Jews For Racial & Economic Justice

What Jews For Racial & Economic Justice does

Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ) is a 35-year-old nonprofit grassroots organizing organization founded circa 1991 in New York City, structured as two affiliated entities — JFREJ Action (501c4) and JFREJ Community (501c3) — to combine legislative advocacy with tax-deductible charitable work. The organization serves progressive Jews across all five NYC boroughs through a membership model built around neighborhood groups (Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island), identity-based caucuses (Jews of Color, Mizrahi & Sephardi, Poor & Working Class, Disability), and an active campaign portfolio spanning hate violence prevention, immigration justice, care economy ('Caring Majority'), police accountability, antisemitism, and Israel-Palestine advocacy. Its 'The Jewish Vote' sub-brand conducts electoral organizing in support of progressive candidates.

The business model is nonprofit and membership-driven: JFREJ generates revenue through sliding-scale membership dues (suggested at $5/month or $36/year, with no one turned away for lack of funds), grassroots fundraising campaigns, and event-based revenue (annual Mazals party, Purimspiel, comedy fundraisers). With 11-50 staff and 6,000 members, the organization is mid-sized by NYC nonprofit standards and is governed by its membership and Board of Directors under Executive Director Audrey Sasson. There is no equity ownership, no disclosed revenue, no app, no proprietary technology platform, and no AI capability — the organization's 'product' is its organizing capacity and political influence, not a software or service offering.

JFREJ's go-to-market is community-led organizing: prospective members are recruited through orientations, neighborhood group meetings, monthly assemblies, and event-driven engagement, then retained through dues-supported membership, caucus participation, and direct action campaigns. Distribution relies on a six-channel social media presence (Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Bluesky), email newsletters, earned media (NY Times, NY Daily News, Brooklyn Daily Eagle coverage), and in-person community infrastructure. Recent 2026 strategic activity — including coalition leadership with major labor unions (1199 SEIU, CWA, Teamsters Local 804), engagement with Mayor Mamdani's administration, and a $26-30M NYC Against Hate Violence policy proposal — indicates the organization is in a phase of expanded political influence and cross-movement coalition building.

Name

Jews For Racial & Economic Justice

Legal name

JFREJ Action

Website

https://jfrej.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ) is a NYC-based 501c4 nonprofit organizing 6,000 progressive Jewish members across neighborhood groups and identity caucuses for racial, economic, and immigrant justice campaigns and electoral organizing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Justice Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Governance, Democracy & Rule of Law (BPAGABAI), Minority, Indigenous & Disability Rights (BPADAGAH)

Keywords

• Grassroots community organizing
• Social justice advocacy
• Political organizing
• Nonprofit membership
• Electoral organizing

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: JFREJ generates revenue through membership dues from its 6,000 members. Dues are structured on a sliding scale basis, with suggested rates of $5/month or $36/year.
2. Grassroots Fundraising: The organization conducts grassroots fundraising campaigns including direct appeals, phonebanks, and member-driven fundraising initiatives to support its campaigns and organizing work.
3. Event Revenue: JFREJ organizes fundraising events such as the annual Mazals party, comedy fundraisers, and other community events that generate revenue while building community. The organization notes that contributions to JFREJ Action are not deductible for income tax purposes as it is a 501c4 organization.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

JFREJ is a 6,000-member grassroots membership organization that organizes New York City Jews for racial and economic justice through neighborhood groups, affinity caucuses, direct-action campaigns, electoral organizing, and policy advocacy. It operates dual nonprofit entities (JFREJ Action 501c4 and JFREJ Community 501c3) to mobilize members across racial justice, immigrant rights, care economy, hate violence prevention, and anti-Zionist electoral work. Members participate via sliding-scale dues, neighborhood meetings, campaign actions, and community events across all five NYC boroughs.

Product overview

Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ) is a grassroots community organizing organization, not a product or technology company. The organization offers political campaigns, community organizing programs, member engagement initiatives, and advocacy efforts focused on racial and economic justice. Their programs include neighborhood groups, affinity caucuses (Jews of Color, Mizrahi & Sephardi, Poor & Working Class, Disability), campaign organizing (ending deportations, hate violence prevention, caring economy, electoral engagement), member training, and community resources such as songbooks and voter guides.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Jewish Vote: JFREJ's electoral program focused on mobilizing Jewish voters and endorsing progressive candidates in New York elections.
• Caring Majority
• NYC Against Hate Violence

Products and services

• JFREJ Membership Core paid membership offering on a sliding-scale dues structure (suggested $5/month or $36/year), granting access to neighborhood groups, affinity caucuses, campaign meetings, orientations, training, and voting rights at membership assemblies. No one is turned away for lack of funds.
• The Jewish Vote Electoral organizing program that mobilizes Jewish voters, endorses progressive candidates, conducts phonebanks and canvassing, publishes primary voter guides, and runs field operations in NYC primary and general elections.
• Caring Majority (Share the Wealth for Care) Care-economy campaign advocating for taxing the rich to fund home care workers, elderly care services, and the broader care workforce in New York.
• End Deportations Campaign Migrant justice campaign focused on housing justice for asylum seekers, rapid response to ICE enforcement actions, and deportation defense organizing in partnership with immigrant-led organizations.
• Hate Violence Prevention & Abolition (NYC Against Hate Violence) Coalition-led policy platform recommending $26-30M in non-carceral hate violence prevention funding for NYC, developed with community partners and consulted with the Mayor's office.
• Ending NYPD Violence (Holding Police Accountable) Police accountability campaign under the Freedom to Thrive initiative that organizes against police violence, surveillance, and over-policing in NYC communities.
• Combating Antisemitism Campaign Campaign to combat antisemitism through non-carceral prevention, community safety organizing, and dismantling white nationalist and far-right violence targeting Jewish communities.
• Israel-Palestine as a Local Issue Campaign

Quantifiable outcome

• 6,000 members organized across NYC
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor, core and major.

• Mi TlalliminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJFREJ partners with Mi Tlalli, an organization serving asylum-seeking neighbors and undocumented community members in NYC. JFREJ's annual Purimspiel fundraiser donates proceeds to Mi Tlalli, supporting their work with immigrant communities.
• Eli Northrup CampaigncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerJFREJ actively supports Eli Northrup's campaign for NY State Assembly District 69 through get-out-the-vote efforts, neighborhood group phonebanks, and canvassing operations.
• Jessica González-Rojas CampaigncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerJFREJ's 'The Jewish Vote' program supports Jessica González-Rojas campaign through poll site visibility, canvassing, and electoral organizing in Queens.
• Aber Kawas CampaigncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerJFREJ supports Aber Kawas for NY State Senate through phonebanks, canvassing in Astoria, and electoral field operations to elect progressive candidates.
• NYC Against Hate Violence CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJFREJ leads and consults with a coalition of community partners to develop and promote the NYC Against Hate Violence comprehensive policy platform recommending $26-30M in non-carceral hate violence prevention funding.
• Labor Unions (1199 SEIU, CWA, Teamsters Local 804)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor labor unions including 1199 SEIU, CWA, and Teamsters Local 804 joined JFREJ in calling on Mayor Mamdani to veto buffer zone legislation, demonstrating cross-movement solidarity.

Scale indicators4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• HIAS: Jewish-founded refugee resettlement and immigrant rights agency with global operations. Comparable to JFREJ on immigrant justice organizing and Jewish-community engagement with refugee policy.
• Anti-Defamation League: Established Jewish civil rights organization, large national footprint, focused on combating antisemitism, extremism, and hate. Comparable to JFREJ on antisemitism-related advocacy but is a large incumbent with a broader, less explicitly progressive framing.
• Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism: Advocacy arm of Reform Judaism organizing Jewish liberals on social justice, voting rights, and immigration. Comparable to JFREJ on Jewish-community progressive advocacy, though housed within a larger denominational body.

Direct peers

• T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights: Jewish rabbinic human rights organization mobilizing clergy around human rights, immigrants' rights, and Israeli-Palestinian issues. Comparable to JFREJ in progressive Jewish values, intersectional justice framing, and member/clergy-driven advocacy.
• Jewish Voice for Peace: Progressive Jewish organization advocating for Palestinian rights and against Israeli occupation, with significant NYC membership. Highly comparable to JFREJ on stance toward Israel-Palestine as a Jewish-community issue and grassroots mobilization model.
• Bend the Arc: Jewish Partnership for Justice: U.S. Jewish progressive organizing network focused on racial, economic, and immigrant justice with national reach. Highly comparable to JFREJ on mission (progressive Jewish organizing, racial/economic justice) and base model (membership + leadership development), though it operates nationally rather than NYC-only.
• New Jewish Narrative: Progressive Jewish organization focused on changing U.S. Jewish communal discourse and policy on Israel-Palestine. Comparable to JFREJ in promoting progressive Jewish views in mainstream discourse and operating with a NYC-relevant footprint.
• IfNotNow: Movement of American Jewish young adults challenging the Israeli occupation through community organizing, direct action, and local chapters. Comparable to JFREJ as a next-generation progressive Jewish organizing entity using direct action and base-building tactics.

Emerging players

• Avodah: Jewish anti-poverty organization mobilizing young Jewish leaders into social justice careers, with significant NYC presence. Comparable to JFREJ on Jewish-affiliated grassroots mobilization around economic justice and leadership development.

Others

• Drisha/Social Justice at Drisha: NYC-based progressive Jewish learning and organizing community with overlap in progressive Jewish intellectual and activist circles. Related via adjacent cultural and educational infrastructure rather than direct organizing, hence an "others" peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/JFREJNYC
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/jfrej
• Facebookfacebook.com/JFREJNYC
• Instagraminstagram.com/JFREJNYC
• TikToktiktok.com/@jfrejnyc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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