Since its inception, the Posner Foundation has supported efforts to uplift the Jewish community, through both local organizations in our home of Pittsburgh, and abroad in regions like Eastern Europe. With the concerning rise in antisemitism in the U.S. over the past few years, the Posner Foundation embarked on a journey to find new grantee partners who are bringing creative and innovative approaches to tackling this deeply complex and personal issue.

Using the White House U.S. National Strategy to Combat Antisemitism as a guide, the Foundation supported its first slate of grants dedicated to combatting antisemitism in Summer 2024. We are proud to continue our partnerships with these organizations, listed below, and hope others will join us in this effort.

Jewish Story Partners
Jewish Story Partners gives filmmakers the resources they need to help bring compelling Jewish stories to life, including grants, technical assistance, and distribution support. Since their founding in 2021, they’ve granted $3.8 million to 118 films.

Notable successes for the organization include nine films being broadcast on PBS, three films at Tribeca Film Festival and nine films at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, and three films were recently short-listed for the 2026 Academy Award for Documentary Feature Film.

NECHAMA - Jewish Response to Disaster
NECHAMA is the country’s only national Jewish organization that offers sustained direct recovery services to respond to damage caused by natural disasters. NECHAMA’s deployment and continued recovery support in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene engaged over 1,000 volunteers who contributed over 13,500 hours of service.

In 2024, NECHAMA launched a strategic initiative to combat the rise of antisemitism linked to natural disasters by providing a compassionate Jewish presence on-the-ground in regions that may have little exposure to Jewish life.

Eradicate Hate
Eradicate Hate works to prevent hate-fueled violence through their Global Summit, working groups, youth programs, and targeted campaigns including “UP End Hate,” focused on training youth to stand up again hate and violence in their communities.

The 2025 Global Summit, held in Pittsburgh, convened over 1,500 attendees from around the world and included a keynote speech from Pennsylvania Governor, Josh Shapiro, who had recently survived an attack motivated by antisemitism.

Blue Square Alliance (formerly the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism)
The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism was founded by Robert Kraft in 2019 to stand up to Jewish hate and all hate by inspiring Americans to become active allies. In 2023, they launched the “Blue Square” campaign across social media (using the hashtags #StandUpToJewishHate and #TimeoutAgainstHate) and television, as well as a pin that individuals can wear to show their support.

In October 2025, the organization rebranded to the “Blue Square Alliance.”

Film Pittsburgh’s Teen Screen Program
Based in Pittsburgh, Teen Screen is a free educational experience that allows students of different backgrounds and learning styles to explore important, often difficult, topics through the engaging and dynamic medium of film, including antisemitism and the Holocaust and genocide in general.

During the past school year, Teen Screen served over 35,000 students and teachers from 236 school groups across Pennsylvania, Washington, West Virginia, Michigan, and New Jersey.

LIGHT Education Initiative
LIGHT is a Pittsburgh-based program that provides Holocaust and Tree of Life remembrance, antisemitism, and anti-hate programming for K-12 students and teachers, as well as school district-wide support. LIGHT trains educators and administrators in their unique curriculum and then engages students in school-based, anti-hate projects (both during and after school), in conjunction with the Eradicate Hate Global Summit.

In the 2024-25 school year, almost 16,000 participants engaged with LIGHT’s programming.