NECHAMA Receives $500,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to Support Capacity Building
NECHAMA just received notice of a $500,000 award from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support our capacity building efforts.
During 2025, NECHAMA engaged in comprehensive strategic planning to envision how we could substantially increase our operational capacity, including doubling the size of our operations team and being able to mount two significant deployments simultaneously, becoming much better known in the Jewish and general communities, and fully actualizing our projects to combat antisemitism in the disaster response arena and help contribute to the identity and engagement of our Jewish volunteers, and the necessary fundraising to advance these.
Successfully implementing these priorities will lead to a more than doubling of our budget from the current $1.6 million to an estimated $4.0 million. Lilly Endowment’s tangible support and confidence in NECHAMA helps launch our capacity building, providing crucial seed funding for these efforts. Please find the press release announcing this gift below.
Read the Official Press Release Here
A Meaningful Legacy Gift that will Help Strengthen NECHAMA’s Future
Recently, the estate of Miriam Segall (of blessed memory) made a $100,000 bequest to NECHAMA as part of her enduring commitment to Jewish life, learning, and continuity.
Miriam passed away on July 9, 2024.
Miriam’s legacy gift to NECHAMA, which we just received, reflects her deeply held values of tzedakah (charitable giving), l’dor v’dor (from generation to generation), and a profound belief in the strength and future of our community. Through this bequest, Miriam helps ensure that our mission will continue to thrive. Please find more information about Miriam Segall and her bequest here.