In September of 2005, JFSJ launched the Hurricane Katrina Recovery and Redevelopment Project to focus the resources and attention of the Jewish community on those with little income or influence who were disproportionately affected by the disaster.

We know that it will take years to rebuild these devastated communities, and we seek to make sure that the region’s poor and working-class residents, especially immigrants and people of color, will have a place and a voice in these efforts. 

Click here to read more about our strategy and successes.

JFSJ directs both grants and loans to promote community economic development and  community organizing in the Gulf Region.  Click here for a list of recent fund recipients.

Please join us in working – as Jews – in partnership with local lenders and organizers to help rebuild and improve lives and neighborhoods in Louisiana and Mississippi.  Click here to contribute.

Update: Our Katrina Project is working closely with the faith-based lending community to keep investors informed about opportunities to make a difference in the region. To learn more about this effort, read our press release or this list we helped to compile of CDFIs that provide banking and other financial services in the Gulf Coast.