Making Mensches does work that Jewish funders will not fund, as we refuse to budge on our principles of anti-zionism. We have been rejected from grants specifically for being anti-zionist. It is difficult to secure funding outside of Jewish funders because our work is very niche. This is a struggle that many anti-zionist Jewish creators face, while our institutions do not represent us. Currently, Jessie and Elana spend at least 20 hours a week on Making Mensches. This is on top of both working underpaid full time (40 hour/week) jobs. This is not sustainable for us, and we want this work to be sustainable. 

We currently cover expenses for our events, such as supplies and parking, and want to do things such as rent accessible space, pay people who contribute to our events, host larger scale events such as conferences, and much more. We want our spaces and work to remain completely accessible to everyone, with no financial barriers. 

With all of this in mind, we want to remain true to our grassroots principles and ask our community to help fund our work through donations.
We ask that your money first and foremost go to mutual aid for Palestinians!