Jewish Future Promise

The Jewish Future Promise, originally the Jewish Future Pledge, is a charitable campaign modeled after The Giving Pledge, to encourage American Jews to designate at least 50% of their charitable giving to Jewish- or Israel-related causes. Over 100,000 people have signed the pledge since its inception in May 2020.

History

Co-creators Michael Leven and Amy Holtz launched the pledge in May 2020, modeled after The Giving Pledge, to encourage American Jews to designate at least 50% of their charitable giving to Jewish- or Israel-related causes.^[1] According to Leven and Holtz, Americans will donate $68 trillion in wealth over the next generation, 20% of which will be given by Jewish donors. Its aim is for at least half of that 20%, or more than $600 billion, to go to Jewish causes,^[2][3] compared to the estimated 11% of donations that do now.^[4] The Pledge partnered with the Jewish Federations of North America, Jewish National Fund, and Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi^[5] to integrate the pledge into traditional vehicles of Jewish philanthropy.^[3] The Pledge partnered with Morgan Stanley to create a donor-advised fund.^[5]

On February 8, 2024, the Pledge changed its named to the Jewish Future Promise.^[6]

Jewish Youth Promise

In 2023, the Pledge launched the Jewish Youth Promise for people aged 13-24 to commit to being active members of the Jewish community.^[7] By March 2025, the Youth Promise had surpassed 30,000 signatures, including 10,000 associated with Jewish fraternity AEPi.^[8]

Signatories

As of October 2023, more than 25,000 donors, including individuals, family foundations, and families, had pledged $2.4 billion as part of the pledge.^[4] By February 2024, there were almost 50,000 signatories.^[6] According to Leven, by October 2024, there were over 80,000 signatories.^[9] The number of pledges crossed 100,000 on April 8, 2025.^[10]

Notable signers of the pledge include businessman Charles Bronfman, The Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus, philanthropist Julie Platt,^[1] advocate Morton Klein,^[4] activist Noa Tishby,^[2] comedian Modi Rosenfeld, lawyer Alan Dershowitz,^[6] and actress Patricia Heaton.^[10]