2025 Sabbatical Grantees

Each organization will receive a $30k grant for their leader to take a 3-month consecutive sabbatical to invest in the organization’s talent that will support the team in the leader’s absence. This grant honors these executives’ significant and longstanding contribution and leadership. The award also looks to provide much-deserved time for leaders to rest and recover. Summatively, our research shows that sabbaticals are a powerful intervention that positively impacts leaders, organizations, and ultimately, the sector.  R&R’s research can be found here.

In R&R’s second sabbatical program process, we received applications from 19 incredible leaders & organizations - all of whom are deeply deserving of a restful sabbatical.

This process proved how much Jewish nonprofit talent needs a break. This sabbatical work is inspired by the profound wisdom in Jewish tradition focused on rest and rejuvenation that includes Shabbat and Shmita. As a catalyst for capacity building, research proves sabbaticals are a critically impactful tool for both the sabbatical-taker and the organization - reducing burnout, retaining talent and deepening the bench of leadership.

R&R believes every worker deserves sabbaticals and we will continue to live into that future for our society. We know there is a much greater need across all nonprofit workers.

Gratitude to our review panel

We’re immensely grateful to R&R’s Sabbatical Review Panel - Rachel Sumekh, Seth Linden, & Rabbi Heather Paul- who spent a significant part of their fall and winter lending their expertise and time in a rigorous review process.

Want to learn more? Check out former grant recipient Asher Gellis’s reflection on his own sabbatical experience.