In Israel, RBF Covid Grants Soften Pandemic’s Blow

Since March, The Russell Berrie Foundation has given more than $5.2 million in emergency COVID-19 grants to organizations responding to urgent medical, economic, societal and educational needs in their communities. In the video below, seven of our outstanding Israeli grantees describe how they rose to the challenge. They include changemakers like Ogen, which gives loans to non-profits, small businesses and others underserved by traditional commercial lenders, and The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine at Bar-Ilan University, which developed innovative ways for medical student volunteers to support much-needed health care delivery in the diverse communities of their region.