The Jewish Fund for Abortion Access powers the fight for reproductive freedom — activating the Jewish community and directing urgent, real-time funding to protect, expand, and deliver reproductive health care to those who need it most.
The Jewish Fund for Abortion Access grounds its grantmaking in the enduring wisdom of Rabbi Hillel, who taught in Pirkei Avot 1:14:
“If I am not for myself, who will be for me?
But if I am only for myself, what am I?
And if not now, when?”
Guided by this teaching, the Jewish Fund for Abortion Access drives change through three core grant-making areas:
Strengthening NCJW Movement-Building
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Funding local Jewish communities to advance reproductive freedom in statehouses, through direct advocacy, coalition campaigns, and ballot measure fights across the country.
Direct Service Grants
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Supporting organizations that help patients access essential care, from contraception and fertility care to prenatal, doula, and postpartum services, with a focus on states where access has been stripped away.
Emergency Resource Grants
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Rapidly deploying funds to trusted partners when crises arise, so essential services stay open and communities can respond when it matters most.
Voices from the field
Strengthening NCJW Movement-Building: In 2024, the Jewish Fund granted $5,000 to NCJW St. Louis to support their work passing a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights in Missouri. Their goal was to collect 2,000 petition signatures — they gathered 15,000.
"The Jewish Fund for Abortion Access grant allowed us to expand our efforts to get Amendment 3 on the ballot, ensuring that all Missourians, regardless of background or circumstance, have the right to make decisions about their bodies and futures."
— Wendy Flusser, Board Member, NCJW St. Louis
Providing Direct Services: When abortion was banned in Alabama, West Alabama Women's Center became a lifeline — going from 20 patients a month to nearly 100, providing free and sliding-scale reproductive care to a community with few other options. A Jewish Fund grant helped expand their birth doula program, with remarkable results.
"If there was any doubt that this was an essential service, that was dispelled just last month when one of our patients went into the hospital in active labor and was told she would be discharged if she wouldn't agree to pitocin to speed up her labor. With a doula to advocate for her, she refused their intervention — and they successfully stalled... her baby was born less than three hours later."
— Robin Marty, Executive Director, West Alabama Women's Center
Providing Emergency Resources: When the Alabama Supreme Court ruled in 2024 that IVF embryos must be considered children, clinics across the state suspended treatment — leaving dozens of families mid-process. The Jewish Fund moved within days to provide a $15,000 emergency grant to the Jewish Fertility Foundation, covering travel costs so families could continue care out of state. In March 2025, one of those families welcomed their daughter, Fia.
"When everything felt uncertain, JFF and NCJW stepped in to ensure we could continue our journey to parenthood."
— Nikki Mirova, IVF grant recipient, Jewish Fertility Foundation
Recent Works
Thank you for your continued support of the Jewish Fund for Abortion Access. Below are a few works recently made possible by the Jewish Fund for Abortion Access.
Advocacy & Education
The Jewish Fund for Abortion Access supports abortion justice advocacy and education at the local and state levels. Grant examples include:
NCJW Cleveland mobilized advocacy efforts for the November 2023 ballot initiative to enshrine reproductive rights in the Ohio constitution.
NCJW Arizona mobilized a signature drive to help ensure Arizona secures a 2024 ballot measure to legalize abortion in Arizona.
NCJW Greater Dallas engaged young professionals in leadership training and education for abortion justice.
Direct Support
In 2024, the Jewish Fund for Abortion Access distributed grants to two organizations that were nominated by their peers for the work they do to directly support those most impacted by abortion bans:
West Alabama Women’s Center serves low-income uninsured, underinsured, and Medicaid patients. 80% of those they serve are Black, 10% are LGBTQA, and almost none have primary care providers.
Jane’s Due Process was the first organization founded in the US to exclusively serve teens seeking access to abortion, despite parental involvement laws. They continue to serve young people under the age of 18 in Texas who are seeking access to abortion, birth control, and information about sexual and reproductive health.
In 2025, the Jewish Fund for Abortion Access distributed grants to four organizations that were nominated by their peers for the work they do to serve people seeking abortion care or those impacted by other threats to our reproductive freedoms:
Trust Women is an independent abortion clinic in Wichita, Kansas serving as the closest clinic in driving distance for millions of people and providing abortion care for both in-and-out of state patients. Trust Women serves 4,000 patients annually.
Diamond for Doulas supports low-income pregnant women in West Alabama who are Medicaid and/or WIC eligible providing free doula support, including labor support, birth planning, and education, to address barriers created by abortion and reproductive health restrictions.
Online Abortion Resource Squad (OARS) runs r/abortion, a global Reddit forum offering anonymous, accurate, on-demand abortion access support. With over 1 million monthly visits, it serves diverse, vulnerable populations — youth without support, those in restrictive legal settings, and individuals facing economic, logistical, or safety barriers.
Cedar River Clinics is an independent abortion provider in Washington State, serving marginalized communities — including BIPOC, low-income individuals, and rural residents. In 2024, the clinic provided abortion care to nearly 3,000 people.
Emergency Fund
The Jewish Fund for Abortion Access emergency grants address unknowns in a rapidly changing post-Roe environment.
In March 2024, the Jewish Fund for Abortion Access made its first emergency grant to the Jewish Fertility Foundation to support families whose fertility journeys are being impacted by the Alabama State Supreme Court ruling on IVF and later rulings by the Alabama state legislature.
In December 2024, the Jewish Fund for Abortion Access awarded an emergency grant to the West Alabama Women’s Center (WAWC) in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, which provides reproductive health care to uninsured and underinsured patients, primarily Black women with no other provider.
In March 2025, the Jewish Fund for Abortion Access awarded an emergency grant to All-Options to help sustain its essential reproductive health programs — including the National All-Options Talkline, Faith Aloud spiritual care line, the Indiana-based Hoosier Abortion Fund and Pregnancy Options Workshops, which NCJW partners on to provide critical training for our Rabbis for Repro — as the organization navigates a challenging financial period. This grant will support critical resources for people seeking judgment-free support on abortion, parenting, adoption, and pregnancy loss.