For an overview of Jewish youth philanthropy, listen to “Getting in on the Ground Floor,” an audio file of a workshop organized by JTFN at the 2007 JFN conference. A description of the session is below, and the MP3 file is on the right of this page.

Getting in on the Ground Floor - The Jewish Teen Funders Network
What would a group of teenagers do if they had $20,000 to give away? Meet two teen participants in the Teen Tzedakah Project in West Palm Beach, who discuss how their involvement in Jewish youth philanthropy has changed the way they think about themselves as Jews and as effective philanthropists. Learn from funders who created Jewish youth philanthropy programs in their communities, and how the newly-launched Jewish Teen Funders Network (JTFN) will help you bring Jewish youth philanthropy to day schools, synagogues, federations, community foundations, and youth groups to your community. Hear about JTFN’s new pilot incentive grants program, which will provide 6–8 communities with up to $10,000 a year for three years to create local Jewish youth philanthropy programs, and learn how to apply!

    Presenters:

• Harold Grinspoon, Founder and Chairman, Harold Grinspoon Foundation

• Michael Kesselman, Program Director, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
• Ricky Shechtel, Executive Director, Sierra Foundation and Chair, Jewish Funders Network
  
  Teen Program Representatives:
• Elana Kanel, Alumna and Founding Member of the Teen Tzedakah Project of the Friedman Commission for Jewish Education
• Sydney Lampert, President, Teen Tzedakah Project of the Friedman Commission for Jewish Education
• Moderator:   Barbara Lubran, President, Estelle Friedman Gervis Family Foundation