Impact

Our Impact

2023-2024 Service Corps Members learning about food justice
2023-2024 Service Corps Member works with a student at Comprehensive Youth Development

Nonprofits all across the United States are struggling to meet the demand for their critical services. The gaps between what they can provide and what our communities need continue to widen.

That’s where Avodah comes in. For over 27 years, Jewish Service Corps members have filled those gaps, expanded capacity, and made serving more people possible. 

Every day, Avodah Jewish Service Corps Members past and present, are making a difference.

More communities across the United States are getting access to housing, food, medical care, education, and support thanks to Avodahniks.

27

years of service

1600+

program participants

850,000

people served

100+

local nonprofits supported

$30 million

in added capacity

98.6%

of alumni have been involved in social justice work since their program*

* of alumni polled in 2024 Avodah Alumni Survey

2023-2024 Service Corps Members outside of The First 72+
Service Corps Members with the staff and ambassadors from the Illinois Prison Project
2021-2022 Service Corps Members work at Grow Dat Youth Farm

Our Placement Organizations

Jewish Service Corps Members turn their passion into action by serving at local organizations doing critical economic justice work at the community level. Through these important partnerships, we can work toward a more just and equitable world together.

Bread for the City logo
Comprehensive Youth Development
Erie Family Health Centers Logo
First Shift Justice Project logo
The First 72+ logo
National Immigrant Justice Center logo
Promise of Justice Initiative
Sanctuary for Families, Center for Battered Women's Legal Services

Featured Stories

The Power of Partnerships

This past Monday, Avodah, Elluminate, PACT, and CYD gathered at Central Synagogue to celebrate the deep connections that sustain the Jewish social justice community in New York.

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Be a part of our future

Want to help to Avodah Service Corps make an immediate and lasting impact on the most pressing issues? Learn how to support this vital work.

2022-2023 Service Corps Members share their work at Erie Family Health Center