing safety, please join us for what may be no more timely conversation for the Jewish people. 

Membership Programming:

  • US Jewish (and not!) Pro-Democracy Landscape: An Overview 

    Approaches to Philanthropy: Peer Connection (facilitated small group conversations)

  • Enough: Sukkot, Stability, and Philanthropy

    Giving Circle Kick-off

  • More information to come on gatherings in Chicago, Detroit, Denver, Seattle, and Raleigh-Durham.

Past Programs

  • Aaron Dorfman, A More Perfect Union
    Joe Goldman, Democracy Fund
    Ginna Green, Horizon Philanthropy
    Melissa Spatz, Trusted Elections Fund 

    The American Jewish community has historically played a multifaceted and outsized role in the pursuit of progress in the United States. For more than a century, through activism, journalism, advocacy and philanthropy, in the United States we have applied our Jewish values in service of a more just nation where everyone–no matter where they come from or how they worship–can thrive. 

    However, the philanthropic anchor of this multifaceted role is no longer holding its weight. Trends in both Jewish philanthropy and the progressive movement have distanced them from each other at precisely the very moment that our democracy is under unprecedented threat. Jewish funders are retreating from funding the justice-oriented organizing and advocacy that they have historically supported for decades–both within the Jewish social justice sector and outside of it–and that has also been some of the most important pro-democracy work in the United States in recent years. This trend puts our nation, our democracy, and our Jewish community at risk.  

    Join Horizon Philanthropy for an urgent conversation with Jewish democracy funders and strategists on what’s at stake, what’s necessary, and what’s possible for Jewish philanthropy and our role fighting authoritarianism in the now, and creating the American democracy where we are all safe and thriving for the future.

  • Join Ginna Green, Abby Levine, Bryan Perlmutter, and Rabbi Becky Silverstein to learn more about Horizon Philanthropy and how we are joining the fight to build an inclusive, multiracial democracy.

    Throughout this hour, we will share Horizon’s origin story and theory of change, as well as more details on our different areas of work.  You will also have the opportunity to hear two advisory council members share why this work is so critical in this moment.

  • Recent activities of the current regime--ranging from the abduction of Mahmoud Kahlil and the unprecedented firings of employees at federal agencies like the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to attacks on nonprofits and their attorneys--have significantly escalated the possibility of fascism in the U.S. This development represents an increasingly urgent and existential threat to the safety of the American Jewish community, including trans people, immigrants, people of color, and women. 

    Join Horizon Philanthropy along with Dahlia Lithwick of Slate and the Amicus podcast, Robert Weissman of Public Citizen, and Phylisa Wisdom of New York Jewish Agenda for an urgent briefing on the up-to-the-minute state of our democracy, impacts of the administration’s multi-pronged authoritarian attacks, and opportunities for action for the Jewish philanthropic sector.

  • It’s never good for the Jews when we are divided, yet it is both discourse on principles that have made Jewish progress possible–diversity, equity, and inclusion–and discourse on the oppression that harms us–antisemitism–that are combining to threaten Jewish safety, Jewish peoplehood, and pro-democracy movements in the U.S. How should American Jewish communal leadership and philanthropy respond to attacks on us, as well attacks on the very principles that have made Jewish progress and success possible?

    Join us for a timely exploration of these challenges and opportunities with Sharon Goldtzvik of Uprise, Dr. Deitra Reiser of Transform for Equity, and Rabbi David Saperstein of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, along with Ginna Green of Horizon Philanthropy.

  • Join the Horizon Philanthropy team for a conversation connecting the work of Horizon Philanthropy with the work to move financial resources to social justice organizations. This conversation is geared towards development directors; all development staff are welcome

HORIZON PHILANTHROPY convenes and supports Jewish philanthropists, funding professionals, and advisors in service of strengthening the American Jewish commitment to inclusive, multiracial democracy, and a world where everyone can thrive.