Join For Justice Inc

What Join For Justice Inc does

Join For Justice Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1998 in Boston, Massachusetts, operating nationally to train, support, and connect Jewish organizers and their communities. The organization runs a portfolio of fellowship programs (Jews of Color Organizing Fellowship, Clergy Leadership and Organizing Program, Klei Kodesh Fellowship, Access to Power Fellowship, Jewish Organizing Fellowship), online courses (Don't Kvetch, Organize!), congregational training initiatives (SEA Change, ROAR!), cross-seminary leadership courses, and consulting services. Its core technology stack is minimal: a learning management system for virtual courses and Zoom for synchronous training and coaching, with no proprietary software products or APIs.

The organization serves Jewish communal leaders—rabbis, cantors, rabbinical students, Jews of Color, Jews with disabilities, and lay leaders—alongside partner organizations including unions, community development corporations, interfaith coalitions, and national Jewish advocacy organizations. Its go-to-market is community-led: participants are recruited through seminaries, synagogues, Jewish Community Relations Councils, and alumni networks; fellows are placed at partner organizations for year-long apprenticeships; tuition is heavily subsidized or funded through donations and grants. Revenue is generated primarily through charitable donations, foundation grants, and modest program fees (e.g., $750 for Clergy Fellowship plus travel). Placement organizations pay fellows $34,000-$45,000 in salary, but these are not direct revenues to JOIN.

Strategically, JOIN transitioned to a co-executive director model in March 2022 under Jessica Greenblatt Seeley and Meir Lakein, and has sharply expanded its programmatic focus on intersectional organizing—building first-ever national fellowships for Jews of Color and Jews with disabilities, while extending reach through virtual programming to clergy regions in Miami, St. Louis, and nationwide.

Name

Join For Justice Inc

Legal name

The Jewish Organizing Institute and Network for Justice (JOIN for Justice)

Website

https://joinforjustice.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Join For Justice is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit that trains, supports, and connects Jewish organizers through fellowships, online courses, and consulting. It serves rabbis, rabbinical students, Jews of Color, Jews with disabilities, and partner community organizations across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Leadership Training

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Racial & Ethnic Justice Organizations (BPAGAFAC)

Keywords

• Community organizing training
• Leadership fellowships
• Nonprofit training programs
• Social justice organizing
• Jewish community education

Headquarters

HQ city

Quincy

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: As a national nonprofit organization, JOIN for Justice generates revenue primarily through charitable donations and grants from foundations and individual donors who support Jewish social justice organizing training.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

JOIN for Justice is a national nonprofit that trains, supports, and connects Jewish organizers through fellowship programs (year-long apprenticeships for young adults, clergy fellowships for rabbis and rabbinical students, fellowships for Jews of Color, Jews with disabilities, and seminary students), virtual courses such as the eight-week Don't Kvetch, Organize!, and consulting/training services for synagogues, coalitions, and advocacy organizations. The organization blends Jewish wisdom with modern community-organizing practice and places fellows at unions, community development corporations, interfaith coalitions, and issue-based organizations.

Product overview

JOIN for Justice is a national nonprofit organization that operates as a unified platform of training programs, not a software product. The organization offers an integrated portfolio of fellowship programs, online courses, and consulting services focused on training Jewish leaders in community organizing. Core programs include the Jews of Color Organizing Fellowship (the first national JOC fellowship), SEA Change (congregational racial justice training), Clergy Leadership and Organizing Program (for rabbinical students and rabbis), and Klei Kodesh Fellowship (for Jews of Color in seminary). Online offerings include Don't Kvetch, Organize! (an eight-week virtual organizing course) and Access to Power Fellowship (for Jewish organizers with disabilities). The organization also provides consulting and training services to strengthen organizing practices across Jewish communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Jews of Color Organizing Fellowship (JOC): The first-ever national Fellowship program training Jews of Color (JOCs) in community organizing, providing training, mentorship, a living wage organizing job, and community support.
• SEA Change
• Don't Kvetch, Organize! (DKO)
• Klei Kodesh Fellowship
• Access to Power Fellowship

Products and services

• Jews of Color Organizing Fellowship

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 180,000 Floridian Jews reached during Amendment 4 campaign, contributing to restoring voting rights to 1.4 million Floridians
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Sins InvalidcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Disability justice organization that served as key planning and implementation partner for the Access to Power Fellowship. Contributed to curriculum development, fellow selection criteria, leading trainings, and adapting program based on feedback. Grounded program in disability justice and on-the-ground disability organizing.
• National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021National organization representing Centers for Independent Living and their consumers. Partnered in planning and implementing Access to Power Fellowship for Jewish organizers with disabilities. Provided consultation on disability organizing and independent living issues.
• Detroit Disability PowercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Disability power organization in Detroit that co-designed and co-led Access to Power Fellowship. Director Dessa Cosma spoke on panels as part of Don't Kvetch, Organize! programming. Helped connect Fellows to broader disability community.
• Leili Davari (Consultant)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Consultant who provided guidance and consultation for Access to Power Fellowship program development and implementation.
• PeoplesHubminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Organization where Dustin Gibson serves as Access, Disability and Language Justice Coordinator. Dustin led training sessions for Access to Power Fellows on building access-centered cultures in organizations and movements.
• Faith in ActionminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019National faith-based organizing network. Speakers Megan Black and Rabbi Amy Eilberg presented at JOIN's Clergy Gathering to share organizing strategies.
• Religious Action Center (RAC) of Reform JudaismcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2018Jewish advocacy organization for which JOIN served as trainer, coach, strategist, and digital media support during Florida Amendment 4 voting rights campaign. RAC led coalition work to organize Jewish communities in support of restoring voting rights.
• National Council of Jewish WomencoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2018Jewish women's organization that was part of the Jewish Coalition for Amendment 4 in Florida. JOIN provided organizing training and support for their community engagement efforts.
• Anti-Defamation League (ADL)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2018Jewish civil rights organization that participated in the Jewish Coalition for Amendment 4 campaign. JOIN provided training and strategic support for their organizing efforts.
• Second Chances Florida CoalitioncoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2018Coalition that led years of work to pass Amendment 4 restoring voting rights to Floridians with felony convictions. JOIN supported their multi-faith, multicultural campaign effort.
• Jewish Women's Foundation of New York (JWFNY)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2015Foundation that adopted policy requiring grant applicants to have paid parental leave policies. Alumni of Don't Kvetch, Organize! course helped develop and implement this groundbreaking policy.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Repair the World: Jewish nonprofit mobilizing young Jewish adults around service and social justice learning. Operates cohort-based fellowship-style programs with strong alignment to JOIN's young-adult audience and Jewish-identity-plus-justice framing.
• Avodah: Jewish service organization running the Avodah Jewish Service Corps and leadership development programs for young adults. Highly comparable peer given its focus on Jewish young-adult leadership pipelines, cohort-based fellowships, and placement of fellows at social-justice host organizations.
• Faith in Action: National faith-based community-organizing network of which JOIN is a partner. Closely aligned mission around training clergy and faith leaders in community organizing, conducting political-issue campaigns (voting rights, economic justice), and operating multi-faith coalitions across U.S. regions.
• Moving Traditions: Jewish organization that partners with synagogues, JCCs, and communities to run youth and family programming rooted in Jewish values and social-emotional learning. Operates in similar Jewish-educational/training space with cohort-based curricula for Jewish identity formation.
• MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger: National Jewish advocacy nonprofit focused on ending hunger, with strong programmatic emphasis on coalition organizing, policy advocacy, and mobilizing Jewish communal institutions. Comparable as a Jewish-mission-driven advocacy and coalition trainer in the social-justice ecosystem.
• Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice: U.S. national Jewish organizing and advocacy organization that mobilizes Jewish communities around progressive social justice issues. Closest comparable peer to JOIN given its overlapping mission of training Jewish leaders and engaging congregations on issues like voting rights, immigrant rights, and economic justice.

Broad incumbents

• HIAS: Global Jewish humanitarian organization supporting refugees and displaced people. Overlaps with JOIN in mobilizing Jewish communities for social-justice advocacy and operating as a major institutional Jewish voice in progressive coalitions, but at significantly larger scale and broader humanitarian scope.
• New Israel Fund: Progressive Jewish organization supporting civil and human rights in Israel. Shares ideological territory with JOIN's progressive Jewish-justice frame and trains/connects Jewish leaders, though focused transatlantically rather than on U.S. domestic community organizing.
• American Jewish Committee (AJC): Established global Jewish advocacy organization working on foreign policy, civil rights, and intergroup relations. Comparable as a Jewish organizational leader active in coalition advocacy and leadership training, though considerably larger and more mainstream than JOIN's progressive faith-organizing niche.
• Anti-Defamation League (ADL): Major Jewish civil-rights organization partnering with JOIN on Florida Amendment 4 and broader civic engagement. Operates at national scale in voter protection, civil-rights advocacy, and Jewish community security, overlapping with JOIN in training Jewish leaders for civic action.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UChnDs4BjLU1PoT80V4zQu4g
• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/JOIN-for-Justice/294603340585629
• Instagraminstagram.com/joinforjustice_org
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/join-for-justice

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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Investments

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