Microgrants Now Available

A More Perfect Union offers $1k of funding to any cluster that includes at least one Jewish organization/synagogue.

Exciting news from one of our key partner organizations, A More Pefrect Union. See below for a full description of this exciting development.

Why A More Perfect Union Is Proud to Partner with faith250

By Aaron Dorfman, Executive Director, A More Perfect Union

As we look toward America’s 250th birthday, our nation stands at an inflection point. Communities across the country are grappling with deep polarization, eroding trust, and a sense that the ties binding us together – across neighborhoods, traditions, and identities – are fraying. At A More Perfect Union, we believe deeply that faith communities can play a transformative role in repairing those ties and renewing the civic fabric of our country. That is why we are proud to be a core partner and supporter of faith250 and why A More Perfect Union is pleased to offer microgrant funding to faith250 clusters.

Why faith250 Matters

American religious and civic life have long been intertwined in ways that are both pragmatic and transcendent. Religion creates an institutional ecosystem that incubates pluralistic self-governance and structures the moral basis for nonviolent negotiation and compromise. This work is essential – especially now.

faith250 offers something rare: a hopeful, collaborative, community-driven model that brings clergy and congregants together across lines of faith, race, politics, and geography. Through shared study of core American texts, communal gatherings, and public celebrations, the initiative builds trust, deepens relationships, and helps communities articulate their own visions for an America rooted in dignity, justice, and belonging.

For us at A More Perfect Union, this is exactly the kind of civic renewal our multifaith, multiracial democracy needs.

Faith Leaders Are Essential Partners in a Healthy Democracy

As an organization devoted to strengthening American democracy through the Jewish community, we know firsthand that faith leaders are among the most trusted figures in American life. Clergy hold the moral authority, community reach, and relational power needed to:

• convene people who might not otherwise come together,

• bridge divides with empathy and curiosity,

• model the kind of compassionate, fact-based public discourse democracy depends on, and,

• cultivate a civic culture rooted in dignity, humility, and shared purpose.

faith250 creates the conditions for all of this – starting with clergy coming together across traditions to study America’s big ideas and narratives and extending into community-wide gatherings that bring neighbors into shared conversation and celebration.

This is the slow and sacred work of rebuilding trust and repairing the civic bonds that sustain a healthy, pluralistic democracy.

Building Interfaith Relationships in a Polarized Time

At A More Perfect Union, we are especially inspired by faith250’s commitment to interfaith collaboration.

Interreligious work is vital. When communities come together across faith lines – learning with one another, breaking bread together, sharing stories, and showing up for shared public celebrations – they build new networks of trust, solidarity, and belonging. These relationships form the connective tissue of a functioning democracy.

And they model the kind of civic courage we desperately need: the courage to see the divine image in people who may not think, vote, or worship like we do.

Why A More Perfect Union Is Supporting Participating Organizations

Groups of organizations participating in faith250, known as “clusters,” are doing important community-building work – and we want to help ensure these efforts are supported, sustainable, and successful.

That’s why A More Perfect Union is pleased to offer microgrant funding to faith250 clusters. This funding is designed to help communities cover program costs such as staff time, food, printing, venues, and other essentials.

We see this as an investment in:

• strengthening local civic life,

• expanding interfaith pro-democracy work,

• ensuring that financial barriers never prevent communities from joining this movement, and,

• supporting clergy as they take on the challenging, creative work of convening their communities for the semiquincentennial.

Our partnership with faith250 is not simply logistical or financial. It reflects our belief that democracy is strongest when communities show up for one another – and that faith communities have a vital role to play in building a more resilient, inclusive, and hopeful American future.

Looking Ahead to 2026—and Beyond

faith250 is a catalyst for something larger. The initiative doesn’t end on July 4, 2026; rather, it creates relationships, habits, and narratives that can continue to shape communities for years to come. A More Perfect Union commits to support ongoing collaboration through our national network of more than 200 Jewish social-impact organizations working across 30 states, and alongside our partners in other faith and pro-democracy communities.

Our hope is that faith250 becomes the seed of lasting interfaith alliances, shared civic projects, and new avenues for pro-democracy collaboration across religious traditions.

We’re Grateful to Be in This Work Together

As we move toward the semiquincentennial, we have an opportunity – and a responsibility – to renew the covenant at the heart of American democracy. Faith communities, working together in trust and partnership, can help lead the way.

A More Perfect Union is honored to stand alongside the American Scripture Project, clergy from across the nation, and communities of every faith tradition as part of faith250. We believe in this work. We believe in its power. And we believe that together, we can help build a democracy worthy of our highest hopes.