MA Jewish Funders Collaborative: How insights from the 2025 Greater Boston Jewish Community Study can inform sStrategic philanthropy
Featuring Shani Wilkes and Catharyn Gildesgame
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2025 Greater Boston Jewish Community Study is a landmark effort to understand the size, diversity, and evolving engagement of our Jewish community. Join us to hear the key findings and learn how grantmakers can use this new data to shape their strategy for the coming years.
This session will feature reflections and insights from Shani Wilkes, who has led the study’s strategic development, and Catharyn Gildesgame, Chair of CJP’s Community Investments Committee, whose leadership has helped shape the study’s direction and impact.
- How conducting and publishing this research strengthens the fabric of the Jewish community
- What the data reveals about Jewish life in Greater Boston today and strategic priorities for communal thriving
- How CJP developed a system to measure how Jewish adults express identity, connection, and belonging
- How funders can use innovative tools—like CJP’s new interactive data platform—to access and act on these findings
This event is an opportunity for the MA Jewish Funders Collective to engage with the data, ask questions, and consider what comes next. We look forward to seeing you there for an illuminating conversation about how data can drive meaningful change.