PHILANTHROPY

Felicia Herman

Philanthropist

In 2021, Felicia Herman became Chief Operating Officer of the Maimonides Fund after 17 years leading Natan, a Jewish giving circle whose members pool their charitable contributions to support Jewish and Israeli social innovation. Since April 2020, she has been Director of the Aligned Grant Program of the Jewish Community Response and Impact Fund, a collaboration between several of the largest American Jewish foundations to help Jewish organizations weather the COVID-19 pandemic; she is also Managing Editor of Sapir, a new journal of Jewish ideas. She serves on the boards of the American Jewish Historical Society and the DreamStreet Theater Company, a performing arts company for adults with developmental disabilities. She is a recipient of the Jewish Funders Network's JJ Greenberg Memorial Award. (Photo: Natan)