Harold Grinspoon Foundation

The Harold Grinspoon Foundation invests in projects that provide a strong return on investment for the Jewish community. The Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF) creates opportunities to connect with Judaism and the Jewish community at key life moments. In addition to flagship programs that are active across North America and around the world, the HGF invests in Jewish life at home in Western Massachusetts. Everything the HGF does is in partnership. By leveraging philanthropy, the HGF encourages others to invest in Jewish life. A second foundation, the Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation (HGCF) focuses on support for education, farming, energy, and entrepreneurship in the Western Massachusetts region where the HGF and the HGCF are based. HISTORY Since 1991, the Harold Grinspoon Foundation has invested more than $200 million in programs that make Jewish life and Jewish community more vibrant and more connected. Today the Foundation supports an assortment of innovative programs – with the newest initiative always just a spark of inspiration away. In addition to Jewish giving, the private Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation has supported local initiatives in the Western Massachusetts region focused on education, farming, and entrepreneurship.