One8 Foundation
Alyssa Bogdanow Arens serves as a Portfolio Manager at the One8 Foundation since May 2015, where responsibilities include developing and managing investment strategies to support the Foundation's mission in strengthening Jewish life and combating Antisemitism, as well as sourcing and managing grantees. Prior experience includes roles as Associate Portfolio Manager, Portfolio Associate, and Graduate Student Intern at AJC: Global Jewish Advocacy from May 2013 to June 2014, and Goldman Bridge Fellow at Israel Outdoors from August 2012 to May 2013. Alyssa also worked with the Union for Reform Judaism, Forum for Dialogue Among Nations, and Endeavor in various intern and coordination roles. Educational credentials include a B.A. in Anthropology and Religion from Wesleyan University and dual Master's degrees in Public Policy and Jewish Professional Leadership from Brandeis University.
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One8 Foundation
The One8 Foundation invests in the following impact areas: - Education: Excellent education for students in a rapidly changing world. - Jewish Community: Building vibrant Jewish communities of meaning and purpose. - Israel: Supporting a thriving and democratic Jewish State of Israel. - Community Giving: Vital local support to those in need. Our foundation does not consider unsolicited grant proposals. We seek non-profit organizations whose ideas and goals align with the foundation’s priorities and have demonstrated effective performance. What Is Important To Us: - Compelling Ideas: We support ambitious ideas with strong potential of achieving outsized results and scale those with demonstrated effectiveness that can be sustained. - Highly effective leaders: Great ideas are impotent without high-quality leadership. We fund talented leaders and teams with a growth mindset who are committed to excellence in their work. - Implementation for continuous improvement and quality results: While there has been no shortage of good ideas, there has been a dearth of high-quality implementation and ongoing accountability for results. We work with teams that have dogged execution. - Measurement and evaluation: We invest in initiatives where outputs and outcomes are measured and data is used to achieve continual improvement and results. - Long term partnership and support: We are active partners, staffed to provide some of our grantees with strategic support. We work side-by-side to develop detailed strategy and implementation plans when needed and provide ongoing advice and block and tackle support.