Dayenu

What Dayenu does

Dayenu (legal name: Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2020 by Rabbi Jennie Rosenn and Phil Aroneanu, operating under fiscal sponsor Social Good Fund. It mobilizes the American Jewish community to confront the climate crisis through a combination of grassroots organizing, Jewish spiritual practice, and political advocacy. Its core product surface is built around Dayenu Circles — small groups of 5–10 people meeting monthly through synagogues, Hillels, JCCs, and Moishe Houses — now numbering over 100 prospective or active circles across the US and Canada. Dayenu runs the Chutzpah GOTV campaign (17 phonebanks, 106,000+ dials, 6,700+ voter conversations in 2025), state-level advocacy campaigns in California, Massachusetts, and New York, Spiritual Adaptation workshops (delivered to 30+ communities), the Rising Tides Rising Voices songbook (70+ songs), the Jews of Color Caucus, the Young People Organizing program, and the inaugural Campus Fellowship Program.

The organization's technology footprint is intentionally minimal: no proprietary platform is described. Its operational stack consists of EveryAction for donation processing, email, and contact management, and FastAction (by NGPVAN) for advocacy action alerts and form autofill. Distribution occurs directly via the website, email, phonebanking events, in-person workshops, rallies, and partnerships with Jewish communal institutions and interfaith coalitions.

Dayenu's revenue model is entirely philanthropic. It generates income through individual donations (preset tiers of $18 to $5,000, with monthly recurring options), a Monthly Sustainer Program ($5–$108/month), and grants from institutional funders — most notably The Covenant Foundation, which supports Spiritual Adaptation work. The organization employs approximately 17 staff plus associates and an advisory board, and its senior leadership draws from Sierra Club, Oxfam, 350.org, HIAS, and Sunrise Movement, lending it substantial credibility in both climate organizing and Jewish communal life.

Name

Dayenu

Legal name

Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action

Website

https://dayenu.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dayenu is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that mobilizes American Jews through grassroots Dayenu Circles, spiritual workshops, and state-level advocacy campaigns to take bold political action on the climate crisis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Climate Advocacy and Movement Organizing

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation (BPAGAGAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Climate Policy, Governance & NDC Support (BPADALAA), International & Local Implementing NGOs (HLAJAKAD)

Keywords

• Climate advocacy
• Grassroots organizing
• Faith-based activism
• Community organizing
• Political mobilization

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Dayenu relies primarily on individual donations from supporters. The donation page offers preset amounts ($18, $54, $100, $180, $500, $1,000, $5,000) with options for monthly recurring contributions. Donations are processed through EveryAction and can also be made by check or donor-advised fund via fiscal sponsor Social Good Fund.
2. Monthly Sustainer Program: Monthly donor program with suggested amounts of $5, $36, $72, or $108 per month. Monthly donors receive custom Dayenu swag, quarterly impact letters from leadership, and access to a community of like-minded activists.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels13 records

Core offering

Dayenu is a Jewish climate movement organization that mobilizes the American Jewish community to confront the climate crisis through grassroots organizing, spiritual resourcing, and bold political action. Its core offerings include the Dayenu Circles distributed organizing network (100+ small groups), Spiritual Adaptation workshops, the Chutzpah GOTV campaign, voter mobilization and state-level advocacy, training programs for young organizers, a Resource Library of Jewish climate materials, and the Rising Tides Rising Voices songbook.

Product overview

Dayenu is a movement organization rather than a traditional software product. Its core offering is a multi-faceted organizing platform built around grassroots community organizing, spiritual resourcing, and political advocacy. The primary products include Dayenu Circles (grassroots organizing units), Spiritual Adaptation Workshops, the Rising Tides Rising Voices Songbook, Jews of Color Caucus, Young People Organizing, Chutzpah GOTV Campaign, We Rise Campaign, Taking Down Goliath Training, and a Resource Library. These products work together to build a multi-generational Jewish climate movement through community organizing, spiritual support, artistic expression, and political action.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Chutzpah: Dayenu's signature GOTV (Get Out The Vote) campaign mobilizing climate voters
• Dayenu Circles
• Spiritual Adaptation
• Jews of Color Caucus (JOC Caucus)
• Taking Down Goliath

Products and services

• Dayenu Circles Small groups of 5-10 people who meet regularly to engage in Dayenu-led climate campaigns and grapple with spiritual and existential questions raised by the climate crisis. Circles serve as the grassroots organizing unit of the movement.
• Spiritual Adaptation Workshops 2-hour experiential workshops titled 'Cultivating Spiritual Courage To Confront The Climate Crisis' that draw on Jewish teachings, stories, and music to help participants confront the climate crisis, cultivate hope, and move into courageous action. Offered to synagogues, Hillels, Moishe Houses, and Jews of Color collectives.
• Chutzpah GOTV Campaign Signature GOTV campaign that mobilizes climate voters through phonebanking, postcarding, and voter outreach in key electoral states, in partnership with Environmental Voter Project, Citizens Climate Lobby Brooklyn EJ Team, and Repair the World.
• We Rise: Climate, Jobs & Justice for All State and local campaign mobilizing to strengthen communities through climate action that creates jobs and delivers justice for a livable future.
• Young People Organizing Community and organizing opportunities for young people ages 18-32, including student organizing on college campuses and young adult climate action in communities.
• Taking Down Goliath Training Jewish Climate Organizing Training for aspiring and active climate organizers ages 18-32, providing foundational organizing skills for the movement.
• Jews of Color Caucus An inclusive space for Jews of Color within the climate movement, creating community, developing leadership, and building collective power to address climate crisis harm through monthly caucuses.
• Dayenu Resource Library Extensive library of Jewish climate resources including organizing guides, campaign materials, Climate Torah, music and arts resources, holiday resources, and fossil fuel finance materials.
• Rising Tides, Rising Voices Songbook A songbook for the Jewish climate movement containing 70+ songs and chants to inspire and mobilize, energize for action, and comfort in times of grief. Available in a second edition.

Quantifiable outcome

• 6,700+ conversations with climate voters in the 2025 Chutzpah campaign, with 106,000+ dials made across 17 phonebanks
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Environmental Voter Project (EVP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEVP identifies millions of non-voting environmentalists and turns them into consistent voters. Dayenu is proud to partner with EVP and appreciates its research-base and strategic approach to getting out the climate vote. EVP is the core partner in Dayenu's Chutzpah GOTV campaign.
• Citizens Climate Lobby Brooklyn Environmental Justice TeamminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnered with Dayenu for an in-person postcarding event in Brooklyn as part of the Chutzpah campaign to mobilize climate voters.
• Repair the WorldminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnered with Dayenu for postcarding events as part of the Chutzpah campaign to get climate voters to the polls.
• The Religious Action Center (RAC-CA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDayenu partners with the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism in California to host climate gatherings. RAC-CA and Dayenu co-host events in California for climate action, community building, and leadership development.
• Jewish communal institutions (synagogues, Hillels, JCCs)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDayenu partners with Jewish communal institutions nationwide to establish Dayenu Circles, distribute resources, and mobilize congregants for climate action. These institutions serve as local organizing hubs for the Dayenu movement.
• Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDayenu Circles in the DC/MD/VA area are co-branded with or listed under Interfaith Power & Light, connecting the Jewish climate movement to an interfaith climate coalition.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• 350.org: Global grassroots climate organization co-founded by Phil Aroneanu, Dayenu's co-founder and former Chief Strategy Officer. Directly comparable in movement-building philosophy, distributed organizing model, and climate policy advocacy, though 350.org is secular and globally focused.
• Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL): The Jewish communal establishment's longstanding environmental advocacy arm. Directly comparable as a Jewish-specific environmental policy and organizing organization, though it operates more as a coalition within the Jewish communal establishment than as a grassroots movement.
• Interfaith Power & Light: A faith-based climate advocacy organization operating a national network of state affiliates focused on mobilizing religious communities for climate action. Directly comparable to Dayenu in combining spiritual framing with policy advocacy, and Dayenu Circles in DC/MD/VA are even co-branded with Interfaith Power & Light.
• GreenFaith: A multifaith climate and environmental justice organization that mobilizes religious communities for climate action. Directly comparable in combining spiritual grounding with organizing and policy advocacy, and a likely partner or competitor in the faith-based climate space.
• Repair the World: A Jewish service and social justice organization engaging young Jewish adults in volunteering and advocacy. Comparable as a Jewish communal partner (Rabbi Rosenn is a board member) and co-participant in Dayenu postcarding events; overlap in audience and mission.
• Environmental Voter Project: A nonpartisan nonprofit focused exclusively on turning out environmental voters. Directly comparable to Dayenu's Chutzpah campaign, and is Dayenu's core research and strategic partner for the GOTV campaign.

Broad incumbents

• Sierra Club: One of the largest and oldest environmental organizations in the US. Multiple Dayenu senior staff (Rachel Mandelbaum, Raquel Fernandez Makarov) previously built Sierra Club's federal organizing program, and Dayenu partners with Sierra Club-adjacent climate policy efforts.

Others

• HIAS: The Jewish refugee resettlement and advocacy organization where Rabbi Jennie Rosenn previously served as VP of Community Engagement. Comparable as a large Jewish communal advocacy organization, though not a climate peer; useful reference for nonprofit operating model and Jewish communal ecosystem positioning.

Emerging players

• Sunrise Movement: A youth-led political movement organizing young people to confront climate change and elect progressive candidates. Comparable to Dayenu's young people organizing and electoral work (Chutzpah), and has direct staff overlap via Sunrise alumni at Dayenu.
• Jewish Youth Climate Movement: A youth-led Jewish climate organizing network focused on mobilizing teens. Comparable to Dayenu's Young People Organizing and Campus Fellowship programs, and former Dayenu staffer Abby Bresler previously led this organization, indicating overlap in approach and constituency.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/JoinDayenu
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@dayenu
• Facebookfacebook.com/DayenuAction
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dayenuaction
• Instagraminstagram.com/joindayenu
• TikToktiktok.com/@dayenu.us

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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