This article first appeared in eJewishPhilanthropy on October 15, 2026.
Repair the World has reached 1 million acts of Jewish service and learning, four years ahead of a goal originally expected to take a decade. CEO Cindy Greenberg credits more than 700,000 volunteers for getting there “one act of service at a time,” through work that ranged from COVID-19 vaccine efforts to supply drives after the Los Angeles wildfires. In that time, Repair doubled its budget, grew its staff from 35 to 59, and expanded the Jewish Service Alliance to more than 60 partner organizations. With new embedded staff in Orange County, Bergen County, and Houston, and plans to reach seven more communities within five years, Greenberg says the next million starts with the next one.