Isaac Luria is Sr. Director, Strategic Initiatives at the Nathan Cummings Foundation. He is an organizer, resource mobilizer, and movement builder committed to elevating the voices of spirit and moral courage working to advance racial, economic, and environmental justice across all religions, spiritual traditions, and communities.
Isaac joined NCF in 2017 to support grantmaking in the Voice, Creativity, and Culture: Religious Traditions and Contemplative Practices and Israel-Palestine portfolios. He advised donors and foundations on strategic philanthropy supporting progressive social movements advocating for racial justice and inclusive democracy, as well as Jewish social justice, spiritual community innovation, progressive organizing in Israel, countering white nationalism, and building effective cross-sectoral responses to antisemitism and its causes.
He is a Senior Fellow at the Nexus Project, which studies the role of antisemitism and Israel within American politics. Isaac has held leadership roles at Auburn Seminary, a leadership development shop for the multifaith movements for justice, where he led programs that train thousands of faith leaders in media, storytelling, digital campaigning, social media and more. Isaac co-founded Groundswell, a digital platform where hundreds of thousands of people of faith participate in social action. Isaac was also on the founding team of J Street, the political home for pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans.
